Why do DUers hate Joe Lieberman?

[Ernesto]

Don't get me wrong, I can't stand the man.... What puzzles me is that he seems to be despised by just about everybody around here. How is it that he is even in the running?

[wuushew]

1. He is to a large degree responsible for the election 2000 debacle

he also recommends "getting over it" which is an insult to all true patriots.

[skaterkid]

11. No, GORE is TOTALLY to blame for that

EOM

[wtmusic]

2. He has been dogged in his insistence that the Iraq war was justified

Most DUers disagree. Also, he is probably the most negative campaigner of all.

IMO, he whines.

[maggrwaggr]

3. you must want a lot of responses

cuz here they come now!

[La_Serpiente]

4. He's the one who trashed the Biden-Lugar amendment

to the IRW Resolution. He co-sponsored a more hawkish bill.

He also wants to do away with the Capital Gains Tax, supporter of Faith Based Charities, pretty much agrees with the Bush foreign policy, pro-censorship, favors the death penalty "even for minors", voted yes to restrict class action lawsuits, and I am sure other DUers will come up with more stuff.

[lcordero]

5. too many things wrong with him

http://www.blackcommentator.com/57/57_cover_clark.html

The Black, union and anti-war base of the Democratic Party has tagged the DLC’s candidate, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as the personification of betrayal, and he is finished.

He is pro-war, corporatist, anti-affirmative action and has just tried to call for a re-evaluation of women's reproductive rights.

[wuushew]

7. I thought his record on women's rights was good?

what is he trying to do now?

[pasadenaboy]

6. He rolled over and played dead for Cheney in the VP debate

he didn't fight to win the election in 2000

He is far right wing in foreign policy.

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[imhotep]

9. I dont get it either

These DU Clark supporters hate Lieberman for the same reasons they love Clark.

[mrdmk]

10. He uses the same catch lines as the Republicans

Namely he pushes the political agenda right of center.

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