How many think Lieberman will bolt to the Repubs?

[mkregel]

I wouldnt think so beforehand, but lately he's been saying a lot of "Democrats deserve to lose if they nominate Dean.."

Makes me wonder....

[bleedingheart]

1. his actual voting record would make him an unwelcome

republican...

I don't like how he sucked up to Bush immediately after the 2000 election fiasco...I also didn't like his performance in the debate against Cheney...

But compare him to a prick like Santorum and he looks like a bleedingheart liberal..(like me!)

[kentuck]

2. Again?

He made a conscious decision to be a Dem-Repub when he first ran for office in Connecticut. It has been a very effective strategy for him. He gets both Dems and Repubs to vote for him because he is a centrist. It works well for him in his state but it doesn't sell to America at large, in my opinion.

[mkregel]

4. True...

I think he is resigned to the fact that his consituency will always be Conn, and not the US as a whole.

[karlschneider]

12. To be fair (not that I like him even a little), his primary responsibility

IS to the state of CN. That is what Senators (and congresscritters) are
constitutionally charged to do. Their allegiance is to constituents of their respective states (in theory, if not in practice) which perhaps unfortunately results in 'pork barrel' politics. The two senators in my state (Oklahoma) have thus far in their careers have rarely represented MY views and desires, but apparently they're doing their "job" since they keep getting re-elected. And what they do is not in the best interests of the USA (in my humble opinion) or of myself (in my well-informed opinion), but their activities obviously please enough Okies to get them returned to office.

Sure, it's "trickle-down" democracy, and it sure as hell ain't perfect but it's what we's got, as it were. :-(

[joeybee12]

3. Don't think so, he'd get recalled

Which might not be a bad thing.

[Trek234]

10. Yea

Just like Jeffords got recalled.

[ISUGRADIA]

26. You cannot recall a United States Senator

There is no provision in the Constitution for this process and state law cannot trump federal law for federal offices.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. He wont

it points more to the DLC breaking away from the DNC...

At least we may be seeing the splintering of both the RNC and the
DNC

[Paragon]

6. ...Lieberman's a Democrat?

Wow.

[bleedingheart]

8. snort...

:evilgrin:

[Trek234]

7. I think he might IF

The democrats get too liberal for him. (i.e. Kucinich gets the nomination)

I'm sure there are some other possibilities too....

[jiacinto]

9. Another bullshit thread

I won't even bother going through the motions again. There is no way that Lieberman would switch. I've spent years here defending the man against the same lies and arguments that people make about him daily. I'm tired of wasting time from my keyboard.

And I say this as a Dean supporter.

[kentuck]

11. Thanks Carlos...

For sparing us the agony... :)

[HPLeft]

13. He makes sense to me

I hope he keeps saying it.

[greekspeak]

14. Why bolt to the Republican Party?

He has his cake and eats it too. He gets to be a DINO AND use the party to capture democratic voters. All the benefits of both parties! Why waste all those democratic votes when you dont have to?

[kentuck]

16. That's it in a nutshell...

He stands for nothing except political expediency.

[Bombtrack]

15. mind posting a link?

because I really think you made up him saying that

[mkregel]

17. Wasn't making it up

However two speeches did get mixed up in my mind. The first, cited in the Newsmax article, has Lieberman railing at Dean. The second doesn't mention Dean by name, but he says "(Democrats) don't deserve to run the country" if they move left and embrace "the failed solutions of the past."


http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/8/10/150822.shtml

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/10/dems.candidates/

[zubeneshamali]

18. Lieberman has the best defense policy

of all the candidates. His position hasn't flipped like some others who initially backed Bush when they thought that's where the votes would be.

Lieberman would have made a fine V.P. He'll make a good president, or at least would have. Although I'll vote for Lieberman, I pledge to vote to support the winner of the primary in the general election.

[leftofthedial]

19. wouldn't change much of anything

he already votes and talks like one.

[RummyTheDummy]

20. He's jewish

Didn't you get the memo? Jews, blacks,hispanics, asians etc. have no place in the Repuke party. He may agree with their policies, but he could never be a "made man" (to borrow a term from the movie Goodfellas) in the Repukes because of his lineage. He knows that.

[David Zephyr]

22. Tell That to Arlen Specter.

Tell That to Arlen Specter who's a Jewish Republican.
And to Clarence Thomas who's a Black Republican.
And to David Dryer & Lindsey Graham who are a homosexual Republicans.
And to Phyllis Schaffley who is a Republican woman.

And...

[RummyTheDummy]

25. The difference being....

-Specter isn't as public about his religous beliefs as Joe is-- not by a long shot.

-Thomas, well let's just say everone has a crazy uncle. Some people have crazy uncles named Tom.

-Dryer and Graham are not "out" publicly or else they would be kicked to the perverbial curb.

-Phyliss Shaffley is irrelevant.

-I haven't read JC Watts' latest book, but from talking to a few freeps who picked it up with glee and ended up not liking it tell me that JC felt he was never fully embraced by the Repukes. To hear Watts question, even remotely question, race regarding the Repuke party speaks volumes.

[David Zephyr]

21. Lieberman Won't Bolt.

But I fully expect him not to be able to take potshots at whoever the Democratic Nominee is. It is simply his petty, jealous nature. If was completely comfortable attacking Al Gore, and if he's been comfortable trashing Dean, Gephardt, Kerry, Clark, then why would anyone think he would refrain from hamming it up for the cameras and attacking our Nominee next summer. Expect it.

[IndianaGreen]

23. Lieberman won't bolf, but Joe Biden should!

He and Feinstein love the PATRIOT Act so much, that they should join the GOP so that they join John Ashcroft's prayer meetings.

[Yupster]

24. No but,

Democrats will have an opening for sellout senator once Zell Miller retires. Maybe Lieberman has his resume ready.

[Isere]

27. Another day, another silly Lieberman thread

Lieberman will not bolt to the Republican party.

No way.

[zubeneshamali]

28. You have hit the nail with the hammer

It's absurd to think that Lieberman would abandon his party, as if he was another turncoat like Jeffords did when he bolted. :thumbsup:

[LightTheMatch]

29. NO!

sheesh! enough of this silliness.

[Dr Fate]

30. Lieberman is friends with Al Gore...

Holy Joe is essentially a decent guy and a good DEM, we just disagree with him on a couple of issues- no way he will switch...

[dsc]

31. Of the over 300 elected Republicans at the federal level

there are literally zero with his record on the enviroment, civil rights, gay rights, women's rights including abortion, and opposing Bush's appointees. Even if you take out opposition to Bush appointees he is still more liberal than any Republican at the federal level. He opposed the tax cuts (both) while Jeffords voted for at least the first one. It is beyond absurd to call Lieberman a Republican.