Lieberman Party Now in Hands of Critic

[rpannier]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The party Sen. Joe Lieberman created to mount his independent re-election campaign has been seized by one of his critics, and the secretary of state's office said Wednesday that it won't challenge the takeover.

After the senator's Nov. 7 victory under the Connecticut for Lieberman Party banner, John Orman switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Connecticut for Lieberman and voted himself chairman.

Orman, a political science professor who ran briefly against Lieberman last year, said only critics, bloggers and anyone named Lieberman can join the party, which he said would be a watchdog of the senator's actions.


full article at:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070103/D8ME12KO0.html

[ps1074]

1. brilliant

:rofl:

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2. wow -- now THAT'S an interesting move.

[salin]

3. Wonder if they could petition CSpan and the news networks

to stop identifying Lieberman as a dem or even as a "independent dem" - but instead as a Connecticut for Lieberman party representative. So the little name titles they flash up would say "Lieberman - CFL Connecticut" - why - just a constant reminder that he was not elected as a democrat - and that he was a elected running under the party banner of a "party" he and his campaign folks created solely for his election - and thus his NAME is in the party title. That level of political opportunism and self-serving appelation should be ever present when ever he appears on the Tube.