HEADLINE: White House: Democrats' extreme left defeated Lieberman

[Bluebear]

Um, is the White House campaigning during their "working" vacation? Is Snow being paid to give partisan speeches like he was still on Fox News? 'W' must be POWERFULLY depressed that his kissin' fool has gone down in defeat!
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CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - The White House accused the Democratic Party on Wednesday of catering to the extreme left after Connecticut voters defeated Sen. Joe Lieberman in a primary election over his support of the Iraq war.

Foreshadowing a debate likely to play itself out in November congressional elections, White House spokesman Tony Snow called the election a defining moment for the Democratic Party.

"I know a lot of people have tried to make this a referendum on the president. I would flip it. I think instead it's a defining moment for the Democratic Party whose national leaders now have made it clear that if you disagree with the extreme left in their party, they're going to come after you," he said.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-08-09T192835Z_01_N09305043_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONNECTICUT-REPUBLICANS.xml&archived=False

[Horse with no Name]

1. How about we spin it this way

The Democratic Party has made it clear that if you disagree with the BASE party values, they're gonna fire them.

[blm]

2. MODERATE DEM, Ned Lamont beat CENTRIST Dem Joe Lieberman.

That's the accurate counter to their spin.

[Rex]

3. Shut your yap Tony 'Racist' Snow.

So whatever happen to 'fair & balanced'? The only extreme 'party' in existence in America is the Right Wing fascists and Tony you are now ONE OF THEM. How does it feel to support radical fanatics like Bolton and Cheney? The Democratic Party just made you all SHIT YOUR PANTS LAST NIGHT.

Deal with it, racist asshole. :insertmiddlefingeremoticonhere:

[fooj]

4. This was all done by design. Look here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2768834

The writing is on the wall. Joe works for them. I'm afraid that he has for a long time. It's obvious.

[saracat]

5. Just like the extreme right went after the moderates?

Kettle meet pot. And this is nit the case.We just don't like traitorous Dems who have no respect for the wishes of their constituents. Bush wouldn't understand. He doesn't give a rats ass what anyone thinks.

[jsamuel]

6. too bad like 98% of the Dems supported Joe

that throws their argument out

The Dems didn't go after Joe. The voters did.

[ClintonTyree]

7. So 52% of Connecticut Democrats.........

are "the extreme left"? :rofl: Yeah Tony, I hope this IS "a defining moment for the Democratic Party". The moment that they realize that they will be held accountable for not carrying out the will of the people. Tony Snow and his masters in the White House can kiss my grits! :grr:

[wicket]

8. Sounds like Bush had a shit sandwich for breakfast

:rofl:

[glitch]

9. Any view from the extreme right will always look extreme left.

Tells us a lot about them doesn't it?

[JuniperLea]

10. right. like they haven't catered to the extreme fundy right...

fuck them all. our entire existence as a country is teetering on financial collapse and ruin because of those assholes. all they do is preach hate and bigotry and they have no room to talk about anyone.

all that being said, hell yeah! i'm extreme! i'm extremely pissed off! i'm extremely interested in seeing their entire mob ass organization rot in hell!

extreme this, fuckers.

[walldude]

11. Snow was right about one thing, this is a defining moment

too bad he's such a freakin moran that he tries in his pathetic, vain way to insult anyone who voted their conscience. In spite of what I have been reading from some DU'ers (mostly new ones, surprise) that this election was bad news for Dems, it looks to me like people are starting to pay attention. The swift boating isn't working, the spin is losing it's luster, and Americans are not taking what the government is saying at face value anymore. While they are spinning up a tornado in public, you can bet your ass these guys are crapping in their pants behind closed doors. Especially the ones trying to get re-elected.

[TechBear_Seattle]

12. Only when you define "centrist" as pro-war, pro-corporatist

That puts a large majority of the Democrat rank-and-file in the "extreme left" category, methinks.

[Skidmore]

13. Err.. can we address the extreme radical rightwingers running the gov't

now? When is the party going to learn to flip this crap back on them.

[noahmijo]

14. Smell that? Smells like fear to me......

Far too long they have kept our nation in a grip of fear.....change is beginning to move forward.

FREEDOM! FOREVER! ;)

[fasttense]

21. The repuke doth protest too much, methinks. n/t

[Skip Intro]

15. Why do they hate democracy? nt

[Stardust]

25. They hate us for our (desire for) freedom.//

[sendero]

16. They will say anything....

... to deflect from the obvious truth. This WAS a referendum on Bush, and the electorate has had enough thank you.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Like, what happened to the moderate Republican Rep. in Michigan?

And Tony, since when did your little Decider not go after anybody that disagreed with the extreme right?

[porphyrian]

18. Dude! We're the XTreme left! Give me a Mountain Dew!

I'm going to bungie jump from a blimp!

http://www.snapdrive.net.nyud.net:8090/files/2769/xtremeleft.jpg

[Bluebear]

31. XTREEEEEEME!

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space, dude!

[fordnut]

19. i wonder if the democrates will win November

do you think democrates have a chance or do you think we just
got lucky and got rid of Liberman? :nuke: :kick: 

[Initech]

20. So we're the extreme left now? Cool!

EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME!!!

[Hugin]

22. Oh, no! It's the EXTREME MEME!

Feel the rush!

[Initech]

29. Personally I like being labeled an extremist!

It makes me feel like my anger projected at the White House on here has actually accomplished something!

[Stardust]

23. Snow is such an ass -- he doesn't even pretend to be non-partisan anymore.

[Avalux]

24. BOO!!! We're coming after you!

I like being thought of as a badass - hey Tony - you wouldn't have even brought it up if your party wasn't scared shitless. Being on the offensive feels great for a change! :bounce:

[EFerrari]

26. Democrats: Voters reject extreme right wing collaborator. n/t

[LittleClarkie]

27. Defining extreme left HOW. As anything to the left of Lieberman?

That's pretty skewed.

[Clarkie1]

28. They are going to make this about national security.

Calling this a win for the weak on security radical left. That's how they are playing it; it's no surprise.

[conflictgirl]

30. So let me try to get this straight

Anyone who is not a Bush butt-kisser is an "extreme leftist"? Fine with me.

I think what they're really starting to realize is that there actually is a sizable number of people who want an alternative that represents the opposite of Bush. They're surprised by this?

They can call us angry, extreme, or flying purple monkeys, for all I care. The bottom line is that they're going to get their asses handed to them and THEY KNOW IT.