Three Martinis with Sen. Joe Lieberman

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

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🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Join Jim and Greg as they share three martinis with former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who was also the vice presidential nominee for the Democrats in the 2000 presidential campaign. They discuss why Lieberman sees Russia and Iran as the biggest immediate threats to U.S. national security and his blunt assessments of how the Biden administration handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how it is approaching Iran . They also discuss why communist China is not as high among imminent threats on Lieberman's list. And Lieberman offers his reaction to Senators Manchin and Sinema standing up against the rest of their party on the filibuster and describes what it was like for him to stand alone on the Iraq War, opposing a public option on Obamacare and more.

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0:00.0	Sarah, where's the car? It's gone. It's not gone. It's with fixer. Since you never got
0:04.5	Ranta servicing it, I took care of it. Fixed up. Fixed up. Fixed is great. They pick
0:08.2	up your car, drive it to the garage, handle the service, then drive it straight back
0:11.1	to you. Sounds expensive. Don't worry. They negotiate their prices with their partner
0:14.8	garages and the car pickup services included. So since that's all handled, how about you
0:18.9	take a look at that leaky tab or do you need me to fix that too? For easy car maintenance,
0:23.3	head to fixter.co.uk. We'll pick up your car and take care of all the rest. Fixed up
0:28.7	and you'll back on track. Welcome to the 3-Martini lunch. Grab a stool next to Greg
0:36.2	Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. 3-Martini's coming up.
0:43.8	And we are glad that you are here for the Wednesday edition of the 3-Martini lunch. We do have
0:48.1	3-Martini's for you today, but not in the usual way. Instead of our traditional three
0:52.3	topics, we're happy to welcome in a very special guest, former four-term Connecticut Senator
0:57.5	Joe Lieberman. Of course, he was also the Democrat's nominee for Vice President in the
1:02.0	year 2000. Today, we want to have a conversation with Senator Lieberman about his contention
1:07.2	that Russia and Iran are the greatest geopolitical threats to the United States. We also are going
1:12.2	to talk about some others that could or maybe should be on that list. We also want to
1:16.1	get his insights into the current state of politics in Washington and beyond and whether
1:20.0	there is such a thing as a big tent anymore. And Senator Lieberman, thanks so much for
1:24.8	being with us. Great to be with you. And I suppose some somewhat relieved that the 3-Martini
1:32.3	lunch is just a reference. It has the three topics, but it's a story from right at the beginning
1:38.7	of my political career. I had begun to run for State Senator in New Haven, Connecticut,
1:45.7	in a primary against the Democratic incumbent. And I was told I should go see the local
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