Whoever has been following the news lately (and Im sure that everyone here on Dkos has been following news), you will know that Joe Lieberman is a pretty damaging disease to our party.
Four years ago was not like this.
Four years ago, we had a pretty formidable VP. Cheney had to lie his way to come close in the debate (Joe says "Well, Dick, you've been well-off in the past eight years, Dick says "yes, and the government had nothing to do with it."), and if it was based on facts alone, he won the debate. He had Gore's views, and stuck with Gore until the end. He was a moderate, but a loyal one.
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WELL, WTF HAS HAPPENED TO YOU LIEBERMAN?
You've always been a moderate. When you voted for the Afghanistan War, that was okay. Not such a bad idea.
When you voted for the Iraq War, well, you're a bit messed up in the head. But you're not alone-- over 1/3rd of the Dems in the House voted for it too, with many Democratic Senators.
Have you EVER apologized for voting for it? Have you ever even hinted that the President was wrong? That he came close to lying?
No.
A bit of time passes, you vote for Bush's budget. We know you have ascended to the wings of the Republicans. But thats okay, our priorities must be put elsewhere.
Then you vote for Rice. Then Gonzalez. Surely, you will vote for the new budget.
You now say you will consider Bush on Social Security Disaster.
YOU ARE NO DEMOCRAT. YOU HAVE ASCENDED TO THE WINGS OF THE MODERATE TO EVEN CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS.
Its time to go, Joe.
I wrote all this after finding a great site, www.TimeToGoJoe.com. You make a pledge for who is going against Joe (obviously the Democrat in the primary).
Why should this all happen now? Don't we have other priorities to fight, Republicans to stop, Fascism to derail?
The Democratic Party will not function when we have moles in the inside. Joe Lieberman is a mole. When HE LOOKS LIKE A REPUBLICAN, ACTS LIKE A REPUBLICAN, HES A REPUBLICAN. In Democratic clothes. When you have a prominent Democrat(since he was a VP candidate, hes probably one of the most prominent Democrats around) who supports you, you can say you have a "Bi-Partisan Plan". And its not lying! If Rick Santorum supported us, we would be Bi-Partisan too!
We need Joe out. Or even if he switched parties, it would work (he would be defeated in 06 surely).
How can we do it?