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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

To be more accurate, Al Gore thought Lieberman should be Veep, and the D's pretty much had to go along with it. I don't know how he would have done if a veep primary existed, but his selection certainly was a turnoff for me.

Winning is not your goal; you press principle.

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Principle over winning is one big reason why so many Democrats ran to Ralph Nader that year.

Not putting Joe "No freedom from religion" Lieberman near the White House was a big part of that principle, and while many Naderites today regret those votes, Lieberman himself's done nothing to prove them wrong.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by tw

So the purpose of America is to increase power in the Republican Party?~snip

No, the purpose, actually he said strategic objective, of the party is to increase power for the party.