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Think Progress: Lieberman on his willingness to derail health care reform: ‘I feel relevant.’
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RT @janehamsher: RT @ttagaris: Lieberman says it all. "I feel relevant" - well isn't that what it's always been about. http://bit.ly/2YbMju 10/31/2009 |
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RT @ttagaris: Lieberman says it all. "I feel relevant" -- well isn't that what it's always been about. http://bit.ly/2YbMju #sheesh #hcr #p2 10/30/2009 |
Lieberman on his willingness to derail health care reform: ‘I feel relevant.’
Think Progress —
... He also called the proposed plan “a new entitlement program.” As ThinkProgress and others have pointed out, Lieberman either doesn’t understand the details of the public option proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) or he is misrepresenting them. But in a conference call with Connecticut reporters yesterday, Lieberman claimed that it is the more than 60 percent of state residents that back a government-run insurance option that are confused:
What about the more than 60 percent of state residents ...
Midday open thread
Daily Kos —
In case you were worried about Joe Lieberman's feelings during the public option debate, The Courant clears it up: "I feel relevant,'' Lieberman said in a conference call with a handful of Connecticut reporters this afternoon. "I've taken this position [on health care reform] because I believe it,'' he said. The $1,037,402 in insurance company donations he's received over the past 20 years had no impact on his stance, Lieberman said. And the 64 percent of Connecticut residents who support the public option? ...
Joe Lieberman feels relevant
The Political Carnival —
... As many have already pointed out, all that really matters to Traitor Joe is Traitor Joe and Traitor Joe's ego: But Lieberman laughed off the critics' attempts to "psychoanalyze" him. "I feel relevant,'' Lieberman said in a conference call with a handful of Connecticut reporters this afternoon. How sensitive of him to laugh off the millions who have died, and continue to die, because Big Insurance yanks their lives out from under them. And I'm so happy for ...
Sigh
Connecticut Local Politics —
How’s Joe Lieberman weathering the firestorm of criticism?
“I feel relevant,” Lieberman said in a conference call with a handful of Connecticut reporters this afternoon.
I’m glad you feel relevant. Since we’re sharing, I feel like having a different senator. Oh, public option supporters, you are idiots:
What about the more than 60 percent of state residents that back a government-run insurance option, according to a Quinnipiac University poll last month? Some of those respondents are ...
After all, what's 43,000 dead Americans every year if Joe Lieberman doesn't feel important?
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... He also called the proposed plan “a new entitlement program.” As ThinkProgress and others have pointed out, Lieberman either doesn’t understand the details of the public option proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) or he is misrepresenting them. But in a conference call with Connecticut reporters yesterday, Lieberman claimed that it is the more than 60 percent of state residents that back a government-run insurance option that are confused: What about the more than 60 percent of state ...
GOP establishment-backed candidate Dede Scozzafava withdraws from NY-23 special election.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... that back a government-run insurance option that are confused : What about the more than 60 percent of state residents that back a government-run insurance option, according to a Quinnipiac University poll last month? Some of those respondents are confused about what such a plan entails, Lieberman said. And he added, “you can’t make a decision like this based on polling,” he said. Ultimately, he he said he has to do “what I think is right and hope in the end the people of Connecticut will respect me for that.” Describing how his openness to derailing reform affected his ...
Joe Lieberman feels "relevant" again. But does he have to act like a Republican obstructionist?
The Reaction —
... I'm not sure what I think -- or, rather, I don't think anything conclusive. I suspect there's some truth to all of this. But I think what he told a group of Connecticut reporters on Friday is revealing: ...
Michael J.W. Stickings: Joe Lieberman Feels "Relevant." But Does He Have to Act Like a Republican Obstructionist?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... I'm not sure what I think -- or, rather, I don't think anything conclusive. I suspect there's some truth to all of this. But I think what he told a group of Connecticut reporters on Friday is revealing: ...
A vanity exercise?
Political Animal —
... sees an opportunity to drag the reform bill to the right, so he's taking advantage of it. For another, he's picking up bargaining chips he can use now and in the future. But perhaps most important is the fact that Joe Lieberman enjoys vanity exercises. By threatening to kill health care reform, Lieberman gets attention. He feels important. His phone keeps ringing. People want to know how to make him happy. He gets to go on television a lot. As Lieberman declared late last week, " I feel relevant ." Lieberman is, in other words, November's Olympia Snowe. For the record, I'm not ...
What’s Lieberman’s Problem?
The Moderate Voice —
... But perhaps most important is the fact that Joe Lieberman enjoys vanity exercises. By threatening to kill health care reform, Lieberman gets attention. He feels important. His phone keeps ringing. People want to know how to make him happy. He gets to go on television a lot. As Lieberman declared late last week, “I feel relevant.” ...
Senator Reid and His Relevancy The Un-independent from Connecticut
Desert Beacon —
... already stated his opposition to the Senate Finance Committee version of health care reform, which did not include a public option; thus it's easy to conclude that the Senator has no intention of supporting any form of health insurance reform that might impinge in any way on his contributors. There's another possible motive for Lieberman's recalcitrance: Ego. [TMV] He was pleased to tell a group of Connecticut reporters during a conference call that he now feels "relevant." [Courant] Lieberman may be "relevant" (or back in his favorite position basking in ...
How low can Joe go? PPP poll shows popularity tanking.
Connecticut Local Politics —
... Guess that’s the risk of being a hypocrite in the pocket of the health insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies maverick. You might feel “relevant”, but at the end of the dance you’ll end up all alone in the corner with no friends. ...
