NOW drops backing for Lieberman

[donsu]

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/05/now_deals_a_blo.html


Announced in a release today: "pursuant to the request of Connecticut NOW, NOW PAC is endorsing" cable co. exec. Ned Lamont (D) for CT SEN. The release notes Sen. Joe Lieberman (D) is one of 7 of Dems "who have promised not to filibuster any of President Bush's judicial nominees, except under 'extraordinary circumstances.' Well if packing the Supreme Court with abortion opponents like John Roberts and Samuel Alito is not an extraordinary circumstance, then we don't know what is." They also note Lamont's opposition to the Iraq War and says he "recognizes... the right of everyone to marry the person they (sic) choose regardless of gender."
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Yea! - go get'em NOW

[Spaceman Spiff]

1. Screw Lieberman!!

I'm a liberal as they come on most issues but when you start trying to regulate my violent video games I have to draw the line!:freak:

[blm]

2. This is a big move from NOW. If they are dropping support of any prochoice

lawmaker who supported Roberts or Alito, it could carry some weight.

[ceile]

3. Good.

His hospital comment the other day was over the top. I hope all women's organizations drop him. wanker.

[LilyLibber]

5. Kudos to NOW.

But I missed his hospital comment. What did he say?

[katmondoo]

7. He said a woman who has been raped and cannot get the emergency

rape pill from a hospital she could just go to another one. The hospital is not required to dispense the pill if it is against their principles

[LilyLibber]

10. Oh my god!

That just makes me sick! Unconscionable doesn't even BEGIN to cover it! :grr:

I reiterate, excellent move, NOW!

[walldude]

11. Here's the actual quote:

Lieberman said he believes hospitals that refuse to give contraceptives to rape victims for "principled reasons" shouldn't be forced to do so. "In Connecticut, it shouldn't take more than a short ride to get to another hospital,"

Asshole. Wonder what took NOW so long...

[LilyLibber]

12. Thanks for the quote, walldude...

Do you happen to have a link to this inanity?

[beltanefauve]

14. Short ride, my ass!

That comment totally incensed me. First, a rape victim has the actual trauma of the rape to deal with. Then, that person has to endure the humiliation of the medical examination and the recounting of the incident in reporting it to the police. And then, if the hospital won't provide emergency contraception due to "reasoned principles", the victim is expected to simply go to another hospital and endure the same procedure all over again???:mad:
This is not what being a public servant is supposed to be all about, and Lieberman does not deserve to represent The People.

[magic111]

4. Bush -A Weapon Of Mass Destruction

There is an anti-war anti-Bush button people are wearing. It's on ebay. It says "Bush-A Weapon Of Mass Destruction". How appropriate.

[beltanefauve]

16. What does this have to do with Lieberman?

Are you sure you posted on the right thread?

[Totally Committed]

6. FABULOUS!

NOW rocks!

TC

[EST]

8. Hurrah for NOW!

In the effort to recreate the democratic party, with the emphasis on honesty, integrity, principle and the notion that undeservedly destroying another person just to clear the way for a particular candidacy is not appropriate, this move by NOW is a highly welcome demonstration of principle.
Kudos!

[LilyLibber]

13. I'm not sure I understand.

Do you think someone is "undeservedly destroying another person just to clear the way for a particular candidacy" here, or am I missing something?

[EST]

17. Happens all the time-especially in bitterly fought primaries-

witness 2004.
The contestants often resort to conflation, confabulation, and character assassination,
leading the voters to conclude that the other fellow is totally unfit to lead.
As mature, adult human beings, we need to produce the organization that enables capable, thoughtful people to guide the course of the country, not merely those with clever, destructive ideas that are oriented toward winning at all costs, rather than choosing the most qualified.

Given the two party system, we have fewer options, but having a competitive structure that brings out the best, not just the meanest or the richest, is of paramount importance. I would go so far as to support an intra-party rule that compels the candidates who choose to resort to mud slinging or corrupting the facts of their opponents' records or attitudes to face immediate disqualification.

We need to be as unlike the vicious mindset that is so obvious in republicans as humanly possible.

It is unsupportable that a losing candidate, for instance, so sullies the winning candidate that even moderate, semi-conscious republicans would not even consider voting for that person.

[Kolesar]

9. Who did Planned Parenthood endorse? eom

[gratuitous]

15. Good move by NOW

There should be consequences for a politician when he or she doesn't support your group or its constituency. Lieberman has decided to sit down on behalf of women's rights, and women's rights groups should withdraw their support.

[derby378]

18. How sweet it is!

Shame on "Benedict Arnold" Lieberman. He brought this on himself.

[tishaLA]

19. Good for Lamont, Good for NOW!