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Does Lieberman Help McCain?
Captain's Quarters ^
| Dec. 17, 2007
| Ed Morrissey
Posted on 12/17/2007 6:53:10 AM PST by jdm
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posted on
12/17/2007 6:53:10 AM PST
by
jdm
To: jdm
Lieberman and McCain are both good on the war and both bad on just about everything else.
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posted on
12/17/2007 6:55:29 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: jdm
Zell Miller spoke at the GOP convention....guess the dems are really going to the dogs....
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posted on
12/17/2007 6:56:28 AM PST
by
HarleyLady27
(Fred Thompson/Duncan Hunter 08; Duncan Hunter/FredThompson 08.)
To: jdm
If McCain and Lieberman ran on the same ticket, it could really shake up the impending coronation of Queen Hillary. Not that I'm advocating it. McCain has been a disaster on the 1st Amendment and border security. Lieberman has dutifully voted the MoveOn.Org line on everything except the war on terror, where he has been a stand-up guy.
But it would add a whole new dimension to the election.
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posted on
12/17/2007 6:58:09 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: jdm
"When others were silent, and it was thought politically unpopular, John had the courage and common sense to sound the alarm about the mistakes we were making in Iraq and to call for more troops and a new strategy there.The first half of the quotation in the article sounds like Senator Lieberman was supporting Senator McCain for siding with Democrats. Early on it was the Democrats calling for new strategy and more troops.
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posted on
12/17/2007 6:58:09 AM PST
by
Ingtar
(The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his recent Liberal Definitive Stands.)
To: HarleyLady27
Guess I had better clearify that...lol....
The dems are going into outer space, not because Joe endorsed McPain, or because Zell Miller spoke at the convention....its early still, and not enough coffee...lolol...forgive me....
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posted on
12/17/2007 6:58:26 AM PST
by
HarleyLady27
(Fred Thompson/Duncan Hunter 08; Duncan Hunter/FredThompson 08.)
To: jdm
Not really because it make so much sense. The folks who like McCain are pretty much the same ones who like Lieberman.
But on the flip side, if Lieberman decided to help anybody else, that would have been news.
Needless to say, Lieberman is probably the only person who hope the Senate stays this divided. The senate democrats are waiting to punish him.
To: jdm
Not with republicans or democrats.
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posted on
12/17/2007 6:59:08 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: jdm
Lieberman could have given the Senate back to the Repubs. He is no friend of conservatives.
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posted on
12/17/2007 6:59:39 AM PST
by
pabianice
To: jdm
not in the slightest. Lieberman only confirms mccain is a washington beltway insider and Lieberman and McCain show the senate is a effete elitist country club. (they the know how we should live betters vs the unwashed rabble)
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:01:31 AM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: jdm
He has voted solidly within the center of the Democratic caucus session after session on everything but the war. McCain wants to win New Hampshire, and this could help there. Outside of Lieberman's back yard, it's not likely to help much, and could remind Republicans of trust issues over the years with McCain.Strange bedfellows indeed. Lieberman's lifetime ACU rating is 16.8 compared to McCain's 82.3. I agree that this endorsement will hurt McCain more than it will help him.
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:05:07 AM PST
by
kabar
To: jdm
Independents can vote in either the Dem. or Repub. primary in New Hampshire and Lieberman’s endorsement might bring some of them over to Mc Cain. Mc Cain isn’t that far behind Romney in the NH Polls and if Romney loses Iowa, Mc Cain might overtake him in NH. If that happens. it is a jump ball all the way until Fenruary 5th.
To: pabianice
Outside of the WOT, he’s 100% liberal.
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:05:48 AM PST
by
NYC Republican
(Lets Rally Behind Mitt- the only one that can stop Huck, Rudy, McCain, and maybe the Dems)
To: samtheman
“both Lieberman and McCain are both good on the war and bad on everything else”
Dead right, but it is good of Joe to stick his neck out for McCain. He didn’t have to support anybody.
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:08:52 AM PST
by
SWEETSUNNYSOUTH
(Help stamp out liberalism!)
To: jdm
Why would he help McCain, Lieberman is a democrat (oh sorry independent-Democrat)that shows me that we were right all along McCain is Rhino and the Dem's would love to have him in the white house if Obama or Hillary does not win..Forget it I will never fall for this one..
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:09:34 AM PST
by
PLD
To: kabar
The essence of the McCain conundrum is, when he doesn't really care, he votes conservative. On things he's passionate about he votes liberal.
McCain's 82.3.
To me this shows McCain is passionate only 17.7% of the time.
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:10:51 AM PST
by
DManA
To: longtermmemmory
Lieberman said that he thinks John McCain can bring the country together. It sounds noble but he wasn’t talking about bringing we the people together. He was talking about bringing the parties together and that’s seldom a good thing.
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:11:45 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: Vigilanteman
Can you imagine a race with huckabee as the gop nominee, Bloomberg as an independent democrat, and a McCain-liberman ticket? At this point I’d say they’re running against Obama. What a mess next year could be.
To: jdm
Does liberal Lieberman help McCain?
Only among liberals.
Recall that McCain almost ran as the VP on Kerry’s ticket.
McCain-Lieberman-Kerry? Not a whole lot of difference among them.
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:13:18 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: DManA
Does the same line of reasoning apply to Lieberman?
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posted on
12/17/2007 7:13:39 AM PST
by
kabar
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