Lieberman Warns Party On Ideology: Candidate Assails 'Extremist' Policies

The Washington Post ^ | 8/5/2003 | Dan Balz

[Utah Girl]

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), expanding a fight among Democrats, attacked former Vermont governor Howard Dean and several other rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday, arguing that they have embraced extreme left ideas that threaten to return the party to political exile.

Saying he is in a fight for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party, Lieberman said policies rooted in the "vital center" of the political spectrum, not what he termed the antiwar and big government policies of his rivals, provide the only hope of defeating President Bush. He warned Democrats that abandoning the policies that helped elect Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 would result in a terrible setback for the party.

"I share the anger of my fellow Democrats with George Bush and the wrong direction he has taken our nation," Lieberman said in a speech at the National Press Club. "But the answer to his outdated, extremist ideology is not to be found in outdated extremes of our own. That path will not solve the challenges of our time and it could well send us Democrats back to the political wilderness for a long time."

[Sofa King]

Hm. Looks like they're finally catching on.

[Naspino]

What on earth can he provide as proof that Bush is one the extreme right???? This make me want to send in another $50 bucks to Bush. If anything his straddling the fence to the right. Lie-ber-man must not have looked up the meaning of the word extreme.