Pro-Joe NH Register endorses LIEberman (no surprise)

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

IMHO, there is a disconnect between the "facts" presented in their editorial and the candidate they chose to endorse. If anyhone has the time and talent to draft a concise response to this non-sequitir, I'd be happy to submit a LTTE and see if they publish it


"On Aug. 6, we endorsed Lieberman in the primary. He voted 90 percent of the time with his party. He has a strong record on protecting the environment, women’s reproductive rights and energy independence. He voted with other Democrats against President Bush’s tax cuts and the Medicare prescription drug plan.

Lieberman’s failing was that he lost touch with his state and his political base, even in his New Haven home. An article he wrote last November for The Wall Street Journal about Iraq was so optimistic and so close to the Bush administration’s stand that it spurred Lamont’s decision to run. Lieberman’s article glossed over mistakes in Bush administration war policy that he now emphasizes, and failed to mention a call he made in 2003 for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense.

After the primary, we suggested he accept his party’s verdict. Instead, Lieberman chose to run as an independent.
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We do not agree with all of Lieberman’s stands.

He rubber-stamped the incompetent Michael Brown, who eventually became the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during its bungled response to Hurricane Katrina. We strongly disagree with his support for congressional intervention in the decision to end life support for the severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, who had been a persistent vegetative state for years. This type of painful, personal decision must not be exploited for political gain."

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17392491&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=7581&rfi=6

[Larkspur]

1. Wonder how much $$ Lieberman paide the NH editors?

$387,000 is a lot of petty cash.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

2. Yup. But that doesn't bother them - just

the fact that Ned won't release tax returns that he is not obligated to release - for the years prior to his deciding to seek public office.