What Lieberman Has Done

[babylonsister]

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What Lieberman Has Done


Ezra Klein: "Joe Lieberman's reckless decision to blow up last week's compromise has had exactly the impact many of us predicted. Much of the left has flipped into vicious, angry opposition to the bill. Is that because the Medicare buy-in, a good but limited policy, has disappeared from the bill? Ostensibly. But not really. If you don't believe the bill has cost controls, Medicare buy-in was not an answer to your concerns. If you believe the mandate is bad policy, letting people between 55 and 64 choose public insurance did not answer your concerns."

"Lieberman has tossed the process into chaos, and maybe that was the point... But his recklessness has endangered the bill, and through it, many, many lives. He may not be ashamed. But he should be."

[uponit7771]

1. Lieberman is a red herring, Reid can initiat renciliation on cost controls RIGHT NOW but wont!

[mdmc]

2. I still have no idea who Ezra Klein is or why I hear so much about him on DU

But this radical leftie still supports Obama, even if this bill will cost me more money for treatment.

[babylonsister]

7. He writes a column for the WaPo and it's been mainly on health

care reform for months...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/

[mdmc]

10. Ah, a journalist.. thanks for the heads up sista

peace and low stress..

[grantcart]

14. he is very smart guy but I disagree with him this time

it may be a good bill but all we get is adjectives and not facts

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Don't forget he has also laid the foundation fo his wife raking in even more money. God help us if

this bill is passed as-is or worse, and Lie-berman is given the job of overseeing our health care program.

[DebbieCDC]

4. He's not ashamed -- he's the WH inside man on this

IMHO:

LIE-berman's task from the beginning was to get Obama the bill the WH wanted -- and he succeeded. Big payoffs to Big Pharma and Big Insurance; a "fuck you" to the people who elected Obama (and who chose Ned Lamont over LIE-berman)

[babylonsister]

8. And you know this how? nt

[DebbieCDC]

13. I said it was my opinion

But read Glenn Greenwald in Salon -- he has a few points to make on this very issue.

I'm sick and tired of giving Obama the pass as the "poor victim" of the Senate. What bullshit.

[flyarm]

12. +10,000!!!!! you bet he is! eom

[GeorgeGist]

5. Obama loves Lieberman

[babylonsister]

6. You're just brilliant. nt

[Parker CA]

9. K&R especially for the last two sentences of that post. Ashamed he should be!

[Bitwit1234]

11. I don't think they really truly wanted a Health Care Bill in the first place

I think this shows they are too far into the pocket of corporations such a the Health Industry and Big Pharma. It is hard to tell how many more corporations are reaching into the senate. I thought the republicans were bad but they have nothing on this bunch of democrats.