HARTFORD, Conn. -- Local Democrats debated a resolution Wednesday to censure Sen. Joe Lieberman.

One of the creators of the resolution called Lieberman's speech at the Republican National Convention the final straw.

Audrey Blondin introduced a resolution to the Democratic State Central Committee that would censure Lieberman and ask him to resign.

"It upsets me, it angers me," Blondin said. "I feel that Democrats have one set of positions, Republicans have another, and that if you are a Democrat, you should be supporting the Democratic ideals and positions."

While some in attendance cheered Blondin on, others called the resolution a distraction at a time when national and state elections should be the focus.

"I think that Joe Lieberman is dead wrong about this election. He's dead wrong about John McCain, he's dead wrong about Barack Obama, but he's got a right to be dead wrong, and I would defend his right to speak at the convention," said Jim Diamond.

Diamond said that although Lieberman upset and disappointed him, punishing him would be against Democratic ideals.

Lieberman's DC press office told Eyewitness News that the senator would not respond to the resolution, but Lieberman did address the issue with a local radio station on Wednesday.

"Honestly, I thought that was the kind of thing that only happened in the former Soviet Union," he said. "I understand people are unhappy, but, you know, I'm doing something that I really believe, and I thought in this country you don't get punished for that. So I hope that in the end, my colleagues will understand and life will go on either way."

The Central Committee voted to "table discussion" of the resolution until after elections.