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tblue37

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64. If I remember correctly, the two of them didn't even like each other

Thu Feb 19, 2015, 09:50 AM

Feb 2015

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and never spoke after the campaign. In fact, I seem to remember Lieberman being angry at Gore for not telling hims about something after the campaign, because he felt Gore should have told him as his former running mate. I don't remember specifics, just that Gore had no desire to reconnect with Lieberman after the campaign.

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Elimination of ‘Public Option’ Threw Consumers to the Insurance Wolves [View all] RiverLover Feb 2015 OP

Of course it threw us to the wolves. world wide wally Feb 2015 #1

Yes, we have to pay. Insurance companies sustain no losses in real life situations like the free DhhD Feb 2015 #69

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #74

How corporate Democrates colluded with Republicans to trash the public option: woo me with science Feb 2015 #95

Why do you think it passed? hughee99 Feb 2015 #2

Ugh - seeing that photo BlueMTexpat Feb 2015 #3

Sorry RiverLover Feb 2015 #8

I truly despise that smarmy Lieberdweeb. nt tblue37 Feb 2015 #35

LIEberman Joe Bacon Feb 2015 #41

Sleezerman. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #65

I think that may be one of the reasons why it works for so many of us here in MN. We had already jwirr Feb 2015 #4

Lieberman is scum. bigwillq Feb 2015 #5

And at the time he was head of the "Joe Lieberman for Joe Lieberman Party", annabanana Feb 2015 #9

All about Joe. bigwillq Feb 2015 #10

I remember what the party did to Lamont MisterP Feb 2015 #22

Remember the Standing Ovation given to Lieberman.... bvar22 Feb 2015 #23

and then they wagged their fingers and told us that supporting third parties was what got MisterP Feb 2015 #28

+100 ND-Dem Feb 2015 #49

damnit! Phlem Feb 2015 #39

I remember the standing ovation and the Committee Chairs he received from the Party sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #79

And we all knew that at the time. SheilaT Feb 2015 #6

This can't be stated often enough. If the media has it's way, annabanana Feb 2015 #7

LEAVE OBAMA ALONE Capt. Obvious Feb 2015 #11

Yes! Stop with the crticism of Obama! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #52

"The Insurance Industry Profit Protection and Enhancement Act" kath Feb 2015 #12

That's exactly what I've been saying........ mrmpa Feb 2015 #44

Can't believe Gore chose that traitor as his VP pick... C Moon Feb 2015 #13

I think, without Lieberman, Gore would have won.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #32

I suspect Lieberman was foisted on Gore by TPTB. nt tblue37 Feb 2015 #36

Good guess. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #54

If I remember correctly, the two of them didn't even like each other tblue37 Feb 2015 #64

He probably gave Gore the creeps. :D C Moon Feb 2015 #75

Even as I voted for Gore I never felt Enthusiast Feb 2015 #82

Lieberman, the Keebler elf--definitely cartoonish. nt tblue37 Feb 2015 #84

It raises a lot of questions. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #53

Horse manure Gman Feb 2015 #14

So was Jimmy Hoffa n/t bobclark86 Feb 2015 #16

You need to learn some history. Gman Feb 2015 #18

You do, too... bobclark86 Feb 2015 #19

He supported labor Gman Feb 2015 #20

And Holy Joe killing the public option has cost Labor BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Ikonoklast Feb 2015 #33

Yeah but you don't have a clue Gman Feb 2015 #34

You were useful tools to him. Nothing more. Ikonoklast Feb 2015 #76

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #55

because organized labor is doing so well because of that history; it's dead, jim ND-Dem Feb 2015 #50

And we - Labor - are still gasping on our deathbed bread_and_roses Feb 2015 #68

"We"? Are you a are you a member of an Gman Feb 2015 #70

Yes, I am, Brother bread_and_roses Feb 2015 #73

If he were a friend of labor, he would not have stood in the way of a public option. merrily Feb 2015 #77

The public option is just one issue. Gman Feb 2015 #80

Sorry, friends of labor make sure working people are taken care of. merrily Feb 2015 #81

NAFTA is another Mnpaul Feb 2015 #87

Even with the single payer option, it was never healthcare reform, just health insurance reform. Amimnoch Feb 2015 #15

We're already paying the taxes BubbaFett Feb 2015 #67

Read much? nothing at all in my proposal about increases in taxes. Amimnoch Feb 2015 #83

we already pay the taxes BubbaFett Feb 2015 #92

"Anything else is double-dipping the middle class and a free handout to the insurance industry." Amimnoch Feb 2015 #96

anything else, BubbaFett Feb 2015 #98

So sad.... Doc Holliday Feb 2015 #17

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There were other players, bvar22 Feb 2015 #24

no doubt. . . annabanana Feb 2015 #25

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The Democratic Party Leadership would have been banned from DU... bvar22 Feb 2015 #42

Hehe... cui bono Feb 2015 #47

+1 Enthusiast Feb 2015 #56

It would have never happened at the time, too many Demcrats still_one Feb 2015 #26

What happened is the growing influence of Citizens United and a massive voter suppression effort. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #57

I don't buy the voter suppression argument in the two states I named still_one Feb 2015 #63

Lieberman was never going to let a public option through the Senate. That slimebag even geek tragedy Feb 2015 #27

Lieberman was NEVER going to support a PO. JoePhilly Feb 2015 #29

Personally, I would like to beat the shit out of Joe Lieberman.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #31

Obamacare was a gift to the insurance companies Demobrat Feb 2015 #37

If they know the Dems are going to coopt their ideas out of fear, then they will keep pushing their cui bono Feb 2015 #48

The ACA could be more accurately described as the Single Payer Prevention Act. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #58

Why, of course it did! And the Public Option would've been sabotaged anyhow RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #38

"When members of Congress caved to demands from the _________ industry." Rex Feb 2015 #40

Joe also proposed a Medicare expansion to age 55 Midnight Writer Feb 2015 #43

I'd forgotten about that. RiverLover Feb 2015 #60

Thank you, RiverLover Midnight Writer Feb 2015 #90

Not difficult to see Thespian2 Feb 2015 #45

Agreed charles d Feb 2015 #46

A health care plan that include a robust Public Option had no need for a private insurance industry. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #51

Not necessarily... Helen Borg Feb 2015 #61

wasn't that the whole point? Skittles Feb 2015 #59

ACA - one of the great kabuki plays. KG Feb 2015 #62

I suspect so. merrily Feb 2015 #78

+100000 woo me with science Feb 2015 #94

The Insurance Wolves already had us and the Congress. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #66

There is no public opition because of NAFTA, Gat, etc. Dwight42 Feb 2015 #71

Interesting post, thanks for sharing!! arcane1 Feb 2015 #72

Which is precisely why it was taken off the table hifiguy Feb 2015 #85

Huge K&R woo me with science Feb 2015 #86

19 million covered, according to Mother Jones. You think they should walk away from the ACA? Hekate Feb 2015 #88

That's the man that so many DU'ers think we should have elected as VP! nt Bonobo Feb 2015 #89

kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #91

kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #93

Wasn't the public option the compromise with those of us who want single payer? hootinholler Feb 2015 #97