# 2000 Democratic VP candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 27, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479 "2024-03-27T21:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/1 "2024-03-27T21:48:18Z")
(If someone beat me to it, go ahead and merge the threads.) CNN is talking about it right now; they’re saying that he died from complications of a fall. RIP. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/2 "2024-03-27T22:19:05Z")
Interesting fellow - politicians now wouldn’t know what to make of him! ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/3 "2024-03-27T22:44:11Z")
Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/4 "2024-03-27T22:48:18Z")
I was sorry to hear this. he seemed like an okay guy to me. In reading about his death I learned that apparently John McCain wanted Joe as a running mate. Interesting choice, but of course it wouldn’t fly with the GOP bigwigs, who thought it would lead to a split in the party. I guess they worried about that back then. I find myself wondering what the Republican Party would look like today if their 2008 ticket was McCain Lieberman. I don’t think McCain would have won, but the election I think would have been closer, and I can’t help but wonder if the whole Trump thing might have gone differently if he hadn’t had Sarah Palin to lead the way to crazy. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/5 "2024-03-27T22:57:45Z")
Good riddance to Joe LIeberman, (D-Aetna). If it wasn’t for him we’d have a public option in the ACA. He considered joining a Republican ticket. With Democrats like him, who needs Republicans? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/6 "2024-03-27T23:12:28Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Good riddance. This is a terrible thing to say, and I 100% endorse it. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/7 "2024-03-27T23:12:57Z")
I just remember he campaigned against violent video games, so I thought he was a jackass even as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/8 "2024-03-27T23:27:26Z")
I remember when he served as Al Franken’s Vice President. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/9 "2024-03-28T00:20:38Z")
Yeah, not a lot good I can say about Lieberman. The very definition of a corporatist Democrat, who regularly used self-serving, heavy-handed moralizing to justify his positions. Was effectively a Republican after his 2006 election, as he lost the Democratic primary that year and only won as an independent with Republican votes. He played more than a little footsie with the Trump Administration, introducing Betsy DeVos at her confirmation hearing and interviewing with Trump as a possible FBI Director. And of course, he further besmirched himself in these last few years with the No Labels business. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/10 "2024-03-28T02:41:17Z")
He reminded me of the dad from Alf. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/11 "2024-03-28T02:49:04Z")
What? If only ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/12 "2024-03-28T03:06:40Z")
At least Zell Miller will have someone to keep him company in Hell. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/13 "2024-03-28T04:16:45Z")
Bye, Felicia! ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/14 "2024-03-28T06:49:40Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > He reminded me of the dad from Alf. This made me laugh way more than it should have. Kudos ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/15 "2024-03-28T07:01:39Z")
heh the electronic game world wont be mourning him either ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/16 "2024-03-28T11:15:03Z")
Everytime he spoke he sounded like he was straining to pinch a deuce. He does shine though, compared to the sorry crop of “lawmakers” currently serving. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/17 "2024-03-28T11:27:36Z")
He wasn’t on my “better dead” list but let’s be honest; he was kind of a putz. As a jew I was always very disappointed in him, especially in the last couple years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/18 "2024-03-28T11:47:20Z")
I certainly didn’t wish him dead and I’m sure he was a decent fellow but since the 2000 Election I didn’t have much respect for him. In particular his opposition to Obama in 2008 has always bothered me and his opposition to the ACA was disappointing in the extreme. And his recent involvement with the No Labels morons made me wish he would just shut up and go away. He wasn’t directly responsible for the rise of Trump but in many ways I see him as an enabler. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/19 "2024-03-30T00:18:55Z")
I was not a fan. I don’t wish anyone (almost) dead, but I can’t say I mourn this guy. He might as well have been a republican. I have no idea why he was a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479/20 "2024-03-30T00:27:26Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I have no idea why he was a Democrat. He leaned all over the place, but pro choice, pro gun control…and Connecticut does lean Dem on Senators. But he did hold a lot of crappy Republican beliefs as well. > **[Political positions of Joe Lieberman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Joe_Lieberman)** > > Joe Lieberman (February 24, 1942 – March 27, 2024) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. He was an Independent prior to his death. > In spring 2000, Lieberman among other centrist Democrats founded the Senate New Democrat Coalition. In January 2007, Lieberman described himself as being "genuinely an Independent," saying "I agr...