Lieberman On Palin: "Thank God She's Not Gonna Have To Be President From Day One"

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Lieberman on Friday skirted a question on whether vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is ready from day one to be president, saying "thank God" she won't have to be.

Lieberman, I-Conn., who has helped prep the Alaska governor on foreign policy issues, said his pal and GOP presidential nominee, John McCain, is in good health.

"Thank God, she's not gonna have to be president from day one, because McCain's going to be alive and well," Lieberman said in a conference call with reporters.

Lieberman said he was confident that Palin, whose foreign policy background has been questioned by Democrats, could step in and handle the chief executive's job.

"If, God forbid, an accident occurs or something of that kind, she'll be ready," Lieberman said. "She's had executive experience. She's smart and she will have had on-the-job training."

Lieberman added that if Democrat Barack Obama wins the White House, he would support his presidency.

"I hope and pray, and I am working my heart out for McCain to be elected our next president, but if for whatever the reason he is not, I am going to do everything I can to be part of bringing people together across party lines to support the new president so he can succeed," Lieberman said. "What's at stake for our country is just too serious."

Lieberman was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000 and was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 as an independent.

Comments

[KeithMayass]

tic toc tic toc, the broom is coming joe the pinhead

[Whinger]

Good-bye Joe, you gotta go, me oh my oh!

[sowhatdemos]

Yeah, what he said!
BEST REASON I CAN THINK OF TO GET A SENATE MAJORITY ON NOV. 4th!!
Goodby. traitor joe...

[KeithMayass]

atomic barf

after joe the plumber, joe the l.i.a.r

[THE JEDI 69]

Wow....this dude gives good people who happen to be jewish a horrible name..wow....

[Jackyldo]

Joe, nice of you to try and grab some middle ground and appear moderate. Have to say after the past 10 months I don't trust the words coming out of your mouth.

[BARRISTER]

He is now repositioning himself as a "centrist" as he sees the writing on the wall leading to his banishment into Political ignominy.

[chronic]

You stole my thunder! LOL


Lieberman knows his days are numbered and is trying to salvage what lil reputation he has left which is zero!

[rich misty]

He got thrown out of the Dem party for a reason... I helped Lamont's campaign that unseated him from the Dem ticket, that was a starter...

[rich misty]

I apologize if you see this information more than once, but... We need to gang up to completely break the machine:

Yesterday, David Frum at AEI went to press in the Washington Post and threw in the towell on the McCain campaign. On the second page of his column he identified two tactical moves that the RNC _must_ do immediately:

1. Every available dollar that can be shifted to a senatorial campaign must be shifted to a senatorial campaign.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102302081_2.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Compare that to the analysis from Dr. Sam Wang at the Princeton Election Consortium last week:

http://election.princeton.edu/2008/10/14/get-on-the-bus/

A last minute surge, even a small one, will make a significant difference. Please pass the word around:

http://www.senateguru.com/

[hey0there]

i still cant believe i cast a vote that had this guys name on it. never never never again. repugnant.

[jackstone54]

Lieberman is an opportunist and turncoat! He should be jettisoned along with McCain, Palin and the rest of the GOPhers after the elections.

[gcallaghan]

Lieberman on Palin: "Thank God She's Not Gonna Have To Be President From Day One"

Coincidentally, Joe, Neither will mcpow.

[landoffools]

Such a funny Little Man is Joe !

When all is said and done Joe, yourself and John can then scorn public opinion, take each others hand, and walk into the sunset !

Its time you two !!!!!

[typingisnotactivism]

Palin stands for mostly the wrong things but at least she stands for something. Liebermann stands only for himself. He is a simpering douchenozzle who sounds like Droopy Dog, acts like a rabid dog, and looks like a scrotum.

[bby328]

you can put lipstick on a scrotum butt it still looks like a Liebermannnn.!

[wanked]

HAaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaa­aahahahaha

hee hee

[Js420]

Lieberman is a republican, whispering into mcCains ear is love

[t mout]

Just dined out for the weekend. It was fabulous flying around the country enjoying a smorgasbord of red hot Republican candi-hates after which fresh cool blue water was downed, soothing the throat and satisfying the soul. Didn’t put all the money on one dish. But, tried a dollar taste sampler of the FL dish, the AK dish, the TX dish etc. Yummy!

To dine out this weekend go to
http://www.actblue.com/page/orangetoblue

[Spesabsquemetu]

Is it me .........or is Liebermann starting to look like McCain?!!!!!!