Sent this off to my esteemed Senators, Barbra Boxer and Diane Feinstein, both big Lieberman supporters. Feinstein is a lost cause, I know, but for what it's worth, here's the text...
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CFL) has:
Cheer-led efforts to punish President Clinton for personal indiscretions.
Impeachment soon followed.
Lost his VP bid in 2000.
Lost his Presidential bid in 2004.
Lost the support of the Democratic Party, who voted in favor of a REAL Democrat, Ned Lamont, in 2006.
Turned to Karl Rove and Republicans to hold on to his seat, and has been
rejected by the very party used as a vehicle for that seat, the
Connecticut For Lieberman Party.
Lost the support of HIS OWN CONSTITUENTS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, and
would not win re-election today.
Bald-face LIED to the people of Connecticut by saying "No one wants to
end this war(in Iraq) more than I do."
Questioned the patriotism of the majority of Americans who oppose the war
in Iraq when he said "We criticize the commander-in-chief at our own
peril."
Actively campaigned for REPUBLICAN Senator Susan Collins.
Actively campaigned for REPUBLICAN Senator Norm Coleman.
Actively campaigned for REPUBLICAN Senator John McCain and REPUBLICAN
Governor Sarah Palin in their losing effort to take the Whitehouse for a
3rd Bush term.
SPOKE OUT AGAINST the Democratic nominee for President, Barack Obama, at
the REPUBLICAN Convention in 2008-after Obama had given him a full-throated endorsement for re-election in 2006.
Questioned Obama's patriotism, personal religious beliefs, and political
ideology.
NOT HELD ONE MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT HEARING OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
It's been said elections have consequences; that prized committee
chairmanships are reserved for the most deserving senior party loyalists
to help advance the Democratic Party's policy goals and agenda.
Joe Lieberman is a man without a party OR a constituency, outside of his
friends in the Senate and the media.
He is a small, petty, vindictive, spiteful, sanctimonious and treacherous
man. The powerful Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
Chairmanship is his one and only hold on relevancy and power for power's
sake.
To reward him with that gavel after he actively sought to undermine
President-elect Obama and the Democratic ideals of hope and change and
progress would be treachery in and of itself.
It would cast a dark cloud of suspicion on the judgement and motives of
his supporters, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and the Senate Democratic Caucus.
DO NOT THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THAT SENATOR LIEBERMAN WILL NOT WIELD THIS
GAVEL AS A CUDGEL AGAINST OBAMA AND THE PARTY'S AGENDA.
This is not "Change We Can Believe in."
DO NOT reward this man for his treachery. Put country first. Do the right
thing. Remove THIS gavel from THIS man's hand, or we will ALL suffer the
consequences.
AND YOU WILL HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELVES.