Will someone please make Lieberman leave the party?

[The Sushi Bandit]

He voted against the restore habeas bill!

[Red Zelda]

1. Funny. I've been saying the same thing

about Kucinich.

[againes654]

8. Do you have a reason

you want Kucinich kicked out of the Dem party?

[fujiyama]

16. Hmm Kucinich is actually a Democrat

Lieberman is a member of his own party. He just caucuses with us.

But he is no longer a Democrat.

[YOY]

28. Yeah, right-wing "moderates" in left-wing clothing only!

n/t

[Jed Dilligan]

33. Hit and run?

Or do you want to present an argument that Kucinich doesn't belong in the party?

[Ken Burch]

34. Because you want the Dems to be just like the GOP

Which is what nominating a "centrist" means.

You think lowering ourselves to the Nineties again WOULDN'T be a waste of time.

You're on the side of the rich.

[BridgeTheGap]

2. Shouldn't he have been booted for running against the

Democratic Party nominee in the general election? If not, he needs to go.

[T Wolf]

3. He has. We just have to get his sorry ass out of the Senate. Un-

fortunately, not for another six years - unless the next Dem president offers him the ambassadorship to Israel. Since he is already acting the part, it would not be much of a change.

Seriously, the best we can hope for is to pick up enough seats next year to make him irrelevant.

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Lieberman ceased to be a Democrat the moment he declared he was running as an independent

There are two independents in the Senate at the moment: Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders. Both have been invited by the Democratic Caucus to associate with them, but that does not make either one a Democrat.

[slick8790]

11. See link.

http://www.thestamfordtimes.com/stamford_templates/stamford_story/289850115142016.php

[Marrah_G]

5. errrrrrrrrr

Were you asleep in November?

:yoiks:

[radiclib]

6. I thought he'd switch after the midterm

I can't imagine why he's still OK with calling himself a Dem. His own party REJECTED his ass, fer Chrissake! And because of that, we need to be constantly reminded that the Dems in effect have NO majority in the Senate, because on any important constitutional or foreign policy issue, this asswipe will vote Repug every time.

[Progressive Friend]

7. Lieberman has been a member of a Third Party since he was defeated in the Democratic primary

The "Connecticut for Lieberman Party"...

[slick8790]

10. Not true.

http://www.thestamfordtimes.com/stamford_templates/stamford_story/289850115142016.php

[Kelly Rupert]

22. Registering to vote as a Democrat

is not the same as being a Democratic senator. On the register, he's still officially an "Independent Democrat," and will be until he either asks to rejoin the party (and is accepted) or wins the Democratic endorsement for 2012.

[avrdream]

25. I'm thinking he'll never get another Democratic endorsement in his life!

[NoPasaran]

9. Someone did

Ned Lamont

[AtomicKitten]

12. I knew it!!!

There is something seriously wrong with anyone that would vote against restoration of habeas corpus.

But I guess we already knew that. x(

[ISUGRADIA]

13. he may leave

in jan 2007 and join the 42 remaining republican senators at that time. we will have no need of his treachery then.

[MetalCanuck]

14. I hate Lieberman!

This guy has been a thorn in the side of America since the
early 90's with his crusades against freedom of expression in
music and games. Now he is a serious traitor. Go to hell
Lieberman. 

[salin]

15. He already left - the minute he defied the dems in Conn. on their

primary vote.

[fujiyama]

17. I say keep him around

until after '08 (when we can tell him to get lost). It's a small price to pay to keep Boxer as the chair of the Env. committee....or Leahy as head of judiciary...

[bunkerbuster1]

30. Alas, the only option is to somehow oust Vitter

and have the (for now) Democratic gov. of LA appoint a Dem to replace Vitter.

Otherwise, if you get Joementum to officially declare himself Republican, we have an official 50-50 tie in the Senate. Darth Cheney is the tie-breaker, and all the Democratic committee chairs go poof.

So like it or not (and I HATE it), we are stuck with this pain in the ass.

[Arugula Latte]

18. Will someone please make Lieberman leave the planet?

Strap him to a spacecraft and get him the hell out of here, please.

[Ken Burch]

35. We can't do something that heartless and cruel...

...to the rest of the universe...

[TSIAS]

19. Ask Harry Reid

He's the one who let him retain his seniority.

Lieberman is just as much a neocon as any of the Bush/Cheney bunch.

[bunkerbuster1]

31. What choice does Harry have?

Get serious, people. Joe holds the cards. We play a game of chicken with him on every significant foreign policy bill--every one.

If he joins the Repubs, the Senate's officially a tie, and the committee chairs are shared (at best.) Forget about even introducing progressive legislation.

I know, maybe that's what we'll have to do. But we can't dump what little power we do have, methinks.

[Nutmegger]

20. He will be kicked the the curb

When the majority is no longer dependent on LIARman, he will be banished to the other side.

Count on it.

[Kelly Rupert]

21. CT already did, in 2006.

You may have missed that.

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[Kelly Rupert]

24. Jews don't believe in Habeas Corpus?

There's a new one on me.

[onenote]

26. you never learn do you?

yesterday, you started a thread like this and it was locked. Bucking for a tombstone?

[lpbk2713]

27. He's a walking contradiction.

He is usually against what he would be expected to be for. :shrug:

[Spirochete]

29. He's already left the party.

The goal now is to figure a way to make him leave the planet.

[Bucky]

32. Breaking headline: Sushi Bandit endorses Mitch McConnel for Majority Leader

I know you didn't really. I just don't see any difference from if you did.