I think Ex-Senator Graham should speak. He could go in to so much detail about how whiney and stupid, the American public is. It should be easy to get him to go. He's back working for McCain, so I guess McCain must agree with him.

Will Charles Keating speak on Mr. McCain's behalf as well?

no surprise

As a CT resident, if McCain wins, I'll be thrilled if he takes Joe with him.

Gee...I wonder how many of you Lieberman critics were singing his praises when Gore picked him to run in 2000 ?? What a bunch of hypocrites. Lieberman is just proof that it's never too late to come to your senses. Oh and to Deep Release | Aug 20, 2008 11:01:01 AM....Maybe Obama should have Tony Rezko speak at the Deomcrat Convention via live feed from JAIL !!

If Lieberman is on the ticket, I will vote Republican for the 1st time in my life.

Knowledge V the Umm, I I I, AH AH AH, WE WE WE, Gotta Gotta Gotta Ah AH no straight answer Obama team

I think Homer Simpson should speak too.

That Judas goat. Imagine CT voters' surprise to see this hack glibly supporting McCain. Not quite what they had in mind, I imagine.

McCain will leas us to victory over Russia! We can finally put the nail in their coffin. McCain and Liberman have the courage to use nuclear missles to defeat the evil on earth. They will defeat all evil, we just need to build our army up to confront the evil Chinese after we defeat Russia! Let Freedom Ring!
We can defeat the non-Christians if all work together to first defeat the evil liberals and Barack Obama! Take up arms and conquer! Amen. God Bless America! And Don't mess with Texas!

Funny how neg comments on Obama get wiped out fast by the a b c people.

Mr. Leiberman, how could you???

Greg wrote:
McCain will leas us to victory over Russia!
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LOL! With what Army? Sure!! We are screwed an Russia knows it. Europe isn't going to help. They get all their oil from Russia.

Commissar Nancy Pelossi and her Generals forced Joe Lieberman out of the Democrat Party because he would not compromise his integrity and crater to her imposed, often extreme views. Lieberman would not be a good match for McCain because they have similar strengths. But Lieberman does have something too often lacking on both sides of the aisle, character and integrity. If the Republicans win, Lieberman should hold a position in the administration consistent with his strengths. He would be a person with character whose word and ethics voters can trust.

Watching the GOP convention will probably be boring. I prefer to watch the train wreck occuring in the Democratic party right now.

Ah there is nothing that the DNC hates more than to have an American stand up for themselves and not blindly and mindlessly follow their lead.

I am surprised McCain does not pick Sean Hannity for VP. He has all the correct answers to heal the earth of the evil liberalism! He also has hair much like Reagan's which would help him win. Come McCain kick some liberal butt! Amen!

Kind of interesting - pro gay, pro abortion rights. Will his address be before the party platform is presented to the convention or after? But seeing as how the military has been used in this campaign by McCain might as well have Lieberman speak on behalf of the Israel position in the middle-east (I dare say he won't invoke the name of Jimmy Carter, but Judas turning against Christ is nothing compared to Lieberman's wagging the tail of the dog and forgetting what his former party people have done.) Lieberman speaking at the Republican convention - good. That'll make the Democrats turn out in more droves.

McCain can have Lieberman. He is probably the reason Gore lost in 2000. Go for it!!

We have to take over Russia's oil fields liek we took over Iraq's oil. This is the start of WWIII. We have to first control all the power before China does. We just need to draft our children to fight against the evil Islamo facist and evil Russian empire. On our way to Russia we need to eliminate the liberals in Europe. We can do this if we stick together. McCain will be the perfect war president because he is not afraid of anything. Plus our manufacturing will increase with the need of more tanks and Hummers. The Dems are not willing to sacrifice our children for liberty and freedom.

I hope McCain picks Lieberman as his VP. Then Lieberman will make history a second time, as the only person to ever lose on the national tickets of both parties! The core value at the heart of Joe Lieberman is his burning political ambition! He spouts bipartisan bs, and country over party, but don't be fooled -- It's all about Joe.

I am surprised McCain does not pick Sean Hannity for VP. He has all the correct answers to heal the earth of the evil liberalism! He also has hair much like Reagan's which would help him win. Come McCain kick some liberal butt! Amen!

Lieberman won and Lamont lost. McCain will win and Obama will lose.

Obama is another Lamont.

If you invite Zero-bama, he will speak at GOP convention. Being a phony talkinghead, he will say and do anything to gather a vote.

Of course he wants four more of war - kill and drill!

With Old Man Lieberman, Alongside his Old Senior Citizen Pal John "Semi-Senile" McCain ...

Look for one Hell of a Geriatric Presidential Combination...

Two Ugly Old, Pasty, Geriatric Looking, AARP,

"Which One will Keel Over First, In the Oval Office" or Worse...

Which one will Fall Asleep During the Swearing In Ceremony or Worse,

Which one will Have a Heart Attack or have a Hardening of the Arteries, while in the Oval Office ?

2 Of the Oldest Geezers to Ever Run for President & Vice President of the USA !!

The True, Senior Citizens Tour......

I Hope their Blue Cross is Paid Off ?

No Country For Old Men Campaign !!!!!!

Either Man would Not Fulfill their 1st terms....

What am I saying.........

This Combination is Doomed for Failure !!!!

From the Conn. people Joe Libermann is a disgrace to his party( Dems) . The only reason he is an Indep is because Ned Lamont beat him in the primary here, and he switched so he could get back in. He is an insult. Get Lost Joe. You can bet this is his last term.

John McCain, Randy Scheunemann, Joe Lieberman and Certain Republican Officials were counting on this Georgia-Russia CONFLICT to HELP Jon McCain.....

It has'nt, as well as the Saddleback SetUp

It Exposed John McCain as an Antagonizer and Propogandist, who will Do Absolutely ANYTHING to stack the Cards in his FAVOR, REAGARDLESS of the CONSEQUENCES.

JOE LIEBERMAN: WHO WOULD YOU WANT IN A WAR OR SECURITY CRISIS ?

JOE LIEBERMAN: IN EACH NEW PRESIDENCY, SOMETHING BIG HAS HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF A NEW PRESIDENT, WE NEED SOMEONE THAT CAN "HANDLE SUCH A CRISIS"...

RESPONSE: AN DO WHAT ?

START A NUCLEAR WAR WITH (RUSSIA) THE NATION WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST, STOCKPILE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS...GIVE ME OBAMA.

JOHN MCCAIN'S CAMPAIGN: IF A WAR WERE TO OCCUR, BEFORE THE ELECTION OR DURING THE ELECTION, IT WOULD BENEFIT "JOHN MCCAIN"

CRAZY SAAKASHVILLI SHOULD'VE WAITED UNTIL OCT 31.08 TO ATTACK S. OSETTIA, OR UNTIL GEORGIA BECAME A NATO MEMBER !!

THIS WHOLE THING IS A POORLY EXECUTED PLAN, TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE AN IT STINKS TO THE LOWEST OF LEVELS....

STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE BOWELS OF HELL !!!

JOHN MCCAIN IS A NUT...A BONAFIDE, CERTIFIDE AND QUALIFIED.... NUT !!!

CAUTION: WAIT UNTIL THE END OF OF THE OLYMPICS..HU JIN TAO IS A SUPPORTER OF RUSSIA, THEY DID WAR EXCERCISES LAST YEAR IN AUG OF 2007...

HU JIN TAO WILL MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN AND FOR WHO, AFTER THE OLYMPICS...MARK MY WORDS !!!!

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Finally the Republicans will be able to outlaw abortion this time around and make illegal birth control. We are a Christian country that will defeat all evil. Liberman has finally coem to his sense, maybe he will convert to Christianity at the Republic Convention, that would get the base going for McCain.

Lieberman is a sad character at this point in his political life. He is fervently pro-war since he mistakenly sees this as being in the best interests of Israel. However, the Iraq War has been a disaster for all concerned including the families of the more than 4000 dead US soldiers, 100,000 dead Iraqis, the US taxpayer, and for the peace process in the Middle East. It has been great for the Blackwaters and Haliburtons of the world. His dogged adherence to the failed war policies of Bush (and now McCain) placed him at odds with his party. He is now bitter and willing to strike back in any way he can. That he is a mouthpiece for an uninformed, knee-jerk " all war all the time" McCain who is so confused that Joe has to correct him while on camera marks a pathetic end to Lieberman's career. As soon as the elections are over, no matter who wins the White House, the Democratic senate will strip him of all committee seniority. Lieberman has become an unwitting tool of the McCain campaign managers which makes him allies with Karl Rove and his band of Big Lie and Smear thugs. Too bad Joe, your clouded vision has cost you a much better place in history.

Lieberman flatout lied to ultimately beat Lamont in the general election after losing the primary. Many people were fooled by his double talk on Iraq and feel betrayed. He would not beat Lamont in CT if the general election were held again today. Polls show that putting him on the ticket would not even help McCain in CT. To the contrary, it would fire up Dems nationwide to kick Lieberman's butt again like it was in the Senate primary!

greg...no I am NOT willing to sacrafice my kids for an unnecessary war. Plus where do you plan to build these tanks and hummers. Our plants are all closed and we have sold the machinery to countrya in Europe. Thank you George W!!!

John McCain's Broken Classics.....

#1 Hit: I told You "The Surge Would Work"

Note: As Though McCain Originated "The Surge" When in Fact "The Surge" is General McFarland's Military Strategy and it did not happen at Anbar, "The Surge" happened in (Bagdad) The Bloody Anbar Awakening Happened Almost a Year Before "The Surge" and General Petraeus was Not in Iraq, During "The Anbar Awakening" or "The Surge"...
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The Anbar Awakening: Is the Crucial Turning Point in the Iraq War and without it, The Surge would still be at Day One and the Casualties Would still be Prevalent. Yet Semi-Senile John McCain has Projected himself as the Creater of "The Surge", as though, Mccain Concieved, Created and his "Surge Strategy" was Implemented by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the President, based on Mccain's "Military Experience" when all He did was Sign on a Non-Partisan BandWagon to send an Additional 20,000 Troops....

Thats All McCain Did.
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McCain Hit #2: "I know how to Win Wars"

Oh Really John ? Are you Counting Viet Nam as a WIN for America ? You were Locked Up and being Tortured Day & Night, Remember ? John, Name One Military Strategy that you had Concieved, Created and had Implemented by the President & his Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Please and Don't Mention "The Surge" I just Squashed that LIE
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McCain Hit #3: "No Timetable for Withdrawal, Come Home in Victory"

What is a Victory to You John McCain ? The President of Iraq wants us OUT, The President of the USA is setting a "Time Horizon" and its been said, the Time Frame is (2010) Yet, We should Leave in Victory, Not Enough Dead Bodies, for you John ??
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John McCain Hit #4: "The 4 1/2 Year Military Strategy Failed, Because it was a Poorly Planned & Poorly Executed"

McCain is Condemning Joint Chiefs Of Staff, The President, The Vice President, Himself, The Senators & Congressmen and Women who Voted on all the Military Strategies, leading up, to the "Surge" and Above all else the US Military Performed their Jobs Incompetently, Thats Exactly what he's saying...

Yet McCain Double Talks and Calls the U.S Military Honorable, Brave and Corageous..McCain has to Open his EYES WIDE and Accept that he was a Major Force in Voting 95% of the Time on the Iraq War and All Bush Military, Foreign and Domestic Policies....Fact
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/pastor-hagee-the-antichri_b_104608.html

On March 16, 2003, on the eve of the United States' invasion of Iraq, Pastor John Hagee took to the pulpit to warn of the coming Antichrist.

In his sermon, "The Final Dictator," Hagee described the Antichrist as a seductive figure with "fierce features." He will be "a Blasphemer and a Homosexual," the Pastor announced.

Then, Hagee boomed, "There's a phrase in Scripture used solely to identify the Jewish people. It suggests that this man [the Anti-Christ] is at least going to be Partially Jewish, as was Adolph Hitler, as was Karl Marx."

NOTE: This "Fierce" Gay Jew, according to Hagee, would "Slaughter One-Third of the Earth's Population" and "Make Adolph Hitler look like a Choirboy."

Hear Pastor Hagee's latest Judeophobic, anti-gay rant in this video, created by Bruce Wilson of Talk2Action.org

Exposed here for the first time, Hagee's comments identifying the Antichrist as a partly Jewish Homosexual arrive in the wake of a furor the pastor provoked by describing the Holocaust as an act of God.

Hagee's chilling sermon about the Holocaust prompted Sen. John McCain to reject the Preacher's Support, an unexpected turnabout after McCain spent over a year soliciting his endorsement.

Days after McCain's rejection, I reported that a key McCain ally, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, planned to deliver the keynote speech at Hagee's upcoming Christians United For Israel (CUFI) summit. As the story exploded into the mainstream press, pressure mounted on Lieberman to withdraw.

But Lieberman stayed the course, declaring in a prepared statement, "Pastor Hagee has devoted much of his life to fighting anti-Semitism and building bridges between Christians and Jews...

I will go to the CUFI Summit in July and speak to the people who have come to Washington from all over our country to express their support of America and Israel, based on our shared eternal values and our shared contemporary challenges in the war against terrorism."

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Have any of YOU SEEN A BABY that has SURVIVED A (PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION) ITS TERRIBLE !!!

It would do those of You MORALIST a SERVICE to SEE what that LOOKS LIKE 1ST HAND AN SEE THE DAMAGE DONE in order to UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.

OBAMA DID NOT MAKE THESE LAWS....

NOTE: THESE LAWS & MEDICAL PRACTICES HAVE BEEN LEGALIZED FOR (DECADES) AND BUSH IN HIS (8 YEARS) WAS A (PRO-CHOICE PRESIDENT)

BUSH, CHENEY, RICE AND THE MORAL MAJORITY RING WING REPUBLICAN SENATE & CONGRESS, DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING REAGDRING ABORTION, NOTHING TO RID THE USA OF THESE LEGAL MEDICAL PRACTICES AND NEITHER DID JOHN "SEMI-SENILE" MCCAIN... FOR 25 YEARS !!!

NOW HE'S PRO-LIFE...

WHEN HE'S BEEN PRO CHOICE OR DEAD AIR SILENT ON THE ABORTION ISSUE !!!

BIG NOTE: DURING HIS 25 YEARS AS A SENATOR, WHAT DID JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS MORAL PRESENCE DO ON THE ABORTION FRONT, TO STOP, CHANGE OR ERADICATE THESE LAWS AND LEGAL MEDICAL PRACTICES....

ANS: NOT A DAMN THING, THAT MEANS MCCAIN, HIS SO CALLED CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT BUSH JR, A (PRO-CHOICE PRESIDENT) AT THAT,

MCCAIN AN HIS MAJORITY MORAL MAJORITY, RIGHT WING SENATE & CONGRESS, DID (ABSOLUTELY NOTHING) TO ERADICATE THESE LAWS, DURING A TIME THAT THEY IN FACT HAD CONTROL...

AS WELL AS NIXON, CARTER, RONALD REAGAN AND BUSH SR, BILL CLINTON....NOTHING AT ALL !!

THE SO CALLED RIGHT WINGERS DID NOTHING, THAT MEANS THEY AGREED WITH THE LAW OF THE LAND AND ROE VS. WADE...

SIMPLE AN PLAIN, WITH NOWHERE TO RUN AND HIDE AND NO EXCUSES....PERIOD

GOTCHA !!!

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John McCain, Randy Scheunemann, Joe Lieberman and Certain Republican Officials were counting on this Georgia-Russia CONFLICT to HELP Jon McCain.....

It has'nt, as well as the Saddleback SetUp

It Exposed John McCain as an Antagonizer and Propogandist, who will Do Absolutely ANYTHING to stack the Cards in his FAVOR, REAGARDLESS of the CONSEQUENCES.

JOE LIEBERMAN: WHO WOULD YOU WANT IN A WAR OR SECURITY CRISIS ?

JOE LIEBERMAN: IN EACH NEW PRESIDENCY, SOMETHING BIG HAS HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF A NEW PRESIDENT, WE NEED SOMEONE THAT CAN "HANDLE SUCH A CRISIS"...

RESPONSE: AN DO WHAT ?

START A NUCLEAR WAR WITH (RUSSIA) THE NATION WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST, STOCKPILE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS...GIVE ME OBAMA.

JOHN MCCAIN'S CAMPAIGN: IF A WAR WERE TO OCCUR, BEFORE THE ELECTION OR DURING THE ELECTION, IT WOULD BENEFIT "JOHN MCCAIN"

CRAZY SAAKASHVILLI SHOULD'VE WAITED UNTIL OCT 31.08 TO ATTACK S. OSETTIA, OR UNTIL GEORGIA BECAME A NATO MEMBER !!

THIS WHOLE THING IS A POORLY EXECUTED PLAN, TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE AN IT STINKS TO THE LOWEST OF LEVELS....

STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE BOWELS OF HELL !!!

JOHN MCCAIN IS A NUT...A BONAFIDE, CERTIFIDE AND QUALIFIED.... NUT !!!

CAUTION: WAIT UNTIL THE END OF OF THE OLYMPICS..HU JIN TAO IS A SUPPORTER OF RUSSIA, THEY DID WAR EXCERCISES LAST YEAR IN AUG OF 2007...

HU JIN TAO WILL MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN AND FOR WHO, AFTER THE OLYMPICS...MARK MY WORDS !!!!

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hopesprings52,
You hit right on the nose. Joe Lieberman is about Joe Lieberman, always has and always. For a former VP candidate of one party to speak at another party's convention just 8 years later demonstrates the height of arrogance. The Republicans can have him....he fits right in with the rest of the arrogant snobs..

The Russians can nuke New York and L.A. those are evil liberal bastions of sin. We can let them hit those and any liberal city before we blow Russia o the gates of Hell. Go McCain Guiliani 2008

People talk about red and blue issues, we finally have two people that have put their parties aside and are getting to the issues. Isn't this what we want, isn't this the hope for our nation.

Greg:
The Ct-senator will notconvert, instead a new religion will be "reborn" at the convention, that of the Judeo-Christian National Religion.
All those not joining will be sent to religious indocrination camps especially Catholics-Democratic-physicians like me. AMEN

Lie erman is d ouche bag! But so is McCain!

funny how the morons on the right think that democrats were excited about whinny joe lieberman on the ticket with gore. guess again, lieberman was a primary reason gore didn't get to take office.
grampy mclame can have him and sissy boy lindsay graham.
you have to admit, when you see grampy talking, surrounded by the biggest losers in congress it highlights the failure a mcsame administration would become. you like bush, you'll love mcsame.
they have have whiny joe.
here’s their campaign slogan; grampy and grumpy

I wonder how Howard Dean feels about this?

Neither presidential candidate represents the interests of America's Citizens on most issues. Voters should focus on removing as many long-term incumbents (from both parties) in Congress as possible. By removing these Congressional elites and power brokers we can restore accountability to Congress, and marginalize the damage that either an Obama or a McCain presidency will cause.

The change that matters for America's Citizens is that we take back control of our government. Before entering the polling place in November, realize that we, the people, still have the power to change our stars. Set aside your partisan self interests, and help remove as many "elder statesmen" as possible from Congress. You friends, neighbors, children and grand children will thank you!

Like it or not, Lieberman was the first Jewish candidate on a national ticket. I felt a tremendous sense of pride. Now I feel betrayed and embarrassed, that this great breakthrough has been so tarnished by Lieberman's descent into selfish, blind ambition. As the highest profile Jewish politician, his betrayal of the Dem Party, his friends and supporters reflects poorly on all of us in the Jewish community.

The invictive continues. May all you fake Americans burn in hell.

Meanwhile, outside, a real campaign is going on.

Does Joe know who he is dealing with? Didn't he hear tough guy Obama threaten McCain?

My greatest hope is McCain makes him Secretary of state, Rudy G at the Dept of Justice and Colin Powell as the Secretary of Defense. If Romney is VP that would be the team!!

Deep Relief: Charles Keating may speak about how McCain testified against him AFTER he was cleared of any wrongdoing. Will Rev Wright and William Aires speak for Obama?

HopeSpring,

Why do you think Lieberman's support of McCain is selfish?? He could just as easily have supported Obama, who at the time appeared to be the certain winner.

Maybe Liberman doesn't trust Obama. In fact, given his prior support for Palestinians, I'd be skeptical if I were a Jew.

Message to Greg -
In case you haven't noticed; You have the most sarcastic liberal idiotic views I've ever had the displeasure of reading. You have no idea what sacrifice or freedom really means. Obviously, you were educated (or not) in a public school. Do us and yourself a favor and study the history of this great nation. Only then will you come to understand the position difference between McCain and Obama.

Mr. Lieberman,

Thanks to George W. Bush, Hamas is now in charge of Gaza, and we don't have the troops to deal with Iran because they are tied up in Iraq. And you are supporting McCain who plans to keep doing what Bush is doing! Are you a supporter of Israel or not?

Jim Rod, you are so right about the censorship of neg Obama bloggs. CNN filters out 99.9% of them as well. Thats OK because I hope their sponsors know that I will deliberatly avoid any advertised products I see in their tabloid (news) broadcasts.

1st Brett and now Joe. What is left for us ol' timers in Wisconsin to cling to?

Is it too late for CT residence to recall Loserman?

Maybe McGrumpy's first wife who he cheated on while she was lying in a hospital can speak at the Queerpublican Convention.

Greg,
No one is buying that you're a real conservative.
Why are you acting in a way to smear conservatives? Why is it liberals like you resort to dishonesty and lies in order to get what you want.

Truly despicable.

Senator Lieberman like many Clinton supporters is doing what's best for the country.

I LOVE OBAMA soooo much!! He makes me all tingley in my kneees when I see him walk into the room.

Greg ---- It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people only assume you are a fool rather than to open your mouth and relieve all doubt.

I just woke up from his speech at the 2000 Democratic Convention. Does the guy even have a pulse? Who needs Ambien when you have Joe Lieber...zzzzzzzzz. Just typing his name makes me tired.

To edweirdness:
Finally, a post that is meaningful and dead-on right! Thank you!
It's worth repeating and we need to fight for real term limits!
Neither presidential candidate represents the interests of America's Citizens on most issues. Voters should focus on removing as many long-term incumbents (from both parties) in Congress as possible. By removing these Congressional elites and power brokers we can restore accountability to Congress, and marginalize the damage that either an Obama or a McCain presidency will cause.

The change that matters for America's Citizens is that we take back control of our government. Before entering the polling place in November, realize that we, the people, still have the power to change our stars. Set aside your partisan self interests, and help remove as many "elder statesmen" as possible from Congress. You friends, neighbors, children and grand children will thank you!

Mr. Lieberman,

Durring the elections it was discovered, documented and proven that three brothers from the Gaza strip donated over $30,000 to the Obama campaign. Since this discovery the Obama campaign has failed to deliver proof that this money was returned. Will you ensure that this is resolved when you are part of the McCain administration? Also please ask if the Justice department plans to investigate all the questionable contribution Sen Obama recieved from "Questionable" locations?

Lieberman is the reason Al Gore lost. The republicans can have him.

basil holder - Maybe you all can cling to your bibles and guns!

Why such hatred and awful things to say about those who don't agree with? name calling for those who don't fit in your mold is just sad.

Liked Lieberman then, Like Lieberman now. Nice to see two people who have the decency to respect each other even when they both were on different political sides.

It breaks my heart to see Lieberman go over to the GOP side. I feel he has betreyed us, those of who supported him in 2000 as Gore's running mate.

K@chicago - I think the problem many have is Sen Lieberman is just like Sen McCain, country first and party second. They do the right thing not whatever is most popular with the party.

Joe Leiberman puts Israels interests ahead of the US. He's no independent, he's just weak.

Well if McCain puts Lieberman on the ticket then we know he's just pandering to dems and ditching the conservative base.

Joe Lieberman = Zell Miller. No difference. They are both washed up angry old men.

B. Lottman,

"Commissar Nancy Pelossi and her Generals forced Joe Lieberman out of the Democrat Party"

OK, first, it's the Democratic Party, not the Democrat Party. Learn some grammar, will you?

Second, no one FORCED Joe out of the party. How interesting that you use words that evoke dictators, when in fact it was We The Democrats of my state of Connecticut who chose someone else to be our Democratic Nominee for Senator. It was an election, not some kind of coup! So get a grip!

"because he would not compromise his integrity and crater to her imposed, often extreme views."

Really?? Integrity? Extremist Views?? Let's see... in 2006 and 2007, the right-leaning National Journal rated Joe Lieberman more liberal on economic (taxes anyone?) and social (abortion, gay rights anyone?) issues than Senators Hillary Clinton and Diane Feinstein!

"Lieberman would not be a good match for McCain because they have similar strengths."

Really?? Lieberman is a New England liberal! Hey, in my book that is a GOOD thing. If the Republicans want to pick someone more liberal than Hillary on abortion and taxes to be one heartbeat from the presidency, I'm happy about that.

"But Lieberman does have something too often lacking on both sides of the aisle, character and integrity."

Please. I've lived in CT all my life. I remember the nasty campaign that Lieberman ran against Republican Senator Lowell Weicker. (Now HE was a real maverick, willing to stand up to his own party over Watergate.) Joe was a real trailblazer in negative campaigning. Every once in a while, you still hear the pundits mention 1988, when everything changed in campaigning.

Thank you very little, Joe!

In 1988, Joe Lieberman promised us in Connecticut that he wouldn't run for more than three terms (as the big bad Weicker was doing.)

FACT: Lieberman is two years into his FOURTH term.

He promised us he wouldn't run around serving his own interests and miss so many votes in the Senate like Weicker.

FACT: His attendance when he ran for VP in 2000 was worse than Weicker's.

He promised us in CT that he wouldn't act "entitled" to the job... that he would humbly serve CT.

FACT: I've never heard a candidate, even an incumbent, say so many times that it was HIS Senate seat. Sorry, Joe, that seat belongs to Connecticut.

Finally, Joe being the liberal that he is, is despicable to support John McCain. There are people who want to compare Lieberman to Zell Miller. I say that's unfair to Zell. Zell is a conservative southern Democrat... on many issues he has more in common with the Republican Party. Why would anyone begrudge him his support for a Republican presidential candidate?

But Joe Lieberman is a New England LIBERAL Democrat. He betrays all of the issues that Connecticut elected him to support by supporting John McCain. I don't begrudge Joe his support of the Iraq War, even though I was opposed to it from the start.

No. Joe loses any shred of respect I had for him because he elevates the Iraq War above all other issues. The next president will pick at least one, if not two or three, Supreme Court Justices. Fair wages, civil rights and liberties, reproductive rights, the environment... these are all issues the Court is already too far to the right on. But I guess Joe doesn't care anymore about these issues.

Proof positive that McCain has lost what's left of his mind. Lieberman is the most pathetic, whining fool McCain could find to team up with. Go Obama. McCain's making it easy for you.

Lieberman is a demagogue par excellence. It is fitting he will be speaking at the Republican convention. He should be McCain's running mate. They will make great pair.

Oh yes! Let's turn loose the nuclear weapons...What a good idea...
Maybe you all who think that tnuclear is a good idea ought to take a look and read about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Just read the descriptions of the destruction. forget the politics for a moment.
If we do, then we get what we deserve!
the end of the world as we know it.

Adam: I didn't vote for Gore in 2000 just because he picked Lieberman! I get so sick of presidential candidates trying to vie for the title of who is more pro-"Israel." With these morons it is "Israel's" interests above America's. Always.

Sure, bring Lieberman aboard. The GOP needs to become more centrist and less right-wing anyhow. The religious right and the Libertarians can then form the right wing of our political system

Just goes to show the republicans will do anything to advance their cause or win. Lieberman is just a scape goat to lead the independents into the McCain camp. The republicans have no other use for his stale ideas and flip floping. If they can get more votes by having him around, all the better.

The smart democrats are turning independent. Obama is like the captain of a ship, he stays on board as the ship sinks.

So let me see if I have this straight. The conservatives don't "really" care for McCain, and the Liberals don't really like Lieberman either? Well, it sounds to me like the Republicans and the Democrats both don't like McCain and Lieberman. That to me is reason enough to vote for this ticket! Both parties are out of touch with the middle majority!!

Lieberman is supporting McCain because that's the only way he can get on a national ticket or be appointed to a top spot in the executive branch. After he failed to get the Dem nomination in 2004, even though he was the supposed "frontrunner" Lieberman defected. Don't be fooled, it's always about Joe's blind ambition. If he backed Obama he'd remain a senator with no possibility of promotion. People who have followed his career since 1970 know this is how Joe operates. It's all about Joe.

To all of you who are complaining about Joe Lieberman speaking at the convention, calling him, "Judas", etc., please bear in mind that this country is facing many critical issues that require bi-partisanship and John McCain and Joe Lieberman have a history of working successfully together to achieve positive things for this country. Both parties sometimes have to reach across the isle and make an effort to unify this country. I give credit to both men for doing just that. I am a Republican, but will look forward to hearing Joe Lieberman speak at the convention. Perhaps if some of you were willing to rethink your narrow mind-sets, this country would be a more tolerant place to live.

Go to war with Russia? I hope you people are kidding. Russia has nukes. They can hit us with those nukes. What kind of idiot talk is it to want to start a war with Russia? Do you want to see our cities burn and our wives and kids incinerate before our eyes? You Republicans are absolute nut jobs.

Hey all you Obama supporters, be silent and let the republicans pick either Tom Ridge or Joe Lieberman. That will help our cause. Don't protest too much and tip your hand.

Scotti: Please do not judge all Republicans by a few comments here and there on this board. Any educated person knows we cannot go to war against Russia. I say, "educated". Just as there are stupid Democracts who believe anything they are told, and there are uninformed, ignorant Republicans who might suggest war with the Great Bear, doesn't mean we should lump all together. Also, just because BOTH Democrats and Republicans have the lone wolf posting these days, doesn't make either party "nuts."