NewsMax Article RatingRemembering Joe Lieberman, the Gentleman Democrat Republicans Loved
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60% Very Conservative
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11% Positive
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| "Where Weicker was a vigorous opponent of school prayer, Lieberman supported a moment of silent meditation in public schools." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Among his vigorous campaign canvassers were Yale Law School students named Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| In 2008, Lieberman publicly supported his close friend and Republican colleague John McCain for president. | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| In 2008, Lieberman publicly supported his close friend and Republican colleague John McCain for president. | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| And, as did just about just about everyone else who knew Joe Lieberman, they remembered him as a true gentleman.nn | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| What was inarguably most recalled about Lieberman, 82, was that whether one agreed or disagreed with him, the gentleman from Connecticut was just that: a genuine gentleman with a good nature, a sense of self-deprecation, and a steadfast refusal to say anything harsh about anyone.nn | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| Lieberman began his career in 1970 by upsetting State Senate Majority Leader Ed Marcus in the Democrat primary. | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| Lieberman would work closely with Arkansas Gov.-to-be Clinton in the centrist Democratic Leadership Conference (DLC) and helped him become president.nn | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| Lieberman would work closely with Arkansas Gov.-to-be Clinton in the centrist Democratic Leadership Conference (DLC) and helped him become president.nn | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| Lieberman won a three-candidate race with about half the votes and was supported by an estimated 70 | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| Undaunted, Lieberman promptly announced he would continue his campaign as an independent and conservatives nationwide rallied behind him. | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| Lieberman also was a regular speaker at events sponsored by the expatriate Iran Revolutionary Council calling for the overthrow of the Ayatollah's theocracy.nn | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| News of the death Wednesday of former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman unleashed memories from his fellow Democrats as well as Republicans -- not to mention reporters who covered him throughout his 40 years in elective office.nn | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| Where Weicker was a vigorous opponent of school prayer, Lieberman supported a moment of "silent meditation" in public schools.nn | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| In California, three high-profile Republicans weighed in with maximum ($1000 at the time) contributions for Lieberman: State Party Chairman Shawn Steel, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, and 1992 U.S. Senate nominee Bruce Herschensohnnn"I felt we | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| By 2006, Lieberman was an unyielding supporter of President George W. Bush's war on terror and the U.S. strikes into Iraq and Afghanistan. | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| At the White House, Press Secretary Tony Snow declined to answer whether President Bush supported Republican nominee Alan Schlesinger but offered words of praise for newly minted independent Lieberman.nn | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| In his twilight years, citizen Lieberman steadfastly spoke out for causes in which he believed. | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| Although sporting an overall liberal record on fiscal and cultural issues, Lieberman's support from conservative Republicans was pivotal. | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| Days before his death, Lieberman said of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to a radio interviewer: "For a majority leader, let alone the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in Washington, to tell Israelis that it's time to get rid of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu], that's outrageous. | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| Days before his death, Lieberman said of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to a radio interviewer: "For a majority leader, let alone the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in Washington, to tell Israelis that it's time to get rid of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu], that's outrageous. | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| In a career that spanned from his election to the state senate in 1970 until his retirement from the U.S. Senate in 2012, Lieberman only lost one race: a bid for the U.S. House from the Nutmeg State's 3rd District in 1980, in which Democrat Lieberman lost in a major upset to "Gypsy Moth" (moderate) Republican and fellow State Sen. Larry DeNardis.nn | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| In a career that spanned from his election to the state senate in 1970 until his retirement from the U.S. Senate in 2012, Lieberman only lost one race: a bid for the U.S. House from the Nutmeg State's 3rd District in 1980, in which Democrat Lieberman lost in a major upset to "Gypsy Moth" (moderate) Republican and fellow State Sen. Larry DeNardis.nn | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| But many voters, who came to meet the convivial Lieberman at coffees billed as "A Cup of Joe With Joe," came to like him and see the contrast with the often caustic Weicker.nn | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| Lieberman's appearance at the Republican National Convention that year fueled speculation that McCain would select as his running mate the man who only eight years before had been the Democrat vice presidential nominee.nn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| Lieberman's appearance at the Republican National Convention that year fueled speculation that McCain would select as his running mate the man who only eight years before had been the Democrat vice presidential nominee.nn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| When he took on the decidedly liberal (and often obnoxious) Republican Sen. Lowell P. Weicker in 1988, Lieberman was initially an underdog to the three-term incumbent. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| It was during this race that Lieberman, recently divorced, met a woman named Hadassah Freilich Tucker. | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| Lieberman bounced back two years later to be elected state attorney general.nn | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| Lieberman's clever commercials likened Weicker to a grizzly bear who did nothing but growl and make noise when he wasn't sleeping. | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| Conservative columnist William F. Buckley, Jr. launched "BuckPAC," an independent expenditure that attacked Weicker and touted Lieberman as an acceptable alternative.nn | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| Lieberman also took a hardline stand against Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, a contrast to Weicker's public embrace of Castro, and won over Connecticut's Cuban community. | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| Among his vigorous campaign canvassers were Yale Law School students named Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.nn | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| Among his vigorous campaign canvassers were Yale Law School students named Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.nn | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| Clinton never held any animosity toward his old friend and hailed his vice presidential nomination at the 2000 Democratic National Convention.nn | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| With many Republicans saying they would not vote for Weicker or Lieberman, Lieberman upset Weicker by 10,000 votes as Republican George H.W. Bush was carrying Connecticut for president. | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| With many Republicans saying they would not vote for Weicker or Lieberman, Lieberman upset Weicker by 10,000 votes as Republican George H.W. Bush was carrying Connecticut for president. | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "nnSchumer had nothing critical to say about Lieberman and hailed him after his death. | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "nnSchumer had nothing critical to say about Lieberman and hailed him after his death. | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| After two reelections to the Senate with more than 60 | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| After two reelections to the Senate with more than 60 | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| So did former President Barack Obama and other Democrats with whom Lieberman had clashed in the past.nn | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| So did former President Barack Obama and other Democrats with whom Lieberman had clashed in the past.nn | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| The ticket of Vice President Al Gore and Lieberman lost to Republicans George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in one of the closest and, up to that point, disputed races.nn | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| The ticket of Vice President Al Gore and Lieberman lost to Republicans George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in one of the closest and, up to that point, disputed races.nn | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| The ticket of Vice President Al Gore and Lieberman lost to Republicans George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in one of the closest and, up to that point, disputed races.nn | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| McCain later said he very much wanted to pick Lieberman but turned to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin when he became convinced the Connecticut man would be a hard sell on the convention floor.nn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| McCain later said he very much wanted to pick Lieberman but turned to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin when he became convinced the Connecticut man would be a hard sell on the convention floor.nn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| In 2017, he introduced controversial school choice proponent Betsy DeVos to her Senate confirmation hearings when President Donald Trump named her secretary of education.nn | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| In 2017, he introduced controversial school choice proponent Betsy DeVos to her Senate confirmation hearings when President Donald Trump named her secretary of education.nn | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| But when Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to his impeachment and trial in the Senate in 1999, Lieberman took to the Senate floor to say "what he did was awful." | Negative | -72% Liberal |
| But when Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to his impeachment and trial in the Senate in 1999, Lieberman took to the Senate floor to say "what he did was awful." | Negative | -72% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% : Where Weicker was a vigorous opponent of school prayer, Lieberman supported a moment of "silent meditation" in public schools.37% : Among his vigorous campaign canvassers were Yale Law School students named Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.
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