In Defense of Joe Lieberman:

[SyracuseDemocrat]

I cannot even begin to explain how tired I am of the Lieberman bashing in the GD forum, and others. People are fond of calling Joe a DINO without any proof. Everytime I see this I feel tempted to refute their stupid argument with Joe's voting record, which is very liberal. Joe is not a "corporate whore", nor is he only loyal to Israel. Both of these claims are absolute bullshit, nothing more.

I'll compare Joe's interest group ratings to the interest group ratings of the Senate's only DINO, Zell Miller (by the way, I don't consider Ben Nelson a DINO, either):

Selected interest group ratings for Joe Lieberman:

2003 On the votes that the National Right to Life Committee considered to be the most important in the first half of the 108th Congress, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 0 percent of the time.

2002 On the votes that the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.

2002 On the votes that the Planned Parenthood considered to be the most important, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.

Yep, that's right, Joe Lieberman is 100% Pro-choice.

2002 On the votes that the Human Rights Campaign considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.

2001-2002 On the votes that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People considered to be the most important in 2001-2002, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 94 percent of the time.

2001-2002 On the votes that the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights considered to be the most important in 2001-2002, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.

Wow, Joe Lieberman has an excellent civil rights record, too.

2002 On the votes that the American Conservative Union considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 20 percent of the time.

2000 On the votes that the Family Research Council considered to be the most important in 2000, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 0 percent of the time.

See how CONSERVATIVE Joe Lieberman really is? Not very.

2003 Based on the results of a questionnaire the Gun Owners of America assigned Senator Lieberman a grade of F (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F-).

Joe is for gun control.

2002 On the votes that the AFL-CIO considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Lieberman voted their preferred position 92 percent of the time.

And very pro-labor, too, no matter how some of you on here (with no idea what you are talking about), will try to spin it.

Selected interest group ratings for Zell Miller:

2003 On the votes that the National Right to Life Committee considered to be the most important in the first half of the 108th Congress, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.

2002 On the votes that the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 0 percent of the time.

Zell Miller is 100% ANTI-CHOICE

2002 On the votes that the Human Rights Campaign considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 57 percent of the time.

2002 On the votes that the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 36 percent of the time.

2001-2002 On the votes that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People considered to be the most important in 2001-2002, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 58 percent of the time.

2001-2002 On the votes that the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights considered to be the most important in 2001-2002, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 38 percent of the time.

...And his civil rights record also leaves MUCH to be desired.

2002 On the votes that the American Conservative Union considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 47 percent of the time.

Zell has a 47% rating from the ACU . Just for fun, here is Lincoln Chafee's ACU rating below:

2002 On the votes that the American Conservative Union considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Chafee voted their preferred position 53 percent of the time.

See how stupid your arguments are, yet?

Let's move on, shall we?

2002 On the votes that the National Education Association considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 50 percent of the time.

Hmmmm... not as good as Joe's 100%.

2002 On the votes that the AFL-CIO considered to be the most important in 2002, Senator Miller voted their preferred position 58 percent of the time.

58% to Joe's 92%. You tell me WHO stands for labor in this country.

Conclusions:

Your facts are extremely incorrect. You lie and don't even have evidence to back it up. You should be ashamed. And for those of you call him Holy Joe, you should be ashamed at using an anti semitic slur like that. You're no better than the Republicans who attacked Al Smith 75 years ago. I've known for a long time that anti-semitism in this country comes from the far left and far right, and now my opinions have been vindicated. :puke: