Lieberman's Chairmanship is the first real question for the new Democratic Party

[ThomWV]

Will we allow a turncoat to masquerade as a Democrat and more importantly will we allow a man who has ignored his duty to perform oversight of the Executive Branch as the Constitution was tossed aside and laws broken? That is the real first question put to our newly victorious Party. Later this morning we will know what this election brought us.

[HereSince1628]

1. Unfortunately, the premise that "we" in any way control the outcome

of a secret senate vote is mistaken.

This is about vote controlled by members of the senate Democratic caucus, a caucus that sees comity as a governing principle.

The notion that this caucus would do anything that would make one of their ruling class peers discomfited is quite simply preposterous.

[asteroid2003QQ47]

3. In a 'two party system' lieberman's the winner...

as for what "we" are...
:toast:
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"The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead."
--Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

[marylanddem]

2. I'm steeling myself for the worst.

Rats voting by secret ballot.

[tsuki]

4. The Democratic Party has abused spouse syndrome. The more

Lieberman abuses them, the more they try to make amends. He will end up making them look foolish in the end. I bet he starts an investigation of President Obama at the first opportunity, or may just for kicks. Then, any attempt to remove him will look "partisan."

When the Dems intervened in his senate race, they were wrong. The Conn. Democrats had spoken. They wanted Ned Lamont. But no, the senate wanted to save the seat for their good ole boy. How did that work out?

[VP505]

7. I agree and the really bad side

of it is that once LIEberman opens THAT box for the Reptilians there won't be any stopping it, they will only make themselves look worse if they try. If ever there was a case to be made for preemptive action this would be it, LIEberman MUST be stripped of that HLS Chairmanship.

[alarimer]

5. He stabbed the Democrats in the back and they reward him?

First he ran against the primary winner, Lamont. Of course some Democrats campaigned for him instead of the Dem in that race. Now he campaigns for the Republican and they still allow him to keep his chairmanship. I swear, at this point, I hate Democrats even more than I hate Republicans.

It is for this and other reasons that I am not a Democrat anymore. Fuck them.

[DemRob]

6. I fear...

they will leave Lieberman in position and thus be the first disappointment for me with this dem crew - do they have a backbone and is "change in the air" or is it the same old politics?