Lieberman as VP: Disaster

Patrick makes a number of mistaken assumptions in this passage, chief
among them the idea that Joe Lieberman would somehow become a
mostly-party-line Republican in the Senate under any circumstances.
That actually……

It just baffles me how anyone in the conservative movement would give this a second thought. I prefer the enemies I know to the ones I have to watch my backside for a knife. Yet, time and time again we vote liberal republican “Compassionate Conservatives” into office pretending they’ll pick conservatives just so in the end we can have our a$$ handed to us. How liberals think Republican males are homo-phobic is beyond me. Seems they’re more wimpy than most of the Rainbow Flag waving gentlemen attending the Democratic Convention.

The DNC/Obama machine probably has a phalanx of salivating lawyers in every state that will descend upon each Secretary of State office to get the Republican presidential slate all tied up in legal knots to prevent McCain/Lieberman from even appearing on the ballot.

McCain has apparently chosen to let Obama go first with his VP pick. He’s losing the shock value of naming first and setting the bar, and he doesn’t want to lose the media time being generated by VP speculation. Also, he can make BO sweat by floating Lieberman, and maybe bluff him into making a “dramatic” choice rather than a safe one.

Meanwhile, he knows who he wants and can watch the Obama pick and confirm that he is making the right choice for the McCain-? ticket.

At least that’s what I hope he’s doing. Otherwise, I guess I’ll have to do what I voted in the Malkin poll, get some really strong nose plugs and vote for the RINO-Independent D ticket over the Marxist choice.

misterpeasea on August 20, 2008 at 11:47 AM

You keep repeating that. It must be significant for you for some reason. In any event, why waste time doing this, when you can use your clever wit to come up with more creative ways to trash Captain Amnesty and his VP, Evil McDemocrat.

or you could continue to be a broken record. Your call.

It’s not just abortion. He’s a liberal Democrat.

misterpeasea on August 20, 2008 at 11:37 AM

Yeah, I know. But abortion is really all his opponents talk about. Believe me, I’d much rather have him pick Giuliani if he goes with pro-choicer, even though I like Lieberman a lot.

Still acting like the annoying little 2 year old that you are, I see.

wise_man on August 20, 2008 at 11:40 AM

Heh.

“Just go on over to Kos or HuffPo with the rest of the trash.”

You’re the gift that keeps on giving, weak_man.

Why does McCain always dance one step forward, one GIANT step back?

“_man.”

misterpeasea on August 20, 2008 at 11:36 AM

Still acting like the annoying little 2 year old that you are, I see.

I’m starting a write-in campaign for GINGRICH-DELAY.
Texas Rainmaker on August 20, 2008 at 11:25 AM

Speaking of tom Delay, After he had his famous mug shot taken, I’ve never seen any reports on what is going on with his case. Is it still pending, been dismissed? He isn’t in jail as far as I can tell. I thought this was all trumped up for political purposes and he’s be exonerated. Anyone know?

Oh- and shouldn’t you write in “Gingrich-Pelosi?”

They were so cute together sitting on the sofa in front of the Capital building.

I think pro-lifers are afraid that McCain-Lieberman might win. How embarrassing would that be for the group that regards itself as the most important faction in the Republican party? I kinda hope McCain picks him, just to see if they’re right.

Big S on August 20, 2008 at 11:33 AM

It’s not just abortion. He’s a liberal Democrat.

Yup. McCain might just croak while giving his acceptance speech. Why, just look at his mother. She’s assumed room temperature at least a few decades ago, right?

wise_man on August 20, 2008 at 10:53 AM

Weak, _man. weak_man! How about stay on-topic and address the fact that McSquish really wants his bestest friend, independent liberal Democrat Joe Lieberman, as his Veep pick?

You can excuse it!
Yes you can!
If you can’t do it!
Nobody can!
GOOOOOOO John!

The calculation would be whether Liebs could pull enough center-left votes away from Obambi to both replace the lost far-right votes *and* win the election.

I don’t see it.

I also think that, while McCains’ general approach to problems is the frontal assault, he’s been in the Senate for a while and has worked with some serious assholes (Kennedy…) so probably knows a thing or two about more subtle tactics – perhaps he’s finally going to try them out.

Mew

Lieberman is more useful to those concerned about military issues where he is in the Senate. McCain is already very strong on military issues, and doesn’t need Lieberman’s help there.

McCain does need a majority of the Independent vote to win, but he might get that on his own (without Lieberman) due to his centrist positions on some issues, and Obama’s hard-left positions that turn off some Hillary voters. He needs a VP pick that will put a crucial state in play (Romney in MI, or possibly Kasich in OH and PA) or a key voter group (Palin for women) who agrees with McCain on most issues, and will continue his policies if something happens to McCain.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/minnesota/election_2008_minnesota_presidential_election

However, it doesn’t look like McCain should pick MN Governor Pawlenty to try to win MN. A Rasmussen poll showed that if McCain picked Pawlenty, 28% of MN voters would be more likely to vote for McCain but 34% would be less likely to vote for McCain. Do MN voters know something about Pawlenty that out-of-state voters don’t? Ed Morrissey’s opinion would be very useful here!