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“First they came…”is a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

Senate future on the line: Lieberman meets with Reid today
By Brian Lockhart
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 11/06/2008 02:58:41 AM EST

When U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman won re-election in 2006 as a third-party candidate, he was at first welcomed back to the Senate by a slim Democratic majority that needed his vote.

Majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called Lieberman to congratulate him on his victory over party nominee Ned Lamont.

Reid also offered Lieberman, who beat Lamont as a self-described “independent Democrat,” chairmanship of the Government Services and Homeland Security Committee.

But the tone will be different this week, when Lieberman, who was born and raised in Stamford, meets Reid to discuss his political future. Reid may not be welcoming after Lieberman broke party ranks and supported Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

A Reid spokesman said the private discussion may occur today.

Lieberman could lose his chairmanship for backing McCain and criticizing President-elect Barack Obama, said Gary Rose, a professor of politics at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. Or Lieberman could be ousted from the caucus.

They are already communists…
They are already social democrats…
They already have the unions in their pocket…
So they’re starting with the Jews.