Sen. McCain Supporters Campaign For Lieberman

Concord, N.H. — John McCain's straight-talking supporters are speaking up for Joe Lieberman.

More than 40 New Hampshire backers of McCain's 2000 presidential campaign have endorsed the Connecticut senator, citing the “integrity, independence and honesty” that once attracted them to his colleague from Arizona.

Four years after McCain rode his “Straight Talk Express” to victory over George W. Bush in the Republican primary, Lieberman is hoping the independent voters who made the difference then will rally behind him now.

Several McCain supporters planned to canvass with Lieberman on Sunday, while others prepared to send out 25,000 letters urging other McCain voters to join them.


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believe in Lieberman. Wish I did.

:puke:

by someone no one expected (i.e. not Dean). Recent history shows "the frontrunner" may not always be the frontrunner after NH.

We'll see what happens. I'd laugh my ass of if Lieberman won NH and got the nomination. Lieberman is highly electable as prez mainly because of the name recognition and respect he got in 2000. Then I'd want to see just what the Deanie Boppers are going to do. Cut and run to the Greens, or stick it out with the ultimate Dem nominee.

...but it's the one thing that would make me resign my membership in the democratic party.

If I want to vote for continuing republican policies, I can vote for a republican. Lieberman is a wishy-washy DLC shill who jumped on the bandwagon to bash Clinton and then betrayed Gore in election 2000.

What the f**k are you smoking?

Bush will crush Holy Joe--regardless of politics and viwes, he's probably the worst campaigner of the group. God help us if he gets the nom!

The only person that Lieberman can beat to the nomination is Zell Miller.

I will give Lieberman credit over the likes of Gephardt, Kerry, and Edwards. Lieberman was never an advocate of going to war for some elusive WMDs. Lieberman wanted Saddam toppled because he was a very evil guy.

The problem is that Lieberman fails to see that Bush is also a truly evil guy, who has the potential of murdering people by the millions and who, unlike Saddam, has myriads of WMDs to fulfill his fantasies of Armageddon.

ALL Dean supporters are cult members. ALL Dean supporters are loyal only to our candidate. ALL Dean supporters are less concerned with the good of the country than with getting our Fuhrer nominated.

If Lieberman somehow got the nomination, THIS "Deanie bopper" would put the biggest clothespin commercially available on my nose and vote for him. Fortunately, that will never happen. The sooner Lieberman figures that one out and drops out, the better it would be for everybody.

n/t

Of course my personal take on those who identify themselves as "independents" is that they're Republicans too lazy to attend get-out-the-vote rallies or phone-bank (generally volunteer for a candidate) and too cheap to donate to the reactionary Republican Party's already bloated coffers.

It's that "straight-talking" angle I guess!

Bush wins in a landslide. Lieberman goes back to greasing defense contracts, deregulating corporate business and whining piously about the evils of Hollywood and video games. Americans of conscience are forced to watch helplessly as Bush launches more invasions, strips the remainder of our civil liberties, and brutalizes civil society.

Think about *that* rosy future when the next superficial partisan tells you he'll support any Democrat over Bush.

There is a reason Lieberman is praised effusively on Fox and in the reactionary journals, a reason why he can collaborate with William Bennett on policy. Ideologically, he's one of them. They know it. He knows it. Do timid centrists get it yet?

The joke will be on this party if it doesn't soon heed the obvious.

attach to either one of those lock-stepped Republican sleazes

gotten into the texas sized tar baby.

I think McCain would have nuked somebody by now.

Don

The imprimatur of McCain is not insignificant.

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss this development.