Rove tried to kill Lieberman VP pick »
Posted By Neophile 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Republican strategist Karl Rove called Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman late last week and urged him to contact Sen. John McCain to withdraw his name from vice presidential consideration, according to three sources familiar with the conversation.
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Endoscopy2 months, 3 weeks ago
The ONLY thing that Lieberman differs with the Democratic party is the War in Iraq. Even now Obama is sounding more like Bush since he went there. 16 months is talked about as a time when the reduction will be but there is no more talk about out by 16 months. Just like Bush.
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If you think the Democrats should win the election then for sure have Lieberman as McCains VP choice. That would be idiotic. The Republican base would have to gag to vote a Democrat VP. A lot would just stay home. Then Obama would coast to a victory.
Why do you foolish people believe that Rove is behind everything? That is stupid really. Bush and McCain are people that think for themselves. Despite what you super libs rant.-
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Endoscopy2 months, 3 weeks ago
What has happened to the Democrat Party. It used to be the Party of inclusion. People could have differences and be in the Party. Now it seems that if you fail the litmus test on a variety of issues then you are no longer a Democrat. Lieberman failed only ONE litmus test and now he is out. What a Party. That method will cause shrinkage.
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Candida2 months, 3 weeks ago
Endoscopy: "If you think the Democrats should win the election then for sure have Lieberman as McCains VP choice. That would be idiotic. The Republican base would have to gag to vote a Democrat VP. A lot would just stay home. ... Why do you foolish people believe that Rove is behind everything?"
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Have you read the article? It says that Rove wanted to convince Lieberman to withdraw his name. He wanted exactly the same thing you want. He too thinks that choosing Lieberman would be idiotic. -
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alakazam2 months, 3 weeks ago
Sounds like the comment of someone from the shallow end of the gene pool.
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capecoralM2 months, 3 weeks ago
Only one small problem with you assertion Radiefree. It is the Demcrat(ic) party that kicked ol' Joe, their 2000 selection for VP, to the side of the road. Here is how Joe explains it "
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Well, I say that the Democratic Party changed. The Democratic Party today was not the party it was in 2000. It's not the Bill Clinton-Al Gore party, which was strong internationalists, strong on defense, pro-trade, pro-reform in our domestic government. It's been effectively taken over by a small group on the left of the party that is protectionist, isolationist and basically will --and very, very hyperpartisan. So it pains me. I'm a Democrat who came to the party in the era of President John F. Kennedy. It's a strange turn of the road when I find among the candidates running this year that the one, in my opinion, closest to the Kennedy legacy, the John F. Kennedy legacy, is John S. McCain."
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hyperbola2 months, 3 weeks ago
Actually what has happened is that the zionist "Democratic Leadership Council" made up of israel-firsters has lost its grip on the democratic party. This can only be good for America - we don't need those whose first loyalty is NOT to america running the country for foreigners. This includes Lieberman. It is a sign of McCain's desperation that he is selling himself out to israel-firsters to try to win the presidency.
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Turning the Tables on the Israel-Firsters
... The idea that there are U.S. citizens who have equal loyalties to the United States and Israel is passé. American Israel-firsters have long since dropped any pretense of loyalty to the United States and its genuine national interests. They have moved brazenly into the Israel first, last, and always camp. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Norman Podhoretz, Victor Davis Hanson, the Rev. Franklin Graham, Alan Dershowitz, Rudy Giuliani, Douglas Feith, the Rev. Rod Parsley, Paul Wolfowitz, James Woolsey, Bill Kristol, the Rev. John Hagee, and the thousands of wealthy supporters of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) appear to care about the United States only so far as Washington is willing to provide immense, unending funding and the lives of young U.S. service personnel to protect Israel. These individuals and their all-for-Israel journals – Commentary, National Review, the Weekly Standard, and the Wall Street Journal – amount to nothing less than a fifth column intent on involving 300 million Americans in other peoples' religious wars, making them pay and bleed to protect a nation in which the United States has no genuine national security interest at stake....
http://www.antiwar.com/scheuer/?articleid=13139-
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hyperbola2 months, 3 weeks ago
As for the comment about JFK, this is just another zioncon attempt to rewrite history.
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JFK Was Enraged at 'Zionist Control' Effected by Campaign Contributions
.... 'As an American citizen he was outraged,' Bartlett recalled, 'to have a Zionist group come to him and say: "We know your campaign is in trouble. We're willing to pay your bills if you'll let us have control of your Middle East policy.'" Kennedy, as a presidential candidate, also resented the crudity with which he'd been approached. 'They wanted control,' he angrily told Bartlett....
.... JFK wanted a nuclear-free near east with inspectors at Dimona and a resolution to the Palestinian refugee problem (which would be a policy based on American interests or perhaps even regional or international interests). I don't think his patrons liked those ideas much. they wanted a policy based on Israel's interests. and as they say, when you pay the piper, you call the tune. ...
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/07/jfk-was-enraged-at-zionist-control-through-crucial-campaign-contributions.html
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bluetexasvalley2 months, 3 weeks ago
Good find, Neo. Can't wait to see what happens Friday. Will Bush/Cheney/Rove prevail?
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Tangent0012 months, 3 weeks ago
Indeed! With those two on the same ticket, it'll be like Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Show.
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TimALoftis2 months, 3 weeks ago
Republicans should be outraged by this kind of activity from the 'Talking Heads' of the Party. If I was McCain, I would pick Lieberman...it will show the nation that he is willing to stand up against his own party.
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Lieberman is mild mannered but he should have told Rove to shove that phone he was using to make this call up his A**-
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PsychoHosebeast2 months, 3 weeks ago
Feh. Outraged? They love being led around by the nose, what are you talking about!
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Tangent0012 months, 3 weeks ago
Interesting the MSM is not saying anything about the schisms in the Republican party.
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alakazam2 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes Tim...he most certainly should have.
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I hope he does pick him. It might finally wake some folks up.
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amazed2 months, 3 weeks ago
except that CT has only 7 electoral votes -- not worth worrying about.
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normallysilent2 months, 3 weeks ago
I think he's going to pick Hillary.
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Boy I can hear Obama's jaw hitting the floor now.-
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Charlson2 months, 3 weeks ago
I take it you didn't watch the DNC, so your statement is irrelevant.
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Will13132 months, 3 weeks ago
he should STAY normallysilent.. when he opens his mouth.. he leaves NO DOUBT as to his mental capacity..
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