Lieberman Tells Democrats He Understands How Hard He's Made Health Care Reform

"I apologize for being a total a**h***. Of course, I will continue to be an total a**h*** whenever it suits me or my corporate masters. Because you won't do anything to me, you gullible schmucks.'

Joe just told the New York Times that he flip-flopped on the buy-in because he saw how enthusiastic Anthony Weiner was about it.

I think it's time for TPM to introduce the Golden Douche Award in recognition of the year's most egregious douchebaggery in politics.

He's disgusting, really. This is a man who hasn't read any of this stuff. He is just simply a repulsive human being who one was able to raise money from me. Now, I think if I saw him on the street I wouldn't even be able to say anything other than what a piece of crap I thought he was. How sad.

This is his legacy. The guy who killed health care reform. Way to go, Joe. Way to go.

If this man isn't stripped of his committee positions by democrats, I will never vote another democrat again. It's to much this time. I'm tired of these reactionary, corporate wins. Obama?
Change I BELIEVED in. Now I'm embarrassed.

This sounds so much like the husband who tells his wife how bad he feels that she made him beat her up.

I don't know why you are complaining about Lieberman. He's the leader of the Lieberman Party. Heck, if you read such as exalted stuff as the New York Times you find he pretty much deserves the credit for the Lieberman Insurance Welfare and Premium Security Bill.

We'll help whoever it will be to flush Joe The Shit down the toilet in 2012. Meanwhile, let's focus on what we can get (and whether it is still worth getting)

Some older cultures shunned people that comitted dispictable acts. I think shunning is appropriate for Lieberman. Just cut him off, ignore him as if he does not exist. Do not give him press or any attention at all. Strip him of his positions. He has not only thwarted the Senate process, but he has done so to the detriment of the people in his state and across the nation. He is an embarrassment to the human species. There are not political decisions. These are crimes against the people. If a man is dying of thirst and you withhold water, you are a murderer. If a man needs medical care and your actions mean he is denied access to care, you are just as guilty. It's so past time to call these cretins out.

He said he was sorry after he hit me! Well... kinda... But I know he loves me!

Lieberman didnt make health reform 'hard', he made it meaningless.
And, if the dems are foolish enough to vote for this mess, he also
made the dems the minority once again.
health care reform as proposed by the Senate guarantees (mandates)
taxpayers become private health insurance customers, guarantees
another corporate bailout, and squeezes taxpayers more and more.
For the sake of your election, democrats, kill this bill. You will be
voted out out out out and out for the catastrophe you have created
for the American people - they know how screwed they have
been by the Democrats. Hell, this is a Republican bill and could have
easily have been done without all the BS the Dems have put the nation
through. It is not a 'compromise'; it is a farce. Everyone knows that.
You cannot fool people and make them think differently. It is clearly
and simply a farce perpetrated by the Democrats.

What a schmuck. No, that's too kind: What an asshole.

Who the hell you trying to kid, Lieberman?

From Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/15/lieberman-liberal-enthusi_n_392887.html

"In an interview with the New York Times, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) revealed Tuesday that he decided to oppose a Medicare buy-in in part because liberals like Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) liked it too much.

[I]n the interview, Mr. Lieberman said that he grew apprehensive when a formal proposal began to take shape. [...]

And he said he was particularly troubled by the overly enthusiastic reaction to the proposal by some liberals, including Representative Anthony Weiner, Democrat of New York, who champions a fully government-run health care system.

"Congressman Weiner made a comment that Medicare-buy in is better than a public option, it's the beginning of a road to single-payer," Mr. Lieberman said. "Jacob Hacker, who's a Yale professor who is actually the man who created the public option, said, 'This is a dream. This is better than a public option. This is a giant step.'"

Democrats kicked him out years ago or something?

Fact: Lieberman is the most powerful politician in the United States.

I regret as a State Dem Exec Committee Member that I will do whatever it takes to strip him of any political position and then insure he is not re-elected. Period

Lieberman, as Daffy would say, is despicable

- morally reprehensible
"ugly crimes";; "a slimy little liar"
vile, worthless, slimy, ugly, unworthy, wretched
evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

Yep, that is the essence of Joe-mentum

What a total putz.

I'd like to see the shit kicked out of Lieberman until he cries like a baby.

I almost want that more than I want HCR. Almost.

Here's what I have to say to you, Liarman: STFU!

You hate him now...just wait until he flips party's. He'll turn red at least by his next re-election. I'd bet 100 bucks before then though.

Lieberman is a slug. But the only reason he was in the position to cause so much damage is that there were 5 or 6 other weasel "blue dog" type crooks along with him who sold out to the insurance companies.

I don't see how you can blame the WH or Dems for this. He lost their primary, for instance, but still won. (Thanks, Connecticut! Really fucking good move.) This is the shithole Senate they were handed BY THE VOTERS. We might not like Landreau and Lincoln and Conrad, but that's what you get from places like Arkansas and Lousiana. (Although why we have to get this piece of shit from a blue state like Connecticut is beyond me!).

I'm not against passing the basic bill without the PO. But we should pursue it through other means. Maybe a separate bill that goes throughs reconciliation. We have to pass something that we can build on. IF we wait, we are stuck back laying the groundwork. Essentially, this basic bill could have been passed in 1993 -- just some regulations prohibiting all sorts of abuses by the health cos.

Its easy to jump on this benedict arnold senator from cigna and forget that NOT ONE Republican supports health care reform. Not one, when the majority of the country wants it and voted for it in 2008.

Oh, boohoo. Let me dry my tear before I heave. I am sure all of the members of the U.S. Senate applaud Joe's moment of authenticity. Perhaps they even had a group hug -- it's tough choosing between money and the American people.

The humanity in Congress is truly uninspired.

Nobody would love to extract a pound of flesh more than I, but at the same time, I don't see what has changed significantly that would guarantee improvements if this bill were scuttled. He's not really my intellectual guru, but last night Ed Schultz said something that has echoed my sentiment all along..."DON'T INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE!" I have no idea how it would play politically, but I would really appreciate politicians from the President on down coming out and acknowledging that this fall far short of what the Democrats hoped to accomplish but that it still has merit and the depth of the crisis compels them to vote for this. I would take some comfort in hearing the President say "I recognize that many of our supporters will have suffered financial devastation and still be unable to receive basic health care...perhaps even the loss of their life, but because of the state of our nation and the nature of our politics we are unable to achieve any more than we have." I would be some small comfort if someone sincerely acknowledged what was happening to the uninsured and underinsured. (don't forget that whatever financial help they are offering won't kick in for years) Get real with people (if in fact you actually do see the reality)and don't pat yourselves on the back for throwing a 50 ft rope to people drowning 100 ft away.

I try to follow all the developments but I'll be darned if I can nail down this "31 million people" this bill provides with health care. I suspect it doesn't and if it doesn't, I highly resent journalists and politicians repeating it every 5 minutes without explanation. Let's make sure everyone trading on this isn't getting by with stating as fact that the offer of a government subsidy to reduce health care premiums (with a deductible) by half means that people with no means have health care. If I were offered insurance at $400 a month but I run $100 a month in the hole just trying to keep a roof over my head...you've don't me no favor.

If anyone can explain what it is that 'gives 31 million people coverage' please reply here.

On the plus side, this probably means we'll get to see Jon Stewart impersonate Leiberman again!

Joe Lieberman just hijacked the entire bill for his own, personal, ego and more important - revenge to the Liberal end of the Democratic party, the end that cares about people and what lack of healthcare is doing to people.

Joe only cares about those corporate interests who paid him to reject as much he could... after all, the state he is from depends on the Health Insurance industry for their economy.

A big F-You to Joe Lieberman but more important - to the whole Senate and Obama, who all caved in. Those people do not care about average Americans. They are there to protect corporate interests (formerly landowners), not the people.

We are NOT a true Democracy.

I know some of you don't want to blame Obama, but truthfully he let his stimulus be diluted and now health care the same; and each battle will be tougher as the minority party gains confidence. And to those of you who feel that we can build on this health care bill, I disagree, because sadly, you will not see this many Dems in the Senate (or House) again. And all will be blamed (fairly or unfairly) on Obama. A true friend of Obama would remind him that he won the election and tell him to stand up for what is right, and the voters and a second term would follow.