Joe Lieberman: The Darling of the DLC
Washington, Aug. 4 (EIRNS)At the National Press Club here today, Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman (Senator from Connecticut and Al Gore's 2000 running mate), gave a speech in which he said he was charting out the future of the Democratic Party.
Lieberman's basic point, as befits a favorite of the "moderate" Democratic Leadership Council, was that the Democratic Party daren't risk opposing the war in Iraq, the war on terror, the police-state Patriot Act, and the likeand if it is "pushed to the left" (as he called it), it will wind up "in the political wilderness."
The speech featured the following hard-core DLC points:
*Economymore free trade. "I imagine America fighting for both free trade and fairer trade, opening up new markets and cracking down on unfair foreign practices...."
*War"FDR recognized, too, the necessity of meeting tyranny with force.... Kennedy was also for a strong defense...."
*Domestic security"George Bush resists a Homeland Security Department and then underfunds it...."
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