Lieberman’s Home Targeted by Protesters
Hundreds of people protesting the contested presidential race staged noisy demonstrations Saturday outside the Connecticut home of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph I. Lieberman.
Lieberman’s critics accused Democrats of trying to steal the presidential election through repeated vote recounts in Florida. Democrats charged Lieberman’s critics with anti-Semitism for holding the rally on the Jewish Sabbath. Lieberman is an Orthodox Jew.
“Respect the Sabbath!” Democrats shouted from one side of the street.
“Liberal slander!” Republicans shouted back.
The two sides were separated by police and barricades. Lieberman was in Washington.
Texas Gov. George W. Bush holds a 537-vote lead over Democrat Al Gore in Florida. Several court challenges are pending over the Florida, which holds the electoral college votes needed by both candidates to secure victory.
Lieberman’s supporters included clergy, students and union members.
“I’m here to say that it’s important that we find out who won and make sure every vote is counted,” said New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr.
Jim Bancroft, a Republican volunteer who organized the rally, said, “The votes were counted, the race is over, we need to go on.
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