Lieberman Twists the Knife

Huffington Post by Robert Scheer | Oct. 28, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any health care reform bill that has a public option -- even the version with the "trigger" compromise accepted by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe -- because it might cost money

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Posted by: Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct 28, 2009 - 6:16 AM PDT
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Edited by: Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct 28, 2009 - 6:19 AM PDT
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 by Philippe Habib - Oct. 28, 2009

A well written rant. No real analysis and unlikely to change anyone's mind, but it makes its point well.

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 by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct. 28, 2009

This is an insightful historical, and well written look at Lieberman's political actions.

But it is not possible to feel anything but loathing for those like Lieberman who vote for every big government program, no matter how wasteful, in support of big business, ... More »

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