Lieberman’s speech came nearly eight years to the day after he accepted the vice-presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore. In his address, Lieberman called Obama too inexperienced to lead and criticized him for his opposition to the Iraq war.

Sen. Joe Lieberman: “When others wanted to retreat in defeat from the field of battle, which would have been a disaster for the USA, when colleagues like Barack Obama were voting to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield, John McCain had the courage to stand against the tide of public opinion, advocate the surge, support the surge, and because of that, today, America’s troops are coming home, thousands of them, and they’re coming home in honor.”

Former Senator and presidential hopeful Fred Thompson also criticized Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress.

Fred Thompson: “To deal with these challenges, the Democrats present a history-making nominee for president, history-making in that he’s the most liberal, most inexperienced nominee to ever run for president. Apparently — apparently they believe that he would match up well with the history-making Democrat-controlled Congress, history-making because it’s the least accomplished and most unpopular congress in our nation’s history.”

Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will headline tonight’s round of speakers at the Republican National Convention.