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Sen. Joe Lieberman's Just Desertion
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| 8-21-08
Posted on 08/21/2008 7:02:51 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: Alter Kaker
I recall the DSCC and the Dem party leadership supporting Lieberman in the primary. Obama and Bill Clinton actually campaigned for Lieberman. OK, I wasn't there and I may be faulty in recollection about Lieberman's support from the National Democrat resources. I do KNOW that Clinton campaigned for him in the Primary and I will take your word about Obama. My recollection is that the rest of the support was quite luke-warm and diminished rapidly as the Primary went on and Move-On and its ilk made such waves for Lamont.
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posted on
08/21/2008 7:45:17 AM PDT
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SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: SES1066
My recollection is that the rest of the support was quite luke-warm and diminished rapidly as the Primary went on and Move-On and its ilk made such waves for Lamont.Well, it varied. The left wing of the Dem Party was pretty luke-warm, whereas other Dems pretty actively supported Lieberman. But I think there's a pretty stark divide between "luke-warm support" and open betrayal. Open betrayal would be the Dem Nat Committee actively recruiting candidates to run against Lieberman. That's not what happened.
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posted on
08/21/2008 8:01:47 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Alter Kaker
Gordon Smith votes with conservatives 72% of the time, which is very commendable considering he represents the ultraliberal state of Oregon. He was also spawned from the ultraliberal Udall family tree, which makes his record even more commendable.
I'm far more concerned with the mix of conservatives and liberals in the Senate than I am with the mix of Democrats and Republicans.
While I don't appreciate some of the idiot causes he has alligned with (Gorebal warming, just like McCain), can you find him on this list just like McCain?
Here are the Senators who voted against the Cornyn amendment , which would have established a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals looking to snag a shamnesty visa. Republicans underlined:
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posted on
08/21/2008 8:48:26 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: SJackson
You know,
McCain - Lieberman would likely be a winning ticket. They could sell their "independent maverick" image as not falling for "politics as usual" which plays VERY well for the mushy middle, they can sell bipartisanship which plays very well in the media (and makes it tough for either party to whine about the opposition party "not cooperating"), and they can counter the loss of "a historic first" (first woman or black) with another... the first cross-party ticket.
(Nat saying it would be a ticket that is good for small-government conservatives, mind you...)
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:01:19 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(Thank you Dith Pran for showing us what Communism brings)
To: Teacher317
It would be a winning ticket. Unfortunately, (A) it is not a conservative ticket so while we’d win the election, we wouldn’t win on policy significantly (it IS preferable to an Obama administration on the political agenda of the hard Left).
and (B) in 2012 it would leave us in the same situation we found ourselves this election, no encumbant in the race. McCain was as close as it came because he’d run the race for the White House already in 2000 and started working with Democrats For McCain2008 back in 2006.
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:19:02 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The higher taxes that Obama demands of Americans are 'Above my Pay Grade'.)
To: weegee
it IS preferable to an Obama administration on the political agenda of the hard Left). When you made that statement, you already showed that you gave up the ghost. McCain knows that whatever he does, you and and others will vote for him....hence he has no reason at all to care what you think.
To: weegee
Do you really think McCain cares what is best for we right-wing nuts, or for the future of the GOP?
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:23:32 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(Thank you Dith Pran for showing us what Communism brings)
To: Vigilanteman
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:37:59 AM PDT
by
M203M4
(True Universal Suffrage: Pets of dead illegal-immigrant felons voting Democrat (twice))
To: Teacher317
with another... the first cross-party ticket.Check your history books. John Tyler, a Democrat, was William Henry Harrison's VP. Harrison was a Whig.
Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, was Abraham Lincoln's VP. Lincoln was a Republican.
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:41:52 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Teacher317
I'll also remind you that
both times Americans have elected Vice Presidents of parties other than their running mates, those Vice Presidents have succeeded to the Presidency. Andrew Johnson became President after Lincoln's assassination. He proved to be so much of a Democrat that the Republicans, who elected him Vice President, actually impeached him. John Tyler was so much of a Democrat that he was expelled from the Whig Party (to which he had nominally become a member for the purposes of the election).
John McCain is 72. Do you really want Joe Lieberman as your President?
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posted on
08/21/2008 9:47:40 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Bushbacker1
There will never be another Zell Miller. Now there is a real man!
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posted on
08/21/2008 11:45:30 AM PDT
by
beckysueb
(Drill here! Drill now!)
To: Alter Kaker
Cool. Thanks for the history lesson!
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posted on
08/21/2008 2:06:11 PM PDT
by
Teacher317
(Thank you Dith Pran for showing us what Communism brings)
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