Joe Lieberman Republican Convention Speech (VIDEO)

Watch Joe Lieberman's speech from the GOP convention.

Read Joe Lieberman's remarks as prepared for the Republican Convention.

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On why he supports John McCain to be our next president:
"And that brings me directly to why I am here tonight. What, after all, is a Democrat like me doing at a Republican convention like this? The answer is simple. I'm here to support John McCain because country matters more than party. I'm here tonight because John McCain is the best choice to bring our country together and lead our country forward. I'm here because John McCain's whole life testifies to a great truth: being a Democrat or a Republican is important. But it is not more important than being an American."

On John McCain's dedication to putting country before politics or self-interest:
"John understands that it shouldn't take a natural disaster like Hurricane Gustav to get us to take off our partisan blinders and work together to get things done. It shouldn't take a natural disaster to teach us that the American people don't care much if you have an "R" or a "D" after your name. What they care about is: are we solving the problems they are up against every day?
"What you can expect from John McCain as President is precisely what he has done this week: which is to put country first. That is the code by which he has lived his entire life, and that is the code he will carry with him into the White House. I have personally seen John over and over again bring people together from both parties to tackle our toughest problems we face."

On John McCain's commitment to victory in Iraq:
"Especially at a time of war, we need a president we can count on to fight for what's right for our country - not only when it is easy, but when it is hard. When others were silent, John McCain had the judgment to sound the alarm about the mistakes we were making in Iraq. When others wanted to retreat in defeat from the field of battle, when Barack Obama was voting to cut off funding for our troops on the ground, John McCain had the courage to stand against the tide of public opinion and support the surge and because of that, today, our troops are at last beginning to come home, not in failure, but in honor!"

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Comments

[SteveStephens]

02:32 PM on 09/03/2008

Man, is Lieberman the most boring politician ever , or what? what a drip.

[herhonor]

12:49 PM on 09/03/2008

I am beginning to believe the world has gone insane. First Palin, then Traitor Joe; then Gullianni defending her and stating this morning that she is the most revered Govenor in the country right now. GAG! How can these people sleep at night.

[dutt]

11:02 AM on 09/03/2008

Lieberman is right that we need to put aside our partisan politics he's just wrong about his choice of candidate. Obama is clearly the better choice. Obama has run a cleaner, less partisan campaign. Obama has a better grasp of the issues. To be quite honest I sometimes wish Obama weren't so non-partisan. After 8 years of an ultra-partisan Republican administration I'd like to see things swing the other way for while.

[stepintothelight]

08:37 AM on 09/03/2008

And after O campaigned to help this back stabber. Never trust this mans priorities.

[seal62]

07:03 AM on 09/03/2008

here comes payback joe.

[herhonor]

12:44 PM on 09/03/2008

traitor joe

[metropixie]

03:21 AM on 09/03/2008

Joe Lieberman still calls himself a DemocRAT. He may well be, but one of the most vile, despicable, soulless, and spineless kind—the kind that Republicans would pounce on in a heartbeat if he weren't doing their bidings for them. Jesus had his traitor, and Lieberman isn't any different, by calling the forces of evil on Obama. Yak, what a rat.

[voyetra8]

01:34 AM on 09/03/2008

His claim that Obama voted to cut off troop funding is intellectually dishonest. Yes, Obama voted against a funding bill for the Iraq war, however, it was because it lacked a timetable for withdrawing troops. At the time, Obama said the bill would give Bush "a blank check to continue down this same, disastrous path."

It seems nobody wants to mention that on March 29, 2007, McCain himself voted against H.R. 1591, an emergency spending bill that would have funded the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and would have provided more than $1 billion in additional funds to the Department of Veterans Affairs. So I guess I will have to mention it for everyone myself.

[kayatarms]

12:14 AM on 09/03/2008

Joe Schmoe, he is a terrible person, he goes after Obama, but in 2006 he calls Obama personally to help him campaign in Connecticut, and sadder part, he knows Obama's record and his years of accomplishments otherwise he wouldn't have wanted him in his own campaign. Wonder how much in $$$ he's getting or which one of McClone's houses he gets ? Funny , he's a sore loser, he didn't win as a democrat!

[ThinkCreeps]

11:25 PM on 09/02/2008

Oh, good people of the State of Connecticut, while it cannot happen right away, come together and put aside your political history to run this self-serving scoundrel out of office.