"Lieberman - sensational VP choice in August, underwhelming in October"

[robbedvoter]

That was an assessment made about Joementum AT THE TIME OF HIS SELECTION. And to me it stands as further evidence, that impressing the media should NOT be a consideration.

[JI7]

1. he was the first Jewish person on a national major party ticket

which was a big thing. there was a certain "broken barriers" thing to it. and it appealed not only to jews but almost all minorities except for arabs and muslims who voted for bush.

but gore's pick had more to do with lieberman's status as a "moral leader" since he was trying to get away from clinton.

[wjsander]

2. This is a new age...

A lot more people are "connected" than 4 years ago. A lot more people care than 4 years ago.

Public opinion and momentum actually DO mean something now and are fragile things. Best not to fudge with it.

[malatesta1137]

3. He was a bad choice, it turned out

He bought Gore no votes, being from a solid blue state. Plus the guy is a Republican sell-out.

[JI7]

7. i think he helped Gore in Florida

remember, gore lost the cuban american votes by a huge amount but he still won florida. the only thing that hurt was the fraud and things like the butterfly ballots. but the exit polls were correct when it said gore had won florida.

how many people who aren't lying would say those jewish senior citizens did want to vote for buchanan?

[malatesta1137]

10. I can't see how Lieberman

helped Gore in Florida. But you are right about him definitely winning it, the exit polls were correct.

[wjsander]

12. Ha, Yeah!

Even Buchanan said they weren't for him.

[2Design]

4. he was a mistake and I thought so right away.....not a good choice

[pansypoo53219]

5. he was the WRONG jew.

Gore would have won easdy with Feingold on the ticket. and russ is way cuter.

[SlingBlade]

6. FUCKING LIeberman Liberals

Cheney made this guy look like a Jack Ass, But that’s not what really bothered me, What bothered me is the fact that he didn't care if Cheney made him look like a Jack Ass.

[bushwakker]

9. He loved being the Evil One's Boy Toy

[bushwakker]

8. Gore would be prez today if he had picked

say Bradley, Gephardt or Richardson.

[Skwmom]

11. I hope in this case, history will not repeat itself. e/o/m

[dolstein]

13. Wishful revisionist thinking from the usual Lieberman bashing suspects

The Gore campaign was on life support when he tapped Lieberman to be his running mate. As Gore himself has admitted, choosing Lieberman was the best decision he made during the campaign. It brought about the only period of sustained positive media coverage Gore received.

As for October, it's hard to imagine Gore being as competitive in Florida as he was without Lieberman. People around here assume that Gore would have carried some other state if he hadn't bothered with Florida. But the fact is that Gore turned to Florida after his own polls showed states like West Virginia and Tennessee slipping away.

[zulchzulu]

14. "sensational", my ass

I knew Lieberman was going to be a drag on the ticket. He's ugly, he's a Repug in disguise and his nauseating whiney voice and "holier than thou" 'tude made it embarrassing to defend Gore. It was hard enough defending Al, but man...Lieberman...WTF.

He really sucked in the debates with Cheney too.

Oh, and his damn name was too long on the bumper sticker. Let's keep VP names to 7 letters or less.

[robbedvoter]

15. For those who missed the obvious: Joe gave away the debate to Cheney

Joe gave away the election when declaring that phony military votes were OK
Joe attacked Gore - worst of all saying: He LOST because he was a populist.
Most of these actions revealed that Joe's personal ambition was supreme.
I find it extremely revealing that Edwards supporters embrace Joe.
Frankly I expected you guys to rebutt me: "That's nothing like our guy".
Thanks for opening my eyes as to who is propping Edwards on DU. (except for Dolstein, everyone surprised me)

[chimpymustgo]

16. Edwards supporters embrace Joe??? WTF. You better show some ID.

This is moving from the ridiculous to the absurd.