Reply #22: The move-to-Israel part is even more uncalled for...

[DavidNY]

than the move-to-the-Republican-party part. Just because he very openly practices a particular religion, doesn't make it right to effectively accuse him of being a disloyal American who should emigrate. That suggestion is inconsistent with the spirit of religious liberty embodied in the First Amendment and comes perilously close to straightforward antisemitism. (I'm not trying to cast any personal aspersions on you, that's just how the comment reads to me and I recognize that the "vibe" it gave off to me may have been totally unintentional on your part.)

And while I'm no great Lieberman fan - I don't find sanctimony particularly appealing - if you look at his voting record on issues other than foreign policy it's actually fairly liberal, certainly much more so than the archetypical Southern DINOs like Zell Miller or even the more moderate Southern Dems. So Lieberman's very much a Democrat unless you totally rule out the possibility of Scoop Jackson / JFK-style hawkish Democrats, which strikes me as silly. His environmental record is particularly impressive (League of Conservation Voters rating of 88, where the Democratic Senate average is 72 and the Republican Senate average is 13).