Bush v. Gore is looking better every day because it kept this guy out of power.

[kpete]

Lieberman: ‘Our enemies are cheering’ after Obama consulted Congress on Syria

more:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/01/lieberman-our-enemies-are-cheering-after-obama-consulted-congress-on-syria/

[HooptieWagon]

1. Lieberman is an asshole.

Even though a VP doesn't do much, just giving him unfettered access to the Oval Office would have been disasterous.

[NuclearDem]

2. Owr emenies?! Oh noooo

I a scared

[deminks]

3. Since he played a major role in Gore folding up the card table,

I would agree.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Lieberman wanted a war hawk in office. I think he was glad that Bush won.

Does anyone remember why he was picked to run with Gore as VP?

[dsc]

6. He was picked for three big reasons

1) He was the first Jew on a national ticket, which allowed Gore to have a milestone pick. There weren't any well positioned blacks and only a few Hispanics in 2000 so he went Jewish.

2) Florida was a big part of Gore's strategy and he felt Lieberman would help him win Florida.

3) Lieberman was beloved by the press while Gore was reviled. He was hoping the press would be less hostile toward him if he picked a person the press loved.

Gore got two out of three with his pick had SCOTUS not ruled the way they did.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. He is why Gore did not win a huge victory.

nt

[MNBrewer]

11. He is why I did not vote for Gore

The choice of Lieberman displayed TERRIBLE judgement on Gore's part, and I would NOT cast my vote for a candidate as odious as J.L.

[Dawson Leery]

12. Jim Hunt would have been a far superior VP.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Because Cheney has always been a force for moderation

Cheney wanted Bush to bomb Syria, reveals autobiography

Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney reveals in his autobiography he urged President George W Bush in 2007 to bomb a suspected nuclear site in Syria.
...
Mr Cheney also reportedly criticises Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, who each served as secretary of state.
...
"But I was a lone voice," Mr Cheney wrote. "After I finished, the president asked, 'Does anyone here agree with the vice-president?' Not a single hand went up around the room."

He says other Bush advisers were reluctant to back his plan because of "the bad intelligence we had received about Iraq's stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14667398

[tarheelsunc]

8. On the flipside...

If the election results weren't ignored and the rightful winners took office, Lieberman would have lost his Senate seat a few years early. A Senate seat is probably more powerful than being VP.

[riqster]

9. Nothing was or will ever be good about Bush v Gore nt

[UTUSN]

14. I rec'd the o.p., but your take is my true heart. n/t

[GeorgeGist]

10. So you like Roberts and Alito? /nt

[leftstreet]

13. The Democrats who confirmed them did n/t