Republican National Convention Thread (September 1-4, 2008)

Connecticut voters kicked him out of the Democratic Party two years ago.

 

Someone with guts... good for him. It's time someone from the Dems actually grew pair and said what should have been said long ago.

Thanks for the warning.

And he's still listed as "D-Connecticut." How so?

 

Wrong...Batman! Connecticut voters from all parties kept him in. Democrats, Independents, and Republicans voted to keep him instead of Ned Lamont the anointed choice by Howard Dean.

The Connecticut DNC tried to force him out because of Lieberman's stance on the Iraq War. Howard Dean tried to get Lieberman to quit in favor of Ned Lamont. He was PUSHED out by the DNC in Connecticut.

On November 7, Lieberman won re-election on the Connecticut for Lieberman line with 50% of the vote. Democratic challenger Ned Lamont garnered 40% of ballots cast and Republican Alan Schlesinger won 10%.[115] Lieberman received support from 33% of Democrats, 54% of Independents, and 70% of Republicans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman#Senate_election.2C_2006

 

Because some people like to list his old party instead of his new one. He was elected as a "Connecticut for Lieberman," not as a Democrat.

CT Democrats rejected him in the primary and voted for their own nominee in the general by an overwhelming margin.

 

GETCHA POPCORN READY

I am pumped for Palin's speech tonight

Things to look out for:

Does she continue the bridge to nowhere lie?

Does she address the many many scandals surrounding her?

 

not even close, mccain drops the POW stuff every chance he gets, he even did it on Leno.

 

This convention is really fascinating. They are being billed as two to fight the status quo (which for 6 of the 8 last years was heavily dominated by the Republican party), drain the swamp that is DC of beltway politicians (McCain has been in DC for 20+ years), and finally to restore bipartisan government that has plagued Washington (again, mostly controlled by Republicans).

Hell, Lieberman actually got some applause by bringing up the "good" years of Clinton's administration being so bipartisan.

And, of course, Fred Thompson directly compared Obama's inexperience with Palin's long experience of governing when both are equally inexperienced.

They are promoting traditional Republican values but the only thing mentioned good about the Bush administration is the war in Iraq. That, combined with a long-term Senator trying to define himself as an outsider is just a fine, fine line they are trying to straddle.

 

Lieberman is a bitter old man. Lieberman is Israel first.

His call for unity should fall on deaf ears. He supports a ticket that he disagrees with 90% of the time. Lieberman has more in common with Obama than McCain and especially Palin but that did not stop him from attacking Obama at the RNC. I agree everyone sees his agenda.

 

Quit distorting the truth Batman...In the primaries...

Lieberman was officially endorsed by the Connecticut Democratic Convention, which met in May. However, Lamont received 33 percent of the delegates' votes, forcing an August primary.

It didn't even go to the primary because Lieberman conceded the Democratic primary election to Ned Lamont and decided to run Independent.

In fact, in the General election, he beat Ned Lamont with 50% of the vote compared to 40%.

He is listed as (D) because:

Following the election, Lieberman made a deal with the Democratic leadership that allowed him to keep his seniority and become chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee. He agreed to vote with the Democrats on all procedural matters unless he asked permission of Majority Whip Richard Durbin (a request that is almost never made or granted) in return for the committee assignments that would have been available to him had he remained a Democrat. He is free to vote as he pleases on policy matters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman#Primary

 

Lieberman better hope Congress returns to the Republicans. He also better hope the Republicans have a spot for a liberal Democrat.

 

Ummm, what? What exactly was the election that Lamont beat Lieberman 52-48% then?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/08/democratic.primaries/index.html

With 95 percent of the precincts reporting, Lamont led Lieberman 52 percent to 48 percent, according to The Associated Press.

Do you just make stuff up?

 

I remember the Lamont/Lieberman primary. Where Lieberman had the crappy internet site that went down, and after the election went around blaming Lamont/Kos hackers after he lost.

FBI investigated, discovered it was just Lieberman's crappy internet service, but didn't release any information until WAAAY after the general election.

The general election where Lieberman won as Connecticut for Lieberman.... who, won because repubs overwhelming voted for him over the R in the race.

Then again... maybe I am making all of this up. Memory is a weird thing :/

 

Lieberman 'conceded' because, "For the sake of our state, our country and my party, I cannot and will not let that result stand," and announced he would run (and eventually did win) in the 2006 November election as an independent candidate on the Connecticut for Lieberman ticket, against both Lamont and the Republican candidate, Alan Schlesinger.
aka he conceded after he had lost in the primary.

gj on you, butchering the wiki article.

Ho Ho Ho

Your reading comprehension sucks or you are a liar. I love you either way.

 

Isn't that when you usually concede? When you lose? I don't understand where the discrepancy is.

 

The discrepency is that ROCKET RICH said this:

"It didn't even go to the primary because Lieberman conceded the Democratic primary election to Ned Lamont and decided to run Independent."

when in fact it did get to the primary...

 

He might have conceded like the day before the primary, I honestly don't remember. He was down in the polls, and he probably would have lost the general, except the repub party actually endorsed Liberman over the R in the election.

Lieberman claimed the low turnout of the primary was the reason for his running in the general, but it was actually an extremely high turnout for a primary.

 

wow, the republicans continue to be hypocrites. put the boyfriend on the same place where mccain comes out of his plane, knowing there will be coverage by the media

i thought mccain said leave the kids out? and now they do this?

politicians never fail to surprise me

 

What?

Not one speaker last night mentioned the economny....

I wonder why?

DD

 

Predictions for tonight?



I don't expect her to trip up tonight, though I don't expect any substance either. She'll keep lying about being a "reformer" and not part of the Alaskan "good ole' boys network" even though she was and is. She'll do the "thanks but no thanks line" even though what she really said was "give us money for our bridge dammit." She may pull the "shame on you Barack Obama" line and blame him for all the journalism that's been happening. Obviously she'll talk about McCain and it will be more exciting than when McCain speaks..."that's not change we can believe in heh heh eh [forced creepy smile]."

Other predictions?

 

She's been practicing for days, so she'll surely be better than her announcement. (tone more than anything)

OIL, DRILLING!

I think there will be a lot of attacking of Obama by Rudy beforehand, so she'll stick with pro-party lines, right? I'm not saying she won't spend a few minutes attacking Democrats/Obama/Biden, but not to the great degrees one would normally expect from a VP.

Any drinking games for Rudy 9/11 Giuliani? Palin?

Palin will play the sexist defense/attack (no idea what it is, really.) will be played quite a few times. As well as the glass ceiling line.

She'll be espoused as the great savior of the republican party afterward.

oh, and OIL OIL OIL OIL, DRILLING!