Washington – Senator Joe Lieberman Caps Off 24-Year Career In Congress

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 FILE - US independent Senator from Connecticut Joseph Lieberman chats with reporters outside the Senate Radio and TV Gallery on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA on 10 June, 2010.  EPA/JIM LO SCALZOWashington – Today marks the end of Senator Joe Lieberman’s 24-year career in Congress.

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In its editorial, The New York Post (http://bit.ly/VTsypa) pays tribute to Lieberman, calling him “nothing less than a giant” and lauds him for “putting his beliefs and strongly held positions ahead of political self-interest.”

The “first Jewish candidate on a major-party national ticket,” Lieberman was once considered the darling of the Democratic Party after his unsuccessful vice-presidential bid in 2000. He would later endure the betrayal of his Democratic friends and allies when he sought the nomination for president in 2004.

According to The Post, his only “sin” was supporting the war in Iraq. Lieberman faced an ugly re-election battle in 2006 and lost the Democratic primary for Senate, but won on the Independent line. “People didn’t just disagree with me,” Lieberman said of that time. “There was a personal hatred. To me, that’s a cancer that’s eating at our politics.”

Despite the Democratic disloyalty shown to him, Lieberman took the high road and immediately pledged to caucus with his former party if the Senate ended up being tied. He went on to endorse GOP candidate John McCain for president in 2008 and was a speaker at the GOP convention.

“Joe Lieberman, in other words, has always marched to the beat of his own drum, with little thought for the possible political consequences,” The Post writes. “There aren’t many like that in Congress. And now, sad to say, there’s one fewer.”


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haroldk
haroldk
11 years ago

a real Mentch

itzik18
itzik18
11 years ago

What’s next, Joe?

MosheF
MosheF
11 years ago

Best wishes to him and his family. If only he would have left the corrupt Democrats a few years earlier than he did, then maybe he could have run for higher office on a ticket with the other Party, and perhaps even won…

CSLMoish
CSLMoish
11 years ago

A hypocrite politician like all of them. But a real mentsh as a Yid

TexasJew
TexasJew
11 years ago

I’d like to see him head a major Jewish institution, ie, YU, Jewish Federations, PR for the Israeli government, etc… He is a very respected person even though he spent 24 years in Gov’t.

Shimon
Shimon
11 years ago

A wonderful individual.
My only disappointment with him was when he placated Maxine Waters on affirmative action, after first being against it.
His stance on abortion troubled me as well. On balance, though, an excellent public servant and a great advertisement for yiddishkeit.