Lieberman gets his hand slapped for not sticking to party lines

They didn't take away his biggest position, but the fact that they felt the need to punish him at all just shows how they feel about people who think for themselves. Bipartisanship is clearly not what most democrats want right now. They want complete power in every part of the federal government, with no opposing points of view.

Lil, you know I love ya and respect your opinion but this is one time when I have to respectfully disagree. I'm a Democrat, that's no secret, but I'm honestly trying to look at this objectively and put myself in the place of everyone involved and I really want to believe I'd feel the same no matter which party any of those involved happens to belong to. I've said before in other discussions that Lieberman went beyond simply "speaking his mind" or endorsing the other party's candidate. I've also said there would still have been some hard feelings within the Democratic party if that had been all Lieberman were "guilty" of but that would have been more of a personal nature and I doubt any actions would have been taken because they would have looked very immature and even vindictive. However, Lieberman went beyond that and he as much as admits it himself: "There are some (statements) that I made that I wish I had not," Lieberman told reporters. "In the heat of campaigns, that happens to all of us, but I regret that. And now it's time to move on." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27782936/ Lieberman also said, "This is the beginning of a new chapter, and I know that my colleagues in the Senate Democratic Caucus were moved not only by the kind words that Senator Reid said about my longtime record, but by the appeal from President-elect Obama himself that the nation now unite to confront our very serious problems." Nobody can say for sure what would have taken place were the situation reversed but I doubt the GOP would have been any less immature. I agree with Senator Lieberman, President Elect Obama and others who have said now is the time to move on and work on the real problems that face us. Annie

This is outrageous, and is just another thing that makes me mad at the government! The great thing about this country is we have a right to make our own decisions. And you are right, they are acting childish and immature! I am a registered democrat, but after the way these people have acted this election cycle I have really had to rethink my ideas. I decided a while back that I am changing to Independent, and this is just one of the reasons. I think that Lieberman was very brave for standing up and endorsing the person he thought was the right person for the job, and if it was me, if I was him--I would strongly consider completely leaving the democrats after what they have done. Although being that he is chairman of such a major committee, I can understand why he just kinda has to deal with it. Anyway, I am glad that I'm not the only person bothered by this. Seriously, things are said on the campaign trail, they really need to be left there! Actually, I'm still fuming over the way Obama acted towards Hillary, during the primaries--and that is a tiny part of what sent me running, then the media's bandwagon turned me off more, and then most importantly--the issues, all of this stuff made me look into the facts--not the hype, not what the media wanted me to think or know. I think that the two part system should be done away with and just choose candidates based on the issues and then vote for the person you agree with the most. Then maybe we could get out of this habit of voting for the "lesser of the evils", as some people say. I'll be straight out, I have voted for Pres. twice, and my candidate lost both times, I don't care about popularity, I vote for the person I think would be best, and not what the media tells me. On a side note, I was telling my dad about this situation with Lieberman and how they are like wanting to "punish" him for not being a "good little democrat", and he joked and was like yea, next they'll probably make it so you don't have to go vote--you just register with a party and whatever party you are registered with is who your vote goes for. I doubt that would ever actually happen, but it certainly seems like the democrats would love to see this happen, considering they are acting like babies over someone "daring" to support someone who isn't their own party. Anyway, yes--we have much bigger problems than this, and I think this is just another way for them to avoid doing anything serious. Ok, I could say so much more... but I told myself I'd try not to do as many political responses now that the election is over. I doubt if that will happen, but I will try.