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**#[SoftAzerZx]** · 12-10-2005, 09:00 PM

Saving space and threads I thought this is too rich to ignore so I decided to just add this:

Joe Lieberman: Republican Posterboy
Out with Rumsfeld, in with the senator from Connecticut?

by James Ridgeway
December 9th, 2005 5:28 PM
Washington, D.C.—If Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld retires and gets replaced by Democratic senator Joe Lieberman—the hot speculation here this week—what would America get out of the deal? Well, another hawk who never went to war, for one thing.
And what would President Bush get? A wedge to keep the Democrats from uniting behind Representative John Murtha against the war in Iraq. Here's a look at Lieberman, Republican posterboy:
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/055...y,70900,2.html This is another huge potential win-win for Republicans if they can woo Lieberman into changing parties. I'm sure Karl Rove is all over this like Democrats are over bad news. I would love it if the Democrats turn up the heat on Lieberman and get him to bolt the party. That would be a great Christmas gift to the Republican party.
It would be an immense wedge into the heart of the Democratic party.

12-10-2005, 09:00 PM	#3
#[SoftAzerZx] Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 586 Senior Member	Saving space and threads I thought this is too rich to ignore so I decided to just add this: Joe Lieberman: Republican Posterboy Out with Rumsfeld, in with the senator from Connecticut? by James Ridgeway December 9th, 2005 5:28 PM Washington, D.C.—If Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld retires and gets replaced by Democratic senator Joe Lieberman—the hot speculation here this week—what would America get out of the deal? Well, another hawk who never went to war, for one thing. And what would President Bush get? A wedge to keep the Democrats from uniting behind Representative John Murtha against the war in Iraq. Here's a look at Lieberman, Republican posterboy: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/055...y,70900,2.html This is another huge potential win-win for Republicans if they can woo Lieberman into changing parties. I'm sure Karl Rove is all over this like Democrats are over bad news. I would love it if the Democrats turn up the heat on Lieberman and get him to bolt the party. That would be a great Christmas gift to the Republican party. It would be an immense wedge into the heart of the Democratic party.
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