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Lefties Deliver 'Joe Must Go' Petition to Dems

Posted Jul 9, 08 11:21 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Online activists are bringing a petition with 43,000 signatures to Democratic senators today, demanding Joe Lieberman be stripped of key committee roles. The group states, “We CANNOT tolerate a leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus who supports George Bush and McCain's War in Iraq … and endorses and stumps for McCain,” the Chicago Tribune reports.

Said a top netroots figure, “He has no standing as a Democrat, and should be stripped of his placement. … The future of Lieberman's standing within the caucus is a litmus test for whether Democratic senators are serious about ending the war.” Rebutted a rep for the Connecticut independent, “Americans are tired of this type of old petty partisan politics.”

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Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, right, leads Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. left, his wife Cindy and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.   (AP Photo/LM Otero)
In this photograph provided by CBS's "Face The Nation," Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.,laughs.   (AP Photo)
In this 2003 photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., prepare to testify before a public hearing.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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