‘Party Of Joe’: Mr. & Mrs. Lieberman
Posted by Michelle Moquin on December 15th, 2009
I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up with everything that has been going on with Joe Lieberman, but this man has got to be stopped. He is one man who is getting in the way, in any way he can, to stop real health care reform. If you agree, and want to take action, keep reading.
Sen. Joe Lieberman announced Sunday that he will join Republicans in blocking a vote on any real health care reform bill — including any public option and even the fake “compromise” floated last week.
The Washington Post‘s Ezra Klein writes, “At this point, Lieberman is just torturing liberals. That is to say, he’s willing to directly cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in order to settle an old electoral score.”
Enough is enough. Can you join 145,000 others in telling Democratic leaders to punish Joe Lieberman by taking his committee chairmanship? Click here.
Then, please ask others you know to take action.
Lieberman was asked if he’d accept losing his powerful committee chairmanship as a consequence of blocking reform, and he answered, “Oh, God no.” Our message to Sen. Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders says:
“Any Democratic senators — including Joe Lieberman — who support a Republican attempt to block a vote on health care reform should be stripped of their leadership titles. Americans deserve a clean up-or-down vote on health care reform that includes a public option.”
Sign the petition here – we’ll deliver it to Senate Democrats.
Then, please ask others you know to take action.
Today, we are releasing a new poll with Howard Dean‘s Democracy for America that shows wide support for our petition:
- Democratic voters think Senate Democrats should take away Lieberman’s chairmanship by 81% to 10%. Independents also support it by 13 points.
- Democratic voters want Senate Democrats to use “reconciliation” by 73% to 13%. This requires just 51 votes to pass reform instead of 60, bypassing Lieberman.
- Voters favor Howard Dean’s “We Can Do Both” proposal (a public option PLUS a Medicare buy-in for ages 55-64) by 57% to 32%. Among Independents, it’s 56% to 28% (2 to 1).
- 84% of Democratic voters want progressive primary challengers to congressional Democrats who oppose a public option.
This poll is being reported by many news outlets. Now, we need to back it up with grassroots action.
Can you join 145,000 others in telling Democratic leaders to punish Joe Lieberman? Click here.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
–Adam Green, Stephanie Taylor, Aaron Swartz, Michael Snook, Natasha Patel, and the PCCC team
And what about Mrs. Lieberman, the other half of the ‘party of Joe’? Let’s take a look and see what his other half is up to, shall we?
Readers: They make quite a pair don’t they?
Doug: It looks like it’s you and me right now.
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michelle
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December 15th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Michelle; I tried to petion against Joe Lieberman (as per your link) and the page no longer exists or can not be found. How conveinient for ole Joe.
I agree this man must be stopped. He is messing with millions of lives. But he is one step ahead of anyone trying to end his reign of power.
This man is f@#king @p everything and is working against the democratic party and the citizens of this nation. He is dangerous and treasonist.
Zen Lill; Hi, hope all is well with you. Me, I have been a little below par lately, no big deal though, I’m sure things will be back to normal soon.
Al
December 15th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Joe Lieberman should be arrested for Treason with no bail. At least then, whether it can be proven in court or not, he will be out for a while and we can go on with the process of lawmaking without the wishy-washy, senility of a power hungry idiot. The irony of the issues in politics are never ending.
I called the White House this morning to complain about the President not stepping up his actions and rhetoric to the Senator. His wife and him should be stripped of their Ambassadorship and leadership positions immediately for their actions that can be viewed as Treasonous.
If not finding a means to rule for treason in his actions, at least a case of Sedition could be found. There are a lot of GOP that could be put in this file. Perhaps its time the democrats use their numbers to gain power instead of running around with their heads cut off…
December 16th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Michelle; Hi, I have tried all your links to complain or petetion about Joe Lieberman’s antics again today (as well as yesterday. All of them have been removed. I wonder how that could have happened?
I guess it is all about “Joe” and he is not allowing anybody to speak out against him.
I agree he must be stopped. This “man?” has single handedly destroyed Health Care Reform. What else is he capable of doing? He is most definetly against whatever is good for the U.S. citizen.
A traitor at best.
Al