Joe Lieberman: Backstabbing, Lying Trash
Meanwhile, some familiar faces douchenozzles want to save the traitor
Jane at Firedoglake puts it best:
While it’s one thing for Obama to personally forgive Lieberman for the race baiting and other gutter tactics that he engaged in on McCain’s behalf during the campaign, it’s quite another to let the chairmanship of such an important committee, which Lieberman has used for years to prevent Senatorial investigation into no-bid contracts and contractor abuse within the Department of Homeland Security, to serve as an olive branch.
That’s an awfully high price for a lot of reasons.
Since its inception, the Department of Homeland Security has been one of the most corruption-riddled arms of the government, able to hide its affairs from the prying eyes of the public under the guise of “national security….
the House has a Committee on Homeland Security too, and its Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight recently found $15 billion worth of waste in 11 Department of Homeland Security programs — for “projects ranging from airport baggage-screening to trailers for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.”
Lieberman, many will recall, was responsible for holding hearings into the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. But after winning his 2006 election with the help of the GOP, he decided it would be too “divisive” and refused to do so….
Not only is Joe Lieberman not doing that job, as Chairman of the Department of Homeland Security Committee he’s keeping anyone else from doing it. He happily allowed a seat on the Homeland Security Advisory Council to be doled out as political patronage to a corrupt Bush Pioneer. He has no interest in cleaning up the mess he helped to make.
Is his continued happiness worth the cost of healthcare? Of the environment? Of putting Americans back to work? Of reducing our dependence on oil and getting the economy back on its feet?
Allowing Lieberman to retain control of a committee where he has done nothing but suppress meaningful oversight is going to be an awfully bitter pill to swallow when we’re told that the price of “change” we all thought we were voting for is going to be too high.
Firedoglake has a handy tool that allows you to call the Steering Committee for free: I recommend you do so, before Lieberman uses the power of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to hobble the Obama administration.
Click here to try it out: Also, please sign the petition. Go home Joe. Go home, hang out with your grandkids, go throw rocks at the local Iraqis, or whatever it is you do for fun. Just get out of the Senate. You’re nothing but a quisling, a traitor, and most of all, a major hassle for everyone.
