Joe Lieberman RIP

Now he can be reunited in heavens with his original designer, Jim Henson.

savor the memory of your 2000 vote for him

One mistake I can claim not to have made. As I said then, if Gore had made even the tiniest gesture of wanting my vote, in terms of his platform or promises, I might have reconsidered. But Gore shunned the left, so I voted Nader in 2000.

RIP

Only 2 years before the senator from Tel Aviv can go home to a well deserved retirement.

even if you were blind in 2000, that he 'mentored' Obama in the Senate should've been sufficient warning.

Fuck this guy right in the ear:

As part of the same MSNBC segment, Arianna Huffington asked Lieberman to substantiate his claim about Saddam Hussein was working on weapons of mass destruction, a claim even George W. Bush abandoned. The senator replied, "I'm basing it on the so-called Duelfer Report. Charles D-U-E-L-F-E-R conducted the most comprehensive report on behalf of our government."

When Huffington said there's nothing in the Duelfer Report to bolster Lieberman's conclusions, the senator replied, "I don't think you've read it, sweetheart."

I find it nothing short of remarkable that a United States senator in 2011 would be so condescending as to call a woman "sweetheart" on national television. In context, Huffington was calling Lieberman out on his transparent falsehoods, which no doubt irritated him, but frankly, I don't care what the context was. Huffington deserves an apology.

In addition to the sexist language, it's also worth noting that Lieberman really doesn't know what he's talking about. Charles Duelfer found that Iraq did not possess -- or have concrete plans to develop -- nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

It's the same thing David Kay concluded, which is the same thing that the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded, which is the same thing the Pentagon concluded. The case is closed, and has been for many years.

look forward to invading his grave so I can piss on it

feel its unfair he deprived us the spectacle of a reelection campaign

how will I ever catch the Joementum now

fuck yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

reposting from the other thread:

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one day I will enjoy this thread

― a triumph in high-tech nipple obfuscation (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, December 14, 2009 7:17 PM (1 year ago)

gettin my hopes up

up top, shakey

HIGH KNUCKS LETS DO IT

this guy sucked

no regrets!

more than a lot of people can say about his career in the senate

beautiful day

shockah

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lieberman-iran-deal-is-not-the-good-deal-for-america/article/2568235

someday

great revive

when Joementum says you're being piled on

today is the day

got ‘em!

Does Judaism have a concept similar to limbo?

He went out doing what he loved, attacking Democrats on behalf of Israel

https://www.wsj.com/articles/schumer-crossed-a-red-line-over-israel-democrats-cater-to-those-against-jerusalem-a2ff3d37

Reading the comments on the NYT obit and wow it really takes all kinds

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-2000-vice-presidential-nominee-obit-033980

RIP to both of these patriots 🫡🫡
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one day I will enjoy this thread

― a triumph in high-tech nipple obfuscation (Shakey Mo Collier),

So proud of ilx right now.

Is “Nomentum” trending yet?

Joe Lieberman and I didn’t always see eye-to-eye, but he had an extraordinary career in public service, including four decades spent fighting for the people of Connecticut. He also worked hard to repeal “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and helped us pass the Affordable Care Act. In both…

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 27, 2024

just…

I didn’t want a public option and he ensured that I wouldn’t be the villain

helped us pass the Affordable Care Act

Obama's being very deliberate in how he phrased this. it's the most ambiguously charitable take possible on Joe's contribution.

I feel like the first post in this thread and the first post in the revive need to framed.

I miss 2009 ilx politics threads tbh

loooool, Shakey, I'm divided between your immaculately timed reentries and just wanting you to return to regular ILXor status. There are so many 'RIP...not really' threads in dire need of creation these days.

Did a death panel decide to pull his plug? Hope so

Joe Lieberman and I didn't always see eye-to-eye, but he certainly is dead now

Gonna play some really violent video games to ight in his honor

viva shakey

When Trump dies, it's going to be like Dorothy landing in Munchkinland.

Is it my imagination or was some cetrist third-party plot intending to run Lieberman as their candidate only a couple of weeks ago?

He was part of No Labels (or an advisor). Was he ever a potential candidate?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Labels

No Lieberman, morelike

lol

I'd forgotten this shit:

Did Lieberman improve? Ha ha, no. First, he became the most powerful person in the Senate, which is why Reid kowtowed to him in the first place. As an independent in a Republican administration, had he chosen to side with Republicans, it would have been a 50-50 split. Lieberman could dictate his terms to stay with the Democrats and give them the slim 51-49 majority. Basically those terms meant that on policy Lieberman could do whatever he wanted. In February 2007, he rewarded Connecticut voters for their faith in him by publicly lobbying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the confirmation of Sam Fox as ambassador to Belgium. Fox was a major funder of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth who had so viciously attacked John Kerry in 2004. A team player, that Joe Lieberman.

Lieberman continued basically accusing the Democratic Party of treason for opposing the Iraq War, claiming publicly in 2007, “They’re already asleep about the consequences of an American defeat in Iraq for our national security.”[3] In 2008, he spoke for a group called Christians United for Israel, headed by John Hagee, the far right pastor who has called the Catholic Church “the great whore” and claimed Hitler was God’s hand sending the Jews back to Israel. Did it matter to Lieberman that he was being used by the worst possible people to drive support for Israel so they can have their apocalypse? Of course not! In fact, the next year, he accepted the group’s Defender of Israel award. In 2010, he lambasted Barack Obama for not using the term “Islamic extremism” basically accusing the president, theoretically in his own party, of being soft on terrorism.

Where did this run?

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/03/the-ballad-of-buckleys-blowhard

“ He’s probably off trying to create a third party of afterlife, saying of God and Satan that Both Sides Do It.”

Joe Lieberman, Iraq War Cheerleader and Killer of Public Option, Dead at 82

"Up until the very end, Joe Lieberman enjoyed the high-quality, government-financed healthcare that he worked diligently to deny the rest of us. That's his legacy," said Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director of the Campaign for New York Health, which advocates for universal, single-payer healthcare.

heckuva job, shakey!