Lieberman: I May Vote Republican In '08

(AP)  Senator Joe Lieberman said Sunday he may vote Republican in next year's presidential campaign, possibly widening a divide between him and Democrats he once represented as the party's vice presidential nominee.

Lieberman, who was elected last November as an Independent after losing the Democratic nomination to Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont, said he will consider all presidential candidates regardless of party.

Asked if he might vote Republican in 2008, Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, said, "I am, because we have so much on the line both in terms of the Islamist terrorists, who are an enemy as brutal as the fascists and communists we faced in the last century, and we have great challenges here at home to make our economy continue to produce good jobs, to deal with our crises in health care, education, immigration, energy.

"Party is important, but more important is the national interest," he said on "Fox News Sunday."

He said he will "look at all the candidates and then in the end, regardless of party, decide who I think will be best for the future of our country."

"I agree more often than not with Democrats on domestic policy," Lieberman said. "I agree more often than not with Republicans on foreign and defense policy. I'm an Independent."

"So I'm open to supporting a Democrat, Republican or even an Independent, if there's a strong one," Lieberman said. "Stay tuned."

A call to a spokesman for Lieberman was not immediately returned.

Hey lieberwoman18,

Are you still allowing others to do your fighting for you?

Why don't you have the guts to enlist and fight for GW Bush's policies - afterall, you support them.

Grow some b*lls.

[teeus]

Yawn.

Joe, please stop being on the dems side.

[fluffyshrimp-2009]

lieberman18:

I don't want to cause a bigger debate here, but in relation to the earlier argument on anti-zionism being the equivalent to anti-semitism I don't agree that they're the same.

The Zionist revolution taking place in Israel is extremely violent and does not represent the Jewish faith at all, which promotes peace. To equate the two is like saying that all Christians must be violent people, because Christianity was used to inspire people in the Nazi revolution or during the Crusades. When a religion is predominant in a country that just happens to have a violent revolution taking place there at that time (as many countries have), this does not mean that the major religion is responsible for that violence.

Zionism and the Jewish faith are not the same thing. In fact, many Jewish organizations are strongly against Zionism and the resulting civilian massacres.

This is probably a decent example. ---
http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/protests/slidesnyc042805.cfm

Or you can do some googling on it if you want:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=zionist+protest&btnG=Google Search

[fluffyshrimp-2009]

...In fact, while you seem to be very pro-Bush/Conservatives, you neglect to mention that even Bush himself had to come out and publicly criticize Ariel Sharon (normally an ally of his) after one of his speeches in Israel in which he promoted the killings of Palestinian civilians for the goal of the Judea state. Even Fox covered the story, and they're usually very much on the side of Israel and, to a lesser extent, Zionism.

[fluffyshrimp-2009]

lieberman18:

You remember not terribly long ago when all those millions upon millions of Irish immigrants came to the US?

It was a horrible time in American history! These people were A) Catholic, B) Had lots of kids, C) Had a weird culture, D) Were usually poor since they came from a poor country, and E) They kept taking our jobs!

And my god were there so many of them. They kept getting married to our pure, non-Irish kids, and mixing their culture with ours. Soon it was going to be Ireland-New York or Ireland-California, and good old American culture was disappearing (since the immigrant culture is obviously the dominant one). Naturally, everyone was angry and fearful.

I mean, could you imagine a world where most Americans have at least some Irish blood in them? It was a frightening thought....

[fluffyshrimp-2009]

...But that wasn't half as bad as the fact that all these low-class, Catholic, foreign folks were taking our jobs! And you know the American job market never recovers from that, right? All those Irish people taking our jobs destroyed our economy and American labor will never be the same. Poverty everywhere. You know what I mean?

These were the overwhelming complaints of Americans during this time. So during the Red Scare, the government responded by decided to crack down on illegal immigration. Many Irish (and Russian) people that had snuck into the US were exported. Thank goodness. But sadly, it only lasted a short period of time, and more and more Irish people kept coming. It's a shame that the crack down on illegal immigration didn't work though. If it had, America wouldn't be the big Irish-American, Catholic, mostly unemployed, economic failure that the Conservatives back then knew it would be today. Oh well. :-(

[frankly6]

Lieberman and Bush should really get a room.

[frankly6]

Did Lieberman slip Bush a little tongue this time?

[randalds]

Still want to meet me, pal?
Posted by lieberman18 at 02:37 PM : Jan 29, 2007

Time and place as*shole. Time and place.

Posted by RandalDS at 03:15 PM : Jan 29, 2007

Just what I thought. I'm going to bed after a long night at work. I'll check back in later to see if this as*shole grew a pair. Though I doubt it.

Later bros'.

[fluffyshrimp-2009]

I live in LA, California, home of immigrants and the only city in CA where white people are the minority. Guess what? I'm white and I don't care. Amazing.

lieberman18, you need to watch the film "Day Without A Mexican" to see what "they did to that state." They helped us, and continue to help us today.