Lieberman: Public Option Is 'A Mistake' That I'll Filibuster

[DillonX]

Because we give many billions to Israel they're able to provide UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE to EVERY CITIZEN of Israel.

I wonder of whore Lieberman wants to stop that?

[aminp]

I wonder the recent concessions that were given to Isreal has something to do with this.

He is telling the persident I'll stop you if you stop the settlement.

[fishhead06]

Is there any special interest that this man won't shill for?

[vllmer]

Check out the youtube videos of detroit, chicago, other failed states that have been owned by democrats for decades. People kept dum, depressed, on the dole. I and so many others fled pennsylvania 'cause it was shutting down. Nothing was coming back, but lowering taxes was blasphemy. and how is all that spending working out for california? Slave to the spending, slave to the debt. Good luck with that interest.

[houstonrockets616]

Good job Joe. Suck it everyone who doesn't like it. (fist pump)

[DixieDale]

The Dems need to strip this guy of his chairmanship - it should have been done when he kissed Bush's and mcCain's asses, but now it is necessary.

What a little Judas.

[sirdaveysockrocker]

ooooooh so he wants to say yes, we just HAVE to do what HE wants. god i hate this asshole.

[bundlesjr]

He wants lobbyist money.

[JerezJulio]

You make a pact with the Devil and sooner or later he will burn you.

This is what Obama get for making a deal with a Traitor.

The Man betrayed Al Gore, Betrayed the Party comparing wit the Republican, and now is going to Sabotage the Party.

How long until this traitor man is expelled for the caucus and stripped out of all seniority?

I am sick and tire of Wimp Obama seeking the consent of the Enemy.

[tra12345iscool]

so.... the 'opt' out plan isnt there anymore?

[koren1124]

Lieberman is such a lying bastard.

[rafyselles]

Lieberman is another jew in congress ,he is not for the people of CT. HE is for the corporates zionist .and Israel .

[kulbaen]

Gee, the guy representing the area of the country that is home to 3 of the major Health Insurance companies is against a public option at all costs? Wow, I'm so shocked.

Where does he get a majority of his money? The Health insurance industry? Hmm... gee, Scooby, something doesn't seem right here!

[vllmer]

the public option is pushed by politicians in bad faith, a forced entitlement to destroy the already gov hobblled free insur. market (like gov intervention in the housing market created that crisis) numerous politicians are on tape saying this is about destroying insur. co. and choice.

Lieberman's right, the gov in unable to run this, maintain it, this is MORE unsustainable gov. just like ss, medicare, unaccountable, ever growing spending, meddling, economy wrecking-adding to ranks of uninsured.

[utopianheaven]

No government needs to spend $700,000,000,000 of its own citizens money on a single item... just fix the problem (eliminate state-by-state restrictions on the sale of insurance, require individual purchase of healthcare rather than corporate pools, etc) and the problem just might be fixed without costing even $0.10.

[elfyboy]

Money can't buy you love, Joe.

[jamesmaseobrown]

The public option is not an entitlement. This man is a snake.

[Riselikethetide]

The man clearly wants money.

[Francebrasil]

FOR SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PotheadPundit]

why do people still vote for this idiot?

[j0hnwi11iams]

Yup, in the US, thanks to corrupt officials like Lieberman, people are not entitled to choice.

[carrierexchange]

Droopy says NO!

[BayAreaLen]

Droopy plays the role, serving the interests of his owners. He's a cunt whether you're right, left or conspiracy theorist. How any sane person goes out of their way to drive to a ballot box and cast a vote for this idiot, thinking that they're making a difference, is well fucking beyond me.

[glory789]

I hope this motherfucker burns in hell for eternity for allowing millions of Americans to die.

[Chewy240284]

SHILL !!!

[michalo2]

Hope his insurance gets cut for previous condition!

[NatureLegalized]

A thoroughly rotten Shill clown bought & fully paid for.

[danthemango]

why was he ever considered democrat?

[iwillspyonyou]

health care industry sellout.

[bulluni]

Why do people in his constituency vote for him!

[1samothrace77]

senators are elected to use their intellect not their feelings. a lot of american don't care what you feel, joe.

[cagedtigersteve]

Lieberman is a mistake

[LorenzKamo]

annoying.... very very annoying

[deathtoll5000x]

JOE LIEBERMAN BURN IN HELL

[MegF142857]

Good for him!

[CynicalSavior]

Thank fucking god this guy didn't become Vice President.

What a whore.

[Richardgwm]

Lieberman will never be re-elected.

[markvanslam]

I feel so strongly that joe lieberman is a fucking corperate whore, and a worthless human being. Does he not get that the majority of americans want a public option? Just keep suckin the d**ks of the insurance companies.

[bfayer]

when he talks is sounds like he has a retainer in his mouth

[Philinspaces]

Bad Joe.

[BDMIX3]

What a Scumbag!

[freesk8]

I disagree with Lieberman on the Mideast war, (he's a hawk and the troops should be brought home quickly) but I agree with him on the Govt Option for health ins.

It's a really bad idea.

[WKaliberr]

Droopy Dog Judas motherfucker foreign agent for Israel cunt

[Iceberg6606]

Oh Joe. Say it ain't so!  Sad to see you go the way you've gone.

[elitemathlete]

What a tit.

[keithalanjohnson]

Pity that he isn't up for reelection until 2012.

[marniespeaks]

Corporate Whore

[AleksJonesDesepshun]

As opposed to a sole-proprietership whore?

[frigoria]

Lieberman is the worst kind of sell out traitor you can face in the world I rather be with a snake in the car than with Lieberman

[AleksJonesDesepshun]

That's very interesting, I hadn't thought about it that way. You're saying that Lieberman's pulling a power-play for conservative and industry groups' money, thereby stemming the flow of those contribution dollars that would have otherwise been mopped up by the right-wing.

It kinda does make sense; Lieberman's running a fake pass formation to the right, to confuse and weaken the defense of the other team, leaving the left flank wide-open, putting the Dems in better position upfield!

[AleksJonesDesepshun]

Even if Lieberman filibusters, it would only take 51 Senators to pass a Medicare Part E-type of plan offered up from the House.

[gone2cast]

ahh the senator from AETNA

[rickamabob13]

Lieberman in 1994: Filibuster is unfair and it isnt right to use it to obstruct major legislation.

thinkprogress(dot)org/2009/10/­30/lieberman-filibuster/#comme­nts

[gallomex13]

I hate this corrupt sell out fuck!!! You are mistake I asked your mom Joe!!!

[437thx1138]

Ah Joe you self serving little cynic. Droopy the dog's convictions change with the prospects of gain. Filibuster is OK now when you want it.

I knew he should have lost his chairmanship. And he would only stab the dems in the back at a critical moment.

I work health care, NO complaints about Medicare which is a public option BTW. Easier for us in all ways to deal with than private ins.

[whoo689]

The sad thing is that the public option opponents don't wanna admit it's actually pretty innocuous. So instead of supporting it, just because it's a gov't program they wanna lie and cram that nonsense down Americans' throats because "It's from the Democrats." How insanely partisan!

If you strip away the death panels, taxpayer-funded abortions, and talk of "gov't-run healthcare", the public option is just a gov't version of all the other insurers. It's not that much diff.

[whoo689]

It's not an entitlement, Joe-jackass. Everyone under it will have to pay PREMIUMS. Do you know what those are? Oh, that's right. You don't HAVE to pay them since you get practically free healthcare as a Senator!

God, it's really a wonder why this asshole bothers caucusing with the Dems. I mean, he's becoming more and more of a Republican, slowly but surely. First it was the war and now it's healthcare reform. He just doesn't wanna admit he's one of the loonies. He fools himself.

[gordo21c]

I love Joe Lieberman

[doink1422]

I live in connecticut he just lost my vote. What a jack-ass

[delta9999]

Public Option would be a disaster

[penwell82]

Also the Republican base is mostly naive country bumpkins.

[penwell82]

Make no mistake about it, Joe Lieberman is a very, very bad and dishonest man. This is someone who said that the 68% of CT supporters of health reform were "misinformed" and who introduced bills banning Senate filibusters ten years ago, yet now wants one. His political career is over.

[MopacMurtaza]

What a fucking idiot.

[TheLeftyGrove]

Never in the world has a more slimy, conniving piece of shit lived. Joe Lieberman wasn't born; he crawled his way out of some prehistoric ooze.

[benjykenjy]

what a fucking sell out makes me sick

[Waranle]

Obama and other motherfuckers allowed this piece of shit to continue his crap. Dems need to throw under the bus this lunatic. He is a whore for insurance Company.

[tubular87]

It's possible that Lieberman became such a bastard because liberals tried so hard to purge him from the Democratic Party. Would Lieberman be such an ass had liberals not been so intolerant of him and unappreciative of his decades in the senate voting 90% of the time with the Democrats? It seems that Lieberman is a creation of his own liberal enemies.

[georgezimmer]

lieberman feels so strongly that black people should not have health care

[ubtri]

FUCK LIEBERMAN

[moregravyplease]

You no good, low down, dirty double-dealer!

OTOH--I can't help but HOPE this party 'disunity' is an over-all strategy to soak PACs and the insurance industry for donation dollars hoping to derail the inevitable.

Even if Lieberman, et al, do filibuster, there's no guarantee they won't break a filibuster over public pressure FOR the public option. In fact, I won't be surprised if progressives manage to resurrect the Medicare Part E concept. After all, some thought the public option was dead.

[cindiloohoo]

This fucking weasel has taxpayer-funded health care for himself and his family. I guess he thinks he's "entitled" to it.

Surely, in a nation with so many vast resources, we can come together for the common good, pool those resources, and come up with enough tar and feathers to give this little shitheel exactly what he deserves!

[typhonsentra]

I can't believe this bastard was as close as he was to the presidency.

[baronmorris]

he's the the real reason Gore lost...

[sevadaj]

Lieberman sounds like and looks like Droopy Dog.

[Melpheos1er]

but he is not happy

[z5d3]

I always thought he sounded like Dr. zoidburg from futurama

[sevadaj]

I have never watch Futurama, but OK, If you say so.

[PersonalJesus348]

THAT SON OF A BITCH!

[CaramelAnt]

Lieberman is the platonic ideal of a bad American politician.

[navtel]

who elects this individual?

[Michigan1985]

Lieberman is a mistake.