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Lieberman Agonistes
online.wsj.com - 8/21/2008
Lieberman Agonistes
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August 21, 2008 It's hard to tell whom Joe Lieberman is causing more heartburn these days -- Democrats or Republicans. The Independent Democratic Senator has infuriated his Democratic colleagues because he's planning to speak at the Republican convention next month for his friend John McCain. Ask Mr. Lieberman -- the last of the Democratic foreign-policy hawks -- about Barack Obama's ...

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Secretary Of State Lieberman Endorses ‘Dumb’ Plan To Kick Russia Out Of The G-8
Think Progress — ... in promoting Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) for Secretary of State in a McCain administration, praising his “first-rate” national security judgment: ...

Tell Us What You Really Think About Mitt Romney
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] After constantly attacking Mitt Romney ground-breaking, albeit imperfect, health-care-reform work, dismissing him as a vice-presidential candidate because of his religion, the Wall Street Journal offers this today: We have no doubt he'd be a better vice president than many oft-mooted Republicans, including some of those who are favorites of the anti-Lieberman alarmists. I assume they're talking about him and us. If our workspace happens to be adjacent to the Journal's at either convention these two coming weeks, we may have to have a Pay-for-View showdown. ...

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