Joe Lieberman
Lieberman, an Orthodox Jewish 58-year secondment to the party’s conservative wing, becomes the first Jew nominated as vice president of the United States. Connecticut State Representative since 1988, his name leaped to the forefront of international politics by becoming the first Democrat who dared to publicly criticize Clinton for the so-called ‘Sexgate’.
Born on 24 February 1942 in Stamford, is the son of a dealer in wines and spirits who managed to study law at the prestigious Yale University, where he met and became friends with Clinton. He began his political career in his home state, where he became the minister of justice.
In 1988, came as a surprise that got the chair senator in Congress by defeating Republican Lowell Weicker. Orthodox Jew, did not attend the state Democratic convention that had nominated his candidacy for the Senate and was being held on Saturday. In fact, his detractors point out that their religion and their timidity are not compatible with an election campaign.
The senator has participated in numerous committees, but highlights its dedicated work in the Armed Forces, which has shown its independent spirit and close to the Republicans. He was one of the 10 Senate Democrats who voted for the 1991 Gulf War and has been for a swift deployment of national missile defense system.
However, on issues like civil rights, homosexuals, the right of women to abortion, gun control or environmental protection, has acted as a strong Democrat.
Re-elected senator by a comfortable majority of 67% in 1994, is considered a politician of impeccable moral stature, “he called” the conscience of the Senate. Divorced and remarried with a Holocaust survivor, has two children, 31 and 32 years from his first marriage and a daughter of 12 with his current wife, Hadassah.
Joe Lieberman
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