Can the people of CT recall Lieberman?

[CatWoman]

PLEASE????

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2865.html

[DemKR]

1. I'm at my boiling point

Get him out now.

[Atman]

2. I love this response...

"jlieberman spent a lot of effort convincing the people of Connecticut that he was a good Democrat on every issue except the war ("don't mention the War!"). So how does he fit in with the Republicans? Other than his pro-Iraq war stance, which is a declining position in the Republican caucus, he theoretically disagrees with them on just about everything. I know Republicans are fairly desperate now, but they don't need leiberman to tie up the Senate, and should be appalled at the notion of accepting him into their party."

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[tblue]

6. Oh that's a good one! Why don't a bunch of us head over to CT and get the petitions going!

[salinen]

26. I love that episode

of "Faulty Towers"

[salinen]

28. Joe

likes getting handjobs from Hannity.

[tblue]

39. "I said it once, but I think I got away with it." LOL!

[malmapus]

42. "OF COURSE YOU STARTED IT! YOU INVADED POLAND!!"

LOL that one is one of the best :D

[tblue]

43. Long live "The Germans"!

Edited to add this link:
WATCH IT HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MbeT7_ARm8

[Joe Chi Minh]

57. The irony is that Basil is, himself, the quintessential, crypto-Nazi: as

Churchill said of them, "They are either at your feet or at your throat."

[CTyankee]

3. A lot of smart people here say no, unfortunately.

Otherwise, believe me, people would be banging down doors to get it done, myself included! I never want to see his face in New Haven or anywhere else in CT (or the world for that matter).

[kansasblue]

8. there was even a website started....

but from the info I've read... no..... CT can't. Other states can.

By the way there is a recall effort for John (my beliefs blow in the politcal wind) McCain.

[Blue-Jay]

31. Oh, well I guess if there's a WEBSITE, that trumps the law.

[Tom Joad]

41. No State can recall a US Senator or House Member....

Its not provided for in the US constitution.

From Document on the web.. (yes, know its from Sen Lugar, but i think the facts are straight here)
http://lugar.senate.gov/CRS%20reports/Recall_of_Legislators_and_the_Removal_of_Members_of_Congress_from_Office.pdf

page 2: "As to removal by recall, the United States Constitution does not provide for nor
authorize the recall of United States officers such as Senators, Representatives, or the
President or Vice President, and thus no Member of Congress has ever been recalled
in the history of the United States."

A Congressperson can be removed by Congress itself. That should only be done in case of bribery or such things, not political disagreements. I would not want congress to start removing members because they disagree with them.

If there were a provision to recall US senators, i doubt Conn would change its mind just a few months after making its decision. So Conn. has to live with its decision. If they oppose the war...

ORGANIZE

[tblue]

4. Ugggh! If he's gonna keep this sh*t up, he should just go ahead and officially become a Republic.

He is for all intents and purposes anyway.

They can have him!!!!!!

I am so through with Holy Joe. There is blood all over his sorry hands. What a lowball creep. I bet Al Gore rues the day he chose this cretin for his running mate.

[niyad]

5. were he, by some chance, to choke on his own bile,any idea who the gov would appoint in his place?

sorry if that seems like a tacky question, but after my run-in with my own senator's office today, I am in one of THOSE moods.

[CTyankee]

15. Gov. Rell is a Republican and she would appoint a Republican

so there is no gain there. I am so sick of her, too...don't get me started!

[Hippo_Tron]

35. True but there would be a special election in 2008

So we'd only have to wait two years to re-capture the seat instead of six.

[Selatius]

7. I don't believe the Constitution provides a recall provision.

I don't think it's possible, but I could be wrong.

[tblue]

9. And what makes Repusses think he won't switch back if it gets too hot in the kitchen?

Hear that, creeping Freepers? NOBODY but nobody loves a traitor. You can have him!

[Canuckistanian]

36. Holy Joe is a sapling in the wind

He'll bend for whoever pays the most. At the moment, it's the pro-war gang.

Wonder what's in HIS financial portfolio?

[Ignacio Upton]

10. Wouldn't we need a Constitutional amendment to allow this?

n/t.

[AndyA]

11. Connecticut residents: just think...you could have had NED LAMONT!

Please don't all of you bash your heads against the wall at the same time...

:banghead:

[CTyankee]

16. Your post is annoying to those of us in CT who actually WORKED for Ned Lamont.

I know where you are aiming your remark, but I doubt if anyone here at DU supported Joe. So your comment is unnecessary. There is a lovely community of strong progressive Dems who worked joyfully on Ned's campaign, knowing the odds were against us all along but believing in the power of the just. It was unbelievably sad to see Ned not win. Please remember that.

[CatWoman]

17. I think Andy's comments are geared toward the numbskulls

who voted for this cretin.

[CTyankee]

27. Thank you, but I don't believe they are here on DU.

The rest of us are progressives and we are just as unhappy and miserable (probably more so) than anyone else in this country that Joe has been put back into power.

This was a hard thing for us. We fought hard and the DU community in particular heard about what we were doing. We tried against some overwhelming odds. The triumph in the primary was such a high spot! So many people were inspired by Ned's example.

Let's face it: the CT numbskulls who voted for Joe aren't here on DU. They prolly never were, because many of them are Republics. So let's just ignore them. They don't count. Let's concentrate on our own: liberals, progressives, people proud to call themseles Democrats! That's us!

[RiverStone]

29. Just curious...a question about Loserman DEMS

Thanks CTyankee for working hard for Ned. I'd say 99.9% of us here (minus the freeper trolls) were pulling for Ned too.

Question: I have never heard from a CT Dem that actually drank the Loserman kool-aid and fell for Joe's manipulative b.s. They would get chewed to pieces on DU anyway. Though I'm interested, in your circles over in CT - are you hearing from any of the DEMS that did vote for Loserman and now are choking with regret? How do the 30% DEMS that gave traitor Joe their vote feel about him switching parties or his rabid support of Shrub??

Are any of those folks writing Loserman and telling him that's not why they voted for him? Of course, WTF were they thinking in the first place??? Deer in headlight syndrome? I've just never seen ONE DEM crawl out of the shadows and admit voting for the SOB.
Curious how its spinning now in CT?



peace~
:)

[blm]

30. They fell for Bill Clinton and his big push for Lieberman on LKL - a win/win for Dems

he called it, isn't that GREAT - lucky Dems according to Bill.

[kath]

54. Hey, Bill Clinton - FUCK YOU for supporting Lieberman. Why the FUCK didn't you support the

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE???!?!?

[CTyankee]

32. I wish I knew! I don't have a finger on their pulse unfortunately.

I canvassed the neighborhood for Ned and encountered people who attended shull with Joe but since I didn't, I don't know how things turned out for them, since I am not Jewish. I don't trust the others who voted for Joe as I think they were mostly Republicans. Or at least Dems I would not have known very well. My Democratic friends are pretty much all very left of center Dems in New Haven, a very progressive town.

I'd love to have a chance to talk to some of the Dems I spoke to on the phone when I was calling for Ned, the ones who said they hated the war but they were voting for Ned. THOSE are the ones I'd love to ask you question to! My bet is that they are sick at heart. And I hope they are. It is what they get.

But you know, it is just not something we can change. And we have to accept what we cannot change, right?

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

60. I can tell you that the local paper which supported him in the

primary and in the general is now printing their regrets on the editorial page. Too little too late from the New Haven Register

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=143x4444


edited to add link to NH Register opinion piece

[Theres-a]

44. Thank you,CT. I voted Ned.

Snowy tonight here!Won't be long we'll hear the peepers!Hard to fathom on a night like this.

[CTyankee]

55. Only a trace of snow in New Haven. I heard some birds yesterday

I think they're too early! Spring is not for 3 1/2 more weeks!

[AndyA]

59. Why was my comment unnecessary?

I seem to remember there were a few who said they were going to support Joe because they didn't think Ned had a chance at winning.

I agree that it was unbelievably sad that Ned did not win, which was the point of my comment. No insult meant to anyone who worked on Ned's campaign. If my post came across as annoying to you, it is your interpretation only, as that was not the intent of my comment.

[MoonRiver]

12. I don't think so. But the Senate is in gridlock anyway.

If LIEberman switches and the Thugs take over, they just get blamed more for Iraqmire next election. It's going to be a real Republic blood bath come November 2008.

[tritsofme]

13. The only way out is death, resignation, or expulsion.

Otherwise the term lasts 6 years.

[LiberalEsto]

14. No impeachment? nt

[MonkeyFunk]

19. No

impeachment is only for executive branch members. But the Senate could expel him for bad behavior, but that won't happen. Voting in an unpopular way isn't bad behavior.

[CK_John]

18. No state can recall Federal officials only state officials. n/t

[senseandsensibility]

20. Is there visable anger among the state's Dems at least?

Is he hearing from his constituents? Do the Dems that voted for him realize their mistake? Actually, I sympathize fully with any DUer stuck with this clown, assuming they didn't vote for him. We have a similar situation in California with the gropinator, and I always kind of bristle when people say what's WRONG with the Dems in California? The fact is I have no idea, but I didn't vote for the jerk. :-(

[CK_John]

24. CT is one of the highest income states and navy ship building is

probably the largest employer and the insurance industry is second. So I don't think this is a very progress state. I think they are very happy with Old Joe. IMO.

[bahrbearian]

21. He won't be in the Senate much longer, soon he will

be appointed to replace Snarly Dick,

[bagrman]

22. He's marched in lockstep with them all along, might as well make it official.

[BlooInBloo]

23. Who in their right mind would trust the jackass voters of CT to get it right?

[CTyankee]

33. Excuse me? n/t

[brer cat]

48. I'm not going to respond to that child and give him

the attention he's craving by pulling his pants down.

Thanks for all the hard work you did to get Ned the dem nomination, and for staying in the fight against the republicons for LIEberman!

[tblue]

40. Republics are the ones who voted for Joley Ho

[Theres-a]

46. Feh.

:finger:

[Beelzebud]

25. It shouldn't have even been legal for him to run after losing a primary election...

[sellitman]

34. Bingo!

I am so mad he was able to cheat that I can hardly even talk of it.

I am also mad at the DNC for showing their real colors and hardly showing any support for Lamont. A pox on them.

[MonkeyFunk]

38. huh?

by what constitution would such a prohibition be legimitate?

I hate that he ran, and I really hate that he won, but the two-party system is not mentioned in the constitution. As long as he meets the constitutional requirement to be a Senator, there's no legal way to stop him.

[Beelzebud]

56. It's not complicated. He Lost his primary race. That should exclude him from the general...

Otherwise, why would ANYONE bother spending the money to run in a primary if they can just ignore the results?

[ISUGRADIA]

45. In MN he could not have done this

filing for the general election and primary ends at the same time, a candidate has to pick one to run in only

[Redstone]

37. We would if we could, but we can't.

Redstone

[Nikki Stone1]

50. There is no recall process?

?

[Redstone]

51. No. None at all.

Redstone

[Nikki Stone1]

52. That's just too sad

The party did this. They starved the Lamont campaign and supported Lieberman.

[hyphenate]

47. GMTA

Except that I'm badly behind. I only wish that something could be done. There has to be something that can be done! Even before the election, Lieberman was getting kudos from almost every extremist right-winger, and we already know a lot of them sunk a lot of money into his re-election campaign.

[Major Hogwash]

49. Joe's irrelevant in 18 months.

So, mark your calendars now, because after August 1st, 2008 Joe won't be able to muck up anything anymore.

He'll be all alone in his Party of One.

"I'm an Independent Democrat."

Ummm, Joe, what does that mean?

"It means I'm a Republican."

[MzNov]

53. Here's a link to some interesting data on CT recall proceedings, or lack thereof.....

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2004/rpt/2004-R-0082.htm

CA can recall ANY elected official. I think it should be the same in each state.

:shrug:

[Beelzebud]

58. Would the people of CT be smart enough to, if they could?