Posted on 08/21/2008 8:10:10 AM PDT by quintr
You are right. Thats not a good comparison. However, I do believe that there will be a substantial portion of people like Lieberman voting for McCain.
Nobody like that with a pattern of speech that can best be described as a simpering whine can ever command the "stage presence" to win a national election. He was added to the Democratic ticket in 2000 by party bigwigs -- without Gore's approval, BTW -- to repay him for his pathetic party loyalty during the Clinton impeachment debacle.
Republicans...Democrats....I see very little difference.
Lieberman don’t have to change his party affiliation to be a VP. A lesson in history would remind Americans that in Presidential elections early in our nation, there was no selection of VP. Each candidate ran under his own affiliation. The top vote getter was President. The second vote getter was VP.
We weren’t electing a party. We were electing a leader.
Give a nice speech at the RNC convention praising McCain and condemning Demcorats for their anti-semitism.
Cut ads for McCain and run them in Florida (Broward and Palm Beach counties).
If Joe were to get up in front of the GOP convention, announce that not only was he solidly in support of John McCain, but that after much soul searching that he was forced to abandon his former pro-choice position because he had become convinced that John McCain was right, that at the moment of conception, that is when an unborn child’s human rights begin.
He states that he will work tirelessly to overturn Roe v. Wade, and asks the Convention if they would accept him as a new member of the Party.
You would see at least a half hour or more of standing ovations, cheers, and celebratory chaos, and rightly so.
Let’s not say it can’t happen, miracles DO still happen, and I’m praying for Joe.
Point taken. Even though that’s not the way it is now.
I would welcome Lieberman’s party change if for no other reason that to tip the balance in the Senate to Republican.
And yes, as the poster following you, Lieberman has a following and can help with the Florida vote. But he wouldn’t need to be a VP candidate to do that. I suspect he’ll campaign in Florida anyway for McCain.
But you have to admit, this is going to be the most interesting presidential campaign in recent memory.
Great, just what we need, another RINO.
You would prefer Lieberman to be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Obama-lama-ding-dong and singing HIS praises to the American people? Lieberman has been one of the most critical voices of the One, and that does count for something.
i.e., “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”.
thanks for the heads up
the dems are going to pick up 3-5 seats in november so even if he does change itll be irrelevant. he should have thought about this in january 2007, not now.
“...Lieberman has been one of the most critical voices of the One, and that does count for something...”
Amen to that!
Oh, I appreciate his opposition to his One-ness alright, as well as his position on the war, but do we really want another lefty diluting the Republican party voice?
“Each candidate ran under his own affiliation. The top vote getter was President. The second vote getter was VP.”
That sounds like a good approach. Why did it change?
More like November Miracle, judging by the polls.
When the Constitution was written, they had no idea that political parties would develop. In 1800 the Jeffersonian Republicans edged out the Federalists in the electoral college, but both Jefferson and Burr had identical electoral vote totals, which meant that the House of Representatives had to determine the winner—and it was dominated by Federalists who were so hostile to Jefferson they would rather see Burr win, or perhaps allow March 4 to arrive with no one chosen to be the new President.
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