Comments on: Early Morning Swim: Glenn Greenwald and Rachel Maddow Take Down Joe Lieberman

By: NaderPaulKucinichGravel

NaderPaulKucinichGravel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:39:06 +0000

Joseph Lieberman (Fredo-CT)

By: solerso

solerso — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:30:29 +0000

Rape gurney joe was very worried about offending the religious sensibilities of the fundamentalist administrators of catholic and (ostensibly) jewish hospitals who might have to treat rape victims. Joe is a very moral man. Also, hospitals haven given him lots and lots of money. There is probably a direct relationship between joes morality and the amount of money he’s been given. If I knew
the amounts of money joe was given and the dates he was given it, based on his legisaltive activity and public speechifying i could probably come up with a way to quantify and predict joes realtive morality, on any given issue.

By: KarenM

KarenM — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:18:24 +0000

Yeah, like Israel’s.

By: DanRockridge

DanRockridge — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:31:25 +0000

“we have seen a parade of aged satraps from vast, windy places stepping forward to tell us what is off the table. Every week, there is another Max Baucus of Montana, another Kent Conrad of North Dakota, another Ben Nelson of Nebraska, huffing and puffing and harrumphing that we had better forget about single-payer health care, a carbon tax, nationalizing the banks, funding for mass transit, closing tax loopholes for the rich. These are men with tiny constituencies who sat for decades in the Senate without doing or saying anything of note, who acquiesced shamelessly to the worst abuses of the Bush Administration and who come forward now to chide the president for not concentrating enough on reducing the budget deficit, or for “trying to do too much,” as if he were as old and as indolent as they are.”http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/07/0082562

By: mwfolsom

mwfolsom — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:45:47 +0000

Lets not forget the other Democrat mentioned in that segment of Rachel’s show – Senator Bayh!

He and his wife have done rather well over the last few years selling influence to the Insurance Companies.

By: perris

perris — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:24:25 +0000

Notice that when Joe betrays the Party, the result is usually that people die (as in the War and now healthcare).

nice little talking point there

By: klynn

klynn — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:47:19 +0000

It’s simple. He does not put the United States of America first. He’s a bit distracted by other national interests.

By: oldgold

oldgold — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:33:56 +0000

I detested Liebermann before it was cool. Over time my antipathy for him has grown. Yet, I agree with you.

By: amghru

amghru — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:25:03 +0000

Its time to just let this bill die. It is so bad and watered down that it is going to do more harm than good, especially when the final bill has mandates and some kind of lipstick PO, most likely triggers. Pelosi is now showing her true colors by butchering the House bill. Supporting a bill that makes insurance companies richer at our expense without any real benefit to the American people is irresponsible on our part. Passing this bill is not going to save people from death by spreadsheet or any of the other systemic problems in the medical/industrial complex. Let Lie-berman kill the bill and let the Dems hang at the polls. Its what we keep threatening them with anyway. Like it makes a difference which party is in control the results are the same. Maybe by letting the Dems go down in flames will finally send a message to the Dem leadership that they are not immune to the consequences of their actions. Pelosi and Hoyer and Reid may not lose their seats but if they lose thier majorities and thier power is diminished, they may wake up and start serving the people they were elected to represent.

By: oldnslow

oldnslow — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:24:47 +0000

Good morning CBL and pups.