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bobr900
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Lieberman, Elections, Ohio, Republican Slash and Burn Politics
[Read the article: Clueless Joe]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Joan,
Many thanks for a great article. We the readers of Salon need to read more from you.
Joe Lieberman has some major problems regarding his political identity and his responsibility to the democratic voters of CT. I agree clueless Joe is completely out of touch with the people of CT, like many pols these days he has forgotten that it is his responsibility to serve them, not the other way around. He really betrayed his true feelings in his totally lame and clueless concession speech. If he were a true servant of the democratic voters of CT he would graciously step aside and put ALLLLLLL his support behind Lamont. The PEOPLE have spoken Joe get beyond your own self serving agenda and respect THE PEOPLE of CT.
'We the people' are way, way, way past the point of bipartisan politics in this country because of the Bush/ Cheney/ Rove crime family strategies of 'slash and burn' politics. Any reaching across the aisle by any democrat is stupid and spineless. The Dems have been 'making nice' since Boosh first ran for pres and just LOOK at what it accomplished, absolutely nothing but complete defeat for the Democratic party. But much more importantly it has resulted in a complete loss of our 'system of checks and balances' which means a complete defeat for democracy and a one party, Republican party STRANGLEHOLD on America.
So Joe if you have any concern for America and it's people just do the right thing and get out of the way because YOU sir are helping to maintain one party rule in America. If that is what you want you should be GONE. Democracy still flourishes in CT due to the great people of CT, and they have my heartfelt THANKS, ADMIRATION and TOTAL RESPECT.
Now it's up to Ned Lamont to live up to and serve the wishes of the people of CT.
I live in Ohio where as everyone in America knows by now democracy is long gone and nearly dead. Republican corruption is everywhere in Ohio from the governor on down.
Under Repub rule government 'by, for and of the people' in America is rapidly being choked off and will soon die if they are not stopped. Repubs want to be in power for a generation (20yrs) to accomplish this task but at the rate they are succeeding they will do it if they can get one more presidency with eight more years of total control over all three branchs of government.
If the Democratic party wants to return to power they must take responsibility in hand and get the job done. They MUST weed out people like Lieberman. They must throw total support and dedication behind people like Russ Feingold of Wis. In Calif I most heartily endorse Marcy Winograd. In Ohio the Dems must make sure that they throw all their resources behind Ted Strickland for gov. Get rid of Jane Harmon (D-Cal) and Ken Blackwell in Ohio.
For those who don't know Blackwell he is Sec. of State in Ohio and far to the radical extreme right along with Bush/ Cheney/ Rumsfeld/ Rice/ Rove/ Morris/ Gonzales and all the other Republican members of the Bush crime family. Blackwell is a nazi fascist neocon of the first rank and the destruction he can do in Ohio and eventually across the US is unthinkable. He is a republican above all else and completel;y self serving. I sincerely doubt if he has an ounce of American patriotism or an ounce of caring for ordinary people in his blood.
One example, Blackwell's job as Sec of State in Ohio is to oversee the fairness of elections and you all know about the past Ohio elections. Additionally, while he is Sec of State he is also running against Ted Strickland for the governorship of Ohio. And this guy is in charge of our elections and controls those Diebold Republican electronic voting machines. Let me REPEAT that, Blackwell is running for governor while at the very same time he is in CHARGE of the entire election. Wake up Ohio and wake up America because this is exactly what is happening.
ES&S electronic voting machines had Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) as it's CEO at one time. It makes me very suspicious and ought to make all voters especially those in Nebraska wonder.
It is no wonder that Bush won in Florida which is just as corrupt as Ohio, in my estimation. Jeb Bush was/is governor and Katherine Harris was in charge of the elections that put dubya in the pres along with the republican dominated US Supreme Court. Now dubya is pres and leader of the party that is terribly corrupt and will soon eliminate our democratic form of government because they care nothing about America or it's citizens only about money and political power. And the Catholic Church, my religion is completely complicit in this process along with the white southern Baptist fundamentalists.
We should all be smelling the STINK of Rovian Republican election strategies rampant in Ohio.
Walden O'Dell, CEO of Diebold until recently, was the guy who promised the election to Bush, raised millions for Bush and was and probably still is one of Bushs' "Rangers". Those guys are the elites for Bush and the Repugs whose job is to get votes and raise millions. And I suppose this guy calls himself an American citizen. He is nothing more than a corruptor of the political process same as Bush/Rove/Repugs and will, if allowed, destroy our democracy and America.
If the Dems want to regain some political power this is what they have to fight. If they don't then they won't...
I may be an independant swing voter but I am an American above all else and will always stand up for America and support any candidate that works for and SERVES the American people.