Blast from Past: Lieberman Votes for Himself;Twice

[NVMojo]

November 7, 2000

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Wearing his lucky tie, Joseph Lieberman (news - web sites) voted for himself twice Tuesday, once for re-election to the Senate and a second time in hopes of becoming the first Jewish vice president of the United States.

He emerged from the voting booth in New Haven, Conn., smiling broadly and giving a thumbs up. That felt good, he said.

When his wife, Hadassah, emerged, tears were running down her cheeks.

Lieberman later greeted supporters and said, Anything is possible in America.

Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, ran simultaneously for a third term to the Senate, a position he could not hold as vice president.

Lieberman was the first Jew to run for vice president on a major party ticket. Throughout the campaign, he drew on his religious background in speeches and called for a greater role for religious faith in politics.

An overwhelming majority of voters said Lieberman's religion would have no effect his job performance if elected. Nearly one in five voters thought it might help him do a better job; less than 10 percent thought it would make him less likely to do a good job. The voters were interviewed as they left the polls by Voter News Service, a consortium of The Associated Press and the television networks.

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http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/192.html

[Master Mahon]

1. How will he vote come primary day?

Will he vote for himself as independant or democratic?
He can't do both1!

[skipos]

2. Seeing him hedge his bets 6 years later brings tears to my eyes as well

nt

[wyldwolf]

3. good for him. I would have done the same

In fact, I'm voting for myself and my wife next Tuesday. Not quite the same, but unique still.

[robcon]

4. Lyndon Johnson did that in 1960.

Ran for Vice President and Senator from Texas.

[cprise]

5. Interesting website

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives

[NVMojo]

6. yes, I found a few interesting things on this site once I snooped around

[cprise]

7. I had Scrapbook (Firefox) scarf it all up

Now when I search my scrapbook, any matches from that archive will show up in the results.