Joseph Lieberman Joins Private Equity Firm

[Penicilino]

Source: New York Times



Over lunch in Manhattan several months ago, Brendan Carroll, a partner and co-founder of the private equity firm Victory Park Capital, had a proposition for his former boss, Joseph I. Lieberman, the former senator from Connecticut and onetime vice presidential candidate: Would Mr. Lieberman be interested in joining his firm?

Mr. Lieberman, who retired from the Senate last January after representing Connecticut in Washington for 24 years, was intrigued and eventually decided to join Victory Park as chairman of its executive board, the firm announced on Thursday.

“While in the U.S. Senate, I fought for policies that would allow small businesses to thrive,” Mr. Lieberman said in a statement. “I look forward to a long-term partnership with Victory Park Capital that will position the firm for continued growth.”

Mr. Lieberman’s appointment comes after his move to the law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman in New York last summer.

Read more: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/joseph-lieberman-joins-private-equity-firm/?smid=tw-dealbook&seid=auto&_r=1&

[Lint Head]

1. Sir-Prize Sir-Prize!

[closeupready]

5. As in, 'eyes on the prize, sir'?

[Joe Bacon]

26. So he's gone to work at the Cherry Patch Ranch??????

[democratisphere]

2. No member of Congress should be allowed to pedal their influence........

on K Street, Wall Street, Private Equity and the like, after they retire from Congress. It truly is time to Roto-Rooter the sewer that is Congress and start over with reformed members on both sides of the aisle.

[Ikonoklast]

3. Holy Joe rolling in the dough.

I want to thank all the Connecticut union members that helped re-elect that steaming turd to the Senate over an actual Democrat Ned Lamont...we just might have had single payer if not for that shitheel bastard getting re-elected.

[adirondacker]

14. Thank Bill Clinton and the DLC support for Joe. nt

[warrant46]

17. Joe = A Steaming Pile of Feces

[adirondacker]

18. He was just protecting his interests;Insurance, Pharmaceutical, and Military contractors.Connecticut

is Rich with them.

[warrant46]

21. Yes a True ------Man of the People

Bravo Joe way to go

[adirondacker]

23. There should be a "Bullshit Artist Extrordinaire" award in his honor at the Whitehouse. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Why did Al Gore choose Lieberman?

I suppose he wanted someone who was perceived to be a moderate

and who had appeal with Jewish constituencies and consumers

But he got someone who wasn't very articulate, and in my view,
worst of all, insisted on observing strict religious doctrine: he
attended services on Saturday instead of campaigning. Would they
have won with 3 more Saturday's of Lieberman in Florida?

A stronger choice, in my view, would have been the more liberal
Senator Bob Graham of Florida. Yes they would have been the
tree-hugging ticket, but would that have lost votes? It would have
gained votes because the contrast with Bush-Cheney would have
been clearer.

I don't think VP Gore wanted to win very much.

[karynnj]

27. CW at the time was as an antidote to having been Bill Clinton's VP

I didn't get it then either as Gore had always had no reputation of the Bill/Monica problem himself. He had a very attractive family and his wife was his college (or hs) sweetheart.

Supposedly it was Lieberman's calling Clinton out on Monica earlier than other Democrats that gave him the nomination - and it was considered that he would win FL. (Though Graham would certainly have done that as well.)

Supposedly he rejected Edwards and Kerry for Lieberman. Kerry would have KILLED Cheney in the debate.

[Carolina]

32. Always thought

that was the stupidest thing Al Gore ever did. The way Timmy Russert and other media sellouts fawned over the Liebermann VEEP choice spoke volumes about what a POS he was. He was said to be a repudiation of Clinton since he had spoken out on the Senate floor about Clinton's reckless beravior in the Lewinsky matter. But Clinton could have won again and Gore erred mightily in not using him and in selecting that Loserman

[silvershadow]

6. Sounds about right. nt

[Tom Ripley]

7. Water to be wet

[madokie]

8. What took so long

f* HO LIEberman

[ZRT2209]

9. a NYC private equity firm is a "small business?"

[tabasco]

15. Yeah, a regular mom and pop operation, I'm sure

Joe will probably help with stocking the shelves and stuff like that.

[warrant46]

20. Manual Labor? -----not for him he's above that

[davidpdx]

10. Good ole' trader Joe

[warrant46]

22. From the archives of Trader Joe

Trader Joe’s Two-Buck Chuck Gets a Price Hike Jan. 25, 2013

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/25/trader-joes-two-buck-chuck-gets-a-price-hike/

It could have only lasted for so long, but Trader Joe’s Charles Shaw wine — infamously known as "Two-Buck Chuck" — is no longer two dollars after an impressive 11-year run.

“Quite a bit has happened during those years and the move to $2.49 allows us to offer the same quality that has made the wine famous the world over,”

This is Lieberman the quality of a $2.00 bottle of wine

[davidpdx]

24. Nah, he's a dollar store item

[warrant46]

30. +1

[nikto]

11. Lieberman's BIG PLANS for Victory Park Capital...

1. Establish a standing army and air force
2. Bomb somebody
3. After bombing, invade the country that was bombed
4. Repeat, with another country.




That's good 'ole Warmonger Joe.

[benh57]

12. Incredibly lucrative

The way to become a billionaire with a "B" is through Private Equity.

[shanti]

13. Doesn't he have enough

Friggin money??

[tabasco]

16. A happy day

when this scumbag left the Democratic Party.

[yurbud]

19. I hope he does to that company what he did to America.

[Pterodactyl]

25. He's one of the reasons I didn't support Gore-Lieberman.

[Enrique]

28. "He wanted his post-Senate career to include some business activities."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-12-24-notebook-financial-20131224,0,1273905.story

[Octafish]

29. Keeping an eye peeled for the next ENRON.

From the Honest Is Its Own Reward Not Department:

Lieberman in Enronland

It has come to this: The investigation of Enron as a political scandal appears for now to depend on Senator Joseph Lieberman, an Enron Democrat who bagged Enron campaign contributions and who worked hard to block accounting reforms. Lieberman's committee agreed to issue subpoenas seeking information that could shed light on Enron contacts with the White House, but the question is, How hard is he willing to push?

Which helps explain why Smirko and Sneer were never investigated, let alone indicted, for their ties to Kenny Boy.

[Wolf Frankula]

31. Didn't Barry Obama Support Holy Joe Also?

And then Holy Joe turned around and stabbed him in the backl
I'm surprised. I thought the Likkud lackey would become a lobbyist for Israel.

Wolf

[KoKo]

34. Lieberman was his "Chosen Mentor" for Obama as a Jr. Senator...

So...he knew how to pick 'em. And, now "Holy Joe" gets his riches....After all Chris Dodd got his from MPAA...so why shouldn't the esteemed Senator Liberman follow in footsteps to claim his own "Pot O' Gold" from Wall Street.

[KoKo]

33. Who Could Have Guessed?

[DeSwiss]

35. Meh.

- I mean it's not like everyone didn't already know he was selling himself. The streetlights in Washington DC should all be red.....

K&R