Harry Reid trying to oust Joe Lieberman from his post is not an example of bipartisanship.

So I know many of you are awaiting my thoughts on the election, and just give it another day or so...I am taking my time to formulate my thoughts as to how I feel about the election, and what I think vs. what I would like to see happen over the next four years.

However right now, there's something that I would like to discuss. I have been seeing a lot of people say things like "now is the time of unity" and "we must all come together in a spirit of bipartisanship." Now, obviously for many of these people these statements are just talking points, and things they are recycling heard from speeches by Barack Obama - as a colleague of mine who is saying such things has done nothing but complain about the Republican party since 2000. He's no supporter of bipartisanship, he is just posing as an advocate of such in order to save face in the end. This way he can create an illuson that allows him to mask who he really is. Truth be told, these democrats that are screaming "unity" and "bipartisan" will be the first people to throw the other party under the bus the minute something goes wrong as to avoid any blame for their or their party's own actions. The democrat's senate reaction to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is a clear cut example of this. Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, and others did not desire or need any help from the Republican party. Then, once the bailout was on the table, suddenly they wanted help from the Republicans to fit their own agenda, all of the time just pointing blame squarely on the Republican party - whom they were asking to vote on the bailout. Yeah, that doesn't make any sense to me either.

That being said, let's look at what's going on right now. Harry Reid (I shudder every time I say his name) is now trying to remove Senator Lieberman of his post as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as a direct result of Lieberman's breaking party ranks and siding with Senator John McCain during McCain's 2008 Presidential bid. Now, call me crazy, but I fail to see how calling for the removal of someone who was once the Vice Presidential candidate for your own party because he made a decision you don't like is helping. This is no call for unity - it is a slap in the face to a man for doing something that Harry Reid did not deem acceptable. Now correct me if I am wrong, but Lieberman was once a democrat, and then is now an Independent who caucuses with the Democratic party. Thus, such a decision pushed by Harry Reid is anything but bipartisan - it is "I don't like what you've done, how dare you speak out against me...you are out of here, pal."

No final decision has yet been made, but I would not be surprised if we see this style of thuggery in the coming months.

The article I reference can be seen here: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D949NQPG3&show_article=1

-The Rocker-