Joe Lieberman is the Honorary co-chairman of a group called
Committee on the Present Danger. While it appears to have
exactly one African-American member, it does have New Gingrich, Jon Kyl, Ben Gilman and Steve Forbes. It has major officials from the Reagan administration, including Jean Kirkpatrick Robert MacFarlane, George Schultz and Ed Meese. It also includes members and directors of the American Enterprise Institute, The Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institution, and the Hudson Institute, all prominent think-tanks within the Republican Noise Machine. It has high ranking executive of Forbes, Ameriquest, Boeing, and other corporations. And yes, it has a few Democrats and Clinton appointees as well--all hawks, all uber-establishment, all making threats against Iran. It is, short, a who's who of the political arm of the military-industrial complex. And, like I said, it has one African-American member and Joe Lieberman is one of two honorary co-chair.
Members of this group have written about how
Iraq transferred their WMD's to Syria just before the start of the Iraq war, and about how
Russia moved Saddam's WMD's. Predictably, they have argued that
the Supreme Court furthered a jihad against America by ruling against Gitmo. A look over their recent writing indicates that
their favorite topic seems to be Iran. Like Joe Lieberman, they don't talk about Iraq much.
The amount of material connected to this website and the members listed on the website is enormous, and I have no doubt you could spend days surfing through and every few hours or so you will have uncovered enough material to make another one of these posts. It is also interesting that the only article they have posted on their news site that is not explicitly about foreign policy is titled
A Ned Lamont Victory Would Jeopardize a Safe Democratic Seat and Undermine Party Unity. Strange that they decided to wade into electoral politics in that one election. Interesting that a group that is a who's who of the political arm of the military industrial complex finds that the only election worth commenting on in 2006. Even more bizarre that the group claims defeating Lieberman will undermine Democratic unity, since
Lieberman was the only Democrat in Washington to not sign the new Democratic plan on Iraq. It seems to me that defeating Lieberman will only increase Democratic unity.
Then again, not really that strange at all. As Matt is slowly uncovering in some of his recent posts, much of the Democratic consultant establishment is so tied into the corporate lobbying world that in many ways much of the Democratic establishment has been tamed by entities such as the military industrial complex and the Republican Noise Machine. Now that a new political force not co-opted by those entities is threatening one of the major players within these establishment circles, they feel compelled to speak out on an American election. Ned Lamont's campaign is a direct threat to groups like this, which is why the establishment is falling all over themselves to defend Joe Lieberman at every turn.
Ned Lamont cannot boast groups like this among his supporters. Instead, he relies on people-powered tools such as the
Family, Friends and Neighbors Program, as well as
local blogs. The amount of establishment forces lined up against Ned never ceases to amazes me, but what I find even more remarkable is how the dedicated individuals on the ground in Connecticut are able to counter this massive machine at every turn.
Keep it going.
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