Rove Versus Lieberman: Rove Tried To Kill Lieberman As VP Pick

Politico reports that Karl Rove tried to pressure Joe Lieberman into withdrawing his name from consideration as John McCain's running mate:

Republican strategist Karl Rove called Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) late last week and urged him to contact Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to withdraw his name from vice presidential consideration, according to three sources familiar with the conversation.

Lieberman dismissed the request, these sources agreed.

Lieberman "laughed at the suggestion and certainly did not call [McCain] on it," said one source familiar with the details.

"Rove called Lieberman," recounted a second source. "Lieberman told him he would not make that call."

The New York Times reports that McCain has decided who his running mate will be and will announce the decision on Friday.

Comments

[4gloria]

"Rove tried to kill..."

The man's legacy in 5 words or less

[Biracial1]

So

[Martha12]

McCain should obviously pick Hillary Clinton, the star of his ads, and source of his admiration.

[American Pie]

as looney as it sounds, John Stewart once suggested directly to McCain.

Wouldn't it be a hoot if McCain beat the dems with Mighty Joe & Hillary?

[RacePace7]

McCain is on the verge of being pistol whipped by the GOP base if he picks a pro-choice candidate as VP. After winning over evangelicals by reaffirming to Rick Warren that he's 100% pro-life and would choose Supreme Court justices like Scalia and Thomas, he needs to do a rather tricky bank shot to pick a VP that keeps the Right Wing base happy and also keeps pro-choice Independents from fleeing a sinking ship.

Frankly, I'd love to see him pick Hillary, then have her tell him, "Only if you agree to adopt my universal health care plan, roll back the tax cuts for the weathiest American, and agree to pick more Supreme Court justices like Souter and Ginsburg."

[VegetableMan]

wouldn't it be a hoot if you stopped wasting bandwidth with stupid posts and had something pertinent to add to the conversation?

[unionave]

THE SAD THING ABOUT THE GOP IS IT HAS BECOME THE PARTY OF MEAN PEOPLE . TAKE HEALTH CARE ; THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WERE NO HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES (HIC) AND WE HAD A PERSONAL RELATION WITH THE DOCTOR WHOSE OBJECTIVE WAS TO CURE OUR AILMENTS . WE ALL KNOW THE PAIN HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES (HIC) HAVE CAUSED US AND WE KNOW THAT WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE (UHC) IT WOULD MEAN THE END OF HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES . WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTH (UHC) CARE WE WOULD ALL AS AMERICANS TOGETHER HELP OUR FELLOW AMERICANS BUT THE GOP SIDES WITH THE (HIC) AND CALL THIS SOCIALISM . IN OTHER WORDS THEY ARE AGAINST AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS . THAT IS MEAN !

[HazelPethigFan]

Please don't yell (PDY)

[Ish11]

Job Announcement,
JM campaign is seeking to hire a VP
Experience in nursing home a must. Must be willing to remind the POTUS about facts all the time.
Must be willing to work 24 hrs as a phone might ring at 3 am to show the POTUS which on is red.
Qualifications, RN. (Registered Nurse)

[mary82]

LOL

[MsYellowDog]

The Right Wing specializes in "mean."Not just about health care,but every other aspect of life!

[RushLiberal]

It will be Cheney - McCain is going to pick Cheney.

[MDinOK]

Then I say pray! And if you have never prayed, I still say pray!

[zendem1]

Karl: "Mccain, you abolutely cannot pick Lieberman! it would be a disaster. And if you do, Daddy Bush will tell his firends not to give you any more money."
McCain: "Who's Joe Lieberman?"

[confuseddemocrat]

LOL

[landmine]

Can't imagine anyone who McCain picks will help him much. ..unless he picks a woman.

[barbarianatthegate]

"John Mc Cain / Condi Rice 2008

Rice is 5 times smarter than Mc Cain.

Rice would be Mc Cains Cheny lol"

Five times zero is still zero!

[HazelPethigFan]

Don't worry rove, all signs point to Governor No (pawlenty) as VP.

[VegetableMan]

completely off topic and a totally hypocritical waste of bandwidth i'm gonna commit here, but you have one of the coolest screen names ever! hazel pethig was great!

we may now return to political discourse...

[JiminNC]

Republican theater - not interested.

[FirstShirt]

I wouldn't either if I was a democrat. You have such a history of success.

[Paganus]

This coming from supporter of the party that gave us arguably the most unsuccessful presidency in US History.

All the GOP cares about is wielding power. There is no further end for them - thus the obsession with winning.

[MBFLA]

Whomever McCain picks may very well end up being the president due to McCain's history with cancer and his increasing memory issues. While I will never vote for McCain, I hope everyone who does thinks very seriously about his running mates qualifications to be the POTUS!

[firewmn]

also just the stress.. Look how each president ages with entering the office.. Drastically.. I don't think his heart can take the stress..

[boing007]

SanityClaus

Reporting commonly known facts is not outing. It's been discussed for years in Fla. newspapers.

Crist has also been engaged twice before, and always before elections, and both times he broke off the engagements after the election. So Todd's reporting on a known pattern of conduct.

Besides, it takes one to know one, if you know what I mean...

Liberace was an expert at this game.

[Witchitalineman]

Who really cares? I am just stumped as to what I am going to watch next week on television; certainly not interested at all in the republican one!

[comacoma]

If McCain fails to pick a running mate with experience as a POW won't that effectively negate the one "qualification" for President McCAin claims to have?

republicans are the enemy of a free world.

[blueshield]

Lieberman: I've never been a POW, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.

[marymansour]

LOL!

[FirstShirt]

Keep making the POW jokes. They are a hoot in middle school.

[ex-pat]

That almost cost me my morning coffee.

[FirstShirt]

"republicans are the enemy of a free world."

Interesting philosophy. Hillary, Biden and even Daschle said McCain was qualified to be the President.

[comacoma]

You need only look at their behavior to confirm it....

[Paganus]

And your point....?

[JennyJay]

McCain will ALWAYS have Lieberman by his side, as VP or something else. Lieberman is McCain's
CAREGIVER., his protector, his enabler. Rove is an idiot if he doesn't recognize how symbiotic
these two guys are. BUY ONE - GET ONE FREE - no matter what.

[Wilburrr]

"BUY ONE - GET ONE FREE"

You couldn't PAY me enough. If you did buy one, think how long you would have to wait in that Wal-Mart line to return it!!