I agree; boot Lieberman.

I agree fully with the OP. The worst thing that could happen to the Democratic Party now is to show even the smallest sign of bipartisanship to the Republicans. Now that they are finally on the road to turning the U.S. fully Socialist, why should they even recognize the Republican Party as a legal organization? I hope Barry passes an Executive Order to declare the Republicans as an illegal organization, and jail everyone in the U.S. that is a declared Republican.

Originally posted by nyk537
If Obama does something right that I agree with. I'll absolutely give him credit for it.

He's yet to do that.

He hasn't started his job yet!!!

Besides, don't you agree that forgiving Lieberman (for his attacks against Obama during the campaign) and suggesting he stay in the party is the right thing to do based on his message of unity?? You're not giving him an OUNCE of credit for that. You made fun of him.

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Time to put up or shutup friend. Anyone reading this thread offer your opinion!

www.abovetopsecret.com...

It would seem that Obama's grandiose gesture of allowing Joe L. to remain part of the caucuses is an empty, meaningless but politically safe gesture:

During his re-election bid in 2006, he lost the Democratic Party primary election, but won re-election in the general election as a third party candidate under the party label "Connecticut for Lieberman." Lieberman is now officially listed in Senate records for the 110th Congress as an "Independent Democrat",[2] and sits as part of the Senate Democratic Caucus in the 110th Congress. But since his speech at the 2008 Republican Convention endorsing John McCain for President, Lieberman no longer attends Democratic Senate Caucus leadership strategy meetings or policy lunches.[3] On November 5th, 2008, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) and Joe Lieberman met to discuss his future role with the Democratic Party.

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Want respect, Obama? State your support for Lieberman to retain his chairmanship.

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I think he has given enough support for good 'ol joe. John McCain didn't help his friend out. Obama stood by him when he had to run as a Independent. If anyone should be bitter about this, it should be him.
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The top Lieberman official, who was directly involved in securing Obama's help, tells me that the campaign was desperate for Obama to come to Connecticut in March of 2006, soon after Lamont entered the race.

"We needed him to strongly validate us as a candidate that liberal Democrats should not desert," the official tells me. "We went to the Obama operation with a very urgent plea for him to come out for us." It's well known that Obama's 2006 endorsement was important. But it's not widely understood just how urgently the Lieberman people begged for Obama's help at a critical moment in Lieberman's career -- and in that light, just how much of a back-stabbing Lieberman's attacks on Obama now represent.

In response to the Lieberman camp's pleas for help, Obama subsequently endorsed him at a dinner of Connecticut Democrats later that month.

"I am absolutely certain Connecticut is going to have the good sense to send Joe Lieberman back to the U.S. Senate so he can continue to serve on our behalf," Obama said at the time.

"It was a favor as huge as we could have gotten -- it was like a drowning man getting thrown a life preserver," the Lieberman official continued. "Just when Ned was trying to establish himself as a credible alternative on the war, Barack Obama came in and said, `Hey, I disagree with him on the war, but you should send him back to the Senate.'"

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Hello, everyone! Thanks for the replies. It is an itchy situation that needs to be scratched.

I could really care less what Lieberman said at the RNC or elsewhere about Obama. The guy just doesn't sit right with me lately. It's more of a feeling. Lieberman is sitting in a very important chair and I think with all the change that we are hoping to see move in the newly elected government we most definitely need to see something coming from the person in this position.

Lieberman just really isn't performing. He seems like a man out for himself lately and not the people. And I haven't always felt this way; at one point I really like the guy. He just seems (to me) like he will play the game for his own benefit. I actually thought he would have been a better choice as McCain's VP candidate.

I don't know... some politician's are really disappointing me lately.

Joe Lieberman is a wolf in sheep's clothing. I could care less if he supported McCain, Obama, or The Jolly Green Giant in 2008. He has that right, especially as an Independent. Recalling one particularly nauseating public repudiation of Obama, based on a completely idiotic suspicion that he may embrace Marxist ideologies, was beyond rational comprehension. If there’s one thing Fascists can rely on, it’s an old tried-and-true standby: Fear mongering.
Joe Lieberman's chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has been a joke! He has consistently turned his back on one of the most important things to America: our country. His ineptitude as chairman has transformed the war in Iraq into an ostensive “shopping mall” for Dick Cheney and other gutless, no-bid contractors to dine-and-dash and gluttonize on blood and money. May they swim in their own vomitus as they rot in Hell!
May I suggest some “enlightenment” by Naomi Wolf? Just Google her name; she’s quite popular.
Check out “The Big Picture” here:
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It looks as though he'll be keeping his chairmanship.



Well, I guess we will see if this was the best outcome. I hope I am wrong.