Lieberman to lose committee chairmanship

[Coexist]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/29/12353/920/92/645721

Democratic leaders are discussing a major reshuffling of Senate committee chairmanships, according to multiple sources, and the proposed changes include ousting Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) from his coveted chairmanship.

Lieberman, a former Democrat who supports Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president, is likely to lose his gavel on the Homeland Security Committee he has chaired since January 2007, say the sources who see him being replaced by Sen. Daniel Akaka (Hawaii), the committee’s third-ranking Democrat.

Lieberman spokesman Marshall Witmann dismissed the speculation, saying Lieberman "is focused on doing all he can to elect John McCain as president rather than post-election Washington politics."

One Democratic source said Lieberman is not likely to lose his position in the Democratic caucus, even if the party picks up several seats in next week’s election. While Democrats could approach or exceed the filibuster-proof threshold of 60 votes, they may still need Lieberman’s vote often.

This is the best of all world. If Lieberman wants to remain in the Democratic caucus, let him be an irrelevant backbencher, an idiot useful for his occasional key vote (like EFCA), but without any power to shape the Democratic agenda.

And powerless, he may even be motivated to switch to the Republican caucus for a committee ranking membership, still vote with Democrats on the occasional key vote (like EFCA), and have an even tougher re-election battle in 2012 than he's already likely to get.

That's what I call a lose-lose for Lieberman, and it couldn't have happened to a more horrible person.

Oh, Hell YES!

[PBS Poll-435]

1. That is the saddest thing I have ever heard.

:cry:















:nopity::nopity::nopity:

[PA Democrat]

2. I am thrilled to recommend this post.

[FlyingSquirrel]

73. Me too, I recommended it in 0.3 seconds

[okieinpain]

3. they should have brought this up after the election. n/t.

[liberal N proud]

4. Good

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Smuckies]

12. Indeed!

:9

[WeDidIt]

5. I'll take it! n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

6. Whoo-hoo! n/t

[No Elephants]

7. He stabbed in the back, publicly and repeatedly, the Party that made him the first Jewish candi-

date in the top ticket. Take away his gavel? I'd like to take away his Senate seat.

What the heck was wrong with Connecticut anyway? Is it going red?

[KamaAina]

51. The repukes put up a joke candidate

complete with gambling problem. CT repukes proceeded to "cross over" to Holy Joe, joining indies and DINOs (remember, Lamont only won the Dem primary by a hair).

The hell of it is, CT doesn't even have a recall provision. Even if it did, there'd still be a repuke governor to contend with. :eyes:

[habitual]

8. he bet on mccain, i'm sure he was looking at a position in the

executive branch. he gambled and lost... too bad it wasn't his money he was playing with!

[Cha]

20. But it was his

head.

[randr]

9. In my perfect world

Jan 21st, he would find his stuff on the floor, in the hall, outside his old office. He would be told there may be space for him under a stair case somewhere.
The Dems would then pull the nuclear option the repugs threatened and we would never have to here a word of opposition from their sorry asses again.

[tridim]

16. Pull a "Milton" on him, move his office into storage and give him a flashlight..

and a can of bug spray.

Wither Joementum.

[mascarax]

49. Oooh! Excellent idea.

But he can keep his Swingline stapler, right? Cuz we don't want him to burn anything down.

[Catshrink]

59. Definitely

[Coexist]

19. I Iike that!

[Lerkfish]

10. geez, what took so long?

what more evidence did they need?

[Rambis]

11. The muppet out?

They should have tossed him right after he ran as an independent.

[paulk]

27. yep, that would have been real smart

it would have given the Republicans control of the Senate these last two years.

gotta love the left wing of the party - always willing to cut off it's nose to spite it's face...

[Rambis]

30. Sometimes you do what is right not what is politically expedient

he should have dropped out after losing the primary period.

[paulk]

34. really?

that's about the stupidest thing I've heard today.

[Zhade]

68. The poster you replied to never would.

NT!

[tblue37]

31. I think he looks more like the Keebler elf. nt

[ejpoeta]

13. oh, poor joe. i guess he shouldn't have played his little game.

the chances of him being as needed past this election were always limited. and did he really think the republicans would let him in their group?

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

14. Bye Joe.

[WhollyHeretic]

15. That puts a smile on my face.

:bounce:

I am throwing a party the day we finally get him out of office. As blue as Connecticut is we need much better representation than him. He is a scum-sucking, bottom-feeding piece of crap. Besides that he's fine.

[Cha]

17. Fuck the traitor lieberman..a traitor to his party,

and his country.

And fuck the dlcer a$$hole, marshall witmann, too.

http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/15/marshall-whitman-donkey-or-ass/

[SoonerPride]

18. I wish we had 61 Dems and could shun him from everything.

He sucks major donkey kong.

[Coexist]

42. me too.

[Chulanowa]

21. Get the fuck out, Joe!

And go ahead and let the door hit your ass!

[PatSeg]

22. Its about time

I hope he isn't surprised.

[Citizen_Penn]

23. If I, as a lowly precinct chair, can understand the oath I took

to publicly support all party candidates - you'd think a US Senator could get it.

I say, off with his chair!

Join the losing team, Joey!

[cynatnite]

24. I'll believe it when I see it. n/t

[Dennis Donovan]

25. Recommended!

No one, NOT EVEN your new Republican friends, likes a turncoat, Benedict Lieberman!:thumbsdown:

[FUCK_BUSH]

26. Great. kick out this POS Traitor .FUCK HIM

[Political Tiger]

28. Get rid of him!

I despise that loathsome POS!

[SurfingAtWork]

29. When reached for comment he said simply "Ahhh! Caca!"

[MuseRider]

32. While they are at it

why don't they just get rid of Homeland Security entirely? Echhhhh, it still gives me the creeps. Oust Joe, close the program.

[MsLeopard]

33. Get rid of him

please! And then push Harry Reid to the back bench and let Hillary take over as Senate leader. Get rid of Pelosi and make Dennis Kucinich speaker (hey, I can dream, can't I?), and then we might actually get somewhere with the remnants of democracy we have left.

[HooptieWagon]

63. I'd agree with that.

As unhappy as I was with the Clintons in the primary, Hillary has stepped up and supported Obama very well in the general - so I'd gladly like to see her replace Reid as the Senate Majority Leader. I think she'd perform that role well. And I'd be happy with anyone replacing Pelosi as House Leader... she's been a major disappointment.

[PassingFair]

83. I don't want any "yes" IWR voters to be running things.

Ditch Reid and replace him with Feingold or Boxer.

Put Jan Schakowsky in charge of the House.

[ZeitGuy]

35. In the immortal words of Monty Python....

My nipples EXPLODE with delight!!!!

[Coexist]

39. LOL!

[OrwellwasRight]

69. I LOVE your sig line. And your MP reference.

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

Some cheese from me to you:



On edit: I always lose it in the typing accurately department after midnight.

[Tuesday_Morning]

36. Bravo!

:applause:

[carnie_sf]

37. I've been thinking lately

that Loserman looks like he's trying to position himself to be a leader in any successor to the Repuke party after their inevitable post election meltdown.

[knixphan]

38. Yes!

[D23MIURG23]

40. Here come the chickens.

Goodbye Judas Joe.

[Coexist]

41. sorry, I don't get the chickens reference?

[JitterbugPerfume]

48. the chickens come home to roost

[D23MIURG23]

50. Exactly

[JitterbugPerfume]

78. I love your Vonnegut quote

He just about singlehandedly made a Democrat out of me


with a lot of help from Bob Dylan

[D23MIURG23]

94. Thanks - Its a favorite of mine as well.

I absolutely loved Cat's Cradle which is the book that it came from. I was already a Democrat/liberal leaner by the time I read Vonnegut, but his prose really resonates with me.

:hi:

[ObamaKerryDem]

43. He's got "Joementum". :D muahahahhaha...

:evilgrin:

[martymar64]

44. They should also throw him out of Washington with a catapult

I'd pay to watch that!

[Coexist]

46. No, a long slow ride out in the popemobile

so we could all watch and enjoy.

[martymar64]

47. Only if we can throw stuff at him on his way out

Stock up on rotten tomatoes, cabbage and flaming bags of dogshit.

[Peacetrain]

45. No one deserves this honor more!

Blindfold, cigarette, water balloons at 50 paces.. and give us back the key to the caucus you traitor!

[undeterred]

52. I thought he was a sure thing for Chair of the Men's Room.

[Politicalboi]

85. Larry Craig's got

That already. :hurts:

[K Gardner]

53. Bout damned time !

[Two Sheds]

54. The shame is that the Democrats have to do this...

if Lieberman had any integrity and courage at all, he would have given up his chair.

[MurrayDelph]

91. Face it, if Lieberman had any integrity our courage

he wouldn't be Joe Lieberman.

[corkhead]

55. ...and the horse he came in on.

[Coexist]

61. amen.

[Colobo]

56. Fuck Joementum.

[MadMaddie]

57. Say it ain't so Joe!!!

Couldn't have happened to a better backstabbing bastard!!

[BrklynLiberal]

58. Kick him out!! Have some self-respect!!!

[Catshrink]

60. Throw his ass out already. What's taking so long?

Traitor!

[Swamp Rat]

62. YAAY!

:bounce:

[Coexist]

65. Love it, Swamp Rat!

[VoodooGuru]

64. Nyaa! take that.

[WhiteTara]

66. it's about time.

that slimy piece of shit should be shunned.

[Zhade]

67. FUCK YES.

NT!

[Mira]

70. We don't need him. Lieberman who?

[Hideboh]

74. We might need him

to ensure a filibuster proof majority.

[Occam Bandage]

71. Good. Hope you enjoyed your career, Joe. Wasn't short enough.

[bluedawg12]

72. Joementum right out the door- buh-byee. n/t

[mahina]

75. About damn time.

I know they needed him just in case, but NOT ANY MORE!

[Just-plain-Kathy]

76. This is great news!!!

[elmerdem]

77. Luck Fieberman!

I would hope he never has a D by his name ever again! Connecticut will do the right thing in 2012!

[BREMPRO]

79. AAAAAHHHHWWWW... to bad for Joemental. now please slither back under your rock. n/t.

[sellitman]

80. This gives me a

[robertpaulsen]

81. Joe the Turncoat. Buh-Bye.

:hi:

[AzDar]

82. He's as despicable as the rest of the Neo-CONS...perhaps a bit worse, because he thinks he's stealth

:bounce:

[defendandprotect]

84. Oh, what a big smile that's put on my face . . .!!!

[Phred42]

86. IT"S ABOUT GODDAMN TIME!

:toast: :woohoo:

[yorokmok]

87. He is a traitor to the party!

Someone should lick his lips and stick him to a window to get him out of the way!! :P

[Jed Dilligan]

88. Not the only thing that pile of dogshit deserves to lose.

[Phx_Dem]

89. And don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Syonara asshole. :hi:

[Zorra]

90. Like Zell Miller, Traitor Joe has lost all respect from both Democrats and republicans.

No one likes, or trusts, a turncoat.

[volstork]

92. Poor Joe!

:nopity:

[Arugula Latte]

93. His lips also need to be removed from McCain's posterior.

[Kitty Herder]

95. That would be a major surgery.

Good thing for him that senators have decent health insurance.