Not Moderate Enough For Lieberman (major asshole)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_10/020410.php

NOT MODERATE ENOUGH FOR LIEBERMAN.... The health care reform bill poised to be approved by the Senate Finance Committee will have bipartisan support -- Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) of Maine endorsed the legislation this afternoon. But while the bill may be good enough for a Republican, it's not good enough for Joe Lieberman.

Lieberman, who has been trashing the reform effort for months, told Don Imus today he opposes the Baucus bill, and again argued that he doesn't even like the idea of working on health care reform.




This is just so absurd. Health care reform, if it passes, will take years to be implemented. There's no reason for a recession to interfere with fixing a broken system, but even if that were a driving factor, this recession will end before 2013. Lieberman must know this, which means he's looking for excuses, even cheap ones, to oppose reform.

Asked if he's be willing to support the Baucus bill, Lieberman said he could not. Asked why, he added, "I'm afraid that in the end, the Baucus bill is actually going to raise the price of insurance for most of the people in the country."

So, Lieberman is parroting AHIP arguments the day after the claim was debunked.

For what it's worth, it doesn't matter too much whether Lieberman is willing to vote for health care reform -- it matters a great deal whether Lieberman is willing to vote with Republicans on a filibuster. At this point, Lieberman has proven himself willing to betray just about anyone and everyone, so how he'll behave on the Senate floor remains entirely unpredictable.

—Steve Benen

I'm surprised he isn't worried about implementing health reform in the middle of climate change. Do the Dems really really need him for something other than cleaning out the men's room?

Too bad 5 of them wouldn't vote for a democratic proposal if you held a gun to the head of their mothers.

I hope the good people of CT get rid of this SOB once and for all.

by a loss! Either way, I too will be glad to never see his Yoda butt again!

Every single one of them has buyer's remorse and say they'd never do it again.

Isadore? I thought that was a girl's name...

It was a huge mistake to let him keep his committee. Big failure.

Stupid, stupid, stupid moderate democrats allied themselves with Fox news republicans to keep him in office. I hope those democrats there (as well as the quiet ones that lurk here) sleep well at night.

Uhm, has it occured to Joe that part of the reason we are in this fix is because so many people had to take vulture loans on their places to pay for medical bills?

The cost of healthcare has gone into the asylum and it may well be a contributing factor in this recession. Fixing it saves us a lot of money and allows for consumer spending again which would probably help the economy. Reducing the costs of hospitalization and care, even if it does cost a bit more in tax dollars will become a boon to us all.

What That Really Means:

not a damn thing. any feeble excuse will do.

Lieberman what a god damn embarrassment you are. or were.