[Peace-discuss] Sellingout their party and the democratic principles...

[Chuck Minne]

Salazar Gives Middle Finger to Dem Voters; What Other Dem Senators Will, Too?

By David Sirota
July 5, 2006
WorkingforChange.com
http://tinyurl.com/mgqct

In an explosive story, the Rocky Mountain News reports that freshman Sen. Ken 
Salazar (D-CO) has become the first Democrat to publicly say he will ignore the will of 
Connecticut Democratic primary voters and support Sen. Joe Lieberman even if Lieberman 
loses the primary, leaves the Democratic Party and runs as an independent. Before 
this, only Sens. Chuck Schumer and Chris Dodd indicated they might do this - now we 
have a Democratic U.S. Senator officially on record saying he will use his power to 
thwart both the Democratic Party and the small "d" democratic process, undermining his 
party and giving a big middle finger to voters.

As I told the Rocky Mountain News reporter, This behavior really lays bare what's 
going on: Democratic candidates are more than happy to use the democratic process to 
obtain elected office, but once they are in, many of them show an open disdain for 
that same democratic process. They are so focused on protecting their own, preserving 
the Senate club, and preventing the public from weilding power they are willing to 
sell out their party and the democratic principles this country was founded on. It 
is, in a word, disgusting.

Matt Stoller at MyDD has a very simple question in light of the Salazar 
announcement: what other Democratic U.S. Senators will support Lieberman if Lieberman loses the 
primary? The question is not what Senators will support Lieberman in his primary - 
incumbents tend to support incumbents. The question, again, is what other Democrats 
will support Lieberman if he loses the primary? Will, for instance, Barack Obama 
support Lieberman if he loses the primary? It was Obama, after all, who specifically 
timed his primary endorsement of Lieberman to try to crush Lamont's entire candidacy? 
What about other Democrats? Which of them will join Salazar in giving the big middle 
finger to voters and to the Democratic Party?

It's time we get an answer to that - so go ahead, contact your Democratic U.S. 
Senators and ask them what their position is.


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