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CFL Chairman Responds to CT Dems’ Listing of Lieberman as a Democrat

This post has been updated to include a statement from the CFL Vice Chair

Yesterday, I discovered that the Connecticut Democratic Party’s website has added Joe Lieberman’s name back onto their list of links to “Democratic Members of Congress,” and posted about it.

Senator Lieberman no longer wishes to be identified as a Democrat. If he did, he would not have started a new party for his 2006 candidacy for Senate. This morning, I heard from the chairman of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party, John Orman:

Senator Lieberman is not an elected Democratic official. As Chair of his fake party “Connecticut for Lieberman” which we have turned into a real party to keep Lieberman accountable, I must say to the Democratic Chair, stop listing him as an elected Democrat. He is no such thing. He does not want to be called a Democrat. He did everything he could do to defeat the Democratic nominee including getting many high ranking Democrats in Connecticut to privately work for his re-election even though he was not the Democratic nominee. I was just invited to the JJB dinner as a Democrat but now I am chair of Connecticut for Lieberman. Does Nancy really want me there?

Lieberman should be listed as the political party that he won under, “Connecticut for Lieberman.” In fact he should be made to join the party which he promised the Secretary of State that he would form. He lied to her so we had to start THE PARTY.

Thank you.

Dr. John Orman, Chair of Connecticut for Lieberman

Since this post was first published, I received a comment from the Vice-Chair of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party, Jon Kantrowitz:

The Connecticut for Lieberman Party is deeply distressed that the Democratic Party of Connecticut is misrepresenting OUR candidate as a Democrat from Connecticut.

The Connecticut for Lieberman Party will not take this insult sitting down. We are organizing a massive protest involving ALL of our party members.

The Senator does NOT represent the Democratic Party. He prefers to be identified as an Independent,. He consistently supports the Republican administration. He has repeatedly threatened to become a Republican. He has all but endorsed a Republican candidate for President, while declining to support our own Connecticut Democratic candidate, Senator Chris Dodd.

Please be advised that if this reprehensible situation, misrepresenting OUR candidate as a Democrat, is not remedied
immediately, we will contemplate taking further action.

Jonathan Kantrowitz
Vice-Chair
Connecticut for Lieberman Party

Joe Lieberman did not hesitate to abandon the Democratic Party. Listing him as a Democratic Member of Congress is misleading. Am I wrong to suggest that the Democratic leadership in Connecticut should be unabashedly partisan?

If it’s so important for the State Central website to have a link to Joe Lieberman, why not change the list to one of “CT Federal Officials” and add Chris Shays? May as well.