Thursday, December 15, 2005

Rove + Lieberman = Bush

(Chris Livingston,
Getty Images file)
Inside Joe Lieberman
By Bob Burnett

You have to hand it to Karl Rove. Before every election he manages to convince a prominent Democrat to abandon his Party and support President Bush. In 2004 the turncoat was Georgia Senator Zell Miller. In 2006 it’s Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman.

The overwhelming majority of Congressional Democrats feel that the occupation of Iraq is an unmitigated disaster and that we must have a plan for withdrawal.

Not Lieberman. November 30th George Bush made a major speech and unveiled his “Strategy for Victory in Iraq.” The day before, the “Wall Street Journal” carried an Op-Ed by the Connecticut Senator, “Our Troops Must Stay.” Point by point Lieberman backed the President.

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