Jack Kemp To Campaign For Lieberman

• September 1, 2006

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Jack Kemp will hit the campaign trail with a fellow former vice presidential candidate from another party: Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman said Tuesday that Kemp, a Republican former congressman and U.S. housing secretary, telephoned to offer support to his independent campaign, which the three-term senator began after losing the Democratic primary to Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont.
“We’ve worked together for years on some good projects that got done,” Lieberman told reporters while campaigning in New London.
Kemp said he admired Lieberman’s views on civil rights, defense, programs for public housing and economic development in depressed urban areas. “I’m kind of a Lieberman Republican, if you want to say that,” he said.

Let me make it clear, I understand why the GOP is getting behind Lieberman over Ned Lamont. Any sane person would.
However, to see big time Republican donors, the party itself, and now long-time solid conservatives such as Kemp getting behind him must be disheartening to Republican candidates around the country struggling to do anything in their races.
Obviously the Republican, Alan Schlesinger, sitting in the 5% range doesn’t have a chance. But there are plenty of good Republican candidates around the country that are within the 20-30% range that are totally being ignored: our own Dwight Grotberg here in North Dakota being on that list.
I wonder what RNC donors here in North Dakota think of the fact that the party is abandoning not only Alan Schlesinger for Lieberman, but many other candidates such as our own?
We all know Dwight wasn’t the first choice, that’s not a secret at all. But to have a national party that seemingly writes off it’s own candidates like that is appalling. Why should any North Dakota’s send any money to a national party that writes off our candidates?
Crossposted from FreeRepublicans.com

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http://Array aNONOMISLY

This aint disgusting. What’s disgusting is what they are doing to ‘Club for Growth’ Laffey over at Rhode Island, i.e. spending over a million dollar in trying to beat the most conservative of two Republican in a Republican primary

And diverting vlauable resource from other raises in which Republican are in danger of loosing to the more liberal Democrat.
J Fraud Kerry

Isn’t it funny how fantasybasedboob ignores the schooling he’s received twice now on his stupid ass “flip flop” crap and just keeps repeating it?

The dems are supporting the dem who won the dem primary.

Not quite, fantasy boob. Lamont got 52% of the jackass vote in the primary. Lieberman got 48%. As was pointed out, he WAS the 2000 Democrat candidate for VP of the USA. Flip Flop indeed!
robert108

Yes, Lamont is a menace to our country. It makes sense to defeat him.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

“realitybased”bob spits, It is a win win. If Lamont wins we get a liberal, if Lieberman wins we get a liberal.

Nice move, O once proud gop.

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We will support the guy with a rational foreign policy. There is no “flip flop”.

The real “flip flop” is that the Dems have abandoned a guy that only six years ago they wanted as VP. Sing your “flip flop” tune to that one.
realitybasedbob

LOOOOVVVE IT

It is a win win. If Lamont wins we get a liberal, if Lieberman wins we get a liberal.

Nice move, O once proud gop.

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Better the devil we know than the devil we don’t, and a Lamont loss has implications far beyond one of Connecticut’s Senate seats.

Though, frankly, the GOP could be doing more to help challenger Republican candidates in the various states.

That’s what I’ve though and said, but it occured to me today that this is stupid.

Republicans are running to protect a Democratic Seat. It’s absurd. Sure Lieberman is better than the alternative, but why not go after a Cash Cow like say I dont know, Conrad?
aNONOMISLY

How is spending over a millin dollar to beat a FISCAL consevative going after a Liberal who hasn’t seen a spending piece he didn’t like, while at the same time allianating a big chunck of your die hard donating base a thing ob beauty?

How is it taking resources and human capital from other Republican and using it to beat and run attack ads against another fellow Republican a good thing?

..

If your talking in pure political (not principle) terms, let me tell you that it may just backfire. ..have you seen the latest polls of the primary yet?
aNONOMISLY

it just that a true conservative calling what the RNSC is doing in RI “a thing of beauty” seems ridiculous to me.

..glad to find out your not a ridiculous person, lol
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Who are the gops supporting, oh that’s right the entire goposphere is supporting the liberal.

LOOOOVVVIN IT

Egh. Whatever. Who cares?
aNONOMISLY

who have I stereotyped? ……
aNONOMISLY

..The National Republican Senatorial Committee running attack adds against a fellow Republican is what I mean by disgusting
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This aint disgusting. What’s disgusting is what they are doing to ‘Club for Growth’ Laffey over at Rhode Island, i.e. spending over a million dollar in trying to beat the most conservative of two Republican in a Republican primary

No.

That’s a thing of beauty.
aNONOMISLY

another reason could be to try and attract talented liberal, with MBAS from the elite liberal schools

..The FBI has been doing such a thing at UC Berkeley lately
Dave

Let’s say I want my baseball team to hit a lot of homeruns.

I could replace David Ortiz (who has 47 homers) with Ryan Howard (who has 49). Or, I could replace Scrappy McChucks (who has 1 homer) with Manny Ramirez (who has like 40).

Either way I’ll have more homers than before, but the first substitution makes no sense–it’s a much smaller increase in homers than I could get elsewhere. This is what the Republicans are doing with Lieberman. Sure, they can replace a liberal Democrat with a moderate Democrat in one race…or, they could focus on a different race (pick one) and replace a liberal Democrat with a conservative Republican. Which way makes us more conservative?
Dave

This does not strike me as the best way to make our country more conservative.

What it tells me is that the Republicans are now a one-issue party: the GSAVE party. It’s the only way this move makes any sense.
robert108

The Dems did a Stalinist purge on Lieberman, and we want to defeat the antiwar extreme leftie. Makes perfect sense to me.
robert108

aNON: Once again, you stereotype a bunch of independent individuals, which I also find funny.
aNONOMISLY

OOPS!!
aNONOMISLY

The Dems did a Stalinist purge on Lieberman, and we want to defeat the antiwar extreme leftie. Makes perfect sense to me.

are you referring to the Rhode Island Senate raise?

..if not, what the Republican party is doing in CT also makes perfect sense to me too..
robert108

aNON: You mean besides Christians? Conservatives.
Dave

Never mind. The page hadn’t been loading for me, but it just did.
robert108

Well, I did name Lieberman, but if it makes you feel better, I was referring specifically to the CT race.
Dave

Not to hijack, but how do we change our gravatars again?
aNONOMISLY

The conservative GOP candidate doesn’t have a chance. Lieberman is better to have in Congress than Lamont. Therefore, Lieberman gets support.

What they are doing in Rhode Island (runnjing attack ads against Republican and fiscal conservative, Club for Growth endoresed Laffey) seems to have backed fire.

How is it than that the Republican party openly supporting Lieberman in a state in which he became the first Senator to loose his primary in a very long time, ..the primary reason been his perceived close association with Republican (e.g. Kiss of Death, etc)?

How is this suppose to help, specially when register Democrats seem to outnumber Republican 2 to 1, ..in a state where independent are basiclly UNREGISTERED Democrats?
HG

I too would support Lieberman, but only because he is the only electable candidate with moral clarity regarding the war effort. This is the defining issue of our day.
realitybasedbob

The dems are supporting the dem who won the dem primary.

Who are the gops supporting, oh that’s right the entire goposphere is supporting the liberal.

LOOOOVVVIN IT
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Yeah, that is the sound that limp noodle spineless Republicans make.
realitybasedbob

I imagine that sound will grow to a deafening roar by early October.
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You can hit the “get a gravatar” link bleow the “Post A Comment” header, or just click on any gravatar you see. That takes you to the Gravatar homepage, where you’ll have to log in to upload a new one.
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That’s a good point, Dave.

I think Republicans should support Lieberman in Connecticut, but not at the expense of conservative candidates elsewhere in the country.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

It’s about political realities and the lesser of two evils.

The conservative GOP candidate doesn’t have a chance. Lieberman is better to have in Congress than Lamont. Therefore, Lieberman gets support.

Plus, a Lieberman victory would send a message to the Dems and would likely make the left/right divide a lot more healthier for the country.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Better the devil we know than the devil we don’t, and a Lamont loss has implications far beyond one of Connecticut’s Senate seats.

Though, frankly, the GOP could be doing more to help challenger Republican candidates in the various states.

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