Too little, too late, Traitor Joe

With the election looming and his atrocious behavior about to come back and bite him in the ass, Joe Lieberman is trying to throw some cash at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in an effort to retain his gavel as chair of the Homeland Security committee. To that end, he has written two $100,000 checks to the DSCC in the last year.

We have no doubt that Chuck Schumer appreciates the recent outpouring of largess, but something tells me that it is going to take more than a hundred grand to get out of the doghouse with most Senate Democrats. He is most likely going to be the keynote speaker at the republican nominating convention, for Christ's sake, and he has been filling the role of attack-dog for months, and people have been paying attention to his warmongering rhetoric. We were paying attention a couple of months ago when Obama pulled him aside and called his ass out.

When Harry Reid was asked about Lieberman's chances of retaining his gavel after January he basically told the reporter asking the question to wait and see what next year brings, and moved on.

Joe should have maybe put down the shovel and stopped digging a long time ago. Whatever he does now is going to be too little, too late. Hell yes, he should be stripped of his chairmanship, and he should be kicked out of the Democratic caucus. I am even willing to take it a step farther. I am in favor of censuring him publicly from the well of the senate and in full view of all stripping him of every perk and trapping of the senate. You chose to be a man without a party, Traitor Joe. Lie down and sleep in the bed you have made, asshole.

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Kentucky Dems to Schumer: Drop Dead

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As Chuck Schumer works frantically at the DSCC to promote a notorious DINO to run for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat, Kentucky progressives and its liberal blogosphere are fighting back.

Rumors are rampant here that Schumer is begging Criminal and Democratic Traitor Bruce Lunsford to challenge Mitch's re-election.

In a rational world, the person in charge of electing Democrats to the U.S. Senate would be pushing republican-in-disguise Lunsford to run either in the republican primary to wound Mitch and drain his war chest, or as an independent in the general election, to split republicans and guarantee a Democratic victory.

In a rational world, the person in charge of electing Democrats to the U.S. Senate would never dream of undermining the candidacy of a near-perfect Democratic candidate like Andrew Horne.

But Chuck Schumer lives in the DLC's Beltway World, where they think DINOs like Harold Ford actually win Senate seats against real republicans.

In 2004, Kentucky progressives, reeling from the republican takeover of the governorship, let the DLC talk us into electing DINO extraordinaire Ben Chandler to Congress. Chandler has thanked us by voting with Smirky and Darth to impoverish working families, legalize torture, promote permanent war, undermine the rule of law and destroy the Constitution.

Never again. No more DINOs.

Media Czech of BlueGrassRoots launched the first missile last week with this video of Lunsford yukking it up with his dear, dear buddy Mitch McConnell. (The other chucklehead is disgraced former republican governor Ernie Fletcher.)

Emails cited two Bluegrass Report posts from back in the spring, when Lunsford was running in the Democratic primary for governor (which he lost by 20 points):

"Top Ten Reasons to Vote Against Bruce Lunsford."

"More on Lunsford's Love of the Republican Party."

But there's more! If you've finished throwing up at the idea of this millionaire scumbag representing the Demcoratic Party at so much as a backyard picnic, try these:

Media Czech details Lunsford's 14-year record of large donations to republicans, including $7,500 to - wait for it - the National Republican Senate Committee in 1997. "Bruce Lunsford? Surely You're Joking."

And CFK activist Mike Bailey makes an impassioned plea for not letting Schumer's blackmail and Lunsford's money sway real Kentucky Democrats.

UPDATE, 9 a.m.: Page One Kentucky says Lunsford is definitely moving toward declaring his candidacy for the Democratic primary for Mitch's Senate seat.

Page One says Lunsford is making a mistake, even after disclosing that its editors once worked for Lunsford and consider him a friend. Page One has, in fact, often defended Lunsford against critics like yours truly. For Page One to tell Lunsford to stay out of this race is a huge indicator of just how united Kentucky Democrats are in support of Andrew Horne.

Post has been edited.

Cross-posted at Blue in the Bluegrass.

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