‘Your World’ remembers Joe Lieberman
FOX News host Neil Cavuto remembers former Connecticut senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, calling him “very different” and “very special” on “Your World.” I told you the reason.
On Friday, political dignitaries, family and friends gathered to remember the late Joe Lieberman at his funeral in Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Lieberman grew up the son of a liquor store owner in the hometown of a four-term U.S. senator who came within a few hundred votes. He became the first Jewish vice president in 2000.
Lieberman’s family said he died Wednesday in New York City from complications caused by a fall. He was 82 years old.
Services will be held at Agudath Sholom Monastery in Stamford. The congregation played an important role early in life for Lieberman, a self-described strict Jew who followed the Jewish Sabbath rules from sundown on Fridays to sundown on Saturdays.
Simply “Lieberman”: The independent and mysterious politics of the late Connecticut Democratic Party.
He recalled that the congregation’s former synagogue building was “the place that gave me my first sense of religion, the place that gave me a very special sense of elation,” according to a post on the congregation’s website. It is said that he did.
“I feel very lucky. It’s a real asset to have kept my Jewish heritage,” he said. “Religious Catholics and Protestants find a bond of common values in my beliefs and positions. This is why I am proud to be an American.”
Former Vice President Al Gore, who nominated Lieberman as his running mate in 1980, met Lieberman with senior Connecticut Democratic Party officials, including former Sens. Chris Dodd, Richard Blumenthal, and Chris Murphy. He was scheduled to attend a Friday morning service with Governor Ned Lamont and others. Rivals who once competed for a Senate seat. A second public commemorative ceremony is planned to be held in the future.
Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman waves to members of the media as he leaves the West Wing of the White House on May 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. Mr. Lieberman’s funeral will be held on March 29, 2024 in his hometown of Lieberman. Stamford, Connecticut. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Mr. Lieberman, a former state Senate majority leader and attorney general, was known for his pragmatic and independent approach. Lieberman, a moderate Democrat, ended up running as an independent for a fourth term in the Senate, but in 2008 he became Republican John McCain’s running mate. I almost got close. But conservatives balked at the idea of hiring Lieberman, who is known for supporting gay rights. He is focused on civil rights, abortion rights, and the environment, but takes hawkish positions on military and national security issues.
President Joe Biden on Thursday called Lieberman a friend and “a principled, steadfast, fearless person who stands up for what he thinks is right.”
“Joe believed in a common purpose in serving something bigger than ourselves,” Biden, who served with Lieberman in the Senate for 20 years, said in a statement. “He lived the values of his faith while working to repair the world’s wounds.”
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Mr. Lieberman came seductively close to winning the vice president’s seat in the controversial 2000 presidential election, which ended after a protracted recount, legal challenges and a Supreme Court decision.・Mr. W. Bush defeated Mr. Gore by a margin of 537 votes and was selected as the vice presidential candidate. He was the first Jewish candidate to run for president of a major political party.
For the past decade, Lieberman has helped lead the centrist third-party movement No Labels, which has announced it will field unnamed candidates for president and vice president this year. Some Democratic-aligned groups oppose the effort, fearing it could lead to Republican candidate Donald Trump winning the White House.
Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, have four children.
