Posted on 12/30/2002 9:21:35 AM PST by Remedy
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:10:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
December 29, 2002 -- JERUSALEM - Sen. Joseph Lieberman said yesterday he would probably seek the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, following former Vice President Al Gore's decision not to join the race.
Lieberman, in the Middle East after visiting U.S. troops in the Gulf, said he would be making a final decision by mid-January.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Press Release
For Release: 15 Av 5760 / 16 Aug. 2000, 9:00 A.M.
Contact: Rabbi Yehuda Levin 718 469-6999 / 914 647-6777
Rabbi Isaac Levy, chairman of Jews for Morality, today warned Orthodox Jewish organizations to distance themselves from Vice-Presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman.
"Joe Lieberman claims that he is a 'Modern-Orthodox' Jew. In practice this means that he performs many of the rituals of the Orthodox Jew but votes like a Reform Jew - 'With his mouth and lips he honors Me, but his heart is estranged from Me.' (Isaiah 29:13)
1. ABORTION AND INFANTICIDE.
"Joseph Lieberman supports abortion at any stage of pregnancy, even while the baby is already being born ('partial-birth abortion'). He voted to oppose the bill (H.R.1833) that would have outlawed this barbarous procedure. All Orthodox Jewish authorities on halacha (Jewish law) agree that 'partial-birth abortion' is murder.
2. PORNOGRAPHY.
"Lieberman voted to oppose the Communication Decency Act (S.652) that sought to protect children from Internet pornography, while supporting the National Endowment for the Humanities, a group that funds sacrilegious pornography.
3. HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE. "If the Orthodox Jewish community continues to enthusiastically support 'my son the Vice-President', it will be trapped into downplaying its most treasured traditions -the sanctity of human life and the importance of family decency -'Their G-d hates immorality.'
"Lieberman voted for the ENDA Act (S.2056), a bill which adds homosexuals to the group of minorities who are entitled to special affirmative-action privileges. He also voted for the Hate Crimes Act, a bill that would give to homosexuals special protections that are not granted to citizens in general.
"Lieberman has publicly stated, 'Who I am determines how I vote on particular issues.' -If this is true, then what does that tell us about the real Joe Lieberman?"
Senator Lieberman's Legislative Record
Biographical Data For Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
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Performance Evaluations Data For Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
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Major Votes by Senator Lieberman
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Vote on Single Gender Barrack and Training [Sen. Lieberman voted "no"]
U.S. Senate / 25 June 1998
Vote on Bill to Ban Partial Birth Abortion [Sen. Lieberman voted "no"]
U.S. Senate / 26 Sept. 1996
Vote on Employment Nondiscrimination Act [pro-homosexual]
[Sen. Lieberman voted "yes"]
U.S. Senate / 10 Sept. 1996
Lieberman Votes against Regulation of Internet Pornography
U.S. Senate / 14 June 1995
Freedom of Choice Act of 1993 [pro-abortion]: Sponsors and Text
Library of Congress / 21 January 1993
Leiberman Votes against Boys Scouts on Homosexual Issue
U.S. Senate / 22 Sept. 1992
Lieberman Votes Against Prohibiting Contaminated Blood Donations
U.S. Senate / 16 May 1990
But of course, with the help of the odious Lenzner, Slimey Blewthemall, Snakehead and Mr. Tourette's Syndrome himself, Alan Colmes. Nobody, not even Hitlery, can stand the thought of Holy Joey whining away for four long years. Oh, the horror of it!
The morning session consisted of panel presentations by three Orthodox Jews and a maverick Reform rabbi. Marshall Breger, a law professor and political writer, lamented the fact that Jews support "abortion rights" more than any religious or ethnic group: they are consistently 15 to 20 percent above the norm, he said, even when controlling for various factors such as religious belief or unbelief, political ideology, social class, etc. He attributed this support, in part, to fears that governmental restrictions on abortion would abridge personal autonomy and impose Christian religious standards on Jewish life. He said that "gray areas" in Jewish law—its combination of silence and ambiguity regarding the fetus’ status, its handful of exceptional situations allowing abortion—have confused Jews about the permissibility of abortion in general.
David Novak, a theologian and rabbi who holds a chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto, further developed the theme that Jewish thinking on abortion tends to be less theoretical than practical. And the guide to practice is sometimes ambiguous: The great medieval teacher Rashi, for instance, implies in one case that the fetus has no rights, but elsewhere seems to imply the opposite.
.... What, then, Rabbi Librach asked, if the sages had known that, from the moment of conception, twenty–three chromosome pairs form the signature of each human being, or that a fetus exhibits brain waves at just ten weeks, or that fetuses are sensitive to music and human voices? Though the Reform movement has uncritically supported "abortion rights" in its political activities, Librach found a source of possible hope in its rabbinic wing, which has occasionally displayed a measure of moral seriousness on the issue. In 1996, for instance, it refused to give legal approval for an abortion to a couple that claimed giving birth to a handicapped child "would impose an undue hardship on their other children."
Pro Life issues, adoption and Jews against Partial Birth ...
Jews For Life is an organization created to reflect the traditional Jewish pro-life perspective on abortion. Our fundamental purpose is to enlighten and inform our readers about the tragic consequences that have befallen women and our culture since Roe v. Wade was enacted into law. Jews For Life maintains that life, both born and unborn, is sacred and worthy of protection. Further, we submit that the current so-called 'pro-choice' position of mainstream liberal Jewish organizations is antithetical to the traditional teachings of our faith.
"Lieberman. Because, now more than ever, America needs a capitulating, spineless jerk who sounds like Elmer Fudd!"
As decisive as ever.
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Did he check with Hillary? |
Both need a VICE...being on top may only be a preference.
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Not enough bodyguards to protect you IMHO! |
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"I’m not sitting here because I’m some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette.
A brief look at the history of Hillary Clinton will confirm what columnist Camille Paglia said in a recent article in Women’s Quarterly: "That woman should not be anywhere near our government . . . That woman is an authoritarian who should be kept out of government. She’s a tyrant who thinks she knows what’s best for the people. She’s Orwellian in her attitude toward the rest of humanity." One should not, and need not, judge her by her husband’s actions— she is a corrupt radical in her own right.
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In his book "Unlimited Access," former White House FBI agent Gary Aldrich reported that a similar edict had been issued to White House staff.
When one admiring aide who didn't get the word rushed up to meet her Hillaryness, he was immediately rebuffed with an ice cold stare that let him know he was way out of line.
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