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Joe-mentum

Lieberman gets Kristol’s vote for veep.  As one of the most honest and principled men in Washington, who understands and has been uncompromising on the single most important issue of our time, I might give him a vote for prez if he were running.*  From the Lieberman speech quoted by Kristol:  

. . . [T]here is something profoundly wrong–something that should trouble all of us–when we have elected Democratic officials who seem more worried about how the Bush administration might respond to Iran’s murder of our troops, than about the fact that Iran is murdering our troops.

Here’s Kristol, who wants to know why Lieberman’s speech on the politics of national security was ignored: 

Rudy and John and Fred and Mitt and Mike: Take a break from kissing babies to pick up the phone and congratulate Joe. Seek his endorsement after you win the nomination. What the heck — offer him the vice presidency. (Rudy, you might try State or Defense, since you’ll need a pro-life running mate.) But McCain-Lieberman, Thompson-Lieberman, Romney-Lieberman, Huckabee-Lieberman–those sound like winning tickets to us. It’s true, given the behavior of the congressional Democrats, the GOP nominee might well win with a more conventional running mate. But why settle for a victory if you can have a realignment?

* Lieberman’s obviously figured out for himself a Dem run is a no go, and an independent run could be destructive, and he’s opted not to go all the way and switch sides.  Probably too late at this point for an independent run intended to underscore the single most important issue of our time, say a lot of things like he just said about the Dems very loudly, and bow out with a GOP endorsement or a veep slot at the opportune moment.  Lieberman appears to have decided to be useful in the Senate instead, which measure such as the al Quds terrorist-designation amendment.

Topics: pols

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:46 am on Saturday, November 10, 2007

3 Responses to “Joe-mentum”

1. Lieberman’s message , and the press and the Democrats, but then I repeat myself | BitsBlog Says:
   November 10th, 2007 at 11:09 am

   [...] The actual ramifications as regards the any future political aspirations of , are nearly nil. As Jules Crittenden points out this morning: Lieberman’s obviously figured out for himself a Dem run is a no go, and [...]

2. RebeccaH Says:
   November 10th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

   It’s a shame Lieberman’s not in the running. I’d vote for him.

3. More on Joe Lieberman « The Van Der Galiën Gazette Says:
   November 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm

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