When Joe Scarborough was interviewing Amy Klobucher this a.m. and she was concerned about Sarah Palin, it would have been nice to know if Amy was as concerned about Al Franken writing jokes about druggin a woman and raping her.  It would have been nice to know if Amy was as concerned about her party dismissing this as just part of his job.  How about Al's not paying payroll taxes on his workers.  

Senator Lieberman understands that this is what this country is about.  We do not have to march in lockstep with 'our' parties, but can reach out to those who share our core beliefs, and work together for the good of the country.  

The most important issue in this campaign is our national security; taxes, social issues, and the ephemeral 'charisma' are the least important.  I would have gladly voted for Lieberman had he been the Democratic nominee, because he understands that we have no problem greater than protecting this nation.  

Senator Biden is on record as wanting to divide Iraq into three nations,an idea that he now wants to distance himself from.  I can understand that he changed his mind about the validity of the concept, but should he not just come out and say that?  Senator Obama, I fear, HAS no concept of the challenges facing this nation, no realization that we are under attack by forces who simply hate freedom, and would deny the world of it were it in their power.  He believes, (naively, in my opinion), that a calm and frank discussion will disarm our enemies.  Unfortunately, you cannot deal rationally with those whose hatred of you is irrational.

This is not about the war with Iraq, although that is certainly a part of the issue.  This is more about radical Islam, (and, no, I don't believe that Obama is a Muslim, nor would I care if he were.  NOt all Muslims are extremists.  I am personally offended by those who use the term 'Muslim' as an epithet.)  I fear that Obama has the same grasp of the world situation as did former President Carter, an extremely decent man who could not understand that there were evil people in the world.  This naivete allowed the Iranian revolution by allowing the Ayatollah Khomeini back into Iran; he would have died in exile in France of great old age, and our embassy would not have been taken over by 'students' and our people held hostage by them; nor would we be dealing with the prospect of a nuclear-weapon armed Iran today.  President Carter advocated the passage of the SALT II treaty, a treaty so one sided that we would have disarmed against the Soviet Union.  It was a DEMOCRATIC held Senate that refused to ratify that treaty; however, its introduction was one of the reasons that Ronald Reagan was elected president.  In that time, as in this, for many of us the economy was secondary to national security.

The Democratic party needs more Joe Liebermans.  For years, those who believed as he did were driven out; Sam Nunn and Zell Miller come to mind.  However, recently three fiscally conservative, national security minded DEMOCRAT congressmen were elected in souther states, so it seems that somebody in the DNC gets it.

Perhaps, after this election, it will carry up to the top of the ticket.

'Asked if she would have been selected if she weren't a woman, Lieberman said, "I don't know." '
I think that says it all...

"John was obviously considering people with great records, but wanted to pick someone different; he really is the change candidate."
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Wait, so now change is a GOOD thing?  Because the Republicans have co-opted it?

Give me a break.  For a party that likes to throw the word "fresh" around a lot, they seem to spend a good deal of time borrowing proven ideas from Barack Obama.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Sarah Palin voluntarily told John McCain's campaign about her pregnant teenage daughter and her husband's 2-decade-old DUI arrest during questioning as part of the Republican's vice presidential search, the lawyer who conducted the background review said.

Now for the Question what Type of Family Values are these?

LIEBERMAN GIVES US INCITE INTO THE MIND OF MCCAIN.

MCCAIN ALLOWED THE ESTABLISMENT TO BULLY HIM INTO THE RECKLESS PALIN PICK...WONDER HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT.

GOOD JUDGEMENT OR POLITICALLY PANDERING?

MY VOTE IS FOR PANDERING!

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