If Al Gore is So Smart... Explain Joe Lieberman to Me....

[QueenOfCalifornia]

Once again, tell me why? Why did he choose that horses ass as his running mate?

Don't get me wrong, I love Al Gore who was elected by a majority of the people but this is one thing that bugs the holy shit out of me.

[Pierre.Suave]

1. I would also love to hear

his explanation of that. Maybe he had no idea that Lieberman was who he is.

[guitar man]

nobody's perfect

:shrug:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

7. How come

your post does not have a number by it? Are you special?

[guitar man]

12. that's weird

maybe I am special :shrug:

[Dr. Strange]

14. It's an imaginary post...

so it gets a complex number.

Why do some posts not get numbered? I've seen that happen several times. Anyone know?

[KitchenWitch]

16. When two posts hit simultaneously, only one of them gets numbered.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

19. Wowee

You REALLY do know everything!

[KitchenWitch]

20. Well, I wouldn't go THAT far...

If I knew everything, do you think I would have let * take office in the first place?

[NightWatcher]

2. it was a DLC/DCCC setup to pair up a conservative dem with a liberal dem

trying to cover all of the bases blew up and bit them in the ass

[KG]

6. yeah, but which one was the conservative and which one was the liberal?

[hedgehog]

8. Agreed

TO much campaigning to the polls instead of to positions.

[Jokerman]

3. I think Al got some bad advice during campaign 2000.

There were plenty of WTF moments during that campaign.

Joe was just one of them.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

4. That was a pretty big

WTF moment-

Droopy Dog being that close to the Oval office gives me the creeps.

[KG]

5. just think, if it wasn't for nader, lieberman would have been a heartbeat away from the oval office!

:scared:

[flvegan]

9. Still would've been better than what we have now.

[Shakespeare]

15. Eh....Lieberman's an opportunist.

If it'd been in his political best interest to turn into a hardcore liberal (say, as Gore's VP), he'd have done so. He's a cypher.

And it still would've been far, far better than the disaster we've endured the last seven years.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. distance from clinton's scandals. joe was one of the biggest critic of bill.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Lieberman was a critic of Bill. Helped Gore separate himself from

the Monica stuff.
It was not exactly Gore's smartest decision ever but we have to keep in mind that things were going pretty well back then and we actually had time to worry about Clinton's private issues.

[Brigid]

13. I don't get it either.

But then, everybody makes mistakes.

[LSK]

17. didnt you post this in GD?

:shrug:

[LSdemocrat]

18. Let's just say that under a Gore administration, the issues of the day would be different

I am willing to bet money that had Gore taken office, 9/11 would have been prevented, there would be no Iraq War, and our tax and spending priorities would be radically different.

Taking that into account, Joe's more disagreeable aspects would likely be more hidden.

Also, I would not discount Gore's personal, old-fashioned sensibilities regarding personal morality. Many accounts indicated that he was deeply offended by Bill's conduct and liked that commonality with Joe.

[kay1864]

24. There's actually evidence to support your guesses

There was an airport security commission in 1998 or so that posited 57 separate recommendations to beef up security, several of which could have caught the hijackers (way before September 11, on their practice runs). Said commission was headed by (you guessed it) The Honorable Albert Gore, Jr.

The Republican Congress declined to fund these recommendations.

Not to mention that Richard Clarke would have still been on board.

And even if 9/11 had still happened, we'd be in Afghanistan for a brief time, Bin Laden would have been quickly caught, and you're right, we sure wouldn't be in Iraq.

[gmoney]

21. He wanted Joe out of the Senate!

Making someone VP is usually a good way of making them virtually disappear...

[Javaman]

22. That was joe before he went off his meds. nt

[texas1928]

23. Sometime between 2001 and 2006 Lieberman got a big dose of...

Repuke Kool-Aid.

[Connonym]

25. Sometimes when a man loves a woman they have what's called sexual intercourse

and they make a baby! Christ on a cracker, I think I'm losing my mind. About time for a drink I think.