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17 December 2007



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Lieberman Endorses Republican John McCain

Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) gave the floundering presidential campaign of John McCain (R-AZ) a shot in the arm earlier today, when he endorsed his fellow senator. The man from Connecticut said, “Let's put the United States first again, and John McCain is the man as president who will help us do that.” Bipartisanship is worthy, and even welcome, but on foreign policy, Mr. Lieberman is a Republican under a false flag.

Technically, Mr. Lieberman isn’t a Democrat. Ned Lamont beat him for his party’s nomination for Senator in 2006, running as a peace candidate. Mr. Lieberman, a pro-war neo-conservative, ran as an independent. The Republicans put up a token candidate, and Mr. Lieberman won the general election. He still caucuses with the Democrats, but he’s probably still a bit bitter about the big shots who put party loyalty ahead of his ambition and backed Mr. Lamont.

On the war in Iraq-Nam, the two men are of one mind. They want this pointless killing to continue until the US emerges with a solid democracy on the banks of the Euphrates. Mr. McCain even said the US needs more troops there. Both are convinced that the US and its allies can win. Both are deluded.

Neither man questions the need to spend freely on the US military. This qualifies them both as solid hawks, and spendthrifts. Just why does the US Navy need a new class of nuclear submarine when the enemy in the current war uses suicide vests in a desert, or an AK-47 in the mountains of Waziristan?

When it comes to Israel, free-trade, and NATO expansion, there is certainly agreement between the two; they say “yes” to all three. Although Mr. Lieberman was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2000, he and Mr. McCain hold a great deal of policy in common. This suggests that one of them is sitting with the wrong bunch in the Senate.

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