This is kinda nutty if you ask me:
Connecticut Dems Circulate Censure Resolution on Lieberman
Blondin said Lieberman’s speech at the Republican National Convention, in which he praised McCain and criticized Democrat Barack Obama, convinced her that state Democrats needed to take a stand.
“Our point is not that Joe should in some way be prohibited from supporting McCain or speaking at the National Republican Convention. That’s not the issue,” Blondin said. “The issue is, he’s a Democrat. And Joe, in our opinion, needs to reconsider membership in our party.”
Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t “our party” according to Blondin, choose to reconsider Lieberman in 2006? And, correct me again if I’m wrong, but didn’t Lieberman ditch the Democrat Party and run, and win, as an Independent largely on the support of the Republicans. So now, the Connecticut Democrats feel compelled to censure a representative from another party.
That folks, is nuts. Whether they like it or not, thanks to their own doing, Lieberman is a Democrat in registration only. He’s not a RINO or DINO, he’s committed. In the words of Robert Downey Jr, he’s gone full-independent. Now, being as he’s gone full-independent, he’s not obligated to the Blondins stabbing him in the back and then expected him to just take it and shut up. He can do his own thing, and he is. With full independence comes the freedom I think all legislators envy in that he can hang out with and support whoever floats his boat. In this case, it’s not a member of Blondin’s “our party”. That’s just Blondin, there’s nothing the state Democrats can do about it. Sure, they can pass a censure all they want, it is meaningless and looks very petty to anyone outside of New Haven. And, it just proves the point Lieberman made when he bolted.
That may sound harsh. It could have been worse. Someone could have called them for what they are:
“Honestly, I thought that was the kind of thing that happened only in the former Soviet Union. I understand that people are unhappy, but, you know, I’m doing something that I really believe,” Lieberman told WICH-AM. “I thought in this country you don’t get punished for that. So, I hope that in the end, my colleagues will understand and life will go on either way.”
He could have called them communists or something.
Bottom line, they need to let this dead dog lie. If they keep poking at it, it’s gonna stink and the dog won’t care.
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