During the 2004 election season, I was seriously hoping that Leiberman would be the candidate. If he ignored the slime machine and was just himself, THAT would have changed the tone in Washington- and across the nation.
Of course, he was too reasonable, patriotic, and decent for the fringe left, and they dumped him for the Traitorous Toy Soldier. My thinking was that if - Heaven forbid - Bush lost in 2004, at least I could sleep at night with Joe in the White House. He was on board with the WOT and understood what we were up against. The rest of the pack would have aged me 10 years easily, due to sleep depravation and nightmares.
As it is, Kerry's run helped to marginalize the Left even more, so I'm glad Joe didn't get the nod.
"Although we disagree on any number of issues, he always struck me as a reasonable, patriotic, and decent man."
Hi,
What you said struck a chord with me. I might be repeating the replies of many others because I can't be bothered to read the entire thread.
Mr. Lieberman is one of the very few Dems/libs that can compete in the arena of ideas and that I respect. When I read his views, I feel like it's a healthy debate and meeting of the minds, not like almost all the other Dem/lib brainless wonders.