Joe Lieberman Humiliates Himself

[RoyGBiv]

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Via Delong via WhoRunsGove.com

Here’s some video of Joe Lieberman only three months ago appearing to endorse the Medicare buy-in idea — in seeming contradiction of his decision to bail on the Senate deal.

Lieberman discussed the Medicare buy-in a meeting with the Connecticut Post in September, according to an article in the paper at the time, as TPM noted today. But the article only paraphrased Lieberman.

I asked the paper to send over the video, and it’s worth watching, because it gives you Lieberman’s actual quotes — which seem at odds with the Lieberman camp’s claim today that he has real problems with the approach:

http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2009/12/health-care-reform-watch-senator-joe-lieberman-humiliates-himself-yet-again.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BradDelongsSemi-dailyJournal+%28Brad+DeLong%27s+Semi-Daily+Journal%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/video-watch-lieberman-endorse-medicare-buy-in-three-months-ago/

[cal04]

1. NY Times:Lieberman Supported Medicare Expansion

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/14/us/politics/AP-US-Lieberman-Medicare.html?_r=1

Sen. Joe Lieberman was for a Medicare expansion before he was against it.

Democrats circulated video Monday from a Connecticut newspaper's interview in September showing Lieberman voicing support for a so-called Medicare buy-in allowing uninsured people as young as 55 to purchase coverage.

The Connecticut independent, whose vote is critical to the health care reform bill's prospects, had threatened Sunday to join Republicans in opposing health legislation permitting a buy-in.

Lieberman's spokesman Marshall Wittmann said Lieberman's comments were made before the Senate health care bill, which includes health insurance subsidies, was finalized. Wittmann said Lieberman believes the subsidies make a Medicare buy-in program redundant.

[Holy Moly]

8. she's got a right

Hey a girl's got a right to change her mind, don't she?

[The Wizard]

11. There's a reason

Liebermann sounds like he's constipated. He's full of shit.

[newmac]

2. He doesn't get it. Healthcare is a RIGHT!

Boot this freak out of our party

[RoyGBiv]

3. Technically he's just hanging around ...

...like that stuff that lingered at my uncle Doc's house on boiled cabbage and deviled egg night.

[thereismore]

4. Well, Lieberman, you swine, I agree with your alter ego 3 months ago. nt

[Kokonoe]

5. wh*t * P#^c# OF SH!t #OM

[Chemisse]

6. I wonder how he is polling in his home state at this time

I really hope they oust him next time around.

[hmorehead]

7. Was that HIS version of "who's on first, no he's on second"?

[eagertolearn]

9. Great video thanks! I really can't stand Liebermann!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gman2]

10. I'll give him this much, that was offf the cuff.. Pathetic, rambling, incoherent, but impromptu!

[fixed news]

12. I really do hate that man.

How the hell is he still in there? Grow a spine Democrats and Boot him out PLEASE!

[RoyGBiv]

13. In where?

[WhoIsNumberNone]

14. In office

[RoyGBiv]

16. That would be easy ...

If that was the question, he's in office because the citizens of Connecticut elected him to a 6 year term.

I was wondering more if the question might have been why is he allowed to caucus with the Democrats or why does he have committee chairmanships. Those questions are more difficult.

[GreenTea]

17. Lieberman doesn't give a shit, he's paid well by insurance corporations, has his chairmanship, is

getting all the attention, and being wooed by both Dems & republicans and still being able to be his arrogant lying selfish vendictive self.

Lieberman is making millions of dollars from the insurance corporations in return Lieberman is making the insurance corporations billions of dollars keeping the status quo stopping any bill that would take a penny away from the insurance companies stranglehold & profits.

This is one slimy, shameless, unprincipled, uncaring lying asshole is Joe Lieberman and unfortunately he doesn't care....he's got his!

[WhoIsNumberNone]

15. He has got to be the most boring man on the planet.

He's so incredibly boring it's hard to stay focused on what he's talking about. That was about the longest 2 minutes of my life. If you want to get info out of Gitmo detainees, just lock them in a room with this guy.

[toymachines]

18. Boring. And is that kid watching something on his latptop?

Horrible, even for the internets...