Celebrating Tuesday's Democratic primary defeat of warmongering Zionist Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Michael Collins Piper warned his listeners of something that Piper had been privately predicting for several years: that, ultimately, Lieberman would end up in the ranks of the Republican Party and that his career would truly blossom at that juncture. In fact, against the advice of friends who have told him not to make political predictions, Piper went out on a limb and went so far as to predict that, thanks to what Piper predicted would be the premature departure of Vice President Dick Cheney from the Bush administration—either due to "health reasons" or because of some scandal surrounding the criminal indictment of his former chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby—that President Bush, reaching across the aisle in a so-called "national unity" gesture, would select Lieberman as vice president to replace Cheney. Piper noted that such a move would be unanimously supported since Lieberman was recently described, in the pages of The Washington Post, as one of the most respected politicians in America. In addition, as Piper had already noted on his program, Lieberman had the enthusiastic endorsement, in 2000, of Rev. Jerry Falwell, a leader of the GOP's "Christian Right," who described Lieberman's selection as Al Gore's running mate as "splendid." What's more, Piper pointed out, even many "conservative" figures have been hailing Lieberman in recent years. So, said Piper, considering the fact that a prominent pollster recently said (even prior to Lieberman's Democratic primary defeat) that Lieberman could end up as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential election (on the Republican ticket), the possibility of Lieberman moving into GOP ranks (with the enthusiastic support of many Republicans) is not so outlandish a theory or prediction as some might initially think. Previously Piper had pointed out how in the 1970s and 1980s when tough-talking Frank Rizzo was mayor of Philadelphia as a Democrat, many Pennsylvania Republicans attacked Rizzo. However, when Rizzo switched parties and became a Republican, the GOP leadership welcomed him with open arms, quietly forgetting their previous attacks on Rizzo. Piper says it would be the same with Lieberman. To the extent that Republicans would object to any "liberal" aspects of Lieberman's record, Piper notes that there are many "liberals" in the Republican Party today who move quite comfortably in their party's ranks. Addressing the defeat in her Georgia primary of Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Piper pointed out that what he called "Zionist Jewish money from all over America" had poured into the coffers of McKinney's winning opponent. "Are you surprised?" asked Piper, who noted that McKinney had dared to publicly question America's so-called "special relationship" with Israel. Piper also expressed praise for Venezuela's outspoken leader, Hugo Chavez, who said in a speech that he (Chavez) may well break his nation's diplomatic relations with Israel because he said that his nation had "no interest in maintaining diplomatic relations, or offices, or businesses, or anything with a state like Israel." As always, Piper refers people to the weekly national newspaper, American Free Press, which has a website at americanfreepress.net. A 16 week introductory subscription to AFP is just $17.76. Call 1-888-699-6397 or write: American Free Press, 645 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, #100, Washington, DC 20003.