The lies roll off the man's lips like music off Yo-Yo Ma's cello. Both are virtuosos - one a cellist, the other a liar.
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Ok, so I lied. This is my last Lieberman post for today. A video surfaced today showing Lieberman in favor of the exact Medicare buy-in proposal which he now opposes so strongly. The video was taped a mere three months ago. .
The simplest explanation for Lieberman’s pirouette is that he is in the pocket of the insurance industry. He has been criticized along those lines since his days as attorney general of Connecticut. Back in 1988, he was dogged for accepting campaign donations from the insurance company Advest Inc. one month after Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Peter W. Gillies had requested an opinion from his office in a case involving the company. Over the course of his career in the Senate, meanwhile, Lieberman has taken more than $1.04 million in campaign contributions from insurance companies.
c) He’s just another dickhead politician where a) and b) are more important than the welfare of the people he represents.
Paul Begala put it this way.
“”How do you deal with someone who is so committed to opposing health care reform that he will even oppose his own ideas? It’s a tall order. And I haven’t the slightest idea what the answer is.”
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I THINK JOSEPH LIEBERMAN SHOULD BE ASHAIMED OF HIMSELF.I SEEN AN ARGUEMENT ON ANOTHER SITE SAYING THE REASON WHY HE DOESNT HAVE TO WORK WITH THE DEMS IS BECAUSE THEY THREW HIM UNDER THE BUS AWHILE BACK,BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ,HE”S SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE AND HE”S NOT!MOST PEOPLE IN HIS STATE FAVOR HEALTHCARE REFORM,FAVOR A PUBLIC OPTION OR A TRIGGER OPTION, AND IS HE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE THAT PUT HIM THERE? NO! WHATS HIS ANSWER TO THE 650,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO LOOSE THEIR COVERAGE FROM AETNA? WHATS HIS ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE THAT LINE UP WEEK AFTER WEEK FOR FREE HEALTHCARE BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE IT OR CANT AFFORD IT,DOES HE PAY ATTENTION,DOES HE WATCH THE NEWS DOES HE CARE?NO I EEL HE DOESNT IN ANY WAY.HE STANDS WITH HIS GOP FRIENDS,HE HAS NO HEART,OR INNER VOICE OF COMPASSION,HE IS THE POOP ON THE END OF THE STICK HE IS TRYING TO HAND TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.ITS ALL A GAME TO HIM,WELL JOE THESE ARE LIVES YOU ARE PLAYING WITH NOT A GAME.AND GIVE UP YOUR COVERAGE BECAUSE YOUR FAILING AT YOUR JOB AND YOU DONT DESERVE TO HAVE IT IF YOU FEEL WE DONT EITHER!
“The general consensus was, we shouldn’t make the perfect the enemy of the good,” Sen. Evan Bayh another Blue Dog. This whole perfect/good sh*t is old news. Signature of spineless Team Obama and Hill Dems.
So the Dems want to raise Obama’s grade to A- They are ready to drop PO, Medicare Buy In, their principles and finally drop their pants for that bugger Lieberman.
The fundamental problem here isn’t Lieberman — bought-and-paid-for politicians will always exist — it’s the Senate rules which allow for filibusters and therefore require a 60-vote majority to get major legislation passed. The Democrats’ 58-40 majority more than qualifies as a mandate from the people to get this done. Were it not for the de-facto 60-vote requirement, they’ve have votes to spare and Lieberman’s obstructionism wouldn’t matter.
Senator Tom Harkin is reviving an earlier proposal of his to change the Senate rules and abolish filibusters. That will be a tough fight, but it’s probably worth it. With the present rules, the Republicans plus Lieberman will be able to block everything, and health care will just be the first of a succession of defeats.
Interesting blog, by the way (just found you a few days ago).
So whoever’s “in charge” should be allowed to walk all over the minority? Dropping the rule while your party’s in the majority sounds good now, but it’s not a permanent condition.
A majority, especially a large one, is a mandate. If you don’t like it, persuade 51% of people to vote for your side next time.
A minority party has lots of options for preventing the majority from enacting excessively radical legislation. They can persuade centrists from the other party to vote with them. Often the party with a minority in Congress holds the Presidency. Sometimes the two Houses are in the hands of different parties. The public can be rallied to pressure legislators not to enact something it doesn’t like.
Not being able to get this done with a 58-40 majority is ridiculous, especially when the roadblock is a single person who is opposing an idea he himself recently supported, as a result of flagrant bribery by insurance companies. That isn’t democracy.
@Infidel Perfectly said. If the majority party (voted in by a majority of the population) cannot pass laws without being blocked by a minority or a single person who all have special interests, then we have nothing more than a coalition government similar to Israel where nothing gets done. If you have to get the approval of everyone for every law, then why bother having elections? Just appoint people from each party and let them sit in conference passing half-baked bills that have no teeth. That’s what we have now.
Infidel says, “The Democrats’ 58-40 majority more than qualifies as a mandate…” and “The public can be rallied to pressure legislators not to enact something…”
There was no “mandate” given to these idiots to bankrupt the country and ram fatally flawed bills down the throats of a unwilling and resistant populace. And with approximately 2/3rds of the “public” opposed to the Health Care Reform bills before congress now, the public IS trying to pressure the legislators.
I THINK JOSEPH LIEBERMAN SHOULD BE ASHAIMED OF HIMSELF.I SEEN AN ARGUEMENT ON ANOTHER SITE SAYING THE REASON WHY HE DOESNT HAVE TO WORK WITH THE DEMS IS BECAUSE THEY THREW HIM UNDER THE BUS AWHILE BACK,BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ,HE”S SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE AND HE”S NOT!MOST PEOPLE IN HIS STATE FAVOR HEALTHCARE REFORM,FAVOR A PUBLIC OPTION OR A TRIGGER OPTION, AND IS HE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE THAT PUT HIM THERE? NO! WHATS HIS ANSWER TO THE 650,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO LOOSE THEIR COVERAGE FROM AETNA? WHATS HIS ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE THAT LINE UP WEEK AFTER WEEK FOR FREE HEALTHCARE BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE IT OR CANT AFFORD IT,DOES HE PAY ATTENTION,DOES HE WATCH THE NEWS DOES HE CARE?NO I EEL HE DOESNT IN ANY WAY.HE STANDS WITH HIS GOP FRIENDS,HE HAS NO HEART,OR INNER VOICE OF COMPASSION,HE IS THE POOP ON THE END OF THE STICK HE IS TRYING TO HAND TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.ITS ALL A GAME TO HIM,WELL JOE THESE ARE LIVES YOU ARE PLAYING WITH NOT A GAME.AND GIVE UP YOUR COVERAGE BECAUSE YOUR FAILING AT YOUR JOB AND YOU DONT DESERVE TO HAVE IT IF YOU FEEL WE DONT EITHER!
“The general consensus was, we shouldn’t make the perfect the enemy of the good,” Sen. Evan Bayh another Blue Dog. This whole perfect/good sh*t is old news. Signature of spineless Team Obama and Hill Dems.
So the Dems want to raise Obama’s grade to A- They are ready to drop PO, Medicare Buy In, their principles and finally drop their pants for that bugger Lieberman.
The fundamental problem here isn’t Lieberman — bought-and-paid-for politicians will always exist — it’s the Senate rules which allow for filibusters and therefore require a 60-vote majority to get major legislation passed. The Democrats’ 58-40 majority more than qualifies as a mandate from the people to get this done. Were it not for the de-facto 60-vote requirement, they’ve have votes to spare and Lieberman’s obstructionism wouldn’t matter.
Senator Tom Harkin is reviving an earlier proposal of his to change the Senate rules and abolish filibusters. That will be a tough fight, but it’s probably worth it. With the present rules, the Republicans plus Lieberman will be able to block everything, and health care will just be the first of a succession of defeats.
Interesting blog, by the way (just found you a few days ago).
So whoever’s “in charge” should be allowed to walk all over the minority? Dropping the rule while your party’s in the majority sounds good now, but it’s not a permanent condition.
A majority, especially a large one, is a mandate. If you don’t like it, persuade 51% of people to vote for your side next time.
A minority party has lots of options for preventing the majority from enacting excessively radical legislation. They can persuade centrists from the other party to vote with them. Often the party with a minority in Congress holds the Presidency. Sometimes the two Houses are in the hands of different parties. The public can be rallied to pressure legislators not to enact something it doesn’t like.
Not being able to get this done with a 58-40 majority is ridiculous, especially when the roadblock is a single person who is opposing an idea he himself recently supported, as a result of flagrant bribery by insurance companies. That isn’t democracy.
@Infidel Perfectly said. If the majority party (voted in by a majority of the population) cannot pass laws without being blocked by a minority or a single person who all have special interests, then we have nothing more than a coalition government similar to Israel where nothing gets done. If you have to get the approval of everyone for every law, then why bother having elections? Just appoint people from each party and let them sit in conference passing half-baked bills that have no teeth. That’s what we have now.
Infidel says, “The Democrats’ 58-40 majority more than qualifies as a mandate…” and “The public can be rallied to pressure legislators not to enact something…”
There was no “mandate” given to these idiots to bankrupt the country and ram fatally flawed bills down the throats of a unwilling and resistant populace. And with approximately 2/3rds of the “public” opposed to the Health Care Reform bills before congress now, the public IS trying to pressure the legislators.
No one is listening.