Jack Kemp (R) (former VP candidate) to come to CT on behalf of Lieberman

[CTLawGuy]

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/JackKemp/2006/08/28/helping_to_return_joe_lieberman_to_the_senate

Helping to return Joe Lieberman to the Senate
By Jack Kemp
Monday, August 28, 2006


What a sad spectacle these last few days, as Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and John Kerry, D-Mass., and even former Vice President Al Gore have been falling all over themselves in condemning their old friend Joe Lieberman as he dares to run as an independent for the U.S. Senate from Connecticut.

(snip)

It's true that I'm a Republican and that I'm working to elect Republicans so as to maintain majority control of the House and Senate. I've been to Pennsylvania, Montana, Florida, Michigan, Virginia and Ohio so far this season, and I am national chairman of the Michael Steele for U.S. Senate campaign.

Steele has an outstanding opportunity to represent the state of Maryland and is the only African-American Republican candidate for Senate in the whole nation. Despite my partisan credentials, I'm announcing my intentions to go to Connecticut in September to work for and raise funds for Lieberman. He is running as an independent, but he has announced he'll join the Democratic caucus. When Joe called, I jokingly told him I'd be happy to come to Connecticut and speak for him or against him, whichever would do the most good. I'll be making joint appearances in Connecticut with him and his wife, Hadassah, in the very near future.

(snip)

Lieberman does not need me to defend his record, but having worked with him as secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the late 1980s and early '90s on issues of affordable housing, homeownership opportunities for low-income families, enterprise zones for urban and rural America, and access to capital for men and women of color, I believe his re-election to the U.S. Senate is necessary to expanding the war on poverty by including private enterprise.

For all these reasons and more, I look forward to helping re-elect Sen. Joe Lieberman.

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Sorry for the RW source.

Is Joe going to caucus with Dems now that Republicans are helping him get elected?

Kemp is also the chairman of the Michael Steele (R) campaign for senate in MD who is running against either Ben Cardin (D) or Kweisi Mfume (D).

Now we have a lot more evidence that Joe is on the (R) team and he will probably stay on the R team if he is somehow reelected.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Why Kemp? Isn't Bush available? Or 19% Dick?

May as well go all the way, Joe.

[The Magistrate]

2. His Given Word, Sir, He Will Not Caucus With The Republicans

Does not seem worth very much to me. This whole episode demonstrates conclusively the man has no honor....

[Lerkfish]

4. oh, he honors the republicans

that much is abundantly clear.

[whistle]

3. Holy Crap, all Joe Lieberman needs now to complete his treasonous

...jump to to the republican party is to have Newt "Pumpkin-head" Gingrich campaigning for him and the blood purification process on Lieberman will be complete!

He will then be completely infected and officially part of the un-dead....:hide:....:evilgrin: <best I could do for a vampire>

[femmedem]

5. There is a Kemp/Gingrich/Lieberman connection.

They are all part of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Kemp is a board member, with Steve Forbes and Jeane Kirkpatrick.

LIeberman is a Special Advisor.

Gingrich, Zell Miller, Perle, Charles Krauthammer are also involved. So is Charles Schumer, who has given only the most tepid support for Lamont.

This group can raise a lot of money for LIeberman, and they scare me.