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| This comes from the Dec 31, 2000, issue of National Review. We all love Joe on the war, but has the McCain camp read this? Orthodox Democrat The fall of Joe Lieberman. Jay Nordlinger 'Say it ain't so, Joe" -- it was one of the most common headlines of the 2000 campaign. And it was found not only in the conservative press, but in more mainstream precincts as well. The "Joe," of course, was Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Al Gore's running mate, and increasingly his likeness. In myriad ways, Lieberman disappointed his old admirers, and attracted new ones. And it was, indeed, "so." For about ten years, Lieberman had been many Republicans' favorite Democrat: the very model of a "New Democrat," freed of the nonsense of his party's Left. But then he had his rendezvous with Al Gore and national Democratic status, and collapsed like a house of cards. To be sure, the Lieberman style remained intact: the religiosity, the sanctimony, the self -- absorption. But the substance of the man seemed to evaporate before our eyes. This led to the jibe "All yarmulke, no Torah" (to go with the less fresh "All hat, no cattle" applied to George W. Bush). #more# Even in a profession packed with egos, Joe Lieberman stands out. He sometimes brings to mind the old expression, "He'll die in his own arms." And a man once seen as almost above politics -- a thinker, a statesman, a man of "conscience" -- is now understood to be an ordinary pol, or worse. Three weeks into ... |
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