Lieberman Promises Voters McCain "Will Live To 85 At Least"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: The Huffington Post

Asked again on Sunday whether Sarah Palin is ready to be president, Sen. Joe Lieberman went one step further than he has in past remarks -- virtually pledging to voters that John McCain "will live to 85 at least."

In an audio clip of the Tampa, Florida, event obtained by the Huffington Post, Lieberman acknowledged that he has spoken "to doctors and insurance actuaries" about McCain's health, "because I get asked this question so much."

"People say to me, oh jeez, he's 72 and he's got skin cancer," Lieberman said, adding: "I can tell you he's been in remission for eight years. Secondly, I talked -- because I get asked this question so much -- I talked to doctors and insurance actuaries. And they tell me based on McCain's age, his health, including skin cancer, he'll live till at least 85. And probably longer."

Lieberman once again offered a prayer that Palin would not soon have to serve as commander in chief: "I believe that he'll be able to serve through his first term for which he's elected, please God."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/lieberman-promises-voters_n_138278.html

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[Bicoastal]

1. God, I'm counting the days until 2012...

[goclark]

2. Does he have a crystal ball that we aren't aware of ?

[struggle4progress]

21. That's unfair stereotyping. Joe could be using tarot cards or astrological charts.

[sendero]

45. Either of which would offer more reliable information..

.... than the witch-doctors he allegedly spoke to.

[KamaAina]

3. Wait a minute. I thought John Edward was a *real* Dem!

Oh, that's John Edwards. :dunce:

[terrya]

4. Yeah, he COULD physically live to be 85. But if develops Alzheimer's....

that's not going to do us a whole lot of good, is it, Joe?

I rather doubt McCain WOULD live all that many years IF he was elected President. The Presidency is an extremely stressful job. Unless they plan on keeping him on vacation most of the time.

[louis-t]

17. Worked for stupidface. No stress involved.

His ugly comes from the pure evil that seeps out of his pores. Makeup can't even hide it anymore.

[asksam]

5. How can be promise such a thing?

n/t

[yy4me]

6. I guess Joe has some special communication with some

fortune teller. Mcsame could have a stroke or heart attack 5 minutes from now and die. What a stupid comment for traitor Joe to have made. Thousands of "healthy" people die every year from causes that were never expected.

Desperate much?

[olddad56]

7. Joe "Benedict; Lie-berman" tells the truth about as often as George Bush,

but I has no idea that Lie_berman has psychic abilities to go along with his psychotic characteristics.

[northernsoul]

8. Considering Lieberman's record of accuracy, John McCain should be very concerned

for his health right now.

[angstlessk]

9. he WILL live that long..and they KNOW this HOW? no wonder insurance companies

are losing money..they think actuarial tables can predict an individual's morbidity...tell ole mcsame..save your life insurance money..don't even think of purchasing any till you are 84 1/2 then get a 1 year term..just in case you lose the bet with the insurance company and live past age 85 by some offhand chance!!

THIS IS FREEPER GOBBLEDY GOOP...THEY EAT IT UP!

[nomorenomore08]

10. As a generic 72-year-old man, McCain would have an 85% chance of living to 76.

But given his medical history, from being tortured to developing melanoma (above the neck is more dangerous, right?), I would think THIS 72-year-old man wouldn't have chances that good.

As for living to 85? The guy already appears to have early-stage dementia, for God's sake! Sure, there's a fairly small chance he might still be alive come 2021, but he'd more than likely be "alive" in the way that Reagan was in last few years, i.e. nobody home.

[Tanuki]

11. Yep, McCarcinoma's health is as fundamentally sound

as the US economy.

[ExPatLeftist]

39. Thanks for the LOL :D n/t

[jrockford]

12. I guess selling your soul has some perks, eh Joe? nt

[pipi_k]

13. Lieberman just keeps getting stupider every year....

I'll bet he would have said the same thing about my first ex husband.

Had just had a D.O.T. physical

didn't smoke

didn't drink


dropped dead of a massive heart attack in 2002 a few months short of 53 years old.



Maybe Joe-Lie has a some kinda Hot Line to God going, huh?


He seriously needs to go back to whatever planet he came from

[LiberalFighter]

14. An expert other than Lieberman needs to refute the idiot.

[salguine]

15. "And my tongue will be up his butt until he's 86."

[Fire1]

16. How the hell would HE know? Is he a doctor? Or God???

[mitchum]

18. So, now Holy Joe is a prophet?

[endarkenment]

19. These guys are very stupid.

You don't get bad things out of the news cycle by bringing them up over and over again. Palin keeps bringing up her wardrobe malfunction in order to get rid of it, and fucktard Lieberman keeps bringing up Gramps' age in order to dispel anxiety over his croaking and putting That Loon in charge.

Fail.

[Journeyman]

20. Amazing. I can't in good conscience make such a claim for *myself* . . .

It must be personally edifying, to be the Seer from Connecticut, able to cut through future's fog to see life's resolution for anyone, no less people other than yourself.

Wonder if Joe the Prophet is going to rent himself out for birthday parties or bar mitzvahs. He'd be a big hit, that's for sure -- far bigger as a prognosticating clown than he's been as a turncoat senator.

[Betsy Ross]

22. So did Ronald Reagan. n/t

[Doodler71]

23. "please... please vote for McSame... I promise he will live... I'll buy you a puppy."

:rofl:

Desperate?

[LisaM]

24. If I was McCain, I'd be worried

Lieberman's predictions aren't always accurate. For instance, he predicted that his presidential campaign would prosper because of Joementum, and that we'd be greeted in Iraq as liberators.

[Danger Mouse]

25. Joe Lieberman has powers over life and death! Be afraid!

:scared:

[sutz12]

26. ....and I hope he enjoys his retirement years.

;)

[road2000]

27. Totally effing stupid.

"talking to insurance actuaries"??? Apparently he has no idea how ridiculous this statement is. In fact, it's so dumb, it's Palinesque.

[Auggie]

33. Exactly my thought. They're sooooooooo desperate.

[Mrs. Overall]

28. Will Connecticut please kick this guy to the curb?

[whistle]

29. Is Joe Lieberman now God? Is Lieberman able to predict how long a person will live?

...Joe is a slime mold politician and an pathological expedient liar!

[Haole Girl]

30. That is the most stupid prediction I have ever heard of....

a person cannot predict how long another person will live.
Lieberman makes me want to scream!!

:-(

[kskiska]

57. He ranks up there with Bill Frist

who diagnosed Terri Schiavo via videotape and declared her not to be in a non-vegetative state, aware, and responsive. The auopsy proved otherwise.

[Ferret Annica]

31. McCain will outlive Joe Lie's political career; at least I hope this is so.

[zonkers]

32. Thank you Dr. Leiberman.

[mascarax]

34. This is hilarious

"because I get asked this question so much"?!

"Vote for John McCain because my sources say he won't die yet." Yep, that's good ole Joementum speaking.

[ckimmy57]

35. Please Joe

Just shut the f_ _ _ up already. The more your lips move the dumber you sound. :dunce:

[ExPatLeftist]

36. On the other hand, I sure as hell hope Lieberman doesn't live to be 85

...or into next week for that matter.

[Buenaventura]

37. it's not how long, but where. not in the whitehouse,

so i really don't give a rip how long he lives.

[OhioChick]

38. How the hell does crazy Joe know?

That man really chaps my ass.

[sentelle]

40. he means

Lieberman talked to his wife, who happens to be a lobbyist for the insurance industry.

And what side would he be on during a fiblibuster against UHC?
When every civilised nation has UHC and we don't, its an indebtment of the greed in the industry.

Remind me why he hasn't been removed from every committee? Allow him to caucus, but with no committee assignments. This way the repugs can't put him anywhere.

Just a thought.

[undeterred]

41. Who asked?

[appleannie1]

42. Does he now think he is God? Or does he mean on life support?

[bobd0]

43. That fence you're straddling must be very uncomfortable all the way up your ass, Joe, huh?

[kskiska]

44. I wonder if Joe would have predicted the same for the other men in McSame's family

His father died at 70, and his grandfather at 60.

[babydollhead]

46. how old will I live to be Joe?

[BrotherBuzz]

47. If McCain lives to be 85 he won't be living in any of his eleven houses.

But he will be spoon fed three meals a day.

[nolabels]

53. If he could guarantee Stevens to 95 i might listen to what Joe has to say

Would be nice to see about 10 years of reality soak in on that fella

[BulletproofLandshark]

48. Now there's an effective campaign slogan:

John McCain: He'll probably make it 4 years!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

49. "These brakes work in an emergency."

[ryanmuegge]

50. The statistics say otherwise. I know empirical data means little to Republicans, but...

just hoping for something doesn't change the laws of nature.

[paparush]

51. WTF??? That is truly one of the most bizarre statements I've ever heard from a pol.

Joe..go play in the highway.

[yurbud]

52. Oy! When Vichy Joe makes a prediction like that, it's practically a curse.

I hope McCain lives to be that old--just not as president.

[ellie]

54. What a loon!

[niceypoo]

55. Reagan lived a long time...

Too bad he was a brain dead vegetable the last 15 years or so...

[DinahMoeHum]

56. Let's put a BET on that, Joe, shall we??

Hmmmm, didn't think so.

Psss psss psss psss psss! Psss psss psss psss psss!

:freak:

[watanabe]

58. is that a picture of him before and after a stroke ?

[lovuian]

59. Did he get A HIPPA on McCain

cause that remark is so full of BS

[lovuian]

60. First Bush kisses Leiberman and now Liberman kisses JOHN

this is so wierd

[Mad_Dem_X]

61. STFU, Joe.

Nobody really cares what you have to say anymore.

[CBHagman]

62. It's beyond trying on the halo at this point.

Lieberman must think he is God.