GoddessDustyGold
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ORIGINAL: DomKen Obama and HRC were opposing candidates during the primary but once the primaries were over, which are intended to involve members of the same party competing against each other (shocking to the GOP which prefers coronations but that's the way it is), HRC campaigned for the winning candidate and not for his opponent. Lieberman wants the perks of being in the majority party but campaigned against that party's leadership. He definitely should expect and fully deserves some hard questions on the matter. Claiming not to understand that pretty clear difference strikes me as passive aggressive behavior and not a legitimate misunderstanding. Again text is lacking. Do not misunderstand where I am coming from, DomKen, and assume that I must be acting in a passive-aggressive manner, or that I am claiming not to understand. I understand just fine. I understand that the American people, as a whole, seem to be just fine with a two party system that has long outlived its usefulness and shows no measurable difference in what happens when business as usual resumes in Washington, D.C. administration after administration. I understand that in spite of all the sweet talk about not voting with the party or along party lines, that is really the way it is. I understand that if someone is not liked for the stand he took, it is never let go. We must always find a new way to dig and ridicule and call that person self-serving. I also understand that when the same thing is happening within the party (not the primaries, but right now) that those on that side refuse to see it or make excuses for it or won't even address it. Lieberman had a right to take his stand and say what he needed to say. People had a right to listen or discard it. Hell, the party has a right to blackball him. But that is not happening. And that is making a lot of people mad. But nobody is concerned that another party member is making power deals behind closed doors in conjunction with the offer of a very important cabinet position. What puzzles Me is the lack of concern on the part of the American people, regardless of party. Hillary is not making nicey-nice. She is demanding the power to which she obviously feels entitled. All is not honkey donkey in the Democratic Party. Everybody just wants to pretend it is. Because she publicly campagned for him, once she lost her bid for the nomination, everything is alright now and the nasty shots during the primaries are over and done and everybody is backslapping happy. Hmph! Obviously it isn't. I understand the people just want to ignore that. That does not wash for Me. Edit: quote:
Lieberman wants the perks of being in the majority party but campaigned against that party's leadership. He definitely should expect and fully deserves some hard questions on the matter. I have no problem with hard questions. I do have a problem with the hard questions being posed by Tom Brokaw and him trying not to let Lieberman "off the hook" as another poster stated. Let the party take care of it. It does not need to be tried in the press. All that does is feed the idea that no one has the right to take a different stand. If they are with a party, then, by god, they are with that party all the way or they are a traitor!
< Message edited by GoddessDustyGold -- 11/23/2008 10:09:28 PM >
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Dusty They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety B Franklin Don't blame Me ~ I didn't vote for either of them The Hidden Kingdom
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