The Conneticut
polls are a little disheartening, though I'm going to hold out hope all the way until Tuesday. You've got
Ned Lamont, a great
Democrat, vs.
lying,
possibly criminal Republican, Joe Lieberman. Lieberman could be worse, I guess, it's just hard to see how. His prominence in the media and seniority in the Senate make him a figure that affects politics everywhere, in general for the worse. Lieberman's
FEC committee donor list alone tells part of the story of why and who he's really working for, and so we might as well just let the money talk ...
From Joe Lieberman's 'who's looking like a rightwinger and energy dinosaur today' list:
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT, THE 09/19/2006 1000.00 26950620720
AREVA COGEMA FRAMATOME ANP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 09/08/2006 2000.00 26960457748
BECAUSE I CARE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BICPAC) 09/27/2006 1000.00 26950526204
CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PAC 09/06/2006 1000.00 26930480591
DOMINION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 03/30/2006 4000.00 26930026719
ENTERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 'ENPAC' 05/15/2006 1000.00 26940196148
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 09/02/2005 1000.00 26970041210
From Joe Lieberman's 'when the military-industrial complex asks me to jump..." list:
ANTEON PAC 09/19/2005 1500.00 26960189906
BECHTEL PAC COMMITTEE 09/21/2006 1000.00 26950545452
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC 06/15/2005 5000.00 25970733148
GENERAL DYNAMICS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION PLAN (GDVPCP) 09/15/2005 5000.00 25971181511
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 09/05/2006 5000.00 26940447572
RAYTHEON COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 09/25/2006 2500.00 26930474282
From Joe Lieberman's 'no raise for minimum wage workers' list, his very powerful contributors who work to undermine the unions that have contributed to him and keep wages everywhere as low as possible:
AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION PAC 09/20/2006 3000.00 26950631380
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC 08/15/2006 5000.00 26930386668
RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AKA RETAIL LEADERS PAC 06/29/2006 1000.00 26960207060
WAL-MART STORES INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 02/28/2006 1000.00 26990336312
From Joe Lieberman's 'never, ever, in a million years going to help give the American public affordable health care' list:
ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 03/14/2005 2500.00 25990513678
AETNA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 02/24/2006 4000.00 26920012953
AFLAC INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AFLACPAC 09/29/2006 5000.00 26950540278
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS PAC (AHIP PAC) 09/05/2006 2500.00 26930485078
AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 08/02/2006 5000.00 26950473135
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC 09/25/2006 5000.00 26950629930
BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - BAXPAC 03/16/2005 2000.00 25990520031
BAYER CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 05/18/2006 1000.00 26930168861
BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 03/13/2006 2000.00 26930074456
CIGNA CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 07/18/2006 1000.00 26960298328
COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; THE 09/13/2005 1000.00 25971359788
COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INC.-FIRST HEALTH GROUP CORP. PAC 03/02/1999 3000.00 99034590310
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 09/22/2006 2000.00 26960547150
FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS PAC (FEDPAC); (FKA AMERICAN HEALTH SYSTEMS PAC) 09/08/2006 2500.00 26940380372
GENESIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 08/03/2005 1000.00 26970024224
HEALTH NET INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 03/20/2006 2000.00 26930091781
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 08/11/2006 4000.00 26960379070
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA: MEDCO HEALTH PAC) 03/14/2006 1000.00 26950065748
MERCK & CO. INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) 03/21/2005 1000.00 25990526169
METLIFE INC. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FUND A 09/19/2006 2500.00 26950609629
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH UNDERWRITERS PAC (HUPAC) 06/21/2006 1000.00 26960270532
NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 10/28/2005 1000.00 26990043010
PFIZER INC. PAC 06/24/2004 5000.00 24961770570
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE 09/22/2006 1000.00 26930433771
PURDUE PHARMA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PURDUE PAC) 07/31/2006 5000.00 26930327743
ROCHE INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND 03/28/2000 1000.00 20035413503
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GLAXOSMITHKLINE PAC) 08/07/2006 5000.00 26940338644
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITED FOR HEALTH) 09/19/2006 2000.00 26940409832
UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC EMPLOYEES' GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND 09/08/2006 1500.00 26950554012
WELLPOINT INC. WELLPAC 08/25/2006 5000.00 26960376990
WYETH GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND 10/03/2006 2500.00 26940499329
ZENECA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 09/28/2006 2000.00 26960450816
Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CFL-The Man), we hardly want to know you.