Joe Must Go!

OK, I am pleased that Barack Obama and not John McSame will be sitting in the Oval Office next January. However I have no intention of simply singing in the choir like I did when Bill Clinton was elected to the job. I was immediately disamyed when I heard that President-elect Obama was going to appoint Rahm Emanuel to be his Chief of Staff but resigned myself to the consolation that at least he would be out of the Congress and certainly not appointed to a Cabinet position. But then came word that Obama was sending signals to Harry Reid that he wanted Joe LIEberman to be allowed to continue to caucus with the Democrats and even maintain his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee in the senate. This is truly outrageous should not be allowed to happen!

The following is a clip from Rachel Maddow explaining the situation as well as anyone could. While Rachel bases most of her argument on things that LIEberman said and did during the presidential campaign of 2008, I don't think I should have to remind many here about the manner in which he conducted himself in the 2004 race as well. It cannot ever be forgotten that, of all the candidates running in 2004 and 2008, it is only Joe LIEberman that continues to embrace his vote on the Iraq invasion and his steadfast embrace of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in their war on the Iraqi people. As for the defense offered by Evan Bayh, don't forget that Bayh is just another DLC stooge. As a matter of fact, there was an entire Facebook group formed to band against him being named Obama's VP pick.

Just to hammer home Rachel's point about LIEberman abandoning the Democrats during critical votes and his potential value as the 60th vote for cloture against a Republican filibuster, just remember who stood in the way when the Democrats tried to set a date for withdrawal from Iraq after they acheived the majority in 2006.

Joe must go and there must be a price to pay for betrayal. Or as the Dixie Chicks say, I'm not ready to make nice:

Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue