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newsbusters.org - 10/28/2009
Olbermann Seems To Suggest Lieberman Might Be On The Take
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How enraged is Keith Olbermann with Joe Lieberman for announcing that he would filibuster a health care bill that contains a government-control provision? Enough that, without presenting any evidence whatsoever, the Countdown host has slyly implied that Lieberman might be on the take from ...
thehill.com - 10/26/2009
Lieberman: Health bill concern not based on Connecticut insurance companies
— thehill.com — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), one of a handful of Senate wild cards in this fall’s healthcare reform... debate, says his concern about the Senate bill is based on the national deficit — not the insurers that dominate his state. The Connecticut senator ... (more) Lieberman: Health bill concern not based on Connecticut ...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/27/2009
Will Joe Lieberman filibuster?
— voices.washingtonpost.com — I don't know why I don't take Joe Lieberman's threat to filibuster health-care reform more seriously, but... I just don't. Take what Lieberman told reporters today: I told Senator Reid that I'm strongly inclined -- I haven't totally decided, but I'm ... (more) Will Joe Lieberman filibuster?

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/27/2009
Lieberman Rejected Filibusters On Other Bills He Opposed, But Not Health Care
— huffingtonpost.com — Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) announced on Tuesday that he would vote to sustain a filibuster of health... care legislation unless changes were made to the final product. The senator did say he would allow the measure to be debated on the floor of the ... (more) Lieberman Rejected Filibusters On Other Bills He ...

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Nice Deb:  Keith Olbermann Suggests Joe Lieberman On The Take From Insurance Companies

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Keith Olbermann Suggests Joe Lieberman On The Take From Insurance Companies
Nice Deb — ... 68% favor the public option, including 83% of Democrats, 73% of independents–and all those Republicans who already have one. But his own state has other constituents–bigger people, if you will. Connecticut is insurance-company Ground Zero.  Lieberman has gotten more than a million dollars in the last five years from the health insurance and medical sectors—a million that we know of. That we know of? Newsbusters’ Mark Finkelstein notes: Given the political contribution ...

House Call At The Capitol
Nice Deb — ... care system briefly occupied Sen. Joe Lieberman’s office this morning. Protesters were arrested, one by one, and dragged out of his office amid chants of “Everyone in and noone out, universal healthcare now!” and “Represent Connecticut, not AETNA!” The whole affair, from occupation to final arrest, lasted 40 minutes. “Represent Connecticut, not AETNA!”? Hm, I wonder which overwraught MSNBC news host might have given them the impression that Senator Lieberman  was ...

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Joe Scarborough Satirizes Keith Olbermann's '08 Election Night Coverage
newsbusters.org 28 days ago — The technical term for the following video is “busting his chops.” Joe Scarborough provided a wonderful satire of Keith Olbermann’s 2008 election-night bias on this morning’s edition of Morning Joe. A partial transcript follows the video, which ...