Comments on: What A Great “Democrat” http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29740 Dugger Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:04:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29740 Quaker, Cranky today, aren't we. Must have struck a nerve. Dugger Quaker,

Cranky today, aren’t we. Must have struck a nerve.

Dugger

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29739 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:04:04 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29739 <blockquote>Who says he has lost touch? </blockquote> Repack did. Sheesh. Pay attention.

Who says he has lost touch?

Repack did.

Sheesh. Pay attention.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29738 Dugger Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:04:23 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29738 Repack, Who says he has lost touch? Should there not be an election to in fact verify that assertion. Are you not bothered at all by the Party's trend towards ideological cleansing. What happened to the big tent or is it just a big anti-war tent? Dugger Repack,

Who says he has lost touch? Should there not be an election to in fact verify that assertion. Are you not bothered at all by the Party’s trend towards ideological cleansing. What happened to the big tent or is it just a big anti-war tent?

Dugger

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29737 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:04:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29737 <blockquote>Now big money extremists grab hold of power and suddenly Lieberman must go. </blockquote> No, you're still missing the point. Lieberman gets a <em>primary opponent</em> and suddenly he's making noises about running in the general, even if party voters want the other guy. "Big money extremists"--whoever they might be--have nothing to do with it.

Now big money extremists grab hold of power and suddenly Lieberman must go.

No, you’re still missing the point.

Lieberman gets a primary opponent and suddenly he’s making noises about running in the general, even if party voters want the other guy. “Big money extremists”–whoever they might be–have nothing to do with it.

]]> By: Sundown http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29736 Sundown Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:04:54 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29736 I also don't think that vote ratings alone determine how "good" a senator/representative is. Basically, if someone is going out of his/her way to undermine the people in the party, it raises a flag in my opinion. I also don’t think that vote ratings alone determine how “good” a senator/representative is. Basically, if someone is going out of his/her way to undermine the people in the party, it raises a flag in my opinion.

]]> By: Repack Rider http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29735 Repack Rider Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:04:02 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29735 <i>I just wonder what Lieberman s thought crime is.</i> He has lost touch with those he represents, and that should cost him. His failure to represent his overwhelmingly anti-war constituency by opposing the war in Iraq is not a "thought crime." It's a political failure. He has been called Bush's favorite Democrat. He has said he's all for completing the mission in Iraq, not even realizing that Mr. Bush told us it was completed three years ago. He sides with the few remaining people in the United States who hasn't noticed the emperor's nudity. I just wonder what Lieberman s thought crime is.

He has lost touch with those he represents, and that should cost him. His failure to represent his overwhelmingly anti-war constituency by opposing the war in Iraq is not a “thought crime.” It’s a political failure.

He has been called Bush’s favorite Democrat. He has said he’s all for completing the mission in Iraq, not even realizing that Mr. Bush told us it was completed three years ago. He sides with the few remaining people in the United States who hasn’t noticed the emperor’s nudity.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29734 Dugger Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:04:06 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29734 Quaker, Hey I don't have a dog in this fight. I just wonder what Lieberman's thought crime is. He's a sitting Senator; a popular ex VP candidate, served his party for a long time, been fairly consistent over that period of time. Now big money extremists grab hold of power and suddenly Lieberman must go. Yet per ACU ratings, only 11 senators out of 100 have voted more liberal (less conservative) than Lieberman in 2005. Does he not hate enough? Too ready to work with the other side? Dugger, I said nothing when they came for Smokin Joe, then they came for Hillsy. Quaker,

Hey I don’t have a dog in this fight. I just wonder what Lieberman’s thought crime is. He’s a sitting Senator; a popular ex VP candidate, served his party for a long time, been fairly consistent over that period of time. Now big money extremists grab hold of power and suddenly Lieberman must go. Yet per ACU ratings, only 11 senators out of 100 have voted more liberal (less conservative) than Lieberman in 2005. Does he not hate enough? Too ready to work with the other side?

Dugger, I said nothing when they came for Smokin Joe, then they came for Hillsy.

]]> By: Frank_D http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29733 Frank_D Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:04:53 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29733 I don't remember any Democrats complaining about Jeffords. I don’t remember any Democrats complaining about Jeffords.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29732 Quaker in a Basement Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:04:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29732 <blockquote>open minded and compassionate progressives decide he has no place in the party of inclusiveness.</blockquote> Try harder, Dug. It's not the "open mined and compassionate progressives" who have decided this. It's Lieberman himself. If he can't get the party to back him, he's perfectly willing to split the vote and gift-wrap the seat for a Republican.

open minded and compassionate progressives decide he has no place in the party of inclusiveness.

Try harder, Dug. It’s not the “open mined and compassionate progressives” who have decided this. It’s Lieberman himself. If he can’t get the party to back him, he’s perfectly willing to split the vote and gift-wrap the seat for a Republican.

]]> By: trevorwells http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29731 trevorwells Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:04:02 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29731 There is a hunger inside all of us to challenge authority that can be rekindled with the right encouragement. In a democracy, the leaders we choose are crucial in reflecting the will of the people. Benjamin Franklin wrote "In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns." Joe Lieberman has forgotten that. His besotted preening for Bush's imperial crusade is a betrayal to the Democratic party and unbecoming a man elected by the people as a Democratic candidate for Vice President. The people of the United States oppose the war in Iraq. Moreover, the good people of Connecticut overwhelmingly oppose this ill-fated misadventure. Send Joe a message and support Ned Lamont. Ned Lamont is a stand up guy with the courage to fight and lead this nation in a new direction. There is a hunger inside all of us to challenge authority that can be rekindled with the right encouragement. In a democracy, the leaders we choose are crucial in reflecting the will of the people. Benjamin Franklin wrote “In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns.” Joe Lieberman has forgotten that. His besotted preening for Bush’s imperial crusade is a betrayal to the Democratic party and unbecoming a man elected by the people as a Democratic candidate for Vice President.

The people of the United States oppose the war in Iraq. Moreover, the good people of Connecticut overwhelmingly oppose this ill-fated misadventure. Send Joe a message and support Ned Lamont. Ned Lamont is a stand up guy with the courage to fight and lead this nation in a new direction.

]]> By: duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29730 duros62 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:04:15 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29730 didn't like him in 2000, either. didn’t like him in 2000, either.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29729 Dugger Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:04:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29729 Start rewriting the history books. There never was a Zell Miller! There never was a Joe Lieberman! They were both inventions of the big, bad Busheyman. Smokin' Joe was good enough in 2000 as VEEP to win the popular vote. Now, open minded and compassionate progressives decide he has no place in the party of inclusiveness. Squealer would love you. Dugger, Be careful Hillsy, your progressive friends will aim the eraser at you next. Start rewriting the history books. There never was a Zell Miller! There never was a Joe Lieberman! They were both inventions of the big, bad Busheyman. Smokin’ Joe was good enough in 2000 as VEEP to win the popular vote. Now, open minded and compassionate progressives decide he has no place in the party of inclusiveness. Squealer would love you.

Dugger, Be careful Hillsy, your progressive friends will aim the eraser at you next.

]]> By: Frank_D http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29728 Frank_D Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:04:11 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29728 I hear the sound of a "big tent" closing... I hear the sound of a “big tent” closing…

]]> By: Blog of the Moderate Left » Blog Archive » A Democrat by Any Other Name& . http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29727 Blog of the Moderate Left » Blog Archive » A Democrat by Any Other Name& . Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29727 [...] brand labels, to be swapped or discarded at a whim. Yet that is exactly what Joe Lieberman now appears to be contemplating. It s unsurprising, yet dispir [...] [...] brand labels, to be swapped or discarded at a whim. Yet that is exactly what Joe Lieberman now appears to be contemplating. It s unsurprising, yet dispir [...]

]]> By: Blog of the Moderate Left » Blog Archive » A Democrat by Any Other Name& . http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-56123 Blog of the Moderate Left » Blog Archive » A Democrat by Any Other Name& . Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-56123 [...] brand labels, to be swapped or discarded at a whim. Yet that is exactly what Joe Lieberman now appears to be contemplating. It s unsurprising, yet dispir [...] [...] brand labels, to be swapped or discarded at a whim. Yet that is exactly what Joe Lieberman now appears to be contemplating. It s unsurprising, yet dispir [...]

]]> By: duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29726 duros62 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:04:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29726 I've seen cheeseburgers with more charisma. I’ve seen cheeseburgers with more charisma.

]]> By: spitar1 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29725 spitar1 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:04:09 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29725 Get this schmuck out of the democratic party. I've said it before, he's a wolf in sheeps clothing. Bye bye Joe. You won't be missed when you leave. Get this schmuck out of the democratic party. I’ve said it before, he’s a wolf in sheeps clothing. Bye bye Joe. You won’t be missed when you leave.

]]> By: goatchowder http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29724 goatchowder Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:04:11 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29724 dKos has got the goods. Leiberman *cannot* run as an Independent. The deadline to file as an Independent is the day after the Democratic primary. D-oh. When ya gonna start collecting those petitons for filing, dumbass? Lamont played this just right by pledging party loyalty no matter what. Lieberman is looking more and more each day like the tool he is. "Joementum" is just trying to put the muscle on the Party top brass, to scare them into abandoning or destroying Lamont. Fuck Lieberman. I'm tired of his shit; and soon we'll see how many of his constituents feel the same way. dKos has got the goods.

Leiberman *cannot* run as an Independent. The deadline to file as an Independent is the day after the Democratic primary. D-oh. When ya gonna start collecting those petitons for filing, dumbass? Lamont played this just right by pledging party loyalty no matter what. Lieberman is looking more and more each day like the tool he is.

“Joementum” is just trying to put the muscle on the Party top brass, to scare them into abandoning or destroying Lamont.

Fuck Lieberman. I’m tired of his shit; and soon we’ll see how many of his constituents feel the same way.

]]> By: buma http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/09/what-a-great-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-29723 buma Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:04:45 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1768#comment-29723 If he runs as an independent will he siphon more votes from the Republican candidate or the Democrat? If he runs as an independent will he siphon more votes from the Republican candidate or the Democrat?

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