Lieberman: “My wife said to me, ‘Why do you always end up being the point person here?’ ”

[ProSense]

Lieberman Pushes Shifts on Overhaul

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: December 14, 2009

WASHINGTON — Just the thought of Joseph I. Lieberman makes some Democrats want to spit nails these days. But Mr. Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, is not the least troubled by his status as Capitol Hill’s master infuriator.

In fact, he could not be happier. He is right where he wants to be — at the center of the political aisle, the center of the Democrats’ efforts to win 60 votes for their sweeping health care legislation. In short, he is at the center of everything and he loves it.

“My wife said to me, ‘Why do you always end up being the point person here?’ ” he said, flashing a broad grin in an interview on Monday.

The day before, Mr. Lieberman threatened on national television to join the Republicans in blocking the health care bill, President Obama’s chief domestic initiative. Just hours later, he said, he left the office of the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, more certain than ever that he held all the cards.

“Harry said, ‘We will do what we can do to secure this,’ ” Mr. Lieberman recalled. “He said, ‘I have got some work to do with other members of the caucus.’ But he said, ‘My own feeling is we need you to get to 60 and so I am going to do my best.’ ”

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[Deja Q]

1. Try "pointless" instead, unless she's talking about his need to take viagra.

:shrug:

[Jennicut]

2. His wife wanted to know if her influence with the insurance companies could help Joe get him elected

again. Bullshit Joe. I had f*cking ConnectiCare for years and it totally sucked by the way.

[roguevalley]

28. God, can you imagine what kind of woman it takes to have sex with

Joe Lieberman? I could hurl. I don't know which one of those two fuckers I hate more.

[dkf]

3. KICK THE BASTARD OUT. NOW.

And yes I'm shouting.

[targetpractice]

4. He's no different than any other workplace saboteur...

You've all worked with one, I'm sure... They chronically scheme and plot to manufacture one crisis after another that only they can solve... Workplace saboteurs are sociopathic, machiavellian, narcissists... an Joe Lieberman is one

[bridgit]

5. Pft, no wonder Lieberman thinks he's spun-gold; Hadassah's lobbied & stroked him into thinking so

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Gee Joe, she worships the ground as well as the people you shit on

You must be sooooo proud.

[Fridays Child]

7. What fucking planet do they live on?

To say they're heartless and clueless is a massive understatement.

[Jennicut]

9. Stamford, unfortunately it is just a city here in CT.

They live to close for me and it is 45 minutes away! They need to stay in DC. Actually, he needs to be voted out and then leave the state in disgrace.

[Clio the Leo]

8. Joe had better enjoy his fun while it lasts....

Sherrod Brown seemed to be hinting at that on Countdown tonight, "retribution, (we'll) talk about that later...."

Also seems to think hope is not lost for the Medicare Buy-In. We shall see....

[sandnsea]

10. Are there not some retired boomers in Connecticut

who've got the time to picket and do sit-ins in at every one of his offices in the state. Where is everybody??

[ellie]

11. Fuck him.

[rasputin1952]

12. His wife should ask him why he is such an asshole.

:grr:

[davidpdx]

29. That was what I was thinking too

[NavyMom]

13. I really hope Howdy Doody is having fun cause his days are numbered.

anyone running against him will receive a donation from me.

[Beetwasher]

14. Nasty, Vile, Rotten, Mutherfucker

n/t

[otohara]

18. Bitter, Mean, Greedy, Asshole

n/t

[Cha]

26. I hope one day she asks him..

Why the fuck did you let them hoist you on your own petard?

[jgraz]

15. Aren't you glad Obama campaigned for this asshole?

:banghead:

[AndrewP]

16. Like a battered spouse, he doesn't want to leave him

[jgraz]

17. Or, he just needs a willing partner to help fuck over the progressives.

Which makes more sense? :shrug:

[flyarm]

19. because that was the plan all along!

Remember Joe Lieberman was Obama’s Mentor in the Senate

By: fflambeau Monday December 14, 2009 10:05 pm

Those who are up in arms over Sen. Joe Lieberman’s "veto" of the extension of Medicare should remember this. When Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Washington, D.C. in 2005, he selected as his mentor none other than: Joe Lieberman.

Here’s David Sirota writing about this, after discussing Obama’s stab in the back of the progressive Lamont in Connecticut and his stab in the back of the progressive Christine Cegelis (Obama backed Duckworth) way back in 2006:

snip:

Other sources, including the Hartford Courant, reported that Obama chose Lieberman as his mentor.]

http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/18929

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one big farse and dog and pony show!

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. Because he's easy to buy. That's why both parties court him.

[elehhhhna]

21. The Whore Who Babbles On

[rvablue]

22. People of CT, we beg you. Please vote this man out of the Senate.

It is ALL about him and his over-sized ego. He doesn't care about the people of Connecticut, and he certainly doesn't care about the welfare of millions and millions of Americans.

What are this man's true accomplishments -- that he got V chips put into TVs?

He is useless, a disruptor and interested only in hearing his whiny voice echoed on Sunday programs.

I'll NEVER, NEVER, NEVER regret my vote in 2000, because I think Al Gore is awesome. But it makes me sick to know I ever voted for this guy to be #2. Yuck.

Senator Lieberman, you are an irrelevant nobody. Try as you might to put yourself at the center of every issue, the every day, average American couldn't pick you out of line up if their lives depended on it.

Hopefully, the good people of CT will wake to their decades-long mistake and send you back home permanently so you can have more ego-stroking conversations with your wife.

[davidpdx]

30. Unfortunately since he's not up until 2012

He's still around to do some damage.

[high density]

23. WTF is up with this dumbfuck press?

Siding with the "NOOOO" Republicans is not a center of the aisle position.

[ebbie15644]

24. What a narcissist!!

[gkhouston]

25. The point person? Because you're always knifing someone in the back, Joe? n/t

[Arkana]

27. Crucify this son of a bitch and light the cross on fire.

And let angry weasels eat his flesh.