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Gore and his running mate Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) did not visit the heavily Democratic state principally to win votes--Gore later attended a lucrative fundraiser...
...only democrat who is offended by Lieberman's wearing his religion on his sleeve [CAMPAIGN 2000, Aug. 21]? What ever happened to separation of church and state? This is more of a tent revival than an election. H. ALLISON HERGENROTHER Winter Park...
...After Lieberman was tapped as Gore's running mate, he said a public prayer. The partisan audience seemed delighted. If the Republicans had chosen a vice-presidential candidate from, say, the religious right, and he immediately prayed in public, liberals would be outraged. Political correctness in America has fostered a tolerance for minority behavior that would not be condoned in the majority. DORIS O'BRIEN Vandenberg Village, Calif...
Your coverage of "the Lieberman factor" is valuable to your readers. Your poll reveals that significantly more people in the Midwest, South and West said the fact that Lieberman is Jewish would make them less likely to vote for the ticket. Yes, anti-Semitism is alive and well and living in America. JUDY LEVINE Arlington...
...That's one reason Clinton won the state in 1996 and Nelson is a Senate front runner. It's true that Nelson, 57, has benefited among Jewish "condo commandos" from Gore's choice of Joseph Lieberman as a running mate and from the ticket's emphasis on providing prescription-drug coverage under Medicare. But the former six-term Congressman from Florida's space coast (he once rode the space shuttle) has focused less on national issues than on state concerns such as hurricanes. He admits his clashes with the insurance lobby over exorbitant storm coverage "have definitely reconsolidated" the state...