Senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman dies

[Muse]

Link should work for 14 days.

Joseph I. Lieberman, Senator and Vice-Presidential Nominee, Dies at 82

He served four terms in the Senate from Connecticut and was chosen by Al Gore as his running mate in the 2000 election. He was the first Jewish candidate on a major-party ticket.

www.nytimes.com

 

[SteveGrabowski]

I hope he was screaming and in extreme pain from killing off the public option that Pelosi got passed through the house. Fuck him, I'd like to take a giant shit on his grave.

 

[Indus]

Rest in Hell Senator!

Still remember him killing public option for the ACA

Why Joe Lieberman is holding Barack Obama to ransom over healthcare

Democrats accuse Gore's former running mate of bitterness and vanity after he uses his deciding vote in Congress to water down president's reforms

www.theguardian.com

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Rest in Hell Senator!

Still remember him killing public option for the ACA

Why Joe Lieberman is holding Barack Obama to ransom over healthcare

Democrats accuse Gore's former running mate of bitterness and vanity after he uses his deciding vote in Congress to water down president's reforms

www.theguardian.com

A lot of house members sacrificed their seats to get that public option passed and yeah that fuck undid it himself. If there's a heaven, he ain't in it.

 

[Thump553]

Hey, don't crap on Lieberman. He was the sole reason that brought me back into the Democratic Party after years of being registered Independent.

I switched my registration to Dem so I could vote against Lieberman in the primary (after his ACA grandstanding). Lieberman lost the primary but ran on a third party and won the general election when the GOP defacto backed him.

 

[MrSquished]

Fuck you Joe Lieberman you piece of shit.

 

[ivwshane]

We should have a thread just for people who die that I and many here couldn’t give two fucks about.

 

[dank69]

Bye.

 

[iRONic]

Former Connecticut resident wishing he could piss on that grave!

 

[K1052]

Not surprised this one elicits some strong feelings. My first thought when I saw that he was dead was basically relief he could not fuck anything else up for the country from the grave.

 

[Pens1566]

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Former Connecticut resident wishing he could piss on that grave!

You misspelled diarrhea tbh

 

[Gardener]

Joe-mentum

To think that this neocon imposter was once a leader of the party exemplifies how the democrats lost their way during the DLC years. Nice work killing the public option, asshole. That goes for your 2nd wife Hadassah the industry lobbyist, too.

 

[Moonbeam]

I'm wondering if the need for self importance wasn't what earned him all this praise.

 

[sactoking]

I get the feeling that the left feels the same way about Lieberman that the right does about McCain.

 

[Pens1566]

I get the feeling that the left feels the same way about Lieberman that the right does about McCain.

I think the disdain is way more justified over Lieberman than it is for Meghan McCain's dad.

 

[IronWing]

The Dems knew what Lieberman was when they picked him up.

 

[Thump553]

The Dems knew what Lieberman was when they picked him up.

Not true. He totally changed over the course of his Senate career. Even by the time Gore picked him as his running mate in the 2000 election perhaps there were some indications of his future warhawk roles but nothing clear at that point.

 

[sdifox]

he can rot in hell

 

[Jaskalas]

Right wing media is awash with praise for the independent who helped them.
If you encounter anyone in the wild, ask them how many Republicans would they like switching parties? You know, if such a thing deserves their praise. Spoilers, it doesn't. They'll be mad.

 

[theeedude]

I am sure it's a big loss to Connecticut based insurance companies for whom he killed the public option in Obamacare.

 

[soulcougher73]

Hope you get to meet your maker and he then sends you to hell for being a POS human.

 

[pcgeek11]

😳

Such hate. Wow.

 

[IronWing]

😳

Such hate. Wow.

Lieberman allowed the health insurance industry to continue to suck hundreds of billions out of the American economy just to satisfy his insurance company campaign donors. Pure f'in' corruption.

 

[pcgeek11]

I guess I just don't believe in shitting on dead people.