Originally posted by oboe
laz, did you effing sleep through the whole Lamont/Lieberman primary? What the hell do you think Lamont's victory was all about? Lieberman was anything but a party guy - well, Democratic party anyway.
And the Dems responded by cutting off his DNC funds and forbidding any fund raising on his behalf. Have you seen how squirrelly Dems get when asked about Lieberman?, his long time friends cant even publicly support him even if they think hes the best guy for the job because the DNC tells them they must tow the party line.
The republiclone RNC did the same thing to that guy in Arizona for simply criticizing Bush. Do a Google on Hastert, hes famous for punishing non lock steppers by yanking them off, or not giving committee seats, cutting their pork projects, ignoring their bills, holding 3am votes not inviting the 'trouble makers' who wont vote in lock step... you can read all about it.
The crime families give orders, they call "talking points", from the top and anyone who isn't a party robot gets dealt with.
BTW Lieberman is a low life DC native bottom feeder looking to hold on to his power at any cost, he shouldn't be allowed to soil the "Independent" title like he is.