I did not watch the debate and I read here that Bernie

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21. So you're backing off your fallacious description of Joe Leiberman now that you got corrected

on his party affilliation when he voted on the public option, in an offhande effort to equate and on DU, smear, the political progressive cred of actual Democrats who didn't support the public option on the ACA with Joe Leiberman the Independent ?

Or not?

Because Obama is included in that group you're trying to casually damn. He dropped his support of it before the vote. Isn't that "killing it?"

It was during the post-9/11 years that Lieberman linked arms with Republicans Graham and McCain, two other hawks who, like their Democratic friend, were known to thwart their party. The trio traveled the world together and became known as the "Three Amigos." So high was their mutual regard that McCain reportedly wanted Lieberman to be his 2008 running mate, though he eventually succumbed to pressure to pick conservative Sarah Palin instead.

Still, Lieberman stood by his friend.

"In the Senate, during the three-and-a-half years that Sen. Barack Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done," he said at the 2008 Republican convention.

Democrats viewed that speech as blasphemy.

"He could have given a speech defending John McCain, but instead he went on the offense and blistered Obama over his lack of foreign policy skills, which were a major Republican talking point," said Manley, a long-time senior aide to Harry Reid, the former Democratic Senate leader. "It caused a lot of ill will."

https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/why-democrats-dont-like-joe-lieberman/index.html



Lol.