Lieberman attacks Clark to bored condo owners

[robbedvoter]

Lieberman woos audience of condo voters


http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/search/sfl-pclieberman17oct17,0,7169077.story
By Buddy Nevins
Political Writer
Posted October 17 2003

As part of a five-day South Florida tour designed to break him out of the pack
of
Democratic presidential candidates, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman wooed an audience
of condominium voters Thursday but was unable to build the excitement seen at
a recent campaign appearance by former Gen. Wesley Clark.

The condo residents filled a meeting room in the New Century Pines Jewish
Center and applauded politely. Although the appearance was in the heart of the
sprawling Century Village of Pembroke Pines, Lieberman drew an audience only
about two-thirds the size of the wildly clapping group that attended a Clark
event
at a Sunny Isles Beach delicatessen on Monday.

Some of the audience
started walking out
before Lieberman was
finished speaking, even
though the Connecticut
senator was among his
strongest supporters in
South Florida: elderly
Jewish condo residents
who voted for Lieberman
for vice president and Al
Gore for president three
years ago.

The retirees had nothing
bad to say about
Lieberman. They said he
just didn't differentiate
himself from the other
candidates.

"He speaks very well,"
said Isador Nachimson, a
Democratic activist in
Pembroke Pines. "But so
do the other 10."

Lieberman singled out the former general for attack along with President Bush.

He told reporters after his speech that Clark has had "five or six different
positions" on whether he would have gone to war with Iraq and charged that the
general refuses to say whether he supports spending $87 billion for Iraq
reconstruction.

"When you are running for president, you have to make decisions," Lieberman
said.

Clark's campaign could not be reached for comment.

[Skittles]

1. I'm surprised

they were able to stay awake long enough to applaud.

[virgdem]

2. When you start to lose the Jewish voters of South Florida -

You can just about basically hang it up from there. If ever there was a candidate in need of a personality transplant, Lieberman is the perfect candidate.

[pruner]

5. I read an article a couple of weeks ago about Florida Jews & Lieberman

I think it may have been in the Palm Beach Post, but I'm not really sure.

basically, the gist of the article was that a lot of Jews are concerned about the prospect of a Lieberman presidency. they're afraid that with a Jew as president, Jews in general might be scapegoated for problems in the Middle East, or mistakes made by the president.

[LuminousX]

3. Hmmm

So maybe those voters DID vote for Buchanon as a way to protest being asked to vote for a schmuck like Lierberman.

[union_maid]

4. No, but...

Lieberman is just totally out of his element running for president. It's kind of sad and I mean that. I don't hate him. I disagree with him on a lot of things, but I don't feel anything like I do about Bush, et. al. If he hadn't been the VP candidate he'd never have been in this field of candidates and he really doesn't belong there. For some, being Senator is as high as you're meant to go, but that's really not bad. I mean, it's quite a nice achievement in itself.

[pandatimothy]

6. Makes complete sense

They figured out at the last moment LIEBERMAN SUCKS!

[DemDogs]

7. Hilarious thread name (n/t)