Traitor Joe to Katrina victims: "Drop dead, if you haven't already"!
If we've said it once, we'll say 1,000 more times! Joe Lieberman and NY Times columnist (and former Nixon speechwriter) William Safire, are SUCH APOLOGISTS for the unlimited powers of the wartime state, that if they were of the "proper" race in 1930s Germany, they would undoubtedly have APPLAUDED the creation of Concentration Camps.
Lieberman to Katrina victims: Drop Dead
By Mary MacElveen
January 13, 2007
http://www.marymacelveen.com/blog/_archives/2007/1/13/2645071.html
In a statement released by Leslie Phillips who is Senator Joe Lieberman’s chief committee spokeswoman and as reported by Newsweek she stated, “The senator now intends to focus his attention on the future security of the American people and other matters and does not expect to revisit the White House’s role in Katrina,” In my previous column blasting Lieberman for his support of Bush’s plan as it pertains to Iraq and beyond, I asked whose side is Joe Lieberman on when it comes to our country. In this heartless statement by his spokeswoman, he just told New Orleans to drop dead as if they did not have enough death when it came to Katrina.
If we were to relive a civil war today within this country I would suspect that the people of Louisiana would march on Connecticut embroiled in anger that they chose to re-elect a man who has turned his back on their citizens. Living in the North, I would be on the side of this southern state. I sincerely hope that the people in Connecticut who voted for Lieberman are ashamed since they ought to be.
In blasting Senator Chuck Hagel he called him partisan, and I want to remind everyone that Katrina is not a partisan issue, but a human issue.
As his spokeswoman stated, “The senator is an independent Democrat and answers only to the people who elected him to office and to his own conscience.” Let us make one clarification here. He is not a Democrat, but an Independent. He is only caucusing with the Democrats and basically holding the senate hostage. If he were to decide to caucus with the Republicans, then the balance of power would shift.
In a dedication piece once written for the late Senator Paul Wellstone, I wrote, “When people are elected to the office of senate, their constituents are from all walks of life and from every corner of this great land of ours.” Lieberman does not only have to answer to the people of Connecticut, but to those living across America since he holds a powerful position within the Senate. Presently he is the head of the Homeland Security Committee which means he is in charge of not only Connecticut’s security, but the rest of the nation.
How could a man of conscience turn his back on people trying to restore their lives and in the same breath look to increase our troop levels in Iraq? He has turned his back on those that did die in that storm and he is turning his back on our soldiers as many more will head off to Iraq.
Call it media bias, but when Newsweek identifies Danielle Brian who is executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, they state that it is a “liberal” watchdog group. Danielle Brian had this to add within this article, “For the Congress not to be willing to stand up to the White House and demand to know who's accountable is a total abdication of their responsibility. How serious about oversight are they if they're not willing to flex their muscle over this one? Wasn't the election about holding the government accountable? Congress has the power for oversight, and the mandate. Does it have the will?” Many are beginning to wonder the same thing. Over the past six years, this White House has not been accountable to the people and I do not think they will ever be held accountable if committee heads like Lieberman will turn their backs on the citizens of that storm ravaged region.
I would love it if every single victim of Hurricane Katrina were to call up Lieberman’s office asking him, whose interests does he serve? I would also love it if journalists such as Anderson Cooper were to put him on the hot seat as he turns his backs on these people. I remember how Cooper was visibly shaken in covering that story as he saw the bodies float right by him. In fact, at one moment, he had to turn the cameras off to gain his composure. I seem to remember him going off on Senator Mary Landrieu as she congratulated many elected officials. One could feel Anderson Cooper’s wrath and I would love to see that wrath turned on Senator Lieberman.
The one man that I would especially love to see confront Senator Lieberman is, Herbert Freeman Jr. You may be asking who he is. His mother Ethel Freeman was the woman photographed dead in a wheel chair. She was 91 years old at the time of her death. In this article Remembering Ethel Freeman, her son stated, "Before this happened, no one knew she existed. I will go to my grave to return her dignity and respect, through the court system and through God." I ask that you read that article in full to realize how this elderly woman was left behind by the Bush administration.
Perhaps in Ethel Freeman’s memory and to help her son Herbert find justice for his deceased mother, you who read this piece can take a moment of your time by calling Senator Joe Lieberman’s office and state that it is time for him to actually give a damn for those that live within this country. These victims have suffered enough and for him to turn his back on them is unconscionable. His phone number in Washington, D.C. is (202) 224-4041.
Lieberman to Katrina victims: Drop Dead
By Mary MacElveen
January 13, 2007
http://www.marymacelveen.com/blog/_archives/2007/1/13/2645071.html
In a statement released by Leslie Phillips who is Senator Joe Lieberman’s chief committee spokeswoman and as reported by Newsweek she stated, “The senator now intends to focus his attention on the future security of the American people and other matters and does not expect to revisit the White House’s role in Katrina,” In my previous column blasting Lieberman for his support of Bush’s plan as it pertains to Iraq and beyond, I asked whose side is Joe Lieberman on when it comes to our country. In this heartless statement by his spokeswoman, he just told New Orleans to drop dead as if they did not have enough death when it came to Katrina.
If we were to relive a civil war today within this country I would suspect that the people of Louisiana would march on Connecticut embroiled in anger that they chose to re-elect a man who has turned his back on their citizens. Living in the North, I would be on the side of this southern state. I sincerely hope that the people in Connecticut who voted for Lieberman are ashamed since they ought to be.
In blasting Senator Chuck Hagel he called him partisan, and I want to remind everyone that Katrina is not a partisan issue, but a human issue.
As his spokeswoman stated, “The senator is an independent Democrat and answers only to the people who elected him to office and to his own conscience.” Let us make one clarification here. He is not a Democrat, but an Independent. He is only caucusing with the Democrats and basically holding the senate hostage. If he were to decide to caucus with the Republicans, then the balance of power would shift.
In a dedication piece once written for the late Senator Paul Wellstone, I wrote, “When people are elected to the office of senate, their constituents are from all walks of life and from every corner of this great land of ours.” Lieberman does not only have to answer to the people of Connecticut, but to those living across America since he holds a powerful position within the Senate. Presently he is the head of the Homeland Security Committee which means he is in charge of not only Connecticut’s security, but the rest of the nation.
How could a man of conscience turn his back on people trying to restore their lives and in the same breath look to increase our troop levels in Iraq? He has turned his back on those that did die in that storm and he is turning his back on our soldiers as many more will head off to Iraq.
Call it media bias, but when Newsweek identifies Danielle Brian who is executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, they state that it is a “liberal” watchdog group. Danielle Brian had this to add within this article, “For the Congress not to be willing to stand up to the White House and demand to know who's accountable is a total abdication of their responsibility. How serious about oversight are they if they're not willing to flex their muscle over this one? Wasn't the election about holding the government accountable? Congress has the power for oversight, and the mandate. Does it have the will?” Many are beginning to wonder the same thing. Over the past six years, this White House has not been accountable to the people and I do not think they will ever be held accountable if committee heads like Lieberman will turn their backs on the citizens of that storm ravaged region.
I would love it if every single victim of Hurricane Katrina were to call up Lieberman’s office asking him, whose interests does he serve? I would also love it if journalists such as Anderson Cooper were to put him on the hot seat as he turns his backs on these people. I remember how Cooper was visibly shaken in covering that story as he saw the bodies float right by him. In fact, at one moment, he had to turn the cameras off to gain his composure. I seem to remember him going off on Senator Mary Landrieu as she congratulated many elected officials. One could feel Anderson Cooper’s wrath and I would love to see that wrath turned on Senator Lieberman.
The one man that I would especially love to see confront Senator Lieberman is, Herbert Freeman Jr. You may be asking who he is. His mother Ethel Freeman was the woman photographed dead in a wheel chair. She was 91 years old at the time of her death. In this article Remembering Ethel Freeman, her son stated, "Before this happened, no one knew she existed. I will go to my grave to return her dignity and respect, through the court system and through God." I ask that you read that article in full to realize how this elderly woman was left behind by the Bush administration.
Perhaps in Ethel Freeman’s memory and to help her son Herbert find justice for his deceased mother, you who read this piece can take a moment of your time by calling Senator Joe Lieberman’s office and state that it is time for him to actually give a damn for those that live within this country. These victims have suffered enough and for him to turn his back on them is unconscionable. His phone number in Washington, D.C. is (202) 224-4041.
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