If Joe Lieberman drops out, who do you think he will endorse?

[Cascadian]

Wouldn't it be funny if he dropped out and decided to endorse Bush? If Dean gets the nomination, I doubt very much Holy Joe would support him. He hates Dean as does Kerry, but I tend to think Lieberman will support Bush. He has most of the time anyway so why would this be any different?


John

[Nlighten1]

1. Bush of course...

[Bozola]

2. damn. beat me to it.

[frank frankly]

10. LOL LOL LOL

!!!!!!

[ithacan]

18. WHEN he drops out: Bush

He's a lot closer to Bush than to the other candidates on almost every issue, certainly on economic and military/security issues.

[leftofthedial]

21. wouldn't surprise me

n/t

[mikehiggins]

3. If he drops out? Clark. n/t

[pistoff democrat]

4. I do think he will drop out after a couple of

primaries, but I doubt he will endorse anyone.

He is right-wing, but I just don't believe he will endorse Bush - want to lay odds?

[eissa]

5. I don't care for the man

but he's not stupid and I would be shocked if he went that far. It's totally impossible; how do you run on a democratic ticket for POTUS and then back the sitting repuke? Never happen. Although I don't see him playing a prominent role if Dean, or any other dem for that matter, gets the nod.

[kentuck]

6. Kerry or Edwards...

Senatorial courtesy...

[Hope4]

7. Joe is a team player

He will not do that. I could see Hillary but not Joe.

Let us see what Hillary does if Dean starts to really roll.

[Gato Moteado]

16. huh?

you think hillary would endorse bush? wow, that's some strong stuff you're takin' over there.

i don't think lieberman would endorse bush and i'm positive hillary never would. not in a million years.

[xray s]

8. I think he'll stand clear

won't endorse anyone, but will support the nominee.

[SadEagle]

9. I doubt he will endorse Bush.

He is a loyal democrat. However, I don't see anyone else in the race who is really close to him, either. My feeling is that he will wait and endorse the eventual nominee.

[Bucky]

11. This Lieberman bashing is getting absurd

You need a better boogie man to scare the kids about, Cascadian. Lieberman will support and work for whoever the eventual nominee is. There's plenty for him to like about Clark and Dean. He also probably expects Dean to win and for himself to be around to pick up the pieces in 2008.

[Cascadian]

17. Are you implying that Dean is going to lose?

If Dean doesn't win (but I think he will win!), I cannot see Lieberman running for Pres. again in 2008. In fact, if Bush and Co. gets his way, the Democratic Party will be disbanded and we'll have a one-party country around Bush's "second" term. We may all be forced to vote for Jeb Bush in 2008 otherwise we get thrown in jail!


John

[pistoff democrat]

23. It's also quite transparent.

geez

[Padraig18]

12. I would guess that he will support the nominee.

We all take our whacks at Joe, myself included, but at bottom, I believe Joe is still a Democrat, and reasonably progressive on most issues.

[Jacobin]

13. Of course it will be Bush. He's almost said as much already

regular gues on Faux TV, constantly criticizes anyone who doesn't support the conquest of the M.E. byJudeo/Xtian extremists, gets his money from empire corporations.

He's a republican....no actually he's a neo con

[lfairban]

46. He is not a neo con . . .

. . . there is nothing "neo" about him.

[oasis]

14. He wouldn't support Bush.

[Toucano]

15. Kerry or Gepper. n/t

[corporatewhore]

19. he will support but not endorse

bush.He has been bush's little poodle for quite some time

[salin]

My guess... either wait and support the nominee... or Gephardt.

Suggesting he would support bush is absurd.

[OKNancy]

20. Gephardt - n/t

n/t

[jadesfire]

22. It's never that simple

Kerry doesn't hate Dean, that's just stupid. Kerry is pointing out that Dean is not being truthful about having "never considered Saddam Hussain a threat." That's not being hateful, it's calling a fellow opponent on a statement.

While both candidates supporters have taken things in this campaign pretty personally, the candidates themselves realize that pointing out differences and weaknesses is a part of the process. I am getting a little tired of the whining about being attacked (see any debate or interview with Dean).

If the candidates wanted to all sit around a fire and sing kumbyia, rather than pointing out what makes them different than the others, we would definitly be up for four more years of w.

WE need someone who is going to be able to stand up to the torrent of advertising, attacks, and pundits that are going to come out of the woodwork when W. really starts campaigning. If you think the ad he's running in Iowa is bad, you're in for a nasty suprise in April.

That's why we need to compare and contrast the candidates on all of the ISSUES, not just jump on a bandwagon because it looks like fun.

Thanks for reading my rant...have a nice day ( :

[oasis]

24. Joe will vigorously support the Democratic nominee.

[Scott Lee]

25. Ariel Sharon.

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[Scott Lee]

37. I think Lieberman is part of a dying breed of DINOs. Thankfully.

And ZOG, my friend, is the evil entity from Tau Ceti that kidnapped the Halerian Princess Malgacia...who of course carried the Sacred CryptoSpider Ring from the Hall of Velzes, coveted by the hordes of the Xamanth.

But anyway, you get the picture.

[Fleshdancer]

26. hmmm

my guess is that if he endorses Bush (doubtful, but I never thought Gore would endorse Dean so you never know) then it's a safe bet that Lieberman will have a job waiting for him at faux news after the Democrats devour him. Just a guess though.

[mlawson]

27. He isn't going to drop out.

He will hang on until the bitter end.

[xultar]

28. Lieberman has been a whiney sissy and he can't endorse anyone n/t

[davidinalameda]

29. he'll endorse Clark

trying to keep himself as a player in the moderate wing of the party

I think that he's pretty much made himself obsolete--he's going to fade in obscurity soon enough

[JI7]

30. john edwards, or maybe kerry

i see him as supporting edwards just because both came from working class family. lieberman has also said taxes should be raised on the rich since they aren't paying what they owe and putting the burden on the middle class. although both kerry and edwards also support a progressive system, i think because of edward's own background lieberman may see a similarity or connection. i would not be surprised if he endorsed kerry though especially since he mentioned how he was loyal to gore.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. Bush. Makes sense.

Then Cow's-Boy can make him the official Ambassador for Peace in the Middle East continuing the "even-handed" policy already in effect.

[DemCam]

32. Dean...big time

Holy Joe has seen the train...and he wants to tag along...again.

Okay...maybe not.

[mitchum]

33. Maybe another short centrist from New England?

[Clark Can WIN]

35. First of all it's likely to be WHEN he drops not if

and I'm not sure he'll endorse anyone. Is there any candidate with the exception of Sharpton and CMB he has not criticized?

[bpilgrim]

36. *

of course :evilgrin:

peace

[DACT]

38. Why was the Dean thread deleted and not this one?

n/t

[mitchum]

39. Curious about that, also

[salin]

40. my guess would be

that this thread will see a similar fate.

To suggest that a democratic candidate is going to endorse bush - is absurd and it is inflamatory.

[mitchum]

43. But this thread is several hours old...

while the Dean "heresy" lived only 20 minutes.

[salin]

44. sadly... there has long been a bit of a blind spot

towards Lieberman bashing. I am no fan of Sen. Lieberman - goes back to having been a fan of the republican (who was just a tad more liberal) he defeated in the late eighties. But that has not blocked me from being able to recognize that he has been - overall - a good democratic senator - and is a legitimate candidate. But some of his votes on the foreign policy front, and on the corporate/interest front, have put him at odds with many Duers - and thus an all to frequent target. Granted he more suffers here from complete neglect (as in he is rarely mentioned, talked about, etc.) than from broad slams. But those happen - and are overlooked a bit more than would be the case with any other candidate.

In part this is due to the fact that Senator Lieberman doesn't have a large DU constituency - which is quick to alert - as do many of the other candidates.

[Blitz]

45. Sixteen minutes, to be exact

Sad that the point of that thread seems to have escaped so many people.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed every hypocritical second of those 16 minutes.

[Blitz]

42. Now THERE'S an excellent question

Welcome to DU.

FYI (since you probably don't know this yet), Admin generally prefers that such questions to be posted in the "Ask the Administrators" forum.

Ever helpful,

Blitz

[roguevalley]

41. I don't know. No matter what you think of him, this must be breaking his

heart. I think of all the others too. Even if I have
no pity for him, I still have pity for him.

[Moderator]

47. Locking

This is inflammatory.

DU Moderator