If There Ever Was A List of DINOS To Expell From The Party

[wellst0nev0ter]

Here is one:

Call them what you want.

Biden (D-DE)
Byrd (D-WV)
Carper (D-DE)
Conrad (D-ND)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Salazar (D-CO)
Stabenow (D-MI)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00029

Kudos on Feinstein for having a fucking brain.

[msongs]

1. Feinstein is a border line candidate.....

she does not understand that an opposition party is supposed to OPPOSE.

then again she is very wealthy and so's her old man.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/liberaltshirts.htm

[Emboldened Chimp]

3. Border line my ass...

She's Queen DINO. Boot her and her war profiteering husband the hell out of the party.

[TankLV]

21. She's at the TOP of my list.

FUCK FEINSTEIN!

What the hell is wrong with her?!

[UdoKier]

28. Agreed.

Her constituents don't expect her to cave all the time. This is NOT N. Dakota.

[revolution now]

2. The sad thing is...

even if we knock out all of them and replace them with progressives...then win an EXTRA 4 seats...the pubs still have a majority.

:(

[lastknowngood]

4. I can't go with getin rid of Byrd but I sure would like to hear him

explain that vote. He is the only Dem with any nuts in the senate. So I'm confused.

[Melynn]

19. I was confused by Byrd's vote too.

West Virgina isn't a rich state and many of Byrd's constituents will be hurt by the new bankruptcy law. One thing about Byrd is that he takes care of the people of West Virgina. I just don't understand his vote today at all.

[coreystone]

23. I Also Am Confused By Byrd's Vote!

Jay Rockefeller went "nay"!

??

[elperromagico]

5. Scanning the list, I see not one Republican nay vote.

This is our problem. Democrats cross over to vote with Republicans far more frequently than Republicans cross over to vote with Democrats.

How the fuck are we supposed to be the opposition party if we're always bowing down to these bastards?

[finecraft]

6. Louisiana already lost one Dem(?) Senator

when Breaux retired....and I don't care what anyone says, as bad as DINOs are, they are still better than out and out Pukes like we got to fill Breaux's seat. Try having the most conservative member of the Senate - David Vitter - as your Senator. It's a nightmare! :scared:

[Hippo_Tron]

39. I'd take Breaux back in a heartbeat

The same way that I'd take Clinton back over GWB in a heartbeat.

[aquart]

7. WE don't purge.

WE don't have purity police. I hope.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. I cannot wait to see Leiberman out on his ass............

and Joe "I really love ya" Biden also needs to be replaced with a REAL Democrat. All those other DINOs need to be bounced out as well.
I would also like to hear Byrd's explanation. I would also like to hear why he voted against Schumer's amendment.

[Cuban_Liberal]

13. Bet ya $100 Lieberman is re-elected. n/t

[FlemingsGhost]

29. For your reading pleasure:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3240434&mesg_id=3242719&page=

[wellst0nev0ter]

34. Have You Heard About Representing Ordinary Americans?

And I do believe that they outnumber the credit card people ANYWHERE in this country, and I noticed that Chris Dodd voted against cloture.

I don't need to explain how this travesty of a moral bankruptcy bill beggars and gives lie to American ideal. What I do need is for apologists for meretricious politicians who dare claim to be on "our side" to stop covering their asses (your excuse is the lamest I've ever witnessed, could you AT LEAST pimp his environmental record or his civil rights activities?) and recognize that they are poisoning the Democratic party.

[FlemingsGhost]

35. LOL ... In theory, that's how it works. We know better, don't we?

Don't we?

[FlemingsGhost]

40. By the way, "ordinary Americans" WORK for these companies.

Ooooops ...

[wellst0nev0ter]

43. Chris Dodd (D-CT) Vote: Nay

Yes, my brother, it is possible NOT to be rentboys to the credit card companies, even when representing their nine circles of hell.

[FlemingsGhost]

44. I suppose, but what's the name of this thread?

"Hit lists" are for political neophytes and fascists.

[wellst0nev0ter]

46. It's Called Turning Our Backs On Senators

Who chose to turn their backs on us.

[FlemingsGhost]

48. "Expel from the Party"

Which one on "The List" is your representative?

Then vote for the other guy ...

[wellst0nev0ter]

49. Norm Coleman

And at least he eventually became honest about his Republican standings.

[theboss]

9. One day, Byrd is the Greatest Dem to ever live...Today, we purge him

I get dizzy, miss lizzy.

[stray cat]

10. Is it worth it to replace them with a radical neocon republican?

[Lizzie Borden]

11. Lieberman

[FlemingsGhost]

30. See post #29 (n/t)

Flem.

[DebJ]

12. not Byrd. When he dies, no one else in Congress will have read

the Constitution.

[Idioteque]

14. If I remember correctly, Byrd helped write the constitution! n/t

[wellst0nev0ter]

15. I Don't Care About The Histories Of Certain Senators

Or if the outcome may be a dwindling minority.

There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for voting to close down discussion on the bill.

Voting for the actual bill I can more easily forgive IF the senators had voted to TRY to put a little KY jelly on the raw broomstick.

But they decided that protecting the reputations of Republicans who were being embarrassed by their votes against certain amemndments like exempting Iraq war veterans or people who went bankrupt due to hospital bills from this moral bankruptcy bill was more important than at least FEIGNING interest for the vulnerable innocents.

I hate litmus tests more than anyone, but this vote is too clear cut. You were either with the corporate predators who already were protected from credit-card abusers, or you were with ordinary Americans struggling to put food on their families.

They made their volition and turned their backs on us, now its time to turn our backs on them.

[Zynx]

16. Kohl = Kohl's Department Stores

$$$$$$

[wellst0nev0ter]

17. And Milwaukee Bucks

Glad I don't entertain either of them (not that I have any anti-cheesebrain bias or anything :) )

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Clinton.

How could you forget Clinton?

[Jesus Saves]

20. What was their justification for voting for it?

How did they explain their votes?

What was the reason for the bill in the first place?

[coreystone]

25. :-)

[Jesus Saves]

31. Hello

there...

[Ladyhawk]

22. List of things to do: write these "Democrats" and tell them what I think.

:mad:

God, it makes me literally sick to my stomach to watch this happen. I have to stock up on antacids again. :(

[donheld]

24. Salazar (D-CO) is a huge disappointment

IMHO

[otohara]

50. Humongous, Enormous, Gargantuan

tremendous, immense, jumbo, king-size, mammoth, massive, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, super-colossal, titanic, tremendous, vast, whopping, astronomic, colossal, excessive, gigantic, GROSS.

Now I will wait for a member from MD to tell me how wrong I am about the man I voted for.

[tx_dem41]

26. It appears you want to see a Senate with 40 or less Democrats....

oh well. :eyes:

[wellst0nev0ter]

36. Yep, Those Quislings Sure Helped In Keeping Our Brief Majority

I'd rather have 40 Senators who are actually fighting for our cause than have our party poisoned by a bunch of pinks.

[tx_dem41]

52. In theory that might sound nice....

in practice, the lack of being capable of maintaining filibusters would be hell on earth. We might no even have Senators at that point.

[UdoKier]

27. I would emphatically disagree on Byrd.

He was the war's most eloquent opponent, and is not timid about standing up to Bush. considering that he is a 90-year old Southern democrat, that's saying a LOT.

[wellst0nev0ter]

37. Let's Hope He Just Wants To Hurry Up And Vote Against The Turkey

Otherwise, he's on my shit list just like the rest of the traitors.

[Cleita]

32. Feinstein doesn't get a pass with me yet.

I know she has suddenly realized she's gonna be up for reelection soon and is probably doing a few moves to the left to position herself. We shall see. I really want to see another Democrat go up against her regardless.

[kentuck]

33. There's a couple of names on there that I admire...

and would like to hear why they voted the way they did??? The others, I am not surprised. If you can not depend on Democrats to vote for the "little guy" on this bankruptcy Bill, how do we know they would vote to save Social Security?? How do we even know they are Democrats?? There are some times when we have to stand together and fight. I find these votes totally disheartening. :(

[PassingFair]

41. They got their marching orders from their

DLC masters.
Biden craps out for credit card industry.
Byrd probably got confused and flashed the wrong signal or something. Shame on dems for trotting the old guy out to do the dirty work. He is SO discredited from his KKK days that it is safe to hang him out to dry as our anti-war voice.
Sucking shameful.

[Hippo_Tron]

38. Oooh, I just LOVE the idea of giving the GOP a fillibuster proof majority!

In fact, how about we go a step farther. Let's give the GOP 67 seats in the Senate. Not only will they be able to put whoever they want on the Supreme Court, but they can impeach and remove all of the justices that they don't like and replace them with Scalia clones. They can legitimately destroy the US Constitution in its intirety. So while we're at it, let's just get down on our knee's and say "Heil Bush" a few times.

/sarcasm

[wellst0nev0ter]

45. And We Wonder Why Ralph Nader Lost His Mind

If the only reason why we vote Democratic is to play defense against Republican ultra-extremism, then the party has outlived its usefulness as far as I'm concerned.

BTW how much are you willing to bet that Ken Salazar DOESN'T turn Ben Nighthorse-Campell on us?

[depakid]

47. Nader was absolutely right

on a growing number of issues, there's not a dime's worth of difference between the parties.

Whether people like to admit it or not, the evidence is pretty clear on that point.

And it should also be clear that it's a losing strategy- why should anyone vote for Republican lite when they can have the real thing?

[Hippo_Tron]

57. The guy was Colorado's Attorney General as a Democrat

We've seen that Colorado is becoming more progressive ever day. Even if Salazar is worthy of the title "opportunist" it wouldn't be a very good opportunity for him to switch over to the GOP. The retalliation from the Coloroado Democrats would be unbelievable and Salazar himself has proven that a Democrat can win a US Senate race in Colorado.

And I'm sorry, but playing defense is necessary. This country would be MUCH worse off if there were 9 Scalias on the Supreme Court. If you don't agree with that, then you are truly delusional and I am finished arguing with you.

[paineinthearse]

42. A question about Zell Miller

Miller gave his RNC keynote speech in August. The senate term lasted through December.

Did Daschel/Senate leadership strip any priviledges after the speech?

[hfojvt]

51. I assume this is a reference to the bankruptcy bill

but I would hold off on the purge rhetoric. I see Johnson is on the list, would you rather see him replaced with a Janklow or a Thune or a Pressler or an Abner? Odds are pretty good that you are not going to get a McGovern in there again.
Honestly, sometimes I am reminded of the old saw about wild horses and wild asses. When danger threatens, wild horses put their heads together and kick the crap out of the thing that threatens them. When wild asses are threatened, the put their tails together and kick the crap out of each other.
And Byrd is on that list? I thought his challenges to the BFEE were legendary?

[JNelson6563]

53. But let's nominate a Bush enabler for Prez

All these posts calling for the heads of these Dems, I gotta wonder, did these posters support John I'd-still-vote-for-Bush's-war Kerry? Any suggestions of who to nominate in their place?

Neophytes abound these days at the ol' DU.

Julie

[wellst0nev0ter]

54. Maybe It's Because Of Supporting A Bush Enabler

for the past year and still ending up with nothing that has changed some minds. We should have been on to something when Cynthia McKinney won back her seat while Tom Dashle lost his.

[Eric J in MN]

55. Let's support a primary challenger to Lieberman in 2006

Even if the primary challenger doesn't win, it's worth a try.

[wellst0nev0ter]

56. Amen

there is only so much of his nonsense we can put up with.

[Cuban_Liberal]

58. Oh yes, a fillibuster-proof GOP majority is JUST what we need!

Why didn't I think of this brilliant political strategy????
:eyes: