These days, when I see Traitor Joe Lieberman, I think of the Jack Woltz character from The Godfather movie. Lieberman has declared there isn't much that scares him as far as what the Democrats can do to him, and he's hellbent on filibustering the Health Care bill. It's time for Harry Reid to have a horse's head delivered to Aetna's Ho Joe.
Like President Obama, his fellow graduate from The Homer Simpson School of Bargaining and Negotiation, Leader Reid has a penchant for starting his negotiations from the worst possible position. Reid long ago took the stick known as reconciliation out of his arsenal, and his reward for attempting to preserve tradition and comity in the Senate is to be bitch slapped around by tools like Lieberman and Ben Nelson. It's time for this to stop. It's time for Reid to put reconciliation back on the table.
Harry Reid has to make an example of Joe Lieberman. His reason for doing so comes down to one simple fact: Joe Lieberman didn't keep his word, and the caucus will not be held hostage to a liar.
Harry Reid and the caucus must strip Lieberman of his chairmanship, they must make him as much of a non-entity as they can, even if that sends him over to the Republicans. How can Reid expect the Blanche Lincolns, Ben Nelsons, and Marie Landreuxs to fall in line if there's no consequence for their willingness to wander off the reservation. Traitor Joe has to become the poster child for party disloyalty.
Progressives, who long ago realized it's all about Joe, have done their part to get Joe out of the Senate, but DINO Joe got saved by his Republican friends. The money we raised and the the volunteering we performed (pay attention Mrs. Lincoln) got Joe beat in his last primary. It's time for Senator Reid to do what only he can, and reconciliation is the first step. What say you, Mr. Majority Leader?
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