Article: Bennett accuses Lieberman of `sellout'.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - William J. Bennett, the former secretary of education and author of "The Book of Virtues," yesterday broke with his longtime ally in the culture wars, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, for "selling out" to Hollywood and for failing to condemn a joke, mocking faith in Christ, at a Democratic fund-raiser. Mr. Bennett, together with several other conservative Christian leaders, had stoutly defended the Connecticut senator for six weeks after Vice President Al Gore selected him as his running mate. But after reading news accounts yesterday that Mr. Lieberman had assured entertainment executives on Monday that he would merely "nudge" them away from marketing ...

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