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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 09:40 PM
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Lieberman's attack on liberals
Has anybody heard any response to Lieberman's attacks on the left in the Democratic Party? Anybody like Kucinich or Dean has said anything?

To those who had not heard Lieberman attacked fellow Democrats like Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich that people should not support social programs and anti-war candidates.

This man just disgusts me. The more I think about it the more I am convinced he is a just a whiny wimp who wishes he had the gonads to be a Republican.

John
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buff2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 09:55 PM
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1. Someone ought to duct tape his mouth shut
That miserable two-faced bastard is doing his BEST to smear all the other candidates. I guess he thinks it will help HIM,but he is too damn ignorant to realize he is hurting the democratic party. He is a repuke in dem's clothing and I think he hurt Al Gore. His joke telling and wearing his religion on his sleeve turned a lot of people off.I can't stand him,he needs to shut the hell up and get out of this race.I'll be so glad when Dean wins and this dried up old has been can retire and be with his family.
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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 09:59 PM
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2. Gore should have picked somebody else as a running mate.
Edited on Mon Aug-04-03 10:05 PM by Cascadian
Had Al Gore picked somebody else besides Lieberman, Gore's numbers would have been larger than Bush's and Gore would have ended up in the White House. Gore should have picked John Kerry. It would have been a better fit in my view. I think Lieberman played a factor in Gore not getting more numbers.

John
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LuCifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 10:49 PM
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9. COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER!
The above two posts put into words EXACTLY what I've been trying to get into words since 2003. ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
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BayCityProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 10:02 PM
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3. Lieberman
Lieberman is the Democratic party. With the exception of people like Durbin,Dayton,Feingold, Kennedy, Boxer, Corzine, Kerry ect. The Senate Democrats are nothing but watered down Republicans. Only 14 Democrats in the senate voted against the bankruptsy bill. Lieberman is the face of the New Democrats and a result of what happens when corporations take over the party. Whatever your feelings on Nader all Democrats should read the chapter "Morphing of the Democrats" in his book Crashing The Party. He details the gradual takeover of the Democratic Party by Corporate interests. As progressives we need to work to take our party back. Even if we nominate a progressive who loses in 04 a loss may be necissary to take back our party and reorganize our priorities. The "center" of politics in this country has drifted to the Right since the mid 70s and is now so far out there that Barry Goldwater could be a Democrat.
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 10:12 PM
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5. Here's some comments from Dean
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=25&SubSectionID=377&ArticleID=85948

"Meanwhile, Dean struck back at a primary rival, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who warned on Friday that Dean’s opposition to the war in Iraq and his push for complete repeal of the Bush tax cuts could be a “ticket to nowhere’’ for Democrats on Election Day 2004.

“I disagree with Joe,” Dean said. “He’s served this country well, but he’s been on the wrong side of a lot of issues and I simply disagree with his assessment. I think my policies are a ticket to the White House.’"
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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 10:29 PM
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6. Good and classy response.
I like it. I would love to get Kucinich's take on Lieberman spouting off!

John
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imhotep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 10:41 PM
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7. I really don't understand
why any Democrat would bash liberals.
Has anyone ever displayed such an apotheosis of indifference?
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Ein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-03 10:46 PM
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8. He should STFU
Edited on Mon Aug-04-03 10:47 PM by Ein
and lefties should heave the party to the left with all of its might. If it is not done, either progressives need to change thier views, or we need another populist-like labor movement.
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