AP: Rivals Take Shots at Lieberman in Debate

[Rose Siding]

(AP) Sen. Joe Lieberman might as well have worn a bull's-eye during Monday's debate with his Democratic and Republican rivals.

Democrat Ned Lamont labeled the three-term Connecticut senator a career politician in lockstep with President Bush on Iraq. Long-shot Republican Alan Schlesinger described himself as the only conservative in a race against two liberals, warning GOP voters about Lieberman's mostly Democratic voting record.

Lieberman took the jabs and delivered a few of his own.

"His finger-pointing ... is the last thing Washington needs more of," Lieberman said of Lamont, accusing him of running a negative campaign.
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Schlesinger, recalling Lieberman's public scolding of former President Clinton during the sex scandal involving a White House intern, sniped at Lieberman for being out of Washington as North Korea pursued its nuclear ambitions.

"The question should be why has Joe Lieberman over the last 18 years not been there on this issue," Schlesinger said. "Joe, you had more moral outrage about Mr. Clinton's indiscretions than about North Korea's nuclear proliferation."

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