Title: Joe Lieberman stripped of superdelageate status
Description: Say it ain't so, turncoat Joe
Description: Say it ain't so, turncoat Joe
Wayne in WA State - February 7, 2008 07:44 PM (GMT)
Lieberman Has “Superdelegate” Status Stripped Because of McCain Endorsement
By: Jane Hamsher Wednesday February 6, 2008 6:00 pm
Mark Pazniokas:
Thanks to Zell Miller, there is a rule to deal with Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman's endorsement of Republican John McCain disqualifies him as a super-delegate to the Democratic National Convention under what is informally known as the Zell Miller rule, according to Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo.
Miller, then a Democratic senator from Georgia, not only endorsed Republican George Bush four years ago, but he delivered a vitriolic attack on Democrat John Kerry at the Republican National Convention.
The Democrats responded with a rule disqualifying any Democrat who crosses the aisle from being a super delegate. Lieberman will not be replaced, DiNardo said.
And for those who said they'd never lift their glass in a toast to Zell Miller...cheers!
By: Jane Hamsher Wednesday February 6, 2008 6:00 pm
Mark Pazniokas:
Thanks to Zell Miller, there is a rule to deal with Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman's endorsement of Republican John McCain disqualifies him as a super-delegate to the Democratic National Convention under what is informally known as the Zell Miller rule, according to Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo.
Miller, then a Democratic senator from Georgia, not only endorsed Republican George Bush four years ago, but he delivered a vitriolic attack on Democrat John Kerry at the Republican National Convention.
The Democrats responded with a rule disqualifying any Democrat who crosses the aisle from being a super delegate. Lieberman will not be replaced, DiNardo said.
And for those who said they'd never lift their glass in a toast to Zell Miller...cheers!
JamesAquila - February 7, 2008 08:12 PM (GMT)
Hit the road Joe and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more.
Hit the road Joe and don't you come back no more.
Hit the road Joe and don't you come back no more.
ap215 - February 7, 2008 11:15 PM (GMT)
So long Joe.
earnAlGore - February 7, 2008 11:21 PM (GMT)
It's about time he was stripped of something.
earthmother - February 8, 2008 02:50 AM (GMT)
Every time I see him smiling behind McCain it makes me ill.
And it doesn't reflect well on Gore, either, that this was his choice of running mate in 2000. Think about it. If Gore had taken the office America elected him to in 2000, Lieberman would be our current VP. :!:
And it doesn't reflect well on Gore, either, that this was his choice of running mate in 2000. Think about it. If Gore had taken the office America elected him to in 2000, Lieberman would be our current VP. :!:
Patsy - February 8, 2008 04:53 AM (GMT)
I think that Joe had a lot of people fooled. But, when Gore endorsed Dean over Joe in '04, he redeemed himself.
tkdveg - February 8, 2008 04:57 PM (GMT)
George and Joe
Sittin' in a tree...
:laugh:
You're right EM: He is nauseating standing behind McCain. He and Guliani are both following him around like puppies - probably hoping he'll "pick me, pick me" as VP! Yikes - on both accounts!!
But then again, that could work in our favor. :coolwink:
Sittin' in a tree...
:laugh:
You're right EM: He is nauseating standing behind McCain. He and Guliani are both following him around like puppies - probably hoping he'll "pick me, pick me" as VP! Yikes - on both accounts!!
But then again, that could work in our favor. :coolwink: