I gather Lieberman was effective

[Onlooker]

I watched Thompson (who I thought was so-so), but I couldn't bare to watch Lieberman. From the tone of the posts here, am I right that he was effective? How effective was he in terms of helping McCain or hurting Obama among Republicans and Independents? Any thoughts?

[spanone]

1. preaching to the choir

[FrenchieCat]

2. Democrats, Republicans and Indepedent dislike Droopy loserman

more than they do Obama.....just like they respect Al Gore more than loserman.

[TwilightGardener]

3. I don't know--how "effective" is stringing together cliches and hackneyed

applause lines in a whiny schoolmarm voice?

[high density]

4. It wasn't effective

It made Democrats angry, Repukes applauded as if they were in bizarro world, and I suspect "independents" couldn't care less about what Joe LIEberman says about John McCain.

[Thrill]

5. The whole tone is boring. So its hard to say whether it will have any effect

[cameozalaznick]

6. He did actually get Republicans to applaud Bill Clinton

Bill Cliinton! Applauded! At a Republican convention! I think I feel the earth reversing it's rotation.

[anakie]

16. I bet those that did applaud

weren't listening and when the APPLAUSE light came on they clapped regardless of who was saying what.

Dickheads.



Peace

[dontforgetpoland]

7. Lieberman: Noun, Verb, Boring

[Chan790]

27. Did you expect anything else?

The Senator's constituents (me included) refer to him as Senator Droopy Dog.

[Riddler]

8. Amazing to me that a Jewish-American would even show his face at this Nazi-fest.

[book_worm]

9. well of course Lieberman would get applause at the GOP convention by saying he was voting for InSane

but if InSane had tried to nominate him he would have been challenged on the floor.

[MichDem10]

10. Hackery at its best!

[MichDem10]

11. Hackery at its best!

[RollWithIt]

12. He was effective to average Americans awake at 11PM on a Tuesday who don't care....

Other than that he was great. Wait. NOT!

[Stagecoach]

13. His tone

didn't sound like it had much conviction behind it. It's like he gave the speech but it didn't sound like he was sure he wanted to say what he was saying.

[Orangepeel]

14. He succeeded in making Democrats angry, which made republicans happy.

maybe 1/2 dozen McCain leaners will get off the fence.

[K8-EEE]

15. No not particularly he just

pissed me off by announcing he was a Democrat....A LIE....PISSED ME OFF!

[VoteNetwork]

17. My friends...

Lieberman's career is over. Imagine how fast he'll recapitulate in a majority Senate.

[Quixote1818]

18. Not memorable. People won't remember a word he sad in two days. nt

[Avalux]

19. Lieberman pissed of Democrats. He pissed off Republicans too.

I don't think he succeeded in doing anything but making everyone wonder what the hell he was doing there.

[AlCzervik]

20. we aren't the most objective crowd here ya know? I think he sounded like a pandering

traitorous bastard. See, i'm biased.

[anigbrowl]

21. I thought Thompson was a lot better. Liebermann just seemed like a war trophy.

He's the Tokyo Rose of the 2008 political battle.

[Raine]

22. I don't know if he was very effective but

he was maddening cause he kept lying and claiming to be a Democrat.

[toddGA]

23. I like how he avoided answering whether Palin would be ready to be

commander in chief. finally, he grudgingly said she'd be ready...

[Stagecoach]

25. Yes

That sounded like I like McCain, but I don't so like his choice for VP. LOL

[npk]

24. I don't know how any respectable conservative could trust Lieberman

He is a slime ball that proved he has no real beliefs or ideology, he is only interested in political expediency. I would have at least had some respect for a person that says I have decided to support the democrats or I support the republicans, if the truly believe that the other party is representing their current values better than the other. But what Lieberman did was just spineless. I would consider him a snake in the grass. I wouldn't be surprised if sometime down the road he does another switcharu this time to the republicans. So I just can't see how a true conservative/republican could actually trust this man.

[Bobbie Jo]

26. 1!1!

[Awsi Dooger]

28. I thought they were all horrible

I try to have a balanced perspective on how things will play to a large audience, and most of my sportsbook friends are conservatives. But tonight bombed, as far as I was concerned. It was more begging than persuasive.

Lieberman's only advantage was going last. He was less awkward than Thompson and smiled throughout.

The GOP's only edge in general is having the second convention. If the Democratic speeches followed these it would be clear cut which ones were superior. But it's like a race track where the feature race is followed by a claiming race and you leave the track impressed with the lousy horse that just won the final event you saw.