Lieberman: I’m gonna filibuster the public option
Remember when the press got all lathered over Olympia Snowe (RINO-Maine) voting for the Baucus bill in the Finance Committee? Well, earlier that same day Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said he would not support the public option. But you likely did not read about Lieberman’s statement at the time, because that didn’t fit the MSM’s template to trumpet Snowe’s defection and create a sense of momentum for the Democrats.
As a test, I suggested that we would see all kinds of press the next day about Snowe and none for Lieberman, even though Lieberman’s position was a whole lot more significant than Snowe’s. After all the Dems didn’t need Snowe’s vote (especially in the Committee, as they outnumbered the Republicans 13-10), but they sure as hell needed Lieberman to stop a filibuster.
As I suspected, the New York Times the next day had 3 articles and two pics of Snowe and nothing about Lieberman on the front page of the politics section. You had to dig to find a mention of Lieberman on one of their blogs.
Howard Kurtz noted that Snowe got the full treatement, but nobody noticed Lieberman.
So today, with Snowe’s insignificant vote looking even moreso, we finally get some real, substantive news, and lo and behold, it is Joe Lieberman reminding us (and informing many Liberals for the first time) that the public option will pass . . . over his dead body.
Video is here.
Everybody is listening now, aren’t they?
With the non-existent tolerance of Liberals for opposing points of view, this will probably generate some hate mail (or worse) for Lieberman that would make a Marine blush.
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This victim shit gets tired after awhile Bill.
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Bill, this sauce was pretty weak the first time you cooked it up, and it doesn’t look like you’ve improved on the recipe. Lieberman’s statement of a policy preference paled in comparison to his statement that he’d filibuster the health care bill that Senator Reid introduced last week. Any fair editor, liberal or conservative, mainstream or alternative, political or apolitical, can tell you that one of those things was a story, and the other was not. The Lieberman story pre-filibuster was an attempt by an increasingly irrelevant politician to grab a headline. The ‘Joe vs. the Volcano’ filibuster declaration was a major news development.
And if you want to talk about liberal vs. conservative tolerance, well, I think Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava could probably offer you a talking point or two.
Hey Scozafava has endorsed the Dem, what fun!
Lieberman is the Madonna of the political arena. Except that in late-career Madonna can still sometimes get the camera to focus on her. Gotta wonder what lofty principle Lieberman is invoking to override the will of 59 colleagues and the preference of 48-42% of the American people. Where’s Hulk Hogan now that the Republicans really need him.
The non-existent tolerance of Liberals? By definition we’re tolerant, never mind that History tells us that it’s your side that murders the opposition. So much for Conservative “tolerance”.
Your post perfectly exemplifies the ‘thin-skinned bully bawling over their perpetual victimhood’ that sane people have come to know and loathe, i.e., the modern day American Wingnut “Conservative”.
And you’re a Lawyer? Back to the Therapist’s office, dude. I’m embarrassed for you after this one.
Imagine the coverage a Democratic senator would have gotten by breaking with his party to help George Bush pass his Social Security plan.
A horrible imaginary comparison for so many reasons. Really, you want to bring up Bush’s efforts to privatize Social Security now?
Bill,
It’s OK to comb more than the NYT for information. Take it from a liberal.
Here’s a list of sources that mention Lieberman’s opposition to the public option:
(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574499641577365948.html)WSJ – 1 for your side
(http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28788.html) politico.com
(http://mediamatters.org/research/200910270035) from media matters: “Several media outlets have uncritically reported Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) statement that he will oppose cloture for the Senate health care reform bill…”
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/27/lieberman-id-vote-against_n_335627.html) huff po
(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114233563)
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102702465.html) Washington Post
These are all from Oct. 27 and 28.
Below are earlier reports:
from Oct. 21: “Senator JOE LIEBERMAN (Independent, Connecticut): Because our country needs health insurance reform, but if I decide in the end that the bill that is about to leave the Senate is going to do more harm than good, then I’ll – then I won’t vote for cloture at that point.
WELNA: In other words, Lieberman might be willing to help Republicans filibuster a health care bill when it comes up for a final vote. Further complicating matters is Illinois Democrat Roland Burris. He says he won’t vote for a health care bill unless it does have a public option.” on npr (http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=113990953)
and on Oct. 14th (http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/lieberman-opposes-finance-committee-bill/?src=tp) It’s the Health Section of the NYT, the Prescriptions blog, but it’s there. I believe this is the day following your original post.