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They Got Their No-Joe Working
Talking Points Memo —
Bernie Sanders joins Pat Leahy in calling for Joe Lieberman to be stripped of his chairmanship.
Bernie Sanders on Lieberman: “Not Change We Can Believe In”
Firedoglake —
Bernie Sanders follows Pat Leahy in condemning Lieberman keeping his Homeland Security gavel:
"To reward Senator Lieberman with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who worked tirelessly for Barack ...
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... last month. * And then there were two: Bernie Sanders will vote against Lieberman keeeping his committee chairmanship. * Two senior Democratic officials told Nico Pitney that Hillary Clinton really ...
Bernie Sanders Joins Leahy In Demanding Ouster Of Lieberman From Chairmanship
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... change in our country," Sanders in the statement sent our way by his office. "Appointing someone to a major post who led the opposition to everything we are fighting for is not 'change we can believe in,'" Sanders continued. "I very much hope that Senator Lieberman stays in the Democratic caucus and is successful in regaining the confidence of those whom he has disappointed. This is not a time, however, in which he should be rewarded with a major committee chairmanship." Read more: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11...
Vermont represents
Daily Kos —
Bernie Sanders: "To reward Senator Lieberman with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who worked tirelessly for Barack Obama and who want to see real change in our country," Sanders in the statement sent our way by his office. "Appointing someone to a major post who led the opposition to everything we are fighting for is not 'change we can believe in,'" Sanders continued. "I very much hope that Senator Lieberman stays in the Democratic caucus and is successful in regaining the confidence of those ...
I Love Vermont
Comments from Left Field —
First Leahy, now Sanders:
Okay, we now have a second Senator who’s stepped up and joined Senator Patrick Leahy in calling on Democrats to boot Joe Lieberman from his plum slot atop the Homeland Security committee.
Bernie Sanders, also of Vermont, sent us a hard-hitting statement demanding that Lieberman get the push — and strikingly, he said that if Dems didn’t remove him, it would be an insult to Barack Obama’s supporters and a betrayal of the change mandate voters ...
Sanders Joins Leahy's Call for Lieberman Ouster
Corrente —
... and then tells Reid / Pelosi: if you don’t take away Holey Joe’s gavel, you’re insulting Obama and all his voters. Do which, now? Divesting a guy whose behavior is about as disloyal to the party as possible of his gavel is required, to avoid insulting the guy who’s so over the (or any) party? ...
Leahy and Sander publicly opposes Lieberman chairmanship
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... I felt that some of the attacks that he was involved in against Senator Obama .... I thought they went way beyond the pale, that they were not fair, that they were not legitimate, that they perpetuated some of these horrible myths that were run about Senator Obama Money quote #3: I would feel that had I done something similar that I would not be Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress.Leahy's colleague from Vermont, Senator Bernie Sanders, takes the same position against Lieberman. Bernie Sanders has ...
11/17: Chairman Lieberman? Secretary Clinton?
Blogometer —
November 17, 2008 11/17: Chairman Lieberman? Secretary Clinton? With less than 24 hours before Senate Dems decide by secret ballot whether or not to take away ex- John McCain surrogate/CT Sen. Joe Lieberman 's chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee, the netroots are making their final lobbying push . Senators who spoke out against Lieberman (such as VT Sen. Pat Leahy , VT Sen. Bernie Sanders , and ND Sen. Byron Dorgan ) were on the receiving end of considerable netroots praise this past weekend. Meanwhile, lefty bloggers are restating ...
Take Action On Lieberman Now
Open Left - Front Page —
... "To reward Senator Lieberman with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who worked tirelessly for Barack Obama and who want to see real change in our country" (Senator Bernie Sanders) ...
ZP Heller: Only One Day Left to Tell Your Senators "Lieberman Must Go!"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Lieberman of his committee chairmanships is not about exacting revenge. Lieberman has careened to the right on both foreign and domestic policy issues. He has stood with McCain on everything from the Iraq War to fear-mongering about Iran to offshore drilling, and he has represented everything the GOP stands for by speaking at the Republican National Convention. Rewarding him with a powerful committee chairmanship would be, as Sen. Bernie Sanders has said, "a slap in the face of millions of Americans who worked tirelessly for Barack Obama and who want to ...
