firedoglake.com - 11/18/2008
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Just to recap:
Democrats in the Senate just voted overwhelmingly -- 42-13 -- to let Joe Lieberman keep his Homeland Security gavel.
Reid "feels good" about what they did and won't "apologize to anyone for what we did today."
Lieberman believes he is a "Member ...
firedoglake.com - 11/18/2008
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firedoglake.com —
Cillizza : Asked what it would mean if
Lieberman kept his chairmanship, one Senate Democratic aide said...
bluntly: "The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their ...
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Lieberman: Suck On That, Liberals!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/18/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Senator Harry Reid just spoke to reporters after
the private caucus meeting with Dems over Joe Lieberman's...
fate, and he confirmed it: Lieberman will not be stripped of his Homeland Security chairmanship, because the "vast majority" of the Democratic ...
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It's Official: Lieberman Keeps Homeland Security ...
dailykos.com - 11/18/2008
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dailykos.com —
Jane Hamsher : Asked what it would mean
if Lieberman kept his chairmanship, one Senate Democratic aide...
said bluntly: "The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their ...
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It seemed so funny to me
SteveAudio —
... Take The Pledge: “I Will Work To Defeat Joe Lieberman in 2012″ ...
Blogtalk: The Lieberman Vote
The Caucus —
... . “Reminds me of when he returned a Wal-Mart check. Or couldn’t oppose partial-birth abortion.” In any case, Connecticut liberals are gearing up for 2012 .
That's not the change we voted for
WTF Is It Now?!? —
The utter betrayal by Senate Dems: "We were all told to go screw ourselves." Spineless Dems tell all of us to suck it. Well, the feeling is mutual. Fuck you. Fuck all of fucking pussies. Take the fuck Lieberman pledge. Take him down.
Defeat Joe in 2012, but...
Interesting Times —
I agree with this sentiment . But if the campaign to unseat Joe is based primarily on revenge then it will fail, just as the campaign to take the Homeland Security gavel away from him failed. People (usually) don't vote against someone to get revenge on them. They vote for someone who will do a better job. Lamont won the primary in 2006 because he made a convincing argument to Dems that he would be a better Democrat. But he failed to make the case to the Connecticut voters at large that he would make a better Senator. Let's beat Joe. But let's be smart about it.
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