Are Senate Dems Still Spineless ?

For the last couple of years, Congressional Democrats have been a huge disappointment. The public elected them in 2006 to stop the war and change the direction our country was taking, but they did very little. In fact, they wound up knuckling under to Bush time after time, even knowing that he was extremely unpopular with the public. They showed less spine than a jellyfish.

But the Republicans were so bad, that the American public gave Democrats another chance. They put a Democrat in the White House, and substantial majorities in both houses of Congress. With those scary Republicans out of the way, it was my fervent hope that Democrats could now stand up straight and show that they have finally grown a spine and some balls.

If this story is true, then that hope may have been in vain. CNN is reporting that Senate Democrats are not only going to wuss out and let Joe Lieberman stay in the Senate Democratic Caucus, but they are also going to let him keep his chairmanship of the powerful Homeland Security Committee. The only punishment he will receive is to lose the chairmanship of a minor sub-committee.

Please tell me that's NOT TRUE!! This creep runs against the Democratic candidate for Senate in his home state. He supports the unpopular Republican president on the war and many other things for the last couple of years. He snubs a whole range of Democrats to support a Republican in the primaries. He speaks at the Republican National Convention and badmouths the Democratic nominee (breaking his word to fellow Democrats). Then he travels with the Republican nominee and campaigns for him, even after he begins to slander Obama with a multitude of lies.

Just what the hell does it take for Senate Democrats to show some respect for themselves, their constituents and their party and GROW A SPINE! This slimy toad Lieberman is not even a Democrat. He was elected as an Independent, and given the honor of caucusing with the Democrats. But that should be a two-way street. He wants the Democrats to give him Democratic privileges, but he is unwilling to show the party and its candidates any respect.

He really doesn't deserve to be allowed to caucus with the Democrats, and he certainly doesn't deserve to retain ANY committee chairmanships. Those should be reserved for supporters of the party. Senate Democrats need to take a stand and kick this slimeball out of the caucus.

Allowing Joe Lieberman to remain in the Senate Democratic Caucus and keep his committee chairmanship is tantamount to asking Tom DeLay and Dick Cheney to become honorary members of the caucus. It's unthinkable!