Lieberman voter feeling deceived....

Cry me a fucking river chucklenuts!

To the editor:

Many of us watched the president give his speech with heavy hearts. The thought of 20,000 more troops being sent to Iraq when almost all of the intelligence says that it will not be enough, and will only cause us to lose many more of the courageous and honorable men and women in our military, is unacceptable.

A friend of our family is on his third tour of duty in combat zones. Civil war is raging, more troops and civilians are killed every day and the violence continues to escalate. The only thing worse than the facts themselves during the president's speech was that the only senator he mentioned working with to send more troops to Iraq was Joe Lieberman.

I am ashamed of the vote I cast in November. When Mr. Lieberman lost the primary to Ned Lamont, I hoped that he could see that the Democrats of our state were speaking loud and clear. After much consideration and much trepidation, I voted for Joe in November. I have never been more sorry about a vote I have cast. Mr. Lieberman has duped the Democrats of Connecticut.
He dropped our party like a hot potato when his own political career was at stake. Now we can see which team he is really on.

Joe: I hope that the president has a few more of those kisses left for his favorite boy. It's going to be lonely for you at the next election.

Jennifer Platt
Stamford

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/opinion/letters/scn-sa-lettertotheeditor1jan12,0,1637763.story

There are no Jennifers over 30. They have to change their name by that time. It's a law, I think.

I think her name was Jennifer Fitzgerald, born in 1936. I guess it just got super popular after the model got so famous.

Oh yeah, maybe they changed their names to Gertrude or Myrtle by now. :)

and I am 55 :evilgrin:

Jenn

:evilgrin:

That's not a very good excuse.

my name is not Jennifer, but you can bet your ass, I am older, and there is NOOOOOO way I would have voted for Liebelman...hasn't got a thing to do with age...
windbreeze

Time well spent, I'm sure.

every vote I can scrounge.

RV, older person

Yes, better if she'd realized earlier; but political changes occur in part because of people who originally voted in a certain way and then changed their minds. Presumably the 2006 Congressional victory occurred in part because of former Republicans who changed their minds.

Send it to him. If he doesn't change, then see if you can recall him.

there's no way to recall a Senator. He's in 'til he dies or his term ends.

lieman out in 2012. he ain't gonna change.

but I do harbor some contempt.

It constantly amazes me how people make their voting decisions. What do they do in the voting booth, play eeny-meeny-miney-moe? They pay no damned attention to the issues or candidates at all, vote for whoever had the flashiest tv ad, and then get all pissed off when it turns out they elected an asshole who's in the pocket of corrupt interests. Hey, genius, how do you think he paid for all the ads? By collecting deposits on soda bottles?

Pay fucking attention!

My friend Jen at work (definitely no relation) used to say I'll buy that so and so a clue for Christmas.

Anyone who has sided for *ush like Loserman has, then DON'T vote for the ASSHAT

you would have thought you might have had some inkling of Joe threatery by the way he abandoned that Dem party when the primary didn't go his way.

How many lying politicians do you have to see before you start to doubt the sincerity of an already proven liar?

A child of three could tell you that no one who voted for Lieberman had any illusions that he was going to change his mind over Iraq. Some may have voted for him hoping he would, but I doubt if even they expected him to.

Pull the other leg, lady. That one has bells on it.

Never underestimate the power of hope.

Right after the primary, Lieberman started making conciliatory noises toward Dems, and leaving enough wiggle room so that people could believe he'd learned his lesson, saw the error of his ways, and wanted to end this war as soon as possible.

In fact, I'm pretty sure he said something close to that. What people didn't seem to hear was that as soon as possible means as soon as my GOP bosses say so.

How many times had he "dropped our party" before November? He did it every chance he got. I'm glad Ms. Platt has come to her senses, but thanks for nothing. :nopity:

Vote for the CT Democratic nominee. Vote for Ned Lamont.

You didn't fucking listen. Instead, you voted for the candidate that Karl Rove was backing.

Too late for you to bitch and moan about your vote. You can do one of two things: (1) You made your bed, now you lie in it, or... (2) You come on over to DU, DailyKos, Huffington Post, etc. and get re-educated in what it means to be a Democrat.

It's your choice, Jenny baby. Think hard.

Then when they don't get what was advertised, the cry up a storm. That is except for the GOP koolaid crowd.
I would love to be a used car salesman in these stupid idiots neighborhood.

Is that Jenny seemed to think that his primary defeat would send Joe 'a message' about what Democrats really want, and he'd instantly become a good Democrat. Instead, it appears that Joementum was actually very bitter about losing the primary and now he's going to make Democrats pay with a vengeance.

Jenny, ol' girl, you could have saved yourself (and us) this angst by voting for the Democrat. Fool.

are arrogant sobs who think the world revolves around them and their greed.

I'm actually glad to see this because I often wondered about the dems who went back to voting for the lieman after Ned Lamont won the Dem Primary.

He didn't hide it.:crazy:

"like a hot potato" but then she voted for him in the general election.
Its hard to feel sorry for someone that naive.

Unfortunately, her stupidity affects us all, his vote is No. 51 when (and if) he votes for the democrats. That means that they have to hold his hand and placate him for two more years and hopefully after we increase our majority, we can kiss his silly ass goodbye and boot him off all the committees etc. Then people like Jennifer will feel even worse.

Someone this dumb shouldn't be allowed to vote.

that he used to run as an Independent: "Connecticut for Lieberman" - it was all about him. Sorry that you are disappointed, but even if one thousand letters like this appeared in Conn. papers in 2007 - the senator knows that he is safe for the next five years (until he has to campaign again). He didn't get any 'message' from his primary loss; indeed his 'sore loser' reaction (okay - then I'll just run as an independent - for a party with my name it) should have been an indication that he wasn't listening ot the message sent by democrats. Because he is no longer a Democrat (he refused to accept the results of the primary for the democratic party) - he is now often identified in news items as "Senator Joe Lieberman (I - Conn.) - seems appropriate ala Lieberman "I con."

Shame or remorse. Joe is deluded and so full of himself. Does anyone else have a blog link or any other links regarding regret over Joe? I'd love to check them out.

I'd rather concentrate on mass actions against Joe, NOW. Make those who stupidly chose someone who lost the Democratic primary and took money--and was backed--by the WH, make those who voted so stupidly painfully aware of what their vote has done. Make those people angry. Make this anger part of the political discussion that stays on the front burner until Joe is out of office.

"Make those who stupidly chose someone who lost the Democratic primary...painfully aware of what their vote has done."

I think that's the point of lambasting our stupid Ms. Platt. She and those who did what she did should be shamed until they know what fools they were/are.

...as long as it is the primer to a wider movement meant to reach all of CT's voters. You are correct to point out the error of my subject line, what I am trying to say is that I would like to see this outrage to become loud, widespread, and part of the daily political discussion in CT.

RECALL JOEMENTUM!!!

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU THIS FOR HOW LONG??

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these days? :)

There was a little event not too long ago, last week I think, but I couldn't make it, sadly. Other than that he's been keeping a low profile.

be a time when Ned Lamont gets to share his opinions on a large scale. I can see where he might want to do the "low profile" thing right now.

on the front page for all to see.

That, YES, we fucking told you so. :grr: :mad: :grr:

Hard to believe after everything that she cites that she voted for liebrman.

What would that prove? Lieberman is in office for six more years, so no LTTE is going to change anything. She put her name on a letter to her hometown newspaper that makes her seem a simpleton, and why do that if she was a Lamont voter trying to turn the screws? Hell, she could have just said she was a Lamont voter and made the same points without claiming to have voted for Lieberman.

that will show that Lieberman was elected by republicans, not democrats?

Hard to believe after everything that she cites that she voted for liebrman.

:eyes: Good grief. You know that some people are capable of kicking themselves in the ass, right?

fools!

Jenny is probably living pretty close to where she grew up. She's probably working as a mid-level executive close to home or taking the train into Manhattan to work for some investment or financial services firm. She pulls down $250-$350K a year. If she reads any news sources, it's probably the WSJ, US, People, and maybe the Dailey News or Post. She doesn't have much time or interest for watching TV except for mindless diversion, there are too many restaurants and clubs to divert her interest. Because she's finally seeing the betrayal of Holy Joe, she is probably pretty intelligent and well educated (top level college) but didn't pay much attention until she saw the political landscape affecting her bottom line.

I'd probably like her personally, but I expect that I'd always be holding myself from giving her the back of my hand to shake a few brain cells loose. I spent more than a few years in the area and think I can comment with some level of authority, but YMMV.

has already determined this individual as an older retired person and as we're all so gullible, I'm sure their assessment is correct.

I suppose this is the same type of PIECE OF GARBAGE, who would vote for Nader, because there really wasn't much difference between Dipshit and Al Gore.

The ENTIRE country has never been more sorry...

anyone here at DU could have told her, did tell her, exactly what was going on but they failed to listen. Now were all stuck with her bad choice.

...which we have allowed to be completely coopted by Big Money. The fact tht the Internet exists does not excuse our failure to police the rest of the bandwidth we own.

She was deceived due, ultimately, to our complacency.

Mr. Lieberman didn't dupe the Democrats of Connecticut. His rhetoric, speeches and comments were supportive of the pResident and he gave no indication that he wanted a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. In fact, he CLEARLY stated on many occasions that he supported the Iraq invasion.

WTF were you thinking Jennifer? The Democrats of your state had a choice: the Democratic candidate - Ned Lamont. Instead, you didn't vote for the Democrat; you voted for the INDEPENDENT, war-mongering, Bush cheerleader.

Zell Miller, well, I give him a pass because he's clearly suffering from some sort of mental ailment. But Lieberman is a shrewd, calculating, hateful politician. Jennifer knew that and she voted for him anyway, perhaps hoping he'd somehow "change." Isn't this the same excuse those who voted for Bush gave?

Sickening, truly sickening how stupid and lacking in critical thinking skills Americans are.

He never was anti-war and was clear about it. What does she expect?

Mz Pip
:dem:

What has Lamont been doing lately? Does he have time to write letters to the editor? OK, bad joke, I apologize...

But seriously, whoever wrote that letter never voted for Lieberman. That would be akin to letter from a 2004 Bush voter reading "I voted for Bush because I believed he would end the war in Iraq, hold corporations accountable to their workers, protect the environment, and work to impeach George Bush". Lieberman is more pro war then most Republicans, no one is surprised by his surge stance.

I am laughing reading this LTTE. Its not funny what lieberman has/is doing but I find it hilarious that Jennifer voted for lieberman when he ran as an INDEPENDENT. That should have been one of the real clues that slapped her in the face, cause obviously she needed something tangible, to believe he had dropped the Democratic party. Now all Democrats have to deal with this jerk being back in office flying undercover for the repukes posing as an Indie.

voting for should stay home on election day.

Lieberman didn't dupe the voters of Connecticut, he was transparent in his intentions and political positions for quite some time. Ned Lamont had such a following for just that reason. Anyone who supposedly gave much 'consideration and trepidation' to him as a candidate in November and now, two months later (with nothing from Joe that was outside what we'd expect from him anyway) finds themselves duped, is either blatantly lying or dumb as a rock... Sorry.

You are right- she is either a Lamont supporter who is making a point or she, like many thought that DLC types could be trusted to listen to Democratic voters over Bush.

I actually believe that she voted for Lieberman, and believed that he would listen to DEMS as he promised he would. She is indeed stupid if she was not aware that he does not listen to Democrats much.

No one ever said all voters were smart, or honest- but either way the ultimate point expressed in her letter stands.

The fact that she went with Joe despite what he was saying shows she either supported his position on the damn war or was woefully ill-informed about Joe and that she also likely bought the anti-Ned propaganda being spewed by people who didn't want to see an anti-war Democrat win.

Lieberman would go. Just as he always has, hugging and kissing Shrub....

And all I can do is shake my head -- just like I did with people with buyer's remorse after voting for Bush, and think:

Glad you've seen the light, but how the hell could you have been so stupid to begin with?

Apparently a lot of people in our party are slow.

Next time, get a fucking clue BEFORE the election, m'kay? Thanks a bunch, hon.

buyers remorse???

you knew how it was and how it would be!!!

... because more people need to know.

:kick:

either. And angry.

Of course, if you had voted the DEMOCRATIC nominee, the guy who won the primary and who took on an entrenched incumbent and made his opposition to IRAQ well known...

Well, just :wtf:

edit: changed a letter