Lieberman Gets the Republicans to Clap for Everything They Hate About McCain

Here is my question to you: Should the 18 yr old kid that got Gov. Palin underage daughter pregnant be charged, with a crime like other teens in this Country? There are teens in this Country currently serving jail time, for commenting the same offense of having sex with an underage minor that this kid is being accused of. Why isn’t the law being followed in this case? Is there a double standard for a VP candidate?

Charles Schumer, senior Senator NY
"I like Joe Lieberman, but that's a big mistake for him," Schumer said. "To be pro-war and to have his views on the issues, everyone respects that. But you don't go over to the other side."

PUMA

never question just follow

Love all the so-called "Hillary" supporters voting Mccain. (yea right.) You must totally agree with Mccain's campaign manager as he stated yesterday this election is NOT about the issues.

Well, if Bush endorses him that's good enough for me. Nothing like getting the thumbs up from the worst president since Buchanan.

What one has to realize is that these people in the RNC (excluding Paul delegates) are sheep being led to the slaughter and will clap at just about anything. If you want to see an intelligent crowd reacting to cerebral speeches watch clips of the Paul rally.

"Clinton did that and deserved the applause."

The same Clinton who is branded a raicst by Obama and his surrogates.

I have no sympathy for Palin
or her family. My sympathies
go to the families of bears
and moose she's been trophy
hunting and killing for sport.

The biggest question is WHY has she NOT spoken to the press? 6 days as the VP Nom and not ONE interview??? What is up with that? Has that ever happened before? It shows she is not ready. If she can't handle a simple interview, how can she be ready to lead the Nation????

Another Sarah,

Had McCain pick a woman based solely on her merits, I would have congratulated him for doing so.

But he didn't choose Palin based o0n her merits.

He chose Palin out of desperation hoping to stop Obama's momentum and to excite his base.

Many women feel insulted by McCain's choice not so much because of who he picked, but because of the reason he picked her.

Greg,

Just to let you know, t's the "Democratic" party, not the "democrat" party.

As for Lieberman becoming an Independant,, he did so because he would have lost his Senate seat running as a Democrat.

We Democrats say good riddance. You too will soon find out that the only allegiance Joe Lieberman has is to Joe Lieberman.

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?

The democrat party has become an embarrassment. Thank-you Joe Lieberman for pointing that out. I hope this causes the dems to get their act together. Maybe I'll come back when they get rid of Pelosi and Dean.

If so much is at stake for this country, why on earth did DNC nominate a very unqualified person for presidential nominee. We would not put a medical intern in charge of a hospital. If there are questions about McCain/Palin ticket, it pales in comparison to Obama/Biden.

I'm not sure why some folks on this blog thread feel that Obama has all the answers. His good ole friends (Pelosi, Harry Reid, Kerry, Kennedy and etc) have had free rein of Congress for the last 2 years and have accomplished very little. No wonder they handpicked Obama for the throne. I have no doubt in McCain's leadership.

Ha ha I was thinking about that last point Jake made as well. And isn't one of McCain's sons a John as well- that makes 4 John McCains. (And maybe I am getting this wrong, but should an Orthodox Jew be invoking God's name at all anyway?)

I wasn't impressed with Lieberman at all to be honest. I thought Fred Thompson sold John McCain much better. And I don't know how popular Joe Lieberman is with anyone right now. Maybe a few folks in the middle, but I think the Democratic Party is pretty mad at him, and I am not sure the GOP has ever warmed to him, except maybe in a schadenfreunde kind of way. He's certainly no Zell Miller.

McCain is a coward, not a hero.

The former POW chickened out and
canceled a scheduled appearance
on Larry King Live.

The reason? The previous night
on CNN's Election Center one of
his campaign spokesmen was asked
to name a single decision
Sarah Palin had made as Commander
in Chief of the Alaska National
Guard.

He could not name anything. He
was asked the same question
several times. He had nothing
to say. Zip.

McCain said CNN went too far.
And canceled his appearance.

Everybody thinks that you need 60 votes in the Senate to get a Bill passed.

Wrong. It's a majority of the vote, at the most 51. It has ‘become’ 60 in this particular Senate because the Republicans have filibustered every meaningful Bill. The number of filibusters is twice as high in the last two sessions from previous ones.

Julian;
That would be true IF more democrats are elected to Congress. As it stands now, the Freakin' Republican have been filibustering bills left and right! Lieberman was the tipping point, and he hasn't always voted with the Dems. The Dems have put out some really great bills for healthcare, energy and new jobs. One of the energy bills would have passed if McCain wasn't sitting it out in his office, as stated by Senator Insley of Washington state.

I'm ex-democrat[Hillary supporter]
voting republican this year....

McCAIN/PALIN '08

Silly Republicans!!!

Even if this sorts itself out, there's still the fact of the pregnancy itself: "The revelation focused attention on the Republican Party's call, in the party platform adopted today, for unwed teenagers to abstain from sex," Michael Kranish reports in The Boston Globe.

"In a story heavy with cultural overtones, Palin's daughter became both the talk of the GOP convention and the latest episode in the national discussion about teen pregnancy."

Lynn Sweet, of the Chicago Sun-Times: "I'm trying to connect the dots here. . . . Unmarried teen five months pregnant, will marry father. . . . She's the daughter of the GOP vice presidential nominee, the little-known Alaska governor, at the center of a controversy over a fired Alaskan state trooper. . . . Republicans at their convention Monday adopt platform calling for increased funding for abstinence education."

Palin the gift that doesn't stop giving!!