Will someone who is one of his constituents explain to me why JL fell from grace in his party? There must be more than a couple of good reasons?
2007-01-29 02:37:20 · 12 answers · asked by Nightstalker1967 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The left wing nut jobs who are trying to make the Democratic party a Liberal party singled out Lieberman due to his right leaning position on the Iraq War.
He is alone as a Democrat for having visited Iraq and supporting the War effort, and Libbies detest that.
So, moveon.org and other mounted an internet and PC campaign to replace Lieberman with a Liberal nutjob, Lamont. Lamont won the primary because few people vote in the primary, and moveon.org had flooded the state with willing lemmings.
When the people of Connecticut realized what their apathy had done, they did they best they could by voting Joe back into office as an Independent, making moveon.org and all the other Liferal loonies crying in their cribs.
2007-01-29 02:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by Philip McCrevice 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Nothing went wrong with Joe Lieberman. What went wrong was the Democrats' lack of tolerance of different views on the issues facing the country within their party. On most issues he votes with Democrats, including making them the Majority party in the Senate. Liberal Democrats want the whole party for themselves. But without the moderate and conservative congressmen/women and senators now serving, the liberal Democratic party would be a small minority in Congress. Both parties used to have politicians that ran from one end of the poilitical spectrum to the other, but it doesn't exist like it used to.
2007-01-29 02:56:01 · answer #2 · answered by romeo_1595 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he's more in line with the Republicans on foreign policy.
But, as someone who voted for all Democrats in '04 and '06 (and all Republicans in '00), I like him for the most part. The people of Connecticut shouldn't have dumped him in the primaries.
2007-01-29 02:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by EC 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is of the old school of thought where politics stops at the waters edge. He was unwilling to betray our soldiers in the field for political points, hence he fell out of favor.
2007-01-29 04:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by lundstroms2004 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He had the courage to speak his own mind and vote like he felt his constituents wanted him to,something most politicians don"t do.
2007-01-29 02:51:56 · answer #5 · answered by Streakin' Deacon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not in his district, but the democrats dropped him because he wouldn't be a "yes" man for the democrats. That is, he did not agree with ALL of their issues. He is a democrat at heart, and votes democrat on most issues, and I disagree with many, or even most of his views, but I admire his dignity.
2007-01-29 02:42:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
He's his own man and refuses to vote against his values. Wish there were more like him in DC.
2007-01-29 02:48:39 · answer #7 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He occasionally made sense. Of course, not enough sense to be a Republican.
2007-01-29 02:58:23 · answer #8 · answered by Rob D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he held true to his beliefs
the party did not
2007-01-29 02:42:06 · answer #9 · answered by ken y 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Supporting the Repugs on virtually every important issue might be one reason.
2007-01-29 02:42:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋