Lieberman Speaks At Republican Convention –Liberals Plot His Demise

J.J. Jackson* | September 4, 2008

Filed Under Conservative Musings, Liberals, War On Terror

Joe Lieberman is a liberal Democrat. He is a bleeding heart, big government, anti-Constitution socialist and his voting record speaks to that. But it is very, very pro the War on Terror and the Iraq War in particular. He has not changed his mind on Iraq despite the repeated lies put out in liberal talking point memos rewriting the truth about Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

And for that he is hated by his fellow liberals in the Democratic Party. He is so hated by them that they tried to run another candidate against him and oust him from his Senate seat. He won re-election as a “independent” which really means he is a not-liberal enough Democrat.

Despite the fact that this man is a liberal and bad for the Republic, the Republicans see him as a key to helping John McCain (who served in Vietnam in case you had not heard) win election and defeat a man who is so much of an empty suit that it is amazing he can stand up, Barack Obama.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CBS) ― The Republican National Convention got back on track on Tuesday night.

President Bush addressed the crowd at the Xcel Energy Center via satellite from the White House. Fred Thompson painted a historical picture of Sen. John McCain’s heroic five-year struggle in a Vietnamese prison camp. There was a video tribute to former President Ronald Reagan.

Yet it was a speech from an unlikely source that not only stole the spotlight, but also set the stage for an even bloodier political war down the road.

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman said America needs a president that can be counted on in a time of war. For him, the candidate is Republican McCain.

Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent who was the blue side’s candidate for vice president in 2000, said that while Sen. Barack Obama was voting to cut off funding for troops in Iraq, McCain took the unpopular position to support a surge in troops.

“Because of that, today, our troops are at last beginning to come home, not in failure, but in honor,” Lieberman said.

He’s very right on that. One of the extremely few things he is right on.

Lieberman said that in times like these, country matters more than political parties.
“I’m here tonight because John McCain is the best choice to bring our country together and lead our country forward. I’m here because John McCain’s whole life testifies to a great truth: being a Democrat or a Republican is important. But it is not more important than being an American,” Lieberman said.

Best choice to lead our country forward? Hardly. Being an American is important? Ok, I will agree with that. Far too few people living in the United States are truly Americans these days.

But here come the threats:

Charles Schumer, the senior Senator from New York, begs to differ. In fact, most Democrats are furious with Lieberman.

“I like Joe Lieberman, but that’s a big mistake for him,” Schumer said. “To be pro-war and to have his views on the issues, everyone respects that. But you don’t go over to the other side.”

Yeah, we know how you liberals work. Build your coalition to gain power but as soon as you have it secured discard the “undesirables” but not too many of the “undesirables”. Just enough to keep your power secure.

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