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Lieberman Gets the Republicans to Clap for Everything They Hate About McCain
September 02, 2008 11:04 PM
Sen. Joe Lieberman, the self-styled "independent Democrat" from Connecticut, just spoke.
He got the GOP conventioneers to cheer for former President Bill Clinton, saying that Clinton -- unlike Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, Indy Joe said -- "stood up to some of those same Democratic interest groups and worked with Republicans to get important things done like welfare reform, free trade agreements, and a balanced budget."
The whole thing was odd. Even beyond Bill Clinton, he got Republicans to cheer for other things they don't support.
Such as McCain's record of working across the aisle on legislation Republicans loathe -- "to reform our campaign finance, lobbying and ethics laws, to create the 9/11 Commission and pass its critical national security reforms, and to end the partisan paralysis over judicial confirmations," Lieberman said.
McCain-Feingold? Hated by Republicans. Hated, hated, hated.
The 9/11 Commission?
Need I recall what conservative star Ann Coulter said about the 9/11 widows while selling books to this very crowd?
Judicial confirmations?
These people had fits about the "Gang of 14."
"If John McCain was just another go-along partisan politician, he never would have led the fight to fix our broken immigration system or to do something about global warming," Lieberman said. "But he did!"
Republicans clapped, but my God it was some of the least sincere applause I've heard since my 5th grade piano recital.
Immigration reform? Global warming?
This shows you just how worried Republicans are about losing. And how McCain might be the only Republican to make this race competitive.
These people don't like bipartisanship! They're Republican delegates!
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Oh…I almost forgot Lieberman's obligatory reference to the Lord: "God only made one John McCain, and he is his own man."
Not to get picky…but he is John Sidney McCain the Third.
Ok, that's nitpicking. Sorry.
- jpt
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You must not have been watching ABC, Jake. They cut over to commentators during the middle of the speech! They didn't do that during Hillary's Tuesday night keynote, did they? Please explain whether or not this is media bias in a separate post.
Posted by: Steve | Sep 5, 2008 7:18:52 PM
Lieberman is such an idiot ... so are all the people that would vote for McCain who call themselves dems. If Obama loses it may be time to start a new party.
Posted by: Fenbi | Sep 3, 2008 4:32:36 PM
Lieberman was an embarassment even as the Democratic VP canidate--he isn't going to help the GOP. His 90% record
of voting with Bush pales in comparison to his 100% toeing the line with AIPAC. The man is simply so Zionist he can't stand the risk of a man with common sense possibly running American foreign policy.
Posted by: Paul | Sep 3, 2008 4:18:36 PM
ronnieraygun:
Have you looked at your VP candidate lately? Hum, how old is he?
Posted by: MEW | Sep 3, 2008 2:10:58 PM
Happy to see you all paying such attention to the RNC! Wonderful party, uh - not just a Hollywood, rock-star affair! You all sound so scared! WOW!!
Posted by: Beckie | Sep 3, 2008 1:32:47 PM
"Did you see the camera operators trying to find minorities in the audience? Now that was a tough job!"
They showed the black delegate. He had one of those great campaign hats on.
They did not linger on McCain's daughter at all, barely showing her in family shots.
Must have been new McCain adviser Eschew's advice.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 1:29:26 PM
Ronnie forget the crowd.
Have you ever seen a party convention that is basically and indictment of their own party?
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 3, 2008 1:24:55 PM
BIG DEAL one Democract endorses another! Where is the story?
Posted by: argh! | Sep 3, 2008 1:18:27 PM
Did anyone get a load of the crowd at this convention it looks like they emptied every nursing home this side of Florida to attend. I did not see any youth in that crowd of old fogies.
Posted by: ronnieraygun | Sep 3, 2008 12:53:13 PM
Lieberman's speech was surreal, and the audience's reaction was even more so! For the duration of the speech, I felt that I was watching a rerun of the Dem convention!
Posted by: chuck | Sep 3, 2008 12:20:54 PM
I think Lieberman is the most honest in DC. He stuck it to the Democraps when they denounced him and ran as an independent and beat them. No wonder they are upset.....
You guys out there only seeing "old people" must remember that these folks have forgotten more than you will ever know. Seems that when you reach a certain age you get smarter. Go McCain/Palin.
Heard a reporter this AM saying that "Palin just might put Pelosi in the time-out chair". Being a mom of 5 sounds like she might just be able to handle all the children we have elected in Washington.
Posted by: MEW | Sep 3, 2008 12:17:02 PM
Did you see the camera operators trying to find minorities in the audience? Now that was a tough job!
Posted by: obamamama | Sep 3, 2008 11:59:54 AM
In my book, it's a free country. Lieberman can back whomever he likes. But c'mon, Joe, you can do better than old Republican tricks like saying that Obama voted against money for our troops in Iraq. Obama supports our soldiers, and you know it. That vote was a symbolic protest of this unnecessary war, in which thousands of soldiers have died for a bunch of lying Republicans.
Posted by: obamamama | Sep 3, 2008 11:57:34 AM
Republicans not only allow Joe Lieberman to speak at the GOP convention, but cheer? My how my party has lost its way...who are these imposters? What has happened? Why is John McCain the GOP candidate? Who in the world is Sarah Palin?
Posted by: The Wrench | Sep 3, 2008 11:44:18 AM
Republicans not only allow Joe Lieberman to speak at the GOP convention, but cheer? My how my party has lost its way...who are these imposters? What has happened? Why is John McCain the GOP candidate? Who in the world is Sarah Palin?
Posted by: The Wrench | Sep 3, 2008 11:44:12 AM
To all those here criticizing Barack Obama's alleged lack of experience, tell me something:
What exactly has John McCain accomplished in his 26 years in office?
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I tried to compile just that, but couldn't
find anything that went passed the senate
without getting squashed.
Posted by: spacerook1 | Sep 3, 2008 11:25:46 AM
Remember Judas?? Anyone who ever believed that Lieberman was a democrat had been wearing blinkers. All CT voters who supported him must be having buyer's remorse. Go back to history, and try to understand why Israel has not been able to secure their own territory and live in peace. It is such like Lieberman who had betrayed their own people, bit the hands that fed them and will remain an outcast for the rest of their lives. People without loyalty are just not traitors, they bring eternal grief to those that follow them.
Posted by: Karen | Sep 3, 2008 10:55:08 AM
McCain despite his age is
half-baked to deal with
national security.
Expect wars in Georgia,
Ukraine and other places.
Expect deteriorating relations
with Russia. Oil imports will
increase making us even more
dependent on the Middle East.
And he will wreck the economy.
Posted by: anon | Sep 3, 2008 10:12:56 AM
I respect Lieberman, because he is a Democrat of old, JFK and FDR style, he is not part of this George Soros controlled Modern day Democrat party. And for that he was kicked out, I guess the modern day dems/libs do not believe in individual opinion and free speech! the man voted 95% of the time with the libs but that was not good enough - Keep that in mind Conservative states the Dems running in you are are not conservative they are libs!
We support McCain because the alternative is too dangerous far more then anyone realizes!!
Posted by: spock | Sep 3, 2008 9:46:24 AM
Jake
I think that some journalists just don't understand that both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are bigger than the insiders and pundits that are now trying to take control of our country.
Most Republicans want a reformer..and even the insiders voted for McCain-Feingold.
Remember this ,,,,Democratic insiders are pro-abortion most Americans are against it.
I don't like Bush and I never voted for him. But I really dislike that the mainstream media seems to be running their own candidate this year.
Case in point...the Rezko investigation continues and the media ignores it. Obama is up to his eyeballs in the "pay for play" Chicago scandal...I have read more about the Palin ethics investigation than the criminal investigation in Chicago.
Posted by: Jackie | Sep 3, 2008 9:39:52 AM
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