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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 12:31 PM
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Obama Calls Lieberman “Brother”and Why Not?
It’s not just Joe Lieberman. It’s not just Max Baucus. It’s not just Harry Reid. It’s not just Rahm Emanuel.

Barack Obama worked together with Joe Lieberman to kill any real health care reform.

By Monday, Lieberman headed Reid’s list of senators who must be accommodated. Democrats circulated a videotaped newspaper interview from September showing Lieberman saying he supports the idea of a Medicare expansion. Lieberman said in a statement later that the details of the bill had changed since then and so had his opinion.

The White House got involved, and by nightfall, the Medicare provision was out. And Lieberman sounded like he was back in.

At a private White House complex meeting with Senate Democrats Tuesday, Lieberman said Obama greeted him warmly.

"He said ‘hello, how are you brother?’ It was a good conversation," recalled the senator… ."

http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/19129
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 12:33 PM
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1. Lieberman headed Reid’s list of senators who must be accommodated.
Why? What does Lieberman hold over these people?
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 12:34 PM
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2. Source of this???
I mean besides the gossip blogs??
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 12:39 PM
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3. Why is this so hard?
Lieberman carries water for Obama's people.

The difference between Obama and Lieberman - Lieberman does it out in the open.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 03:12 PM
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10. If you took the time to click the link you would see it was from an AP article
and the source for the article was Lieberman.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 12:42 PM
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4. hmmm. When other Dems supported the Democartic candidate for Senator
Edited on Thu Dec-17-09 12:42 PM by BrklynLiberal
in Connecticut, Obama still supported LIEberman, even tho he had lost the primary....
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 02:57 PM
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7. WRONG
As soon as Lieberman lost the primary, Obama was on board for Lamont.

Please stop spreading falsehoods.
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 02:43 PM
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5. Troubling
I wouldn't expect President Obama to be uncivil to Joe -- but this is too far in the opposite direction.

Who the hell is Joe Lieberman to be "the decider" when it comes to health care reform?

It just seems unlike Obama to abandon rational, democratic thinking in favor of appeasing this flip-flopping, sold-out weasel douchebag.
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DonkeyHoTay Donating Member (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 02:54 PM
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6. Say it ain't so, Joe!
Time to replace Sloppy Joe.
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 03:01 PM
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8. 'brother' means that their behind closed doors lovefests amount to incest

call the cops!
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 03:02 PM
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9. good luck getting re-elected
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 03:14 PM
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11. unrecced because you posted it.
Your motives aren't suspect- they're blatant and ugly.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 03:26 PM
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12. Agreed, Obama is turning out very much like Lieberman.
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