Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) saluted Vice President Al Gore for having “the personal courage” to select him as the first Jew to run on a major party presidential ticket. In a speech on the Senate floor, Lieberman said that despite their election defeat, he and Gore had proved that U.S. voters are not bigots.
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