WashPost: Lieberman Contributed to GOP Senate, House Candidates

[Muttocracy]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/11/lieberman_contributed_to_gop_s.html

By Paul Kane

Here's a story of the Thanksgiving spirit, forgiving and forgetting senatorial style.

When Democrats gathered last week to decide the fate of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), a pair of senators-elect, Tom Udall of New Mexico and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, stepped up to offer symbolically important speeches.

Having ridden the wave of support for President-elect Barack Obama, Udall and Merkley spoke out in favor of the spirit of reconciliation and moving on from the campaign, in which Lieberman was one of the highest profile supporters of the Republican presidential ticket.

But no one in the room knew, as Merkley spoke, that Lieberman had supported Merkley's opponent, Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.). Lieberman, through his Reuniting Our Country PAC, gave Smith's reelection bid $5,000 on Oct. 10, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

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[XemaSab]

1. Screw reconciliation

It's time for the democrats to have some guts and kick this dude to the curb for once and for all.

[Muttocracy]

3. I'm with you; there's even more bad examples at the link. nt

[WindRiverMan]

2. That's just over the top. Time for Joe to go.

We don't need him. We don't have sixty anyway. Why even fuck with him. When will be the next time he sticks us in the back when we need him. He cannot be trusted. Get rid of him.

[Muttocracy]

4. Yep, he can't suddenly start calling himself a Democrat again. nt

[otohara]

5. Again?

He never said he wasn't - besides, even if he would have come right out and said "I'm more republican than democrat) The spineless dems would have done nothing still.

[UTUSN]

6. K&R #3 n/t

[Selatius]

7. We gotta keep our powder dry. We gotta pick our fights.

:sarcasm: