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(36,853 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2024, 05:42 PM Mar 27

Joe Lieberman, 2000 vice presidential nominee, dies at 82 [View all]

Source: Politico

Joe Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who became the first Jewish American to be nominated on a major party’s ticket, died Wednesday. He was 82.

Lieberman’s family stated that he died “due to complications from a fall. He was 82 years old. His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed.”

Halfway through his 24-year Senate career, Lieberman was chosen as Al Gore’s running mate for the 2000 presidential election. The ticket lost one of the closest elections in American history. “No Jew had ever sought such a lofty office,” wrote the authors of “Jews in American Politics.”

“The net effect of the nomination,” they added, “has been to change the perception of what is possible for Jewish candidates for office for all time.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-2000-vice-presidential-nominee-obit-033980

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Joe Lieberman, 2000 vice presidential nominee, dies at 82 [View all] demmiblue Mar 27 OP

He was just chewing out Chuck Schumer last week n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 27 #1

That's what I thought BumRushDaShow Mar 27 #8

Oh. OK. DinahMoeHum Mar 27 #2

OMG!! New one! I'll remember it. LeftInTX Mar 27 #27

I will BECOME a grave pisser when this becomes available: AZ8theist Mar 27 #72

So, instead of rocks, would it be more appropriate to put bottles of hand sanitizer on the gravestone? Montauk6 Apr 4 #81

Agreed. TeamProg Mar 27 #44

Joe 'Asshole' Lieberman passed? LenaBaby61 Mar 27 #56

Nicole Wallace eulogizing him along w Matt Dowd and Mark Elias -- she's in tears Hekate Mar 27 #3

Thanks for the heads up. I will avoid watching all the revisionist propaganda Sky Jewels Mar 27 #11

Lieberman is in part being lauded as a "relic of a bygone era" Hekate Mar 27 #16

I will always remember him as "Traitor Joe." Sky Jewels Mar 27 #19

Perhaps you have a different definition of "treason" than I do. brooklynite Mar 27 #50

I would rrather laud Senator Jacob Javits, a New York REPUBLICAN. elleng Mar 27 #51

No revisionism, but you might want to turn off the tv for the next couple of hours. Colleagues... Hekate Mar 27 #22

Yep. It happens every time. Some right-wing enabling asshole dies, Sky Jewels Mar 27 #37

Nicole Wallace is such a hypocrite! GoreWon2000 Mar 27 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Mar 27 #4

I met him twice. barbaraann Mar 27 #5

You hosted him? Hekate Mar 27 #14

In our motor home. barbaraann Mar 27 #18

Anyway... getagrip_already Mar 27 #6

Funny story. When Al Gore picked him as a running mate, my friends at the temple and I marveled at the.... MMBeilis Mar 27 #7

Gore got the most votes in Florida in 2000! GoreWon2000 Mar 27 #39

Thank you for reminding us of that... Think. Again. Mar 27 #46

It should never be forgotten. Normalization of known falsehoods is a sign of inevitable collapse. jaxexpat Mar 28 #76

Where do I go to piss on his grave? nt Javaman Mar 27 #9

Celebrate first. After the funeral you will know where to take a leak. Autumn Mar 27 #45

Judas and Satan hugged Lieberman today Bluejeans Mar 27 #10

Hekate suggests you dial it back for a day Hekate Mar 27 #12

Why piss on a newbie like that? He is entitled to his/her opinion as long as it doesn't break any rules. Ferrets are Cool Mar 27 #20

I avoided the urine deposit, as you would have noticed were you not in an emotional state yourself. Maybe. Hekate Mar 27 #30

That's a negative, ghost rider. paleotn Mar 27 #28

I disagree. I think Judas and Satan would have better standards. Autumn Mar 27 #33

I heard Satan shook hands, but Judas didn't like the optics of his association with Joe so he stayed away Kennah Mar 27 #62

You know Lieberman is Jewish? Mosby Mar 27 #43

Ooh, excellent point! ShazzieB Mar 27 #66

I used two metaphors Bluejeans Mar 27 #71

You invoked Christian eschatology that has nothing to do with Jews. Mosby Mar 28 #80

Right on! (n/t) PJMcK Mar 27 #52

Mostly I will remember him as spiteful BeyondGeography Mar 27 #13

Say good things about the dead.... Good he is xxxd. Botany Mar 27 #15

I'm not shedding any tears Ferrets are Cool Mar 27 #17

He will be missed dweller Mar 27 #21

yeah maybe. TeamProg Mar 27 #47

No tears from me. Fiendish Thingy Mar 27 #23

We agree!! Oopsie Daisy Mar 27 #38

Thoughts snd prayers. mobeau69 Mar 27 #24

Can we hope that No Labels will give up now? muriel_volestrangler Mar 27 #25

Okay. Bye. Oopsie Daisy Mar 27 #26

Worst VP pick ever...cost the election Prairie Gates Mar 27 #29

You couldn't be more wrong! GoreWon2000 Mar 27 #42

Thank you again. Think. Again. Mar 27 #48

No big loss. I really don't care. Autumn Mar 27 #31

Can't say I was a fan, for obvious reasons. Tommy Carcetti Mar 27 #32

Not polite to say disparaging things about the departed, so I'll leave it at that. paleotn Mar 27 #34

All you guys have fun. Trashing thread. Hekate Mar 27 #36

Grave-dancing is tacky * Oopsie Daisy Mar 27 #40

Many Democratic Big Dogs will attend funeral, BunkieBandit Mar 27 #41

Then trash it NanaCat Mar 28 #74

He may have assumed he conducted his life in a proper n meaningful way.. sprinkleeninow Mar 28 #78

Media still covering up Bush/Florida 2000 election theft GoreWon2000 Mar 27 #49

A great composer's advice PJMcK Mar 27 #53

Nothing in his life rambler_american Mar 27 #54

He had a productive career. SarahD Mar 27 #55

He let bush2 into office , (at the time and for the next decade plus the worst, least prepared and most damaging mpcamb Mar 27 #57

buh bye Mr. Senator, I'll always remember you as one of the hollowest men 0rganism Mar 27 #58

No labels lost a big ally wolfie001 Mar 27 #59

Noted. NewHendoLib Mar 27 #60

Well, one less vote for trump newdayneeded Mar 27 #61

He was a schmuck keroro gunsou Mar 27 #63

No more Joementum for Loserman Hassler Mar 27 #64

RIP Joe.. Maxheader Mar 27 #65

I would say the rich and powerful he served are sad harun Mar 27 #67

oh CountAllVotes Mar 27 #68

Whew! 2naSalit Mar 27 #69

I met him once at Max's in Wheaton MD near DC several years ago. honest.abe Mar 27 #70

And no one who mattered NanaCat Mar 28 #73

Enough of the infighting ppl. Real question is what happens now with his vacated seat onetexan Mar 28 #75

Lol Polybius Mar 28 #79

And with Lieberman dead, the No Labels party should die as well. NL is just enabling illiberalism. onetexan Mar 28 #77