Ouch. I did not know that. I assume the “may have” is deliberate understatement. I’m sure Lieberman’s image as a devout mensch must have grated on his ex-wife.

I got the info on Chaffetz’s religious affiliations via links to archived articles in the LA Times and The Forward. The Forward piece’s title: “The House GOP’s Jewish Mormon”. Complicated family history.

If they could make “A Yank at Oxford”, why not “A Jew at BYU”? Maybe AesopFan has some contacts in the LDS filmmaking community; and BYU is supposed to have a pretty good film program. Picture it: Larry David meets Neil LaBute.

When push came to shove, he voted against convicting Bill Clinton.

I fondly remember the SORE/LOSERMAN mocking campaign signs which appeared, after Al Gore prematurely conceded the Presidential election, and then changed his mind.

In this period there was reportedly a “preppy riot,” but a quick search engine query doesn’t show any results.

I saw Joe Lieberman once, and I knew his ex-wife. She had tried to help her divorced friend find someone new, and that someone ended up to be her own husband. My impression was that she was not a very happy woman, and that maybe her ex’s “Holy Joe” persona may have irritated her.

Lieberman defeated Republican Lowell Weicker to become Senator. He benefited from the support of William F. Buckley, who despised Weicker and wanted him out. Both Lieberman and Weicker ended their careers being rejected by many in their own parties and running as independents. Lieberman was certainly better than Weicker, who after promising not to give Connecticut an income tax, gave Connecticut an income tax.

Dad didn’t vote straight Democrat. A WWII vet and a Cold War anti-communist, he was tough-minded about national security and had no patience with left-wing blame-America-first nonsense. I know he voted for Nixon in 1972; and I’m pretty sure he voted Republican in 2004, 2008, and 2012.

(People have been canceled for far less…)