-Caveat Lector- His politics are hardly relevant, as this country will not at this time elect a Jewish president.
on 01/14/03 1:50 AM, Euphorian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > http://slate.msn.com/id/2076679/ > > G.I. Joe Joe Lieberman's risky conservative campaign. > By William Saletan > Posted Monday, January 13, 2003, at 3:16 PM PT > > You know this isn't going to be a standard Democratic presidential campaign > kickoff when the guy introducing Sen. Joe Lieberman asks everyone to stand > and say the Pledge of Allegiance. With cameras rolling, Lieberman turns to the > wall and recites the magic words: allegiance, flag, America, God. Stepping to > the > podium, he speaks of our "God-given talents." He says he feels "blessed by > God" and believes "God's work must truly be our own." "My faith is at the > center > of who I am," he continues. "I'll not hesitate to talk about faith when it's > relevant > or to invoke God's name. � If the spirit moves me occasionally to say a word > or > two of faith, I think it's a very American thing to do." > > He smiles and sips from his glass as the audience applauds. Nobody's going to > out-Christian Joe Lieberman. > > The 2004 presidential election is like a football game in a stiff wind. Every > other > Democrat�Howard Dean, John Edwards, Dick Gephardt, John Kerry�wants > the wind in the first quarter. They're running to the left in the primaries, > postponing the question of how, if they win the nomination, they'll get back > to the > center in a fourth-quarter showdown with President Bush. > > Lieberman is running the other way, into the wind. In the party of peace, > secularism, and civil liberties, he's the candidate of God, family values, and > military muscle. If he makes it to the fourth quarter against Bush, he'll have > the > wind at his back. The risk is that he'll be blown out of the game before he > gets > there. > > Kerry has a war record. Edwards and Gephardt support Bush's hard line against > Iraq. But none of them can match Lieberman's hawkish record. He voted for the > Persian Gulf War and spearheaded congressional support for the Iraqi > resistance. Like Bush, he uses the E-word: "We must never shrink from using > American power to defend our ideals against evil in a time of war." He frames > domestic issues in terms of national power. He speaks of "strengthening > homeland security while protecting Social Security." Of the current federal > deficits, he warns, "You can't keep doing that and keep America strong." > > Among Democrats, Lieberman is the closest thing to a cultural conservative. He > extols "family and faith and responsibility." "As my state's attorney general, > I > stood with single moms to go after deadbeat dads," he proclaims. "I have taken > on the entertainment industry for peddling sex and violence to our > children�and > spoken up for parents who feel they are in competition with the popular > culture > to raise their children." > > Like his competitors, Lieberman preaches economic populism. But his version is > more Clinton than Gore. He says his parents "worked their way into the > American middle class," vindicating the American promise "that no matter who > you are or where you start, if you work hard and play by the rules, you can go > as > far as your God-given talents will take you." Now, he worries, "For too many > Americans the middle class is drifting out of reach." Gore made populism sound > like a civil war. Lieberman makes it sound like a war of national unity. "A > strong > middle class means a strong America," he says. > > In Lieberman's story, the middle class doubles as the melting pot. It > embraced, > lifted, and assimilated his parents, who were "children of immigrants." Today, > their son promises to give "a new generation of immigrants their fair chance > to > live the American Dream." The last Democrat who made that pledge ended up > riding around in a tank in ads for Bush's father. Lieberman's betting that if > somebody finds a picture of him in an M-1, the pairing won't look so > outlandish. > > > > > > Love, Greg and Lauren - Greg Manning > A Husband's Day-by-Day Account of His Wife's Remarkable Recovery > Barnes & Noble > > > > > William Saletan is Slate's chief political correspondent. > A<:>E<:>R > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article > has to stand on its own merits. 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