Lieberman's Step Son, Rabbi Ethan Tucker says I am voting for Obama

[EV_Ares]

There's one less Democrat listening to Sen. Joe Lieberman. Rabbi Ethan Tucker, the senator's step son, offered up his opinion on the difficulties facing Obama in reaching out to the Jewish community:

Tucker, 32, the biological son of Lieberman's wife, Hadassah, opines that an age split is apparent within the Jewish community in attitudes about Obama (as has also been shown in the overall Democratic constituency). Tucker, as paraphrased by reporter Jodi Kantor, asserts that younger Jews "have grown up in diverse settings and are therefore less likely to be troubled by Mr. Obama's associations than their elders."
So where does Rabbi Tucker fall on Obama, whose foreign policy bona fides were bashed by his stepfather in a recent editorial? Actually, he's backing Obama. Apparently, Obama's associations aren't a problem for him:

"Rabbi Tucker said he had given money to Mr. Obama and would vote for him in the fall. 'If association was the litmus test of identity, everyone would be a hopeless mishmash of confusion, or you'd have no friends,' he said."
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[mac2]

1. Is this a surprise....Joe who wants the Iraq war to continue?

[sellitman]

2. I wonder how he will vote when LIEberman is on McSame's ticket?

Hope he sticks to his guns.

[onenote]

3. since that vote would be in a fantasy league, does it really matter?

Joe L will not be the repub vp nominee. Period.

[sellitman]

4. I bet he will.

If he doesn't then why has he followed McSame around like a poodle?

[onenote]

5. I'll take that bet in an instant

For all of his faults, and they are too many to list, Joe L is generally pro-choice. And the last thing McCain -- and the repub party -- is going to do is put someone who is pro-choice a heartbeat away from a 71 year old president.

If McCain got elected, would Joe L get a spot in his adminsitration? If he wanted it, yep. But the VP spot? Not a chance.

[sellitman]

7. It would take Joe 2 seconds to flip his vote on abortion.

If McSame can flip his vote on torture, LIEberman would flip in a NY minute.

[onenote]

8. the fundies wouldn't believe him.

Not. Going. To. Happen.

Over the years, McCain has cast some votes that don't sit well with the orthodoxy of his party. FOr example, while he generally gets high marks from right to life groups (and low marks from pro-choice groups), he voted for stem cell research. His ratings from the NRA have, historically, been mediocre. Lieberman, on the other hand, generally gets high marks from pro-choice and gun control groups. There is far too much history there for the right to simply expect Lieberman to move to the right of McCain on those issues. McCain has to find someone who already is to his right on those issues.

[sellitman]

10. The Fundies are staying home in droves this time out.

No one McSame picks will have an influence on this fact.

[justgamma]

6. because somebody has to whisper the correct answers in his ear? n/t

[billyoc]

9. Secretary of War.

Joe's itchin' to get his Iran on.