Joe Lieberman's middle name

[Tx4obama]

In today's crossword puzzle in the newspaper the clue for #1 down was: Joe Lieberman's middle name

I thought that was the strangest clue ever.

I know most of the U.S. Senators' first and last names but not the majority of their middle names.

I looked up Lieberman on Wikipedia and his middle name is: Isadore

I'm wondering why the hell they would have even put that in the crossword puzzle, what was their purpose behind it?

Very strange!

[Electric Monk]

1. I did not know that.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Well, I was way off.

Unless Isadore means worthless, backstabbing shitstain in Hebrew.

[Scuba]

16. Bingo

[dsc]

3. My guess is that they needed that letter combo

and didn't know any other isadores.

[Response]

4. What do you believe the purpose behind it was?

[Tx4obama]

6. I think they put it in there to make fun of him and his middle name.

There was absolutely no reason to compose the puzzle in a way that they would have to include a clue that 99.999999% of the folks wouldn't know the answer to - other than to be snarky.

[Response]

9. I hate when crossword editors conspire to embarrass

Joe Lieberman like this.

[Tx4obama]

13. LOL, well if there is a puzzle conspiracy - it would be more fun than ...

some of the other conspiracies that have been debunked but still won't go away :)

[Tunkamerica]

11. good for them.

good for you.

good for him.

[tabatha]

5. A word with the letters required for the crossing words?

[Puzzler]

7. FYI ...

... New York Times crossword clues for ISADORE over the last decade:


Thursday, June 02, 2011 12D ___ Freleng, creator of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (2)
Friday, October 22, 2010 1D ___ Sharp, founder of Four Seasons Hotels
Thursday, March 18, 2010 15A Middle name of Sen. Joe Lieberman
Saturday, December 08, 2007 37D Early screenwriter Bernstein
Saturday, June 25, 2005 23A Architect Louis ___ Kahn
Saturday, February 05, 2005 37D ___ Freleng, creator of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (2)

[Tx4obama]

10. Mine was in The Houston Chronicle, puzzle provided by Tribune Media Services

They even left off: Sen./Senator

Thanks for the info :)

[lbrtbell]

8. I thought his middle name was "Douchebag"

You learn something new every day. :evilgrin:

[phasma ex machina]

12. +1

[Fearless]

14. And here I am, a fool for saying it was Asshat for years!

[TexasTowelie]

15. The intended response was Isadork,

but the creator of the crossword puzzle screwed up. Either response would still refer to Lieberman though.

[FarCenter]

17. Thought that he was Joe "Likud" Lieberman?