seems like i'm picking on joe-joe these days. i'm not really. he just happens to be in the news a lot these days. i have a stinking suspision he'll be in the news a lot in the FUTURE as well
Joe Lieberman: Republican Posterboy
Out with Rumsfeld, in with the senator from Connecticut?
by James RidgewayDecember 9th, 2005 5:28 PM
Washington, D.C.—If Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld retires and gets replaced by Democratic senator Joe Lieberman—the hot speculation here this week—what would America get out of the deal? Well, another hawk who never went to war, for one thing.
And what would President Bush get? A wedge to keep the Democrats from uniting behind Representative John Murtha against the war in Iraq. Here's a look at Lieberman, Republican posterboy:
Nickname: The Senator
A/K/A: "Trent Lott and Tom DeLay's favorite Democrat,"—Lott spokesman to John Czwartacki
Home: New Haven, Connecticut
Family: Married to Hadassah Lieberman. Three children
Career profile:
1970: wins Connecticut state senate seat
1983-88: state attorney general
1988: Becomes U.S. senator, defeating Lowell Weicker by 50-49. Re-elected three times
Chair of Democratic Leadership Conference
Committee assignments:
Chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee
Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee
Chair of its subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, and Private Property
Armed Services Committee
Chaired subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Key Positions:
For abortion rights
For welfare reform
For cutting the capital gains tax
For environmental programs
For both Gulf wars
For using force to take out Manuel Noriega
For free trade with China
Author of five books, including "The Power Broker," a biography of the late Democratic Party chair John Bailey, and "The Scorpion and the Tarantula," which deals with nuclear proliferation. ............
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