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One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others
One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others By the time I finish my song? Dear Associated Press, Holy Joe Lieberman is a man of many parts. He is a sleazebag, a warmongering Neocon, a sanctimonious backstabber, "Armageddon" John Hagee's special ...
Another month, another excuse
washingtonmonthly.com — ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER EXCUSE.... That Joe Lieberman would rather kill health care reform than let some consumer... choose between competing public and private plans isn't exactly new. I continue to find it fascinating, though, to see his evolving ... (more) Another month, another excuse
Things to come
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — What I see is years of terrible job markets, combined with political paralysis.... (more) Things to come
Lieberman's Stand: No Public Option
Lieberman's Stand: No Public Option
online.wsj.com — [Sen. Joe Lieberman talks to the press after a Democratic policy luncheon on Oct. 27.] Getty Images... Sen. Joe Lieberman talks to the press after a Democratic policy luncheon on Oct. 27. (more) Lieberman's Stand: No Public Option
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Dear Associated Press: Stop Calling Joe Lieberman a Democrat
Crooks and Liars — ... and applauded as a sane normal person at The Grand Ol' Party convention of insane freaks. Which means, as I said, despite the fact that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama both still inexplicably seem to want to have his babies, Joesph I. Lieberman is not a Senate Democrat, and is most certainly -- as your strange photographic juxtaposition suggests -- not THE Senate Democrat. I hope this clears thing up. Yours in Christ, and crossposted from, driftglass ...

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