Lieberman Letter
Sent from Nancy DiNardo to Joe Lieberman last week:
1/16/2009
Dear Senator Lieberman:
I am writing to you in my capacity as Chairwoman of the Connecticut Democratic Party and on behalf of the Democratic State Central Committee to express the committee’s profound disappointment with your words and actions during the course of the 2008 Presidential campaign. As you may know, the Democratic State Central Committee met on December 17, 2008 and they voted to have a letter be sent to you expressing their anger at your actions during this historic election.
Your decision to speak at the Republican National Convention and your support of the McCain-Palin ticket and Republican Congressional candidates directly contradicted the stated purposes of the Democratic Party and undermined the efforts of our candidates in Connecticut and across the nation.
An election is not about personalities, it is a contest of ideas. Your support of Republican candidates and of the views of Reverend John Hagee sent a message that you supported the failed policies of the past and supported views that are considered, at best, anti-Catholic and anti-gay. These allegiances represent a fundamental deviation from the values that our candidates and supporters of the Democratic Party hold dear.
Due to the failed policies of President Bush, our nation faces an economic and fiscal crisis unlike any other since the Great Depression. We remain a nation at war overseas. Present-elect Obama and your Democratic colleagues in the United States Senate need your unequivocal and active support to make us stronger at home and to regain respect throughout the world.
We ask that you apologize to President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden for the unfounded words that you uttered in the heat of the campaign, questioning their ability to govern. We hope and expect that you will work constructively with the new Democratic President and Congress, and will give your full and active support to the Democratic agenda to help enact the policies and reforms so badly needed to get America headed in the right direction.
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
[Signature]
Nancy DiNardo
Chairwoman, DSCC
I could critique the letter at length (for example, Lieberman’s comments about Obama were scripted and read off of teleprompters, not said “in the heat of the campaign”), but overall a decent effort.