Joe Lieberman is the Senator in Charge of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate. BEFORE the Senate Hearing regarding the “culture of corruption” within the Secret Service I personally contacted him regarding the allegations that Todd Palin had introduced David Chaney to Shailey Tripp for the purposes of providing sexual services to David Chaney, the Secret Service Agent in charge of protecting Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign. Today it is clear that Joe Leiberman is unconcerned about Homeland Security unless someone from Connecticut is concerned. This is the e-mail I received today from his office:
“Dear Mrs. Litman:
Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate the opportunity to know your opinions on the pressing issues facing our nation. Regrettably, due to the huge volume of mail that I receive, I am only able to research and address comments sent to me from Connecticut residents. If you are not from Connecticut, you may want to consider sending a message to the Senators from your state of residence. You can do so by visiting http://www.senate.gov for a link to the websites of each member of the United State Senate. If you are currently residing out of state, but are still a Connecticut resident or have a connection to Connecticut, please be certain to use your Connecticut address or indicate your Connecticut connection in the first paragraph of your email.
I value having the benefit of your thoughtful concerns, since I do receive detailed weekly reports from my staff providing a sampling of comments from across the country on timely issues before Congress.
Thank you again for sharing your views and concerns with me. I hope you will continue to visit my website at http://lieberman.senate.gov for updated news about my work on behalf of Connecticut and the nation. Please contact me if you have any additional questions or comments about our work in Congress.
Sincerely,
Joseph I. Lieberman
UNITED STATES SENATOR”
I guess this will be added to my list of reasons cited to the office of Homeland Security as to why there is “an overriding public interest” in revealing the extent of the corruption in the Secret Service, and any statements made by David Chaney about his involvement with Todd Palin and Shailey Tripp. When the Senator in Charge of the Senate subcommittee doesn’t want to hear about security concerns of any American unless they are voters from his state, the “culture of corruption” seems to permeate way beyond the boundaries of the Secret Service.
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July 10, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Balzafiar
He has managed to put several stonewalls up, especially this one:
“…weekly reports from my staff providing a sampling of comments from across the country on timely issues before Congress.”
Which means that even if you were from CT, he would never see your comments because the issue at hand is not before Congress.
What a sniveling self-serving little turd Lieberman is.
July 10, 2012 at 5:41 pm
A Reader
Unless I missed something Liberman announced last year that he wasn’t running for reelection. His Blow You Off email had nothing to do with his electoral prospects in November. It had everything to do with his not wanting to embarrass his BFF, Mavericky friend, almost running mate, retirement amigo John McCain. My guess is at least with Joe, you never had a chance. But I hope you keep trying.
July 10, 2012 at 6:07 pm
malialitman
A Reader,
I understand that they are only interested in responding to Connecticut residents, and the reason for that is clear. Even if he doesn’t run himself for reelection he would be interested in getting his candidate elected by encouraging his supporters to vote for his candidate.
July 10, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Sassy
Anyone reading from Connecticut??? You need to send Malia’s email to goofy Lieberman! This is ridiculous. Lieberman who is Senator in Charge of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate doesn’t give a damn about what the rest of us think and is unwilling to look into this? It does appear that the “culture of corruption” permeates the office of Homeland Security!
July 10, 2012 at 6:03 pm
malialitman
Sassy,
There could never be a better example of the “culture” of corruption in our government than a Senator charged with oversight of Homeland Security who is unconcerned with any information sent to him by anyone except a person who could vote for him!
July 10, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Millie
I so dislike the corruption we are constantly seeing in our government – on the national, state and local levels. Not only is Lieberman interested in being re elected, but he is also protecting his buddy, John McCain, who made the horrid mistake of putting Palin on his ticket without fully vetting her.
The only good thing in all of this – after four years – is that Palin and her family members have brought her to basic obscurity and dislike across the nation. And, we are now assured she’ll never be elected to any governmental office.
Thanks for your good work, Malia! We appreciate you!
July 10, 2012 at 7:37 pm
malialitman
Millie,
I hope you are right, but I think it will take more to be assured that Palin will never be elected to any office.
July 11, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Barbara
I knew as soon as I heard “Short Ride” Leiberman was in charge of this committee that the fix was in. I’ve never forgiven Gore for choosing this malignant dishonest fool as his running mate. He has always sold out his supporters at the slightest hint that the republicans would prefer him to, the Democratic party’s treatment of Ned Lamont still is a shameful chapter in their history. This is the man, Leiberman, who has said it’s no big deal if rape victims can’t get emergency contraception in emergency rooms in Connecticut, because after all, it’s only a short ride to another hospital. Ned Lamont was genuinely pro-choice and he’s who voters chose but the Democratic party supported traitorous Joe instead.
I have nothing but contempt for this bastard.
July 12, 2012 at 8:45 am
malialitman
Barbara,
It is such a joke for any Senator to be the “Chairman” of any committee in the Senate and refuse to take input from all citizens about that very issue. His web site requires anyone sending an e-mail to specify the subject matter and thus when “Homeland Security” is the subject matter, there should be some recognition that he is the right person to direct the comment to.