Connecticut NPR doing puff piece with Joe "Gift of Rest" Lieberman right now

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The tag line for his new book is, "Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath."

Of course, Joe being Joe, there's some politicking masquerading as spiritual bonding in there. He got into it with his good friend Greta Van Susteren last week:

VAN SUSTEREN: You have given advice in 2008 to Governor Palin that you write about in the story.

LIEBERMAN: That was a really interesting moment. As you know, I supported my John McCain for president that year. And the campaign asked me to come up when Governor Palin was practicing for her debate, which was about a week away. And I had met her before. I had seen her at the convention. I was impressed by the speech she gave. She was just down that day. The McCain campaign was upset about it.

And they took a break. And John's campaign manager, one of them, said you have something in common with Sarah Palin that we don't. I said what's that? He said you are both religious. Why don't you talk to her? I thought what a great American Judeo-Christian moment.

But it is true, we are both religious. I said how are you doing? She said honestly it was a tough day. She didn't feel right. We started to talk about the opportunity that she had been given and how she had a responsibility to make the most of it. We talked about the story of Queen Esther from the Bible about moments of destiny. It was just a great conversation. I don't take credit for the fact I think she performed well in the debate.

But I tell that story, because it is taking some of the central ideas of the Sabbath, which is about fulfilling our personal destinies and putting them into that particular moment in a way that I hope was helpful to her.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/2011/08/25/lieberman-shares-his-gift-rest#ixzz1WWEKIzea

Looking forward to the time when you will be able to explore your spiritualty full time, Senator.