Lets see...
Elected to the senate as a Democrat in 1988
Elected to the senate as a Democrat in 1994
Elected to the senate as a Democrat in 2000
Ran as Democratic VP for Gore in 2000
Sought the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2004
Sought the Democratic Senate Nomination in Connectitcu in 2006 but lost
After losing the democratic nomination in 2006 he decided to run as an independant saying...
"I'm a loyal Democrat, but I have loyalties that are greater than those to my party, and that's my loyalty to my state and my country."
After all this... is it really that hard to consider Joe Lieberman either a Democrat or an "Independent Democrat"
2007-04-26 06:15:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
he's probably a moderate to conservative democrat.
2007-04-26 06:18:32 · answer #1 · answered by Gemini 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Joe Lieberman is a Jew who is in favor of all that is Israeli. Since Israel and the Arab countries are bitter enemies it stands to reason that he would favor a war to down an Arab country. The stance on the war is the only thing he disagrees with the Democrats on. So Independant Democrat is probably a good handle for Senator Lieberman.
2007-04-26 13:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You forgot:
"Won the Presidential Election as Democratic VP for Gore in 2000".
2007-04-26 13:24:43 · answer #3 · answered by ck4829 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. He is a Democrat and if you were paying attention to the last elections you'd know he was rebuked into a run off for his seat in the Senate. He then lost the run off and changed his platform to Independent and was reelected to Senate through that manner.
2007-04-26 13:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joe is one of the old style Democrats, who oh by the way are not nearly as liberal as the ones who have taken over the party.
It delighted me no end to have Joe best the Democrats candidate in the last election. The new crop of liberals doesn't care about anyone who doesn't think and vote PURE Democrat. And that is Democrat by THEIR standards.
I really like Joe's stand with his "I have loyalties that are greater than those to my party, and that's my loyalty to my state and my country".
This man understands that this partisan bickering has got to end.
2007-04-26 13:24:07 · answer #5 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
By definition, he is an independent with a history of being a democrat.
2007-04-26 13:19:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was a drag on the ticket in 2000...a pathetic bumbling campaigner with a whiny and depressing drone when speaking in public...he lost gore tons of votes...and after the election, he turned into a whipped dog, where bush is concerned...kinda like the wimpy kid who gets his butt kicked by the playground bully and spends the rest of the year carrying the bully's books, buying him lunch and just generally toadying up to him...dubya has joe's cojones in his left pocket...and mccain's are in his right pocket
2007-04-27 18:40:56 · answer #7 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's labeled independent because he didn't agee with all of the democratic stances. But, he would be left-leaning because of his past. I don't believe he ever left the democratic party completely behind.
2007-04-26 13:21:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I consider him a turn coat and a egomaniac. He wanted to be elected and he didn't care how. I was sorry to see that side of him.. for a while I thought he might just be a breath of fresh air.. but nope.. just same old stale crap we all breath.
2007-04-26 13:25:06 · answer #9 · answered by Debra H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least he is a politician who thinks for himself and doesn't kowtow to the leaders of ANY political party. As far as being a democrat, I would say he is, but conservative.
2007-04-26 13:21:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
NOOOOOOOOOO
He lost the Democratic primary, he was not voted in by democrats, and his biggest campaign contributions came from REPUBLICANS
He is not a Democrat he is aparty of one, and traitor and shallow shell of a man.
2007-04-26 13:18:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋