Lieberman: ‘There’s No Reason’ To Deal With The Uninsured Until After The Recession

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

Lieberman: ‘There’s No Reason’ To Deal With The Uninsured Until After The Recession

Last week, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), the most conservative member of the so-called bipartisan “Gang of Six” working on the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill, stated that he preferred that Congress deal with reform incrementally. “I think the only way it will happen is we need to break it down into smaller parts than we have now and put it through one at a time,” he said.

Today on CNN, Sen. Joe Lieberman (CT), an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, embraced Enzi’s idea. “Great changes in our country often have come in steps. The Civil Rights movement occurred, changes occurred in steps,” he argued. Lieberman added that Congress should address the nearly 50 million uninsured at some point down the road:

*****LIEBERMAN: Morally, everyone of us would like to cover every American with health insurance but that’s where you spend most of the trillion dollars plus, or a little less that is estimated, the estimate said this health care plan will cost. And I’m afraid we’ve got to think about putting a lot of that off until the economy is out of recession. There’s no reason we have to do it all now.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/23/lieberman-uninsured-recession/

[hobbit709]

1. Fuck you Joe, and the horse you rode in on.

[wordpix]

12. health ins. reform "won't be good for the Obama presidency." YOU go without health insurance til

the recession's over, OK, Joe? I'm a CT voter, in case you and yours are reading this post.

[felinetta]

29. Let's start a petition to remove Lieberman's health care.

[defendandprotect]

32. Yes . . .!!!

[Enthusiast]

150. +1, I will sign it! nt

[Kaleko]

57. Wormtongue's weasel words should mobilize us like never before.

I'm so furious, I'll donate time and money to any anti-Joe action campaign right now.

[GinaMaria]

182. All our congress people should go without healthcare that

is paid by the people until all the people have healthcare.

[sakabatou]

14. I have the same feelings

[lsewpershad]

16. And Joe

You will be screwed ROYALLY comes the next election.

[Ken Burch]

91. And, once again, fuck Harry Reid for not forbidding all Senate Dems to help HolyWarJoe

get on his right-wing horse after the primary. Once again, Ned Lamont deserves an apology from our Majority "Leader".

[Enthusiast]

151. +1 on all that, Ken!

Harry Reid is nearly as bad as Lieberman.

[Joe Bacon]

97. LIEberman picks up where Jerry Lewis left off

LIEberman gladly leads uninsured people to their death. He sees nothing wrong with that. I will never forgive the Democratic leadership for stabbing Ned Lamont in the back.

[mod mom]

117. Agree, FUCK YOU Joe! Another I've got mine, the hell with the rest of you!

[AngryOldDem]

118. 'Zackly.

Besides, think of all the cost savings -- the longer they drag this out, the less need there will be for any kind of health care reform. We'll all be dead.

Does he think before he speaks, or is he just an asshole?

[KamaAina]

132. He only rode in on half a horse

Hint: It wasn't the front half. :eyes:

[happygoluckytoyou]

169. MAYBE if we let enough of them DIE OFF.... we can insure them for less???

[jhain]

178. Could get Santorum

to fuck the horse, I'll bet.

[tj2001]

2. There is NO reason to be in Iraq or Afghanistan

[liam_laddie]

7. Iraqistan...

But, but, but the arms industry would lose one of the public-funded teats that are also suckled dry by, oh, Wall Street, Pharma, Energy, or...
:sarcasm:

[grahamhgreen]

109. Iraqistan - perfect framing! Aka pipelinistan.

[nashville_brook]

3. shit howdy -- breaking the legislation into smaller parts was a WH talking point last week.

Another of those "anonymous advisor" notions. I'll see if I can't find a link. Rachel mentioned it briefly last week.

[nashville_brook]

4. do we REC this b/c people need to see it, or do we UNrec it b/c it's so shockingly wrong?

I'm REC'ing for visibility.

[The Stranger]

5. Recc it if you truly hate Lieberman.

[Frank Booth]

25. It makes no sense. The McCain thread is getting unrecc'ed, the Lieberman thread is getting recc'ed.

I guess it's 'cuz so many folks here are Joementum fans.:silly:

[defendandprotect]

35. You're right . . . people are confused by the "UN" . . . my suggestion is don't UN anything . . ..

unless you're for censorship --

ONLY recommend stories you think other DU'ers should see!!!

THIS is a filthy comment by Lieberman which everyone should see -- !!!

[Control-Z]

144. Yes, I'm rec'ing too.

That is how I use the rec function. Visibility is important, even when it's about a wrinkled old testicle.

[Warpy]

6. I hope Ct. is wise enough this time to throw that worm out of office

although I know they're stuck with him until 2012. I do know fools who bought his crapola in 2006 and they're all suffering buyer's remorse.

They will probably be smart enough to elect a real Democrat this time.

[pundaint]

69. replace with who?

The Dems dumped him last election. What we need is a stronger farm system. Who are the future Progressive representatives and senators? The trouble is with Rahm's thinking, if he wears your jersey, he's on your team, whether or not he plays for you. A small Progressive party with some fighters would be a whole lot better than the 56 pussies in the 58 vote Democratic majority we have now. Lay down with blue dogs wake up with your majority fleeing, My Democratic Senator Kerry's staff tells me the senator thinks single payer is the best approach, but that pussy wont stand up for what he thinks is best, the same for my congressman Neil. So I got two Democrats who say single payer is best, but act like America isn't worth the best. I am so ready for choice.

[undeterred]

8. Morally speaking, Lieberman is a total asshole.

People are dying and he doesn't think its urgent.

[sellitman]

94. Those who have no health Insurance can die according to Joe.

Not only that but the brave soldiers can die too according to Joe. What a compassionate guy.

Joe: you are a morally bankrupt piece of shit. I voted for Lamont and it pisses me off others in this state thought this turd was fit to represent Connecticut.

[HughMoran]

9. Idiot. This is the perfect time to do it - we've got nowhere to go but up.

The same reason it's a good time to start a business (assuming you've calculated properly on what will be hot post recession.)

Joe Lieberman has turned out to be quite the disappointment - I really can't distinguish him from Republicans at this point. Really, if he's not with us Dems on the issue of the day, then he's just not a Democrat.

[cliffordu]

10. A recc for Lieberman the traitor.

[wordpix]

11. Joe, go without health care insurance for a yr. or so & then get back to me, OK?

You are OUT next time around in CT.

[Gman2]

13. I would like to impose my heart failure on him.

You stupid fucking imbecile. Go to hell with all your other neocons.

[No Elephants]

15. Liar. The civil rights movement was private. The Civil Rights ACT is the relevant comparison.

It occurred in one big bill, right along with Medicare.

Joe, you are such a lying, smarmy POS.


Quick, folks, what was the worst, most incomprehensible mistake Al Gore ever made?

[Greyhound]

100. Danna Brazile.

But LIEberman too.

[No Elephants]

17. Time for Reid to take away another committee assignment from this POS.

[Dr.Phool]

36. Reid?

That ineffectual, corrupt dickhead will probably give him a promotion.

[euphoria12leo]

18. I see Joe still has his head up John McCain's

ass. Joe the traitor another person President Obama trusted. The next time Joe begs for help I
would hope Obama tells him where to go. I have a suggestion where that might be.

[City Lights]

19. You're a sorry excuse for a human, "holy" Joe.

What a despicable thing to say.

What happened to America's compassion?

Can't say that I'm shocked though.

[Doc Martin]

20. Lieberman keeps saying things to insure his loss at the polls!

[madmax]

21. Never heard of him before Gore picked him for VP

:wtf: is WRONG with this p.o.s. Or, has he always been a shithead?

[Dr.Phool]

38. He's the Democratic Sarah Palin of the Senate.

[madmax]

41. Oy Vey! ;) n/t

[LeftishBrit]

49. He's been a shithead for a very long time at least

I have been aware of him for a very long time, as I followed the Dukakis-Bush election very closely all the way from here (needless to say, I was very disappointed by the outcome of that), and in that context also got news about some of the other contests. I remember that Lieberman was actually to the right of his Republican opponent.

[Umbral]

54. The first I heard of him was when he started a crusade against video games back in the 90's.

I still don't believe he was Gore's choice, he was some political strategist's idea. And yes, he has always been a shithead.

[butterfly77]

160. Always,,,

[SKKY]

22. SKKY: 'There's No Reason' to listen to Lieberman until he pulls his head out of his ass.

[AlbertCat]

23. Right on Joe!

People dying and suffering and conditions getting worse for non-treatment, not to mention the cost to all of us when the uninsured have to go to the ER... these are no reasons, no reasons at all.

Joe is such a deep thinker!



Fundamentalist twit!

[L0oniX]

24. ...

[GoCubsGo]

68. Maybe his nickname needs to be...

..."Scabbers". Harry Potter fans know to whom and what I am referring.

[lib_wit_it]

173. He's a twin in personality and appearance!

[liberal N proud]

26. = recession will never end

[Lerkfish]

27. "can you say "conflict of interest"?" yes, I knew that you could.

[adamuu]

28. I hate to resort to name calling, but, man, this guy is a world class dickhead n/t

[MasonJar]

30. LIEberman is an embarrassment to the human race.

[defendandprotect]

31. Why don't we end health benefits for the Congress and see what happens from there . . .????

And, in Lieberman's case -- let's also put him out of work -- what say?

[dana_b]

78. EXACTLY what I was going to say...

it's obvious to me that he and his family are doing alright. No out of work issues, no family member suffering from some horrible disease and wondering HOW they are going to pay for it, not being afraid everyday of your life that you aren't going to make it.
Shame on you Senator Lieberman. You either don't get it or don't care.

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[Merlot]

34. Hey joe, don't talk about morals when you support trillions for war

but not reform for the uninsured.

You're "morality" needs some serious rethinking.

[Enthusiast]

152. +1, Merlot

My thoughts exactly. As if these wars were in any way justified.

[shadowknows69]

37. How about we stop giving Congress their health insurance until the recession is over?

[levinrules]

39. Hate to say...

Times are dificult and there does not seem to be money coming in to the government...

[AlbertCat]

70. there does not seem to be money coming in to the government...

What?

So you didn't pay your taxes this year?


Make Corporations pay their fair share!

Tax the churches! Tax the businesses owned by the churches! (thank you Frank Zappa)

Then we could all get a personal tax break.

[juno jones]

87. The damn government has enough money to wage an ever-expanding war

on multiple fronts in a geographic location known for FAIL.

If they have that much lying around, they can find the money to take care of their own citizens; any thing less reflects wrong-headed priorities and an abrogation of duty as outlined in our founding documents.



Other countries don't seem to spend as much money on killing people as they do taking care of their own population. Sure wish we did that too.

[Fearless]

40. Reminds me of something Al Gore once said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjYYz2Jv2QY

[peacetalksforall]

42. The big mouth Senator who just keeps on giving. Giving as in reasons to vote him out.

[thelordofhell]

43. Thank you again Joe Lieberman

For once again proving that there was ONE good thing that came from the lying, stealing, killing Bush II administration. Their cheating kept YOU from being our Vice-President.

[Enthusiast]

153. You're right

, the only good thing to come of the 2,000 election was that LIEberman was never in office.

[leftcoastie]

44. Take away

HIS healthcare.

NOW.

[Politicub]

45. About the only thing that pisses me off about Gore is that he picked a douce for a running mate

If he never would have gained national prominence, no one would care what Lieberman thing. What a self-indulgent asshole. It's no wonder the GOP hearts him.

[Edweird]

46. To hell with that scumbag.

[LeftishBrit]

47. Umm, Britain established the NHS during a period of austerity just after a fucking world war!

We still had rationing of food and clothes, FFS. If people consider health care as a priority, they'll establish it.

It's even *more* important in a recession, as fewer people have job-related insurance.

[JerseygirlCT]

156. Exactly

It depends on whether you're looking at what's best for people or corporations.

If people, then no time is better than now, when so many are in need.

[NJCher]

48. that's what I like about DU

I didn't even need to read this thread because the first poster said it all:

Fuck you Joe, and the horse you rode in on.


Cher

[fascisthunter]

50. no soul, no compassion... nothing but an empty suit for hire

[Loge23]

51. There's no reason to listen to this jackass anymore. (eom)

[Libertas1776]

52. Fuck You

LIE-berman, you putz!

[valerief]

53. "God bless the chile who got his own, who got his own." Lieberman got his own.

What does he care about anyone else?"

[BlueIdaho]

55. Coward!

In the Senate there are Lions, like Ted Kennedy, lambs like Olympia Snow, and there are cowards like Joe Lie ber man.

In difficult times the lions roar, the lambs seek shelter, and the cowards piss tier pants.

What a gutless wonder.

[Swede Atlanta]

56. Has this FUCK read the proposed legislation?

Based on what I know the provisions in these bills will be introduced over a number of years out to the year 2013 if I recall correctly. If we aren't out of the recession by then we have much bigger problems than health care to deal with.

This is just another "kick the can down the street" argument. Obstructionists will always find a reason for delaying significant change. Joe LIEberman, you are a sorry excuse for someone who caucuses with the Democrats.

Tell the millions of uninsured to wait... many of these same individuals are those that are looking for work or have given up in the Bush economy (remember how you embraced that fuck of evil in 2004?). These are people who have lost their homes and their futures.

How smugly you can sit with your guaranteed huge Senate retirement check and lifetime health benefits.

[ramapo]

58. This simply disgusts me

Just when I think I've heard it all, some jackass Senator proves to have even less conscience, morality, and empathy than the last jackass.

I say revoke all their insurance and let them go out on the open market as individuals. Good luck getting insurance.

[Maeve]

59. That's GOT to show up in the next Conservative Idiots list!!!!

Sheeesh.

[IndianaGreen]

60. Holy Joe had legions of defenders in DU. The Left was never fooled by this POS.

I wish Alec Baldwin would change his mind and runs against Holy Joe, even if the Israel Lobby goes to bat for Holy Joe as they did the last time.

Lieberman To Alec Baldwin: "Make My Day" And Run Against Me (VIDEO)

Senator Joseph Lieberman said on Sunday that he was more than ready to take on an election challenge from 30 Rock star and longtime Democratic activist Alec Baldwin.

"Make my day," the Connecticut independent told CNN's "State of the Union." "I respect Alec Baldwin as an actor and as a comedian, and if he wants to run, that's his right."

A Baldwin-Lieberman match-up would draw an intense amount of political attention, instantaneously becoming the most-watched Senate race of the cycle. But the showdown wouldn't come until 2012. And while Baldwin has hinted his desire to boot Lieberman from Congress -- "I have no use for him," he told Playboy Magazine -- he's also declared that he's not running.

"Lastly, no I am not moving to Connecticut to run against Joe Lieberman," Baldwin wrote in a July column for the Huffington Post. "As much as I think Lieberman is an enormous letdown to the party that gave him their nomination for vice president, I am sure that Democratic Party leaders in that state will take care of themselves."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/23/lieberman-to-alec-baldwin_n_266415.html

[grahamhgreen]

61. Thailand has universal health care, why not here?

[Warren Stupidity]

62. Says Joe with his top-drawer all expenses paid health plan.

Fine. How about you surrender your plan until 'after the recession is over' as a good faith gesture?

[Christa]

63. K & R

He is such pathetic little man.

[Diane R]

64. He certainly didn't worry about the budget when he was cheerleading for every war.

[bkkyosemite]

65. Yeah I posted on this right after I heard it and called his office this morning to tell him

a few choice things including you are disgusting.

[eppur_se_muova]

66. FUJL! nt

[proReality]

67. K&R because everyone needs to see this! n/t

[Stevenmarc]

71. Hey Joe, maybe we should suspend your salary & healthcare till after the recession

[Vinca]

72. It's a shame the uninsured can't put cancer off until later. WTF?

:mad:

[philosophie_en_rose]

73. It's a magic recession. Health problems go away!!

:eyes:

Who could think that more people would need health insurance in a recession?

[teamster633]

74. They used to say that Hartford, Ct was the insurance capital of the U.S.

Is that still the case? And if so, could that have anything to do with Holy Joe's principled stand on this issue?

[beltanefauve]

107. Hartford, CT and Omaha, NE

Lieberman's state and Ben Nelson's state. Coincidence? :eyes:

[JerseygirlCT]

157. I'm sure it does nt

[barbtries]

75. no reason?

just let 'em die. motherfucker.

eta he is as far from a democrat as anyone could ever be.

[floridablue]

76. Hey JoMo!!

How about plans to deal with you after the recession. It will be fun to move to Conn. to help campaign against your sorry ass. You give Jews a bad name.

[shanti]

77. LIEberman, stick it where the sun don't shine!

we don't need your input! :grr:

[RedCloud]

79. He "slept" with McCain. Now their evil love child is rearing its ugly head.

And to think Gore wanted him for a VP?

[pitchforksandtorches]

80. dolt

[pleah]

81. What an asshole.

:mad:

[PatSeg]

82. Hey, excellent point Joe

If you wait, then more of them will be dead and we won't have to insure them!

[jimshoes]

83. Joe, the Compassionate Conservative

like his repuke buddies, only minus the compassion.

[LynneSin]

84. But we already deal with them now! Doesn't he get that?

I mean uninsured get sick and they go to hospitals. And when no one is paying for them the states end up suffering.

So like it or not we are dealing with them now. Question is are we going to make it affordable now or not?

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

85. dumb question time

can the president issue a signing statement revoking insurance for all members of congress until they pass a health care bill?

[Brigid]

165. I wish he could.

Brilliant! :evilgrin:

[Odin2005]

86. Idiot.

What that thing Rahm said about not letting a good crisis go to waste as a change to push reform?

[diane in sf]

88. Fine, all Congress critters should give up their health insurance until all Americans are covered

[GreenTea]

89. Has Lieberman always been a money-hungry, stab you in the back, greedy fucking republican

(in democrats clothing) ASSHOLE?

Yo people of Connecticut, was this cocksucker Lieberman ever a democrat.....did he ever have a compassionate or even one progressive bone in his disgusting corrupt money hungry body?

What a fucking republican pig "(I)" right? Keep stalling (the reliable republicans planned tactic) until there's never a bill........

Is your expensive vacation (on the tax-payers tab) going well. Senator Prick?

just put your head anywhere Joe, and watch me kick your fucking teeth down your slimy out of touch, greedy lying throat!

[butterfly77]

162. Yes,Yes,Yes,and Hell Yes...

[tomm2thumbs]

90. same as the 'end of the war on terror' - which of course is 'never'

Lieberman has earned the word 'LIE' in his name every day he exists. If only he earned the term 'MAN'

[Demeter]

92. There's No Reason to Inflict This Criminal Upon The US Government, Either

Put Lieberman in Gitmo.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

93. "Let those suckers eat cake" he said

and how the hell did he get back into office?

[Solly Mack]

95. Fuck him

[louis-t]

96. "Great changes have come in small steps"

Like getting conservatives out of the Democratic Party, one asshole at a time.

[JerseygirlCT]

98. Oh my goodness

Seriously, it shouldn't be, but I'm still shocked and horrified by this man.

And his preface of "morally"? Does he even know what the word means?

[Greyhound]

99. And he lied about Civil Rights, too.

We had a series of incremental and ineffectual "steps" over a century. IOW, we did nothing until we did it all at once.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

101. Didn't Bernake say the recession was over?

Looks like there's no reason to delay any longer.

[PatrynXX]

102. just gotta help those rich guys who still have a job and prop them back up. WTF?

no it's the one's who lost a job that need help. As long as they are still without a job they don't have insurance. Economy will never repair itself if there's no taxpayers there to pay the taxes. So of course the Rich get taxed more anyway. So no complaining about it.

[DesertFlower]

103. Jesus H. Christ. nt

[ThatsMyBarack]

104. Holy Joe needs to shut up and go away.

That is all.

[WinkyDink]

105. Because people's lives just aren't worth it, right?

[Union Yes]

106. To Joe: FUCK OFF you AIPAC owned sellout.

[hellsbeagle]

108. What a black hearted sack of shit.

[Cleita]

110. New rule. Every obstructionist Congress person or Senator should be

required to voluntarily suspend their tax payer funded health care before they vote against every American having the same health care privileges they do. You know what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

[Algorem]

111. he's holy.though.so this must be the right thing to do.

[wroberts189]

112. Lieberman: ‘There’s No Reason’ To Vote For Me. nt knr

[JDPriestly]

113. Lieberman = Heartless slob.

Lieberman is a mean cuss. That's all there is to it.

[Zorra]

114. Joe is counting on republicans picking up seats in the House and Senate

due to reform being put off until after the 2010 elections.,

Then, his mission of sabotaging the Democratic Party will be partially complete, and he can get to work on getting another republican in the WH in 2012, as well as helping republicans regain control of Congress.

Joe knows that if Dems succeed in reforming helath care soon, republicans will be the minority party for decades to come, and leave him even more angry and bitter than he already is.

[graywarrior]

115. I'd like to give him something to really whine about.

What a waste of a human being he is.

[bitchkitty]

116. I could just slap him.

How does anyone continue to vote for this guy? I just don't get it - why is he still here?

[Jim Sagle]

119. Jagoff Joe strikes again.

And if he weren't such a corporatist he'd admit that the recession ain't over till we reindustrialize.

[Dappleganger]

120. No REAL Democrat would screw the poor and middle class like this!

In agreement, FUCK YOU JOE and rot in hell!!

[mackerel]

121. I'm glad our party is rid of Lieberman!

[tavalon]

122. There is no reason to continue to provide oxygen to Lieberman

He has nothing important to contribute to the discussion.

[Kingofalldems]

123. Lieberman's DU pal must be grinning from ear to ear on this one

He just loves his boy Joe.

[theHandpuppet]

124. Is this the "just wait 'til they all die off" policy?

That man makes me SICK. :puke: Literally. And the only cure is to see him OUT of the Senate.

[2Design]

125. take his insurance away NOW n/t

[Wabbajack_]

126. Easy for you to day Joe, you have insurance

[lovuian]

127. Traitor JOE"S

just pay him enough and he will sell his soul

[and-justice-for-all]

128. LIEberman is one two faced piece of shit...

"but that’s where you spend most of the trillion dollars plus" We are more than happy to pay for it you moran! most of us know that it is not free.

[Reader Rabbit]

129. Resurrection of this classic seems appropriate:

Joe Lieberman Leaves Human Race, Forms Independent Species

[marmar]

130. Someone pull the lever....how long has this clump been sitting in the comode?

:argh:

[DrZeeLit]

131. Did he just say, "Let them eat cake???"

Oy yoi yoi.
See? He begs to be let back into the party and then he turns around and says this kind of junk.
Sheesh.
Clueless on sooooo many levels.

The time is always right to do what is right.
A right delayed is a right denied.
Both MLK quotes.

Somebody needs to get in this guy's face.... again.

Remember that moment when then Senator Obama took Liebermann to the wall in the senate chamber?

Good times!!!

We need "good times" again.

Please!!

[kestrel91316]

133. GFY, Joe. Sincerely, kestrel, who is uninsured due to the cost

[BobRossi]

134. Why is that son of a bitch keep breathing our air?

He's had more than his share.

[DailyGrind51]

135. Unless you need kidney dialysis and have no insurance, Jerk!

[jwirr]

136. sounds to me that Lieberman needs to meet with his Rabbi for a little

reeducation.

[DesertDiamond]

137. Um... I think the orginal reason for health care reform WAS the UNINSURED...?

Lieberman is off his meds.

[formercia]

138. I noticed Joe is still a butt ornament for McCain.

Wherever McCain travels, there's Joe, up close, behind and personal. You would think they were a couple by the smile on Joe's face.

[BrklynLiberal]

139. I cannot wait until that pieceof s**t is thrown out on his ass!!!!!!!!!!

[Botany]

140. Joe L., this has been going on from Nov. 1945 ..... 64 years ago.

Time to get something done.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6374552

[Union Yes]

141. There's no reason to ever vote for or donate money to Turncoat Joe.

[Samantha]

142. Depraved Indifference - n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

143. But he'd vote all the money in the world to kill muslims.

Priorities, you know.

[AsahinaKimi]

145. Someone needs to

Get in Lieberman's face over this statement. They need to verbally knock him on his selfish ass.

[FormerDittoHead]

146. Just a kick. I read nothing here that I disagree with. n/t

[earcandle]

147. I'd like to know what it is you plan to spend our money on instead, Mr. Leiberman?

[SFGate]

148. This guy is like the relative who you can't stand, yet is always the last

person to leave the family gathering.

:puke:

[Enthusiast]

149. Old Joe, ever proving he

is the COMPLETE asshole.

[Politicub]

154. Can everyone please postpone disease and illness until we're out of the recession?

That way, Lieberman can enjoy his government run health care plan and not have a guilty conscience.

Seriously, I despise this self-indulgent hack. How dare he suggest that the sick and uninsured need to wait on the economy improving. Unbelievable.

[omega minimo]

155. But there's PLENTY to give AWAY to the BANKSTERS with no ACCOUNTABILITY

[JerseygirlCT]

158. Here's an idea:

can we find some people in CT who are struggling without insurance and have them start telling their stories to the media and to Lieberman's office?

I can just see the story now, and it wouldn't make things easy for Lieberman.

[wroberts189]

159. Damn ..if there is one thing DU'rs agree on is Joe needs to go. nt kick

[StarryNite]

161. Fuck you joe...

you piece of shit !

[MilesColtrane]

163. I can only hope you've finally straddled and squatted on the third rail of politics,...

...you shriveled, prevaricating, fraudulent, fish-faced old fool.

[lib2DaBone]

164. Ya? There's no need to deal with you Joe... Fuckhead....

[droidamus2]

166. Yeah easy for Joe to say

He has government health care insurance. What an unfeeling, unempathetic gasbag. Liberman should not be caucusing with the Democrats. On every major issue, including the last election, he has done nothing but oppose what the Democrats want to do. Cut him loose and let him play with his own caucus!

[HawkerHurricane]

167. The Senior Senator from Aetna Insurance speaks!

And all those from the State of Aetna listen!

(I feel sorry for the people of Conneticut, they only have one senator.

[unkachuck]

168. traitor joe....

....you never seem to disappoint....joe, maybe you and your puke buddy, mikey, should ask someone without insurance, in desperate need of healthcare, if they would like to wait until after the recession for much needed medical attention....or to receive much needed medical attention incrementally....

....you're a worthless piece of crap....as Americans joe, we must all start from the position that EVERY AMERICAN needs and deserves decent healthcare and the right to live....

....then we, as Americans joe, must find the will and the way to pay for it....it's the right to do joe, it's the only thing to do....a 100 billion a year or a trillion dollars over ten years is chump change, and you know it....the time has come joe, we've waited long enough....

....I'm curious joe, did you and your puke friends invade Iraq incrementally? Do you support your beloved Israel incrementally? Did you shower your puke friends in big banking and on wall street with trillions of our tax dollars incrementally? Didn't you and your friends piss away a trillion in one week last fall?

....instead of trying to put more innocent Americans into an early grave, maybe you should spend your time and energy thinking of ways to save the lives of Americans; fellow citizens of the country you claim to love....

....the money is there, joe, that's why we're paying like you to find it.

[Skittles]

170. anyone who ever voted for this bastard needs their ass kicked

[saigon68]

171. Joementum Limpmann (R) Conn = Bush Butt Boy

[mother earth]

172. Lieberman = Scrooge...hoping there'll be less of them living.

[FlaGranny]

174. No reason at all, Joe,

if you believe 18,000 deaths a year from lack of insurance is not a reason - if you don't care that people are dying at a greater rate than in wars from lack of health care - if it's unconcerning that Americans actually receiving health care are filing bankruptcy in record numbers. What a total and complete and uncaring asshole.

[Hubert Flottz]

175. Mole Man...

The democrats will have no secrets from the GOP as long as the mole is on the job.

[4_TN_TITANS]

176. Has anyone explained to this dumb ass

how medical crises are perpetuating the recession, with the majority of forclosures related to medical bills? Did we actually nominate this guy for vice-pres once or was it just a bad dream?

[wroberts189]

177. two things ..and a kick.

1- He joined the McCain/Palin campaign. Speaking at the RNC.
2- After losing a hard fought Dem. primary in CT ..he ran as an independent rather then bow out.


He is no Dem.

[havocmom]

179. "Would somebody please show this poor asshole the way out of town?"

I knew there was a mystical reason The Frisco Kid was on yesterday.

[EC]

180. Lieberman WANTS TO KILL POOR PEOPLE...

now there's a frame...

[kevsters]

181. They are all shills to the insurance industry!!!

If this video doesn't get people to see the true agenda of Fox News, I don't know if anything will. Neil Cavuto basically says Obama's moral obligation should be protecting America's wealth, not the health of all Americans.

These people are unbelievable.

http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2640

[Ilsa]

183. Then Joe needs to GIVE UP HIS OWN FUCKING INSURANCE UNTIL THEN! nt

[primavera]

184. Damn, that guy is so fucked up - n/t

[crim son]

185. Fuck him.

He personifies the "death panel."

[DebbieCDC]

186. No reason at all holy joe

except for the millions that will die waiting for the "recession" to end.

This POS makes me :puke:

[last_texas_dem]

187. What kind of bass-ackward reasoning is that?

That clown never fails to disgust me...

[Uncle Joe]

188. Our totally dysfunctional health care "system" is a large part of the adverse dynamics

leading to our national economic woes.

Straighten health care reform out properly ie: universal single payer health coverage or at the very least a strong public option and the economy will come back much stronger based on solid fundamental bedrock principles instead of the current dysfunctional shifting sand foundation of which for profit "health" coverage and in the turn the American economy is built on.

For profit "health" coverage; is immoral, inefficient, and so dysfunctional as to be an ongoing ever increasing catastrophic drag on the American Peoples' health and their finances.

The very concept of any civilized nation; allowing an industry having nothing to do with health care, to profit from it's citizens' illness and injury thereby leeching precious health care dollars away from the peoples health care borders on insanity from a conscientious and national economic perspective.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[robcon]

189. Totally illogical argument by Liebernan

Health care will be with us during recessions, booms, busts and everything in between. When we start the process should have nothing to do with the state of the economy.

Strike while the iron's hot.