Joe Lieberman, the first Jewish American to be on a major party Presidential ticket, has died at age 82 following injuries from a fall.
Lieberman is probably best remembered for that Vice-Presidential run in 2000, one in which he strongly urged Al Gore to contest the disputed Florida election results. A conservative Democrat who could probably be accurately called a "hawk," Lieberman was never shy about standing his ground. He earned that VP nomination in part because he called out Bill Clinton for his sex scandal in the years prior. Six years after the failed 2000 run he lost the Democratic primary for his Senate seat, ran as an Independent Democrat, and won. Two years after that he endorsed Republican John McCain for President, earning the ire of his fellow Democrats. In 2016 and 2020 he spoke out against Trump.
A complicated man, and a good American.
RIP
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