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Thursday, May 04, 2006

Hartford, CT - Shabbas Will Keep Lieberman From Democratic Convention

Hartford, CT - State Democratic Party officials confirmed, that the endorsement for U.S. Senate is scheduled for the Friday night opening session of the two-day Democratic State Convention -- meaning incumbent U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman will not be present when delegates vote.

Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew, will be unable to attend the convention, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Friday, because of religious observance of Shabbas preventing him from participating in events from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.

The convention is being held at the Expo Center in Hartford May 19 and 20. It is anticipated the Saturday session, which begins at 9 a.m., would likely end before sundown.

3 Comments:

  • At 12:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    what's the problem? i thought he wants to run as an Independent anyway?

     
  • At 12:24 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    he's mikabel shabbis with the early minyan :-)

     
  • At 12:35 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    All jokes aside--I think its a big kiddush hashem. And no i'm not saying the man is perfect but it is a big kiddush hashem.

     

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