MoveOn rally in Front of WH today, 1 pm, against Lie-berman

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From MoveOn DC:

Last night, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that Senate Democrats are willing to accept Joe Lieberman's demands to gut the health care bill.1

According to press reports, Sen. Reid was acting at the behest of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who told him Democrats should give up on the public option and on expanding Medicare in order to get Lieberman's vote.2

But while the White House is pressuring Democrats to cave in to Joe Lieberman, President Obama doesn't appear to have even bothered to contact Lieberman directly to tell him to stop obstructing health care reform.3

This new deal isn't final yet, but to stop it we need President Obama to step up. So MoveOn members are holding an emergency rally in front of the White House at 1 p.m. this afternoon, where we'll call on the President to stand up to Joe Lieberman and fight for real health care reform with a public option.

We know it's short notice, but we need as many people as possible to get the media's attention and show that grassroots progressives aren't ready to cave in to Joe Lieberman. Can you join us?


My message to JoeSchmo. :puke: I am a CT resident:

Joe - the reports are you killed not just the public option, but Medicare for 55 and over. Although I'm just a lowly small businesswoman who wants and needs affordable health care, I will do everything in my power to get you stripped of your chairmanship on Homeland Security, in addition to defeating you next election. Thanks for nothing. Hope your insurance buddies in Hartford and Haddassah's are happy. Yes, we know how tied into Big Insurance you both are, and we will be sure to let all CT residents know next election. Maybe you'll see the light when your chairmanship is gone and so is your job as senator.

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1. K&R BIG #5!1 n/t

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2. its all a dog and pony show!!!!!!!

Remember Joe Lieberman was Obama’s Mentor in the Senate

By: fflambeau Monday December 14, 2009 10:05 pm

Those who are up in arms over Sen. Joe Lieberman’s "veto" of the extension of Medicare should remember this. When Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Washington, D.C. in 2005, he selected as his mentor none other than: Joe Lieberman.

Here’s David Sirota writing about this, after discussing Obama’s stab in the back of the progressive Lamont in Connecticut and his stab in the back of the progressive Christine Cegelis (Obama backed Duckworth) way back in 2006:

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Other sources, including the Hartford Courant, reported that Obama chose Lieberman as his mentor.]

http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/18929

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3. why is there never advanced notice on these things