Lieberman to Give G.O.P. Convention Speech
By Michael Falcone
NYT blog
Will this be a Zell Miller moment?
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, one of Senator John McCain’s closest confidants and a frequent companion of his on the campaign trail, has earned a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, according to a G.O.P. official.
Mr. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut and former Democratic vice-presidential nominee to Al Gore, still maintains ties with the Democratic Party. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” earlier this month, Mr. Lieberman indicated that he would attend the Republican Convention, but that he was not going there to “spend my time attacking Barack Obama.”
“I’m going to go there really talking about why I support John McCain and why I hope a lot of other independents and Democrats will do that,” he said on the program. “And frankly, I’m going to go to a partisan convention and tell them, if I go, why it’s so important that we start to act like Americans and not as, as partisan mudslingers here in Washington.”
The Connecticut senator, who ran as an independent in 2006 after he lost his Democratic primary, has also been mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for Mr. McCain, though his presence on the ticket could ruffle the feathers of some conservatives because he was a supporter of abortion rights.
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NYT blog
Will this be a Zell Miller moment?
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, one of Senator John McCain’s closest confidants and a frequent companion of his on the campaign trail, has earned a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, according to a G.O.P. official.
Mr. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut and former Democratic vice-presidential nominee to Al Gore, still maintains ties with the Democratic Party. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” earlier this month, Mr. Lieberman indicated that he would attend the Republican Convention, but that he was not going there to “spend my time attacking Barack Obama.”
“I’m going to go there really talking about why I support John McCain and why I hope a lot of other independents and Democrats will do that,” he said on the program. “And frankly, I’m going to go to a partisan convention and tell them, if I go, why it’s so important that we start to act like Americans and not as, as partisan mudslingers here in Washington.”
The Connecticut senator, who ran as an independent in 2006 after he lost his Democratic primary, has also been mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for Mr. McCain, though his presence on the ticket could ruffle the feathers of some conservatives because he was a supporter of abortion rights.
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