Ed Koch: I'm Backing Independent Lieberman

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[MaineVoter2002]

Ed Koch: I'm Backing Independent Lieberman

New York's "Mayor for Life" and one of the country's most prominent Democrats says he's backing Joe Lieberman's independent run for U.S. Senate.

"There's no blood oath binding him not to run as an independent," Edward Koch told NewsMax.

Koch predicts that Lieberman, running as an independent, would win the general election handily. He also noted that Lieberman would continue to caucus with Democrats when he takes his seat in the Senate.

Even though he's in trouble with the extreme left wing of his party, Lieberman, like most Democrats, was right to support President Bush on the War in Iraq, says Koch.

"The issue of terrorism is the only issue on which I agree with the president, but it goes to the issue of the survival of this country, to its very existence," he explained...

[gondramB]

>>Principled Democrats usually end up being much like Zell Miller. <<

Nutty in their old age? I'm not saying Zell isn't useful to the Republican party but he's not exactly the model of the convert they want.

[Mr_Moonlight]

Koch was mayor when the city was in transition. for better or worse, he helped that transition along.

That's an interesting point, and one that perhaps we can draw an analogy to today's events in Connecticut. Koch was the incumbent Mayor of NYC during its decline and then lost the Democratic primary to one David Dinkins, who then won the general election and then exacerbated said city decline to levels so low that even the 5-to-1 Dem electorate had had enough and threw Dinkins out of office after one term ... electing Rudy by a squeaker but electing him nonetheless, and then re-electing him 4 years later in a landslide ...

I wonder if this has any bearing in what is going on with the Dems currently in Connecticut ?

[dancusa]

General Dinkens brought NYC to the abyss. It took Rudi to bring it back to life with his law and order, quality of life, "broken window" policing program.

[gondramB]

>>electing Rudy by a squeaker but electing him nonetheless, and then re-electing him 4 years later in a landslide ...

I wonder if this has any bearing in what is going on with the Dems currently in Connecticut ?<<

Is there a Rudy in the wings?

[durasell]

NY's decline pretty much bottomed out in the mid- to late 1970s. Koch pretty much put down the groundwork to re-build the city into what it's becoming. That included, solidifying relationships with financial community, real estate folks and media conglomerates.

So, during the later period in the Koch administration you see the rapid decline of manufacturing in NYC, closing of SROs, and all kinds of deals surrounding Times Sq. A lot of tearing down, a lot of debrise. The middleclass is pretty effectively swept out of the city, more homeless on the streets, etc. etc.

[durasell]

Dinkins was a one-term mayor. the machinery was already in place and humming along by the time Rudy stepped into the picture.

[MJY1288]

Compared to Howard Dean or Nancy Pelosi, Zell Miller and Joe Lieberman are Rush Limbaugh "Ditto Heads"

[claudiustg]

---Not Christmas for the jew-hating democrats in USENET reading about Koch's support. They're not liking that at all. LOL---

What an anti-Semitic pesthole! I had no idea.

[AmishDude]

"There's no blood oath binding him not to run as an independent," Edward Koch told NewsMax.

He didn't read the fine print when he signed up as a Democrat, did he?

[gondramB]

>>Compared to Howard Dean or Nancy Pelosi, Zell Miller and Joe Lieberman are Rush Limbaugh "Ditto Heads"<<

on political positions, you are right... on stability, Zell is closer to Dean.

[Huck]

He most definitely did, Ed Koch spoke at the Republican Convention in 2004, and backed Bush 100%

Therefore this endorsement proves the moonbats' point.

[Mr_Moonlight]

Is there a Rudy in the wings?

In Connecticut? I dunno /laughs ... I know nothing about CT except that it's a state to travel thru in order to get to the ski slopes of VT and NH :)

[srmorton]

I don't think either Kerry or Gore will be the Democrat candidate in 2008. The Dems only give you one chance to fail. If Hillary does not get the nomination and were to run as an Independent, I would think that would guarantee a Republican victory. This would most likely prevent her from ever getting the nomination. I think she would just bide her time until 2012.

[uscabjd]

This is the best posible result for the Reps. The Rep has no chance. Will Joe still caucus with the dems? Depends on how the campaign goes.

[sheik yerbouty]

Yet he was NYC's Clown Prince..

[BigTom85]

We need a Patriot Party

The Constitution Party is something along the lines of what you mentioned. I believe they ran a man named Peroutka (spelling may be off) in 2004. I think he was from Maryland or Virginia. It's something to look into.

[durasell]

Great mayor. Read the funny papers to kids on the radio...

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Yes, my friend, you are right on the money. The Democrat "Traitor/Treason" Party has now officially become the ANTI-ISRAEL, ANTI-AMERICAN JEW hating party. Any American Jew that votes Democrat needs their head exmined.

[Mr_Moonlight]

NY's decline pretty much bottomed out in the mid- to late 1970s

I'd tend to agree but then add that it got much worse during the 80's, eventually completely 'bottoming out' during the Dinkins era ('89 to '93) ... the guy (Dinkins) just simply didn't have a grip on anything of any consequence of any kind, in effect he was ineffective and weak ... (but he loved his Tennis games!) ...

The time was ripe for a tough guy like Rudy to come in and clean things up ... which he did, not totally, but effectively ...

So I guess what I'm saying here, (to go back to our original thread exchange), is to give Rudy some credit for being a real NYC guy and a real NYC Mayor

[Tzimisce]

The Dems have a problem - it's called the Kook fringe of their party.