Liebercrat

English Etymology en Lieberman Democrat, from Joseph Lieberman, a US Senator from Connecticut who left the Democratic Party after being defeated in the party primary in 2006. Pronunciation en En-au-Liebercrat.ogg AU Noun en US politics _ slang A Democrat whose politics resemble those of Joseph Lieberman; in recent use, often specifically a Democrat who acts like a Republican en December 18 2000 Sean Ormond http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated/msg/f386899e79201e6e?q=Liebercrat Re: OK, I'm expecting an announcement about the formation of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated JMS, you really need to figure out who you support. I seem to recall you giving a thumbs-up to McCain, but you now seem to come across as a Liebercrat - a decent person who has been corrupted by Clinton/Gore. en 2007 March 21 Seth McLaughlin Virginia Democrat faces blog ire for Allen support Washington Times http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6347821/Virginia-Democrat-faces-blog-ire.html As result, Mr. Lambert is being called a "Liebercrat" after Sen. Joe Lieberman, of Connecticut, who won re-election as an independent after losing in the 2006 Democratic primary to Ned Lamont. 4 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100702014026/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6347821/Virginia-Democrat-faces-blog-ire.html 2 July 2010 en 2008 January 31 Frank Juliano Amann officially wants to be governor Connecticut Post http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_text_direct-0=11E8C2A568E4AC78&p_field_direct-0=document_id The protesters referred to Amann as an "arrogant Liebercrat," noting that he voted against civil unions and calling him a DINO, a "Democrat in name only." 4 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307130429/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_text_direct-0=11E8C2A568E4AC78&p_field_direct-0=document_id 7 March 2016 See also en Blue Dog en DINO en Republicrat en RINO en eponyms