2 Missing From the Convention -- and Not Welcome: "If Lieberman showed his face...."

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT: 2 Missing From the Convention -- and Not Welcome
By MARK LEIBOVICH
Published: August 26, 2008


(Ruth Fremson/NYT)
Senators Joseph I. Lieberman and John Edwards at a Democratic presidential forum in 2004. It seems unlikely they will participate in another any time soon.

DENVER — Let’s play a game: Who would draw more contempt if he showed up here this week, Joseph I. Lieberman or John Edwards?

“Lieberman, definitely,” said Lola Hopper, a delegate from Texas. “If he showed his face, he’d have to leave town in the back of a trunk.” Edwards? “He’d have to go into hiding, but Lieberman would be worse.”

Yep, that seemed the consensus among delegates surveyed about the last two Democratic running mates, both of whom have become party pariahs, but for different reasons.

Mr. Lieberman, the lapsed Democratic senator from Connecticut and Al Gore’s running mate in 2000, is supporting John McCain’s presidential campaign and will speak at next week’s Republican convention. He may even be in the running to be Mr. McCain’s Number Two.

Mr. Edwards, the former presidential candidate and John Kerry’s wing man in 2004, just recently admitted to an affair two years ago with a former campaign staffer, Rielle Hunter. His wife, Elizabeth, suffers from incurable breast cancer. While Mr. Edwards is hardly missed here ("He’s a sick puppy,” said New Hampshire delegate Lou D’Allesandro), Mr. Lieberman is certifiable delegate poison.

Indeed, on the scale of veep violations, it appears that Mr. Lieberman committed a much greater infraction jumping into bed with Republicans than Mr. Edwards did with Ms. Hunter. As Phil Johnston, a Massachusetts delegate put it: “"Edwards was only unfaithful to his wife. Lieberman was unfaithful to an entire party.”...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/us/politics/27pariah.html

[Libby2]

1. Dammit John!!!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

7. I know !

[Parche]

2. Edwards Is Fine

Lieberman is a traitor............i hope mccane picks him, so they both lose

[cyberpj]

3. So why is Lieberman still listed as DLC? And McPOW can be Pres candidate but Edwards can't show up?

Right.

[Alexander]

5. Edwards endangered the entire party by running this year...

If he had won the nomination or even been chosen as the VP nominee again, we would be doomed.

Edwards could have single-handedly torpedoed our chances this year.

[Alexander]

4. Let's just hope we don't have similar feelings about Biden down the road.

[bushisanidiot]

6. Edwards cheating can't compare to all the affairs McCondo had

Leiberman is Judas.

[eshfemme]

8. It's a no brainer-- Lieberman!

Even Harry Reid is sharpening his knives for Lieberman after the elections are over. So yeah, he is definitely persona non grata.