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  •  oops (none / 1)

    I meant "what was Gore thinking in 2000"

    Trying to make a little funny. I noticed Joe was conspicuously absent from the list.

    by Justguy on Mon Jan 19, 2004 at 01:01:59 PM PDT

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    •  my bad... i read it wrong (none / 1)

      i knew that there couldnt really be a lieberman fan on here. and does anyone else notice the remarkable similarity between lieberman and the father from Alf?

      by mmmmaaaacccckkkk on Mon Jan 19, 2004 at 01:08:08 PM PDT

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      •  GoVOTE... (4.00 / 2)

        ...is a Lieberman supporter who's had a lot to contribute to dKos conversations. It's true that Lieberman isn't popular hereabouts. But that's no reason to insult his supporters.

        by gong on Mon Jan 19, 2004 at 01:18:03 PM PDT

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        •  me too (none / 0)

          I'm also a Lieberman supporter who's contributed here from time to time.  

          Over the last couple weeks I've pretty much decided to back Edwards, on viability grounds.  And I'm pretty happy with that choice now.

          by Centrist on Mon Jan 19, 2004 at 01:32:26 PM PDT

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        •  Speaking of insults (none / 0)

          Lieberman is an honorable and intelligent man, good to have in the Senate.

          Lieberman's number one fan, The Washington Post, yesterday editorialized about the Iowa caucuses... Post neo-cons complimented Bush and insulted Dean (Dean as "a rookie on defense from a state with a budget smaller than a Washington suburb"):

          http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27684-2004Jan18.html
          "This year it seems even more urgent to ask whether someone whose experience consists of governing a state with many fewer residents than Fairfax County -- not to mention less diversity and fewer social problems -- is the best prepared choice to lead the most powerful nation of the world. Former Vermont governor Howard Dean dismisses much criticism as the carping of the Washington establishment, and his partisans may attribute our concerns to the same kind of anxieties of a challenged elite. But in the post-Sept. 11 world, the risks of electing a rookie in military and foreign affairs are larger than ever."

          They should rename that newspaper The Federal Post or something.

          In a previous editorial on Lieberman last week,
          http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14528-2004Jan13.html
          The Post whined that "It may say more about the current state of the Democratic Party than it does about Mr. Lieberman that he is having a difficult time making this message sell."

          by DC colonyman on Mon Jan 19, 2004 at 01:48:45 PM PDT

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          •  I'm sorry (none / 1)

            but when did Lieberman have a message? He's the definition of sour grapes and, personally, I hope he does the Democrats a favor and changes to the GOP. We have no need for a corporate apologist who is afraid to criticize such an obviously corrupt and cynical administration as Bush's.

            "Who the hell you gonna nuke?" -- Mike Gravel

            by Taylor on Mon Jan 19, 2004 at 02:04:19 PM PDT

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          •  Yeah, rookie as compared to whom? (none / 1)

            The great talent and experience Bush has brought to the office.

            The Washington Post likes Lieberman not just for his views, but for his milquetoast demeanor towards the Republicans. You'll recall how well that served the Democrats in the 2K campaign.

            Don't take my liberal word for it: scroll down to the first two essays in this exchange at The New Republic [link courtesy of Hesiod]. LINK

            by Andrew Lazarus on Mon Jan 19, 2004 at 02:06:13 PM PDT

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          •  No longer (none / 0)

            I used to think Lieb was an honorable man. But his self-righteous sense of entitlement, his whining about Gore (after Gore had refused to endorse Lieb, he must have known it was coming), and his constant readings of RNC talking points against other Dems -- no more. Picking Lieb for VP was Gore's biggest mistake in his life.

            by veganpa on Mon Jan 19, 2004 at 02:43:14 PM PDT

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