Politics

Lessons for Tim Kaine: How Dick Cheney Outfoxed Joe Lieberman in 2000

IS KAINE ABLE?

In the 2000 veep debate, Dick Cheney jiujitsu’d Joe Lieberman into not talking about Cheney’s hard-right record. Kaine must do the opposite tonight with Mike Pence.

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Paul Orzulak, a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, was Joe Lieberman’s speechwriter on the 2000 presidential campaign. He is a founding partner of West Wing Writers.

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