NEW BRITAIN -The city's Democratic Town Committee approved a "resolution of no confidence" in Senator Joe Lieberman at its December meeting. The move came at the December 11th meeting held at City Hall.
The 12-point resolution, adapted from a more detailed censure resolution adopted by the Glastonbury Democratic Town Committee, won unanimous support at the New Britain meeting. It took issue with Lieberman's role in the 2008 campaign, including a speech at the Republican National Convention and months of campaigning on behalf of GOP nominee John McCain outside of Connecticut. The statement went on to oppose Lieberman's position on a range of issues including:
- Missed votes on increased funding for Homeland Security despite public statements supporting additional resources. "His absence in a debate on legislation to potentially increase security funding to Connecticut's cities meant the difference between the bill passing and losing." said one clause of the resolution;
- The vote to confirm Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General (the only Democratic senator from New England to do so) "in spite of Gonzales' support of torture, rendition and eavesdropping on US citizens";
- Support for the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that denies prisoners the right to habeas corpus, sanctions torture and protects members of the administration from prosecution for war crimes;
- The only Democrat to support the president's idea of private accounts. "Once it was clear that the issue had no traction, Joe Lieberman joined Democrats in opposing the President's plan," according to the resolution;
- Support for NAFTA and CAFTA --the free trade agreements approved without a process to negotiate worker rights, human rights and environmental safeguards;
- Unwavering support of the Iraq war, the greatest contributing factor to the growth in the national debt.
Democratic Town Chair John McNamara said Lieberman's expected pro-Democratic votes in the next Congress will be welcome. And he acknowledged Lieberman's recent statements that he would be in lockstep with the Obama administration on a new economic stimulus package after Lieberman retained the chairmanship of Homeland Security from the Democratic Senate caucus.
"The point of these censures and no-confidence votes, however, should be to send a message to Joe that we are looking for a new senator in 2012," said McNamara. "Going back on your commitments while hiding behind the cloak of 'bipartisanship' or, worse, opposing the nominee of your own party, give politics and politicians a bad name. Senator Lieberman has repeatedly turned his back on Democrats who made it possible for him to serve in the U.S. Senate in the first place."
The no confidence vote from New Britain Democrats did not come as a surprise. In 2006, the New Britain Town committee sent 24 of 31 delegates to the Democratic State Convention in support of candidate Ned Lamont over Lieberman, the largest block of votes opposing Lieberman's re-nomination for U.S. Senate.
The New Britain Committee will be sending its resolution on to state party leaders and to Senator Lieberman to express its concerns on his voting record and role in the 2008 campaign.
21 comments:
Since the New Britain democrat town committee voted to sanction Senator Lieberman for supporting a republican where does that put Mcnamara and the 13 unethicals for PROPOSING and supporting Jacobs for the school board?
Good point, shouldn't they all be sanctioned too? Of course you must realize this elitist group thinks they are better than Senator Lieberman.
If only we shared the middle eastern insult of throwing your shoe at someone, a shoe store on West Main Street would have been a thriving business on Wednesday nights.
Where do we send our concerns regarding their voting records?
Guess you folks who sound like you know it all don't know the city charter.
It's the duly elected Council of all parties that fills vacancies not political parties. If you are not a Democrat mind your own business.
And see you next November
These same clones of McNamara would applaud Governor Rod Blagojevich. That is their mind set. Get rid of McNamara and the local Democratic Party might come back to its original purpose before the Socialism and Communism we are seeing today.Who has the guts to start the movement to oust McNamara?
"And see you next November"
See you next November democrats certainly will! And in droves. Thousands of new democrats city wide on the rolls better ensuring that New Britain will go completely blue. Carver's driven the R's down to the basement...they're fixated on Catanzaro and have no idea Stewart's days are numbered. Laughing out loud since they endorsed bozek!!!
No problems critizing the Carvers. They are both opportunists. Think about what they have gained in the way of employment for the both of them. The question is why did he choose to be a candidate for the BOE? Was it as an opportunist for his son. He worked hard not to " be in contrast" to anyone. He was not a good BOE member. He was not a good Republican. He is not a good RTC Chairman. Time for a new person with energy and purpose to take over the responsibility.
I saw those new democrats on national election day, sleeping on
the City Hall floor, late to get
their voter registration cards filed (as if they just found out about the election) kids sprawled about napping and crying. All there to vote for the "answer to their prayers" Nobody working they had nothing better to do that day. Mothers with their kids. Fathers without their kids. Wait until they
find out that the big "O" just can't pull off paving the streets with gold.
Oh there you go again Mr. McNamara talking about the city charter with regard to the Jacobs
vote. We know, the democrats were
well within their right to make
the choice of who should fill the
republican vacancy. I really wouldn't be bragging too much about
the selection your party came up
with.
This is just antisemitism by the Democratic Party Chairman. 13 of his Democrats work to support a Republican and that is ok, but let a Jew do it and look out!
And what is the reason that you are not censuring Senator Dodd? Was it OK for him to be off for months campaigning for president when he did not have a chance? Do you suppose that when he visited his home in Ireland, the town people would respect him more because he was a presidential candidate, not just one of 100 senators?
Does it bother you when he holds his high powered meetings pretending to be part of the solution when we all know that he was part of the problem. He and the equally despicable Barnie Franks and Chuckie Schummer are all part of the economic mess we are in and they don't have the guts to admit it.
When the rest of the country wants to know who the stupid people are who vote that CT crook into office, they need only to look at the NBDTC!
What about the estimated $75,000 that Senator Dodd took in discounts from Countrywide, which amounts to little more than a $75,000 bribe from a business Dodd is Chairman of the co-committee that is charged with policing?
The Democratic Town Committee is doing to Senator Lieberman what they did to ousted Democratic council member John Carroll last year...he followed his principals and is now being ostracized...so much for not being a member of the "Rat Pack".
Antisemitism in play here in New Britain!
If it isn't antisemitism by the Democratic Party, then how can you explain the repeated runs by Bozek on the Republican ticket or the 13 Democrats on the council organizing the appointment of a Republican to the Board of Education and McNamara has no problem with these situations. In addition, the National Leadership of the Democratic Party has made amends with Lieberman weeks ago, so with all that being said, what could the local Democratic Party have against Lieberman if it isn't the fact that he is Jewish????
I'll bet there isn't one Jew on the council, is there?
I don't think that the DTC members are antisemitic. I think they are just plain stupid. We need Charter Revision!
Haven't you noticed that there are no Jews in town. They led the flight years ago.
What were they running from, the communists on the city council? Because of history, they are rather sensitive to such fanatics.
At least Lieberman didn't use his office for personal financial gain and favors. When will the NBDTC censure Chris Dodd for his shenanigans with Countrywide?
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