If Lieberman gets the nomination, what will you do?

[ringmastery]

Stay home, vote dem, vote 3rd party?

[TeacherCreature]

1. stay home

this is the first time I have ever felt this way.

[liberalhistorian]

17. Same here,

and then I'd move to Canada, like I'm seriously planning on doing anyway if Shrub wins. I'm not kidding, I'm already making plans.

[carrowsboy]

2. Vote for Bush

well maybe not...but this dingleberry will not get my vote.

[rumguy]

3. Since there's no chance it will happen, why even entertain the

possibility?

[democratreformed]

4. Vote dem n/t

[rawtribe]

5. If frogs had wings...

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. ABB

Even Lieberman is better than Bush

[trof]

20. Right answer.

But I'll be wearing 2 or 3 clothespins on my nose.

[kalian]

7. Nominate my cat....

:shrug:

Seriously...we might as well have lieberman as shrub's VP.

[BuelahWitch]

67. I'll vote for your cat!

If mine can be VP...

[jjmalonejr]

8. ABB

...but it'll never be Lieberman anyway, so I'm not too worried about it.

[Hokie]

9. No chance, but if it were he and Bush

I would hypothetically vote for Lieberman while holding my nose. Democracy is an imperfect form of government run by imperfect humans. Some just happen to be a lot more imperfect than others.

[michaelbmoore]

10. Vote Dem, Vote Dem, Vote Dem

[patricia92243]

11. Hold my nose and vote for him

[mark0rama]

18. Same here...

...It'd be a vote against Bush, a vote for the Democratic candidate. I'd prefer not to think of it as a vote for Lieberman.

[OhioStateProgressive]

12. vote green(nt)

[Padraig18]

13. ABB!

but it will not be a 'joyous' vote...

[GOPFighter]

14. I'd vote for him

He's still better than Bush.

[Timefortruth]

15. Cry, then vote Dem.

Sit back and watch Bush win for the first time.

[bain_sidhe]

16. What, you mean *after* I cry?

...wipe my eyes, hold my nose, and vote for the SOB. Pun intended. He's at least pro choice, good on environment and not horrible on labor.

[luisao]

19. Easy choice

Should Lieberman win, I would abandon the Democratic party without hesitation and vote for the likely Green party nominee. David Cobb . As horrific and murderous as the Bushes are, it will get worse if there is no opposition party.

[Bolo Boffin]

21. Work for and vote for Lieberman

Period.

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[TexasSissy]

22. I'd probably vote for him, but would have to wait & see who else is runnin

[Redneck Socialist]

23. vote for him

He is better than bush on almost every count.

[nomaco-10]

24. write in vote or not vote

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

25. Hold my nose

and vote for him. I'll even support and work for the Democratic Party, because even Joe is better than the Shrub.

Luckily, I have serious doubts that Lieberman will get the nomination.

[WillyT]

26. Drink Heavily !!!

:beer:

:puke:

:hangover:

And vote Dem, with a massive headache!

[snyttri]

27. Vote Democratic

Dean seems to think Dean supporters won't vote for anyone but Dean or Nader.

"I don't know where they're going to go, but they're certainly not going to vote for a conventional Washington politician," he said.

http://tinyurl.com/2z3px

[Cascadian]

28. A vote for Lieberman would be really a vote for Bush.

He would not win. Besdies, he will not get the nomination. He is a weak candidate and offers nothing to the Democratic Party. :eyes:


John

[NoPasaran]

29. Have a couple of stiff drinks, vote Lieberman

Resume drinking

[JasonDeter]

31. Stay home. It would be a wasted vote. We'd lose.

[dansolo]

32. Write in Dean (n/t)

[Eric J in MN]

33. Support him every way I can, even though I've been opposed to

Support him every way I can, even though I've been opposed to Lieberman for decades.

Anyone But Bush.

[shance]

34. Encourage (if not too late) for Dean to go Independent.

I wouldnt have said this even one month ago. Lieberman has gone off the deep end, and no more represents (in my opinion) the Democratic party than the man on the moon, much less is he presidential.

He shows absolutely no signs of Party loyalty, (look at his support of Gore during the 2000 fiasco and from then on) and strikes me overall as a weak person and candidate. If he was a presidential candidate, he would have spent his candidacy proving to us why he is a worthwhile candidate. What he has done, has spent time defending his IWR vote, attacking Dean and moving further to the right.

And hes a Democrat? I know his record is good on some things, but not on issues I consider to be the top priorities of this nation right now.

[Cascadian]

35. That would not work.

Remember John Anderson?

John

[shance]

37. I do, but I was pretty young and very uninvolved, but he didnt strike me

as charasmatic and energizing as Dean.

I think if Dean can go from 1% support to being the frontrunner, I wouldnt put anything past him.

Then again, it would be a big gamble. But as compared to Lieberman or Bush, it might be worth it.

[onecitizen]

36. If I didn't already dislike.........

Lieberman (I would say hate)I would right now. He's doing NOTHING but beating up on Dean. All of them are actually. They're acting like such brats! If they were my kids they'd be in time out till they went to college.

AND why are all these Repukes calling in with THEIR opinion? Who cares what they think?:mad:

[Carni]

43. Lieberman might as well BE bush

All that crap about Saddam being comparable to Hitler this afternoon was enough to make me barf. Does the man think we are all stupid?

[SanchoPanza]

38. Leave the Presidential slot blank.

Lieberman is deluding himself into thinking he has any pull with Democratic voters or the general electorate. His presence on the 2000 ticket was simply part of Gore's failed strategy of distancing himself from Bill Clinton's nasty genitals. Remember that he was the only Democratic Senator to use the floor of the Senate to chastise President Clinton and his nasty genitals shortly after the Lewinsky scandal broke. Despite Gore's misguided strategy, the GOP still managed to effectively portray him as an inveterate liar.

And it looks as if, should Lieberman win the nomination (and the Devil simultaneously begin sporting a brand new set of ice skates), we will see the same reactive campaign that Gore waged in 2000. Every statement Lieberman makes is couched in the GOPs opening argument. Soft on terror, soft on crime, economic protectionism, etc. His only useful purpose is to provide practice for the eventual nominee's battle with the more effective GOP spin machine.

[mike_c]

39. possibly 3rd party, too early to tell, though....

In any event I would NOT vote for Lieberman.

[MoonRiver]

40. What will I do?

Why vote for him, of course. And then :puke:

[VelmaD]

41. ABB all the way...let's go over this one more time

On some things Lieberman has a record light-years ahead of Chimpy. He has a sterling record on abortion and civil rights. End of story.

[Carni]

42. Vote third party

He is the one candidate that I could not vote for.

[onecitizen]

44. I just saw that interchange between.......

Lieberman and Dean! Lieberman is a POLECAT! And someone needs to skin him!! He is a POLECAT!!

[mazzarro]

45. As much as I want * out of there, I have resolved long ago that I'll

not cast my vote for Lieberman or Gephardt. I'll rather skip casting vote for the president than vote for either of these men. They lost me with their whoring and I am not going to bate an eye in their direction if either is the Democratic Party's nominee regardless of the consequences.

[OrAnarch]

46. Immigrate to Canada...

A few months early.

[robbedvoter]

47. Vote for him and leave the next day for ...Antarctica?

[Cronus Protagonist]

48. Dean write-in campaign - all the way

I would rather do a Kucinich write-in campaign, but we all know that most people can't spell words of more than four letters....

"Lick Bush" Buttons, Stickers & Magnets

[stickdog]

49. Leave the Democratic party forever.

Well, probably not.

But I wouldn't lift a finger for the DNC for at least 3 1/2 years.

Not one.

[MaineDem]

50. I would vote Democratic!

Even a poor Democrat is better than the imposter we have in there now.

But I don't see it coming to this.

[Dover]

51. I'd use his win as proof postitive that the voting system is rigged...

.

[ScreamingMeemie]

52. Vote for him.

:)

[TheWebHead]

53. I'd vote for him in a heartbeat

even though he's 5th on my list. The only candidate that would make me vote for Bush would be Kucinich, as he'd theoretically drag our country most likely into a depression -- though the house/senate wouldn't let him pass a single idea that he's proposing.

[Hippo_Tron]

54. I suppport any dem, that includes Lieberman...

Even though his beliefs fall quite far from mine.

[in_cog_ni_to]

55. That will never happen, but I would vote for him if he did. n/t

[AntiCoup2K4]

56. Move to Canada

PNAC vs PNAC = No choice at all.

[Skinner]

57. I would vote for Lieberman.

And I would be proud to do it. Lieberman is not nearly as conservative as many on DU make him out to be, and he actually has a very progressive record on many issues. Yes, he is more conservative than the other Democratic candidates, but between him and Bush, the difference is clear.

I am doubtful that Lieberman will get the nomination, though.

[amazona]

58. i'll support him

He is far from my first choice but he's still miles ahead of the GOP alternative.

If I were him, I'd pick a solid African-American running mate like Julian Bond (assuming he was interested) to create some badly needed excitement.

[sleipnir]

59. Write in either Clark/Kucinich/Dean

n/t

[Cascadian]

60. I have some great news for you all!

Lieberman will not win the nomination. Plain and simple. If he does win it, which is highly, highly unlikely, then you might as well cast your vote to Bush because Lieberman would get slammed big time. You know it and I know it. He is too weak of a candidate.


John

[Eric J in MN]

62. Slammed for what? nt

nt

[Jack Rabbit]

66. Don't worry, he'll get slammed

If the Bushies can't find anything, they'll make it up.

That goes for whoever gets the nomination.

[funky_bug]

74. Nader ring a bell?

And while we're at it... were ANY OF YOU around for the 2000 election? Write in? Does the Nader fiasco ring any bells?

Support the candidate, whoever he/she is. Our goal is to get rid of Bush.

[Jack Rabbit]

61. Vote for him

And if he starts a colonial war, we'll hit the streets in protest.

[rbnyc]

63. He won't.

I do not have to imagine myself in the voting booth deciding between Lieberman and a 3rd party candidate because there's no way in hell he can win the primary. This is why party primaries are a good thing and open primaries are such a bad idea. If it were a big open primary, we would have a choice between Lieberman and Bush.

[adadem]

64. Hold my nose n/t

[Kathleen04]

65. Vote dem

but I think Joe would "lead us out into the political wilderness". He's unexciting to those that aren't politically minded, a good percentage of informed Dems may defect to the Greens because he's too conservative, he's an ineffective campaigner and can be rather inarticulate sometimes. Unless enough of the Republicans are really unhappy with Bush, then I think we'd have a problem.

So, I'd vote for him..I'd work for him..but I think it'd be a lost cause.

I'm so glad we're not in that position. :)

[maddezmom]

68. vote dem n/t

[laruemtt]

69. take dramamine first

then vote for lieberman

[newyawker99]

70. I would vote for him. n/t

[knight_of_the_star]

71. Hold my nose

Vote, and book a flight to Britain and prepare to forfeit my citizenship and seek asylum.

[ozone_man]

72. Vote green or other 3rd party.

Sorry, Republican vs. Republican lite is not my idea of Democracy.

[bhunt70]

73. vote for him.

[Killarney]

75. Vote Democratic!

[bowens43]

76. Vote for Lieberman

[mzmolly]

77. Vote for him.

:shrug:

Lieberman is wrong about the war, but he's actually got a solid record of service to the party. Granted he's a bit more moderate on some issues, but his voting record is actually pretty good if you break it down.

http://www.globalstewards.org/democrats.htm

*scroll down to see the score cards. Note all dems are not noted in score card format, because they don't all have a voting record in congress.