skippy the bush kangaroo: has-been endorses never-was

Sunday, December 16, 2007

has-been endorses never-was

independent jerk joe liberman will endorse john mccain. politico:

sen. joseph lieberman (conn.), who was on the national democratic ticket in 2000, will cross the aisle to endorse sen. john mccain (r-ariz.) tomorrow, republican sources said.

the two will appear together on fox news on monday, then at an 8 a.m. town hall meeting in hillsborough, n.h. they will talk with reporters after the meeting. mccain is also scheduled to appear on nbc's "today" program.

the move, which will help cultivate mccain's moderate status, is an effort to draw attention to the mccain campaign, which needs a splash. otherwise, it does not make sense for mccain because it will only remind core republicans why they distrust him.

that's right, both lieberman and mccain are moderates, because they want to keep america fighting in iraq with guns and not nukes.

this could be an incredibly important coup for mccain, because everyone knows how much independents in new hampshire care about what connecticut senators have to say.

but at least mccain will actually get the endorsement, which is more than mitt "don't call me baseball glove" romney can say about the nra. however, that didn't stop him. washpost:

later in the interview [on meet the press], he added the following:

"i just talked about, about guns. i told you what my position was, and what i, what i did as governor; the fact that i received the endorsement of the nra."
the problem?

he was never endorsed by the nra, and didn't have their official support during his 2002 gubernatorial campaign. the nra declined to endorse in that race, as was acknowledged by romney's spokesman this morning.

we thought if you were mormon you couldn't lie, and that's the reason you get more than one wife.

Labels: lieberman, mccain, prez campaign, primaries