He sure talks a good game when his political life is on the line.
And why would his pattern of lying about public policy positions change now?
Afterall, this is the man who claimed:
"No one wants to end the war in Iraq more than I do,"..."I have been very critical of a lot of the mistakes the Bush administration has made in Iraq."
Many more Lieber-lies below the fold
This is the same man who proclaimed:
"As far as I'm concerned [Barack Obama] is a 'Baruch,' which means a blessing. He is a blessing to the United States Senate, to America, and to our shared hopes for better, safer tomorrows for all our families. The gifts that God has given to Barack Obama are as enormous as his future is unlimited. As his mentor, as his colleague, as his friend, I look forward to helping him reach to the stars and realize not just the dreams he has for himself, but the dreams we all have for him and our blessed country."
Lieberman is the same man who said of Lamont:
I want Democrats to be back in the majority in Washington and elect a Democratic president in 2008. This man and his supporters will frustrate and defeat our hopes of doing that.
We all know how that turned out, right?
Oh, you forgot? Well then let me remind you.
The Connecticut senator decided to endorse McCain because he considers him "the most capable to be commander in chief on day one of his administration, and the most capable of uniting the country so that we can prevail against Islamic extremism," a Lieberman aide said earlier.
The Lieberman aide insists the senator does not see this as a "commentary on or an endorsement of the Republican party, only the person."
Obama repayed Lieberman's forked tongue straight talk by saving Lieberman from political irrelevancy, and pushed to let Mr. Joementum keep his Committee chairs.
Lieberman can't be this bad, can he?
Yes, and worse, let's move onto healthcare.
In the 2006 primary debate Lieberman promised Dems:
And what I'm saying to the people of Connecticut, I can do more for you and your families to get something done to make health care affordable, to get universal health insurance, to make America energy independent, to save your jobs and create new ones.
And Lieberman reiterated his support during the 2006 general:
"I have long supported the goal of universal health care," Lieberman told reporters. "Ned Lamont can talk about it. I've been doing something about it all the time I've been here.
But then we find out today that Lieberman is a NO on a public option.
Not only is Lieberman saying that he will no longer "do more for you and your families" on issues of healthcare, and I'm assuming the same goes for "American energy independence", but he makes his defiance known almost 15 years to the day when he helped kill health reform during the Clinton years. Lieberman seemed quite practiced adopting the current republican attack on healthcare for all americans, saying, almost 15 years to todays date, it was:
"too big, too bureaucratic, too governmental."
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The next year, he worked with a bipartisan coalition of senators, led by Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, who made a last-minute push to pass a health care plan. It would have required all insurers to accept anyone and offer them a standard-benefits plan. Lieberman ultimately opposed the measure because of its employer mandate.
And "say it aint so" Joe came to this decision after a scene like this at his office:
About 40 labor union members, consumer advocates and other disaffected voters attended the brief rally, aimed at convincing the state's junior senator of the depth of the country's health care problem and the need for fundamental reform.
Unions, consumer advocates, women's groups and other traditional Democratic supporters have been unhappy with the New Haven Democrat for months, saying his stance on health reform is inadequate for the problems many Americans face.
The demonstrators said they want a health care package that includes basic coverage for all Americans, paid for primarily by employers, without taxation of benefits and with stepped-up controls on cost -- the outline of a bill materializing in the House of Representatives.
..."We need to bring more attention to the lousy record Joe Lieberman has on health care to make sure people know Joe Lieberman is wrong on this issue," said Leo Canty, president of the Connecticut State Federation of Teachers
(from "LIEBERMAN'S STAND ON HEALTH CARE DRAWS PROTEST; 40 AT RALLY PROTEST FOR REFORMS," Hartford Courant (Connecticut), July 29, 1994, MATTHEW DALY)
More recently, during 2003, and the presidential primary, Lieberman attacked Dick Gephardt's universal health insurance plan:
Mr. Lieberman, in a remark in the debate that was endorsed by aides to many of Mr. Gephardt's rivals today, suggested that Mr. Gephardt's health care plan could prove an irresistible target to Republicans should he win the nomination. Mr. Lieberman lumped the plan with ''big-spending Democratic ideas of the past,'' adding, ''We can't afford them.'...
How, [opponent's aides] asked, could a Democrat who is such a staunch supporter of the war, and who questioned the practicality of an ambitious universal health care plan, survive the left-leaning electorate that dominates the Democratic nominating process?
''What he's saying to Democratic voters is, 'You may not agree with me on major issues, but voters outside our party do, so I can win -- therefore vote for me,' '' said David Axelrod, an adviser to Mr. Edwards. ''I think it's a difficult task to win a nomination like that. There is a core, a heart and soul to the party, and you have to speak to it. You don't have to make yourself unelectable to win.''
Hopefully now that Lieberman is an independent, only caucusing with the Democrats, he will no longer feel the need to lie to CT voters, like me, the country as a whole, and his former party members
Of course it seems his senatorial colleages have no problem propping Ole Joe up...makes you wonder, what is their agenda when it comes to healthcare?