This SOB gave Obama and Democrats headaches when he chose to support neanderthal John McCain in the 2008 presidential elections, and presently is threatening to block healthcare reform.

Why hasn’t this moron been bumped to where he belongs — in the Republican party, and also stripped of his homeland security senatorial chairmanship. This monster is still in payback mode; angry that the Democratic party threw its weight behind, Ned Lamont instead of him in 2006.

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From MediaMatters — Fox News’ Emanuel advances Lieberman’s dubious claim about public option increasing debt: On Fox & Friends, correspondent Mike Emanuel advanced the falsehood that a public option will increase the national debt by adopting Sen. Joe Lieberman’s claim that it “could rack up major debt, sending the country into a recession worse than the one we’re currently in.” In fact, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that health care bills with a public option reduce or have no major impact on the deficit; moreover, every proposed bill with a public option thus far has required enrollees to cover its costs through premiums, rather than have the plans be paid for through federal revenues. [ READ MORE ]

Lieberman’s New Political Allegiance

Lieberman’s Loose Loyalty

Joe The Obstructionist

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