FARK.com: (7424313) Joe Lieberman kicks America in the nuts on his way out of office

If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page.

		Joe Lieberman kicks America in the nuts on his way out of office (dailykos.com)		84
		More: Sad, Joe Lieberman, human beings, Senator Scott Brown, Carl Levin, Tom Coburn, Senator Reid, Daniel Akaka, Health Care, International

• • •

12559 clicks; posted to Politics » on 08 Nov 2012 at 3:32 PM | Favorite | share:

Share this link:

URL:

http://fark.com/go/7424313

Bookmark:

Article Comments close

84 Comments (+0 »)

View Voting Results: Smartest and Funniest

Archived thread

First | « | 1 | 2 | » | Last | Show all

Ennuipoet		2012-11-08 01:25:22 PM

At least he's honest, once you buy him he stays bought.

Kazan		2012-11-08 01:30:12 PM

he sure is a loyal whore

Saborlas		2012-11-08 01:32:29 PM

He always was a DINOSAUR.

/Democrat In Name Only, Sorry Ass Undercover Republican

palladiate		2012-11-08 01:47:19 PM

And I still get questioned why I didn't vote for the Gore/Lieberman ticket. With Gore pushing censorship in the 80's and 90's, and Joe being Joe, I had a lot of bad history to consider.

Lieberman might be one of the most horrible people in American politics.

kbronsito		2012-11-08 01:57:27 PM

I was going to guess that he was trying to pass the Do What Netayahu Says Act of 2012 which makes Bibi absolute ruler of America.

Nabb1		2012-11-08 01:58:38 PM

The headline is not much of an exaggeration. Holy hell, f*ck you, Joe. Don't let the doorknob hit you where the good Lord split you.

exick		2012-11-08 02:18:45 PM

Don't blame me, I voted for Nader.

SilentStrider		2012-11-08 02:37:34 PM

I vites libertarian in '00. Times like this, I really don't regret it.

Cyberluddite		2012-11-08 02:39:39 PM

flaEsq		2012-11-08 02:51:28 PM

A bitter diatribe would be here but for the man's Obamacare vote.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-11-08 02:58:31 PM

Sayonara, doucherocket

GAT_00		2012-11-08 03:17:36 PM

I'd worry more if I thought anything was getting through the lame duck session.

dahmers love zombie		2012-11-08 03:30:08 PM

I think it's Signing Statement time.

bdub77		2012-11-08 03:33:39 PM

I don't know enough about the bill, but couldn't Obama just be like 'fark you, veto'?

EyeballKid		2012-11-08 03:34:40 PM

dahmers love zombie: I think it's Signing Statement time.

Maybe even so much as put in the signing statement, "...And Joseph Lieberman, the former senator from Connecticut, can go suck on a bag of dicks until he chokes and dies."

wooden_badger		2012-11-08 03:34:44 PM

I guess Hadassah isn't making him happy any more.

bugontherug		2012-11-08 03:36:15 PM

Saborlas: He always was a DINOSAUR.

/Democrat In Name Only, Sorry Ass Undercover Republican

I'm not too enthusiastic about Lieberman myself. But really, he did vote for both Obamacare and DADT repeal. He's not all bad.

theteacher		2012-11-08 03:36:38 PM

Fark you, Joe LIEberman.

ha-ha-guy		2012-11-08 03:37:06 PM

bdub77: I don't know enough about the bill, but couldn't Obama just be like 'fark you, veto'?

That is what I assume. Also Levin is up for reelection in 2014. If you're in Michigan, contact his campaign and remind them this state is quite capable of voting in an R if Levin gets a bad case of stupid.

EyeballKid		2012-11-08 03:37:46 PM

bugontherug: I'm not too enthusiastic about Lieberman myself. But really, he did vote for both Obamacare and DADT repeal. He's not all bad.

Yeah, he voted for the ACA after he made sure public option and single-payer were off the table and that his insurance industry Johns got their cut in the deal. Fark Lieberman with a rusty saw.

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2012-11-08 03:38:55 PM

Democrats on the committee are supporting it too. WHY are they supporting it too?

colon_pow		2012-11-08 03:40:08 PM

but we want massive regulations, as quick as you can write 'em.

p the boiler		2012-11-08 03:41:15 PM

SilentStrider: I vites...

To the right, to the right
On every other letter move your finger to the right

(think of a Beyonce song as you read that, let it stick in your head all day)

casual disregard		2012-11-08 03:43:07 PM

It won't pass. If it did, Obama would veto it.

Carn		2012-11-08 03:44:49 PM

Right back at ya Lieberman you f*cker.

bugontherug		2012-11-08 03:45:29 PM

EyeballKid: bugontherug: I'm not too enthusiastic about Lieberman myself. But really, he did vote for both Obamacare and DADT repeal. He's not all bad.

Yeah, he voted for the ACA after he made sure public option and single-payer were off the table and that his insurance industry Johns got their cut in the deal. Fark Lieberman with a rusty saw.

I'll grant, I haven't checked the actual voting record. But my memory of 2009-2011 has the Republicans filibustering virtually everything, to a man. If true, that means Lieberman was the 60th vote for almost all of the following legislation:

January 29, 2009: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-2
February 4, 2009: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (SCHIP), Pub.L. 111-3
February 17, 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Pub.L. 111-5
March 11, 2009: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, Pub.L. 111-8
March 30, 2009: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-11
April 21, 2009: Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, Pub.L. 111-13
May 20, 2009: Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-21
May 20, 2009: Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-22
May 22, 2009: Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-23
May 22, 2009: Credit CARD Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-24
June 22, 2009: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, as Division A of Pub.L. 111-31
June 24, 2009: Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009 including the Car Allowance Rebate System (Cash for Clunkers), Pub.L. 111-32
October 28, 2009: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, including the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Pub.L. 111-84
November 6, 2009: Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, Pub.L. 111-92
December 16, 2009: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, Pub.L. 111-117
February 12, 2010: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, as Title I of Pub.L. 111-139
March 4, 2010: Travel Promotion Act of 2009, as Section 9 of Pub.L. 111-145
March 18, 2010: Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, Pub.L. 111-147
March 23, 2010: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.L. 111-148
March 30, 2010: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, including the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, Pub.L. 111-152
May 5, 2010: Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-163
July 1, 2010: Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-195
July 21, 2010: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub.L. 111-203
July 29, 2010: Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010
August 3, 2010: Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-220
August 10, 2010: SPEECH Act, Pub.L. 111-223
September 27, 2010: Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-240
December 8, 2010: Claims Resolution Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-291
December 13, 2010: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-296
December 17, 2010: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-312, H.R. 4853
December 22, 2010: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-321, H.R. 2965
January 2, 2011: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-347, H.R. 847
January 4, 2011: Shark Conservation Act, Pub.L. 111-348, H.R. 81
January 4, 2011: Food Safety and Modernization Act, Pub.L. 111-353, H.R. 2751

Granny_Panties		2012-11-08 03:45:55 PM

Wasn't he the one that made them remove the Public Option before he would vote for ObamaCare?

Alphax		2012-11-08 03:46:23 PM

That's not sane.

SnakeLee		2012-11-08 03:50:55 PM

He did vote for Obamacare, but he was the 60th vote and demanded that they drop the single payer option before he signed it. So basically, he single handedly watered it down and made it considerably less effective than it could have been

that bosnian sniper		2012-11-08 03:52:37 PM

bdub77: I don't know enough about the bill, but couldn't Obama just be like 'fark you, veto'?

Why would Obama veto it? It's a direct, almost-unprecedented, expansion of Executive power. You want to talk unitary executive, look no further than a bill that would strip Congress of what precious little authority it has left in the way of powers delegated to administrative agencies and place it squarely under the purview of the White House. This is the kind of bill that FDR's hard-on would dig its way out of his grave, hop a train from Hyde Park to DC, barge into the White House, and drill its way through the Resolute desk to snatch the pen right out of Obama's hand and sign itself. In the hands of a Democratic president, that bill could do some real, serious, indelible good compared to the bloated, bureaucratic, captured mess administrative agencies currently are...especially in the wake of the goddamn Chevron decision that still manages to fark citizen oversight and accountability on the part of administrative agencies right in the ass to this day.

The problems, naturally, are that a Republican president would take that shiat and run with it to unilaterally create the kind of John Galt douchebaggish regulatory hellscape that caused the 2008 economic meltdown, and it does practically nothing whatsoever to curb regulatory capture which is the problem to begin with.

Vlad_the_Inaner		2012-11-08 03:54:05 PM

Granny_Panties: Wasn't he the one that made them remove the Public Option before he would vote for ObamaCare?

Worse. He made them remove the 'Medicare buy-in' option that was a weak-sauce substitute for the public option.

This when 'Medicare Buy-in' was supposed to be one of his signature political ideas that he campaigned with.

Total and utter betrayal.

/He was for it before he was against it. He was for it until the 11th hour.

Hobodeluxe		2012-11-08 03:54:07 PM

so where does he land? AIPAC or a Def contractor lobbyist?

Gordon Bennett		2012-11-08 03:54:15 PM

Many reasons why Joystick Joe can fark off (pops, language)

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2012-11-08 03:59:47 PM

The All-Powerful Atheismo: Democrats on the committee are supporting it too. WHY are they supporting it too?

Still no answer to this.

I hate Joe as much as the next guy but there has to be an explanation for this amidst all the hate.

divgradcurl		2012-11-08 04:01:52 PM

"Joe Lieberman's good by gift to America."

/droopydog.jpg

that bosnian sniper		2012-11-08 04:01:59 PM

The All-Powerful Atheismo: Still no answer to this.

My post, little bit up-thread.

swankywanky		2012-11-08 04:03:02 PM

Hey Joe, time for dinner!

3.bp.blogspot.com

Magorn		2012-11-08 04:03:16 PM

Whatever its title, the intent of this legislation is crystal clear if you know how to read between the lines. This law is a dagger aimed at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that Dodd-Frank created. Romney's loss and Elizabeth Warren's win effectively killed Wall's Street's hopes of dismantling it and/or neutering it by replacing the director with a four member half Dem Half Republican commission

Now, as the agency prepares a slew of new regulations mandating things like more detailed and clearer loan disclosures when you buy a house, requiring banks prove you have a reasonable ability to re-pay the credit limits they set on your credit cards, limiting fees for money transfers and remittances, etc etc their only hope is to gum up the works as long as possible. I have no doubt Joey was promised of BOD seat or four as a retirement present in exchange for this legislation

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2012-11-08 04:03:53 PM

that bosnian sniper: The All-Powerful Atheismo: Still no answer to this.

My post, little bit up-thread.

thx

Geotpf		2012-11-08 04:10:17 PM

palladiate: And I still get questioned why I didn't vote for the Gore/Lieberman ticket. With Gore pushing censorship in the 80's and 90's, and Joe being Joe, I had a lot of bad history to consider.

Lieberman might be one of the most horrible people in American politics.

I thought I was the only one who voted against Gore/Lieberman for free speech reasons. Of course, I live in California so my vote doesn't actually count. Had I lived in Florida, I probably would have worn an industrial sized clothespin on my nose and voted for them anyways, but I'm not actually sure.

/no, I didn't vote for Bush, I voted for the Libertarian
//I think his name was Browne

XyzzyBob		2012-11-08 04:11:18 PM

that bosnian sniper: bdub77: I don't know enough about the bill, but couldn't Obama just be like 'fark you, veto'?

Why would Obama veto it? It's a direct, almost-unprecedented, expansion of Executive power. You want to talk unitary executive, look no further than a bill that would strip Congress of what precious little authority it has left in the way of powers delegated to administrative agencies and place it squarely under the purview of the White House. This is the kind of bill that FDR's hard-on would dig its way out of his grave, hop a train from Hyde Park to DC, barge into the White House, and drill its way through the Resolute desk to snatch the pen right out of Obama's hand and sign itself. In the hands of a Democratic president, that bill could do some real, serious, indelible good compared to the bloated, bureaucratic, captured mess administrative agencies currently are...especially in the wake of the goddamn Chevron decision that still manages to fark citizen oversight and accountability on the part of administrative agencies right in the ass to this day.

The problems, naturally, are that a Republican president would take that shiat and run with it to unilaterally create the kind of John Galt douchebaggish regulatory hellscape that caused the 2008 economic meltdown, and it does practically nothing whatsoever to curb regulatory capture which is the problem to begin with.

I'd find it cute that you make such a distinction between Dems and Republicans, Good vs. Evil, Right vs. Wrong... if I didn't remind myself that they are all politicians first, and march to the beat of their own drummer.

Keep in mind that before Lieberman was an independent, he was a Dem... and nearly a heartbeat away from being president when he was.

Just food for thought

Geotpf		2012-11-08 04:11:47 PM

bdub77: I don't know enough about the bill, but couldn't Obama just be like 'fark you, veto'?

The bill appears to give the President more power. Why on earth would Obama (or any other President) veto it?

sprgrss		2012-11-08 04:11:54 PM

I don't like independent agencies on a constitutional level.

GranoblasticMan		2012-11-08 04:15:01 PM

that bosnian sniper: bdub77: I don't know enough about the bill, but couldn't Obama just be like 'fark you, veto'?

Why would Obama veto it? It's a direct, almost-unprecedented, expansion of Executive power. You want to talk unitary executive, look no further than a bill that would strip Congress of what precious little authority it has left in the way of powers delegated to administrative agencies and place it squarely under the purview of the White House. This is the kind of bill that FDR's hard-on would dig its way out of his grave, hop a train from Hyde Park to DC, barge into the White House, and drill its way through the Resolute desk to snatch the pen right out of Obama's hand and sign itself. In the hands of a Democratic president, that bill could do some real, serious, indelible good compared to the bloated, bureaucratic, captured mess administrative agencies currently are...especially in the wake of the goddamn Chevron decision that still manages to fark citizen oversight and accountability on the part of administrative agencies right in the ass to this day.

The problems, naturally, are that a Republican president would take that shiat and run with it to unilaterally create the kind of John Galt douchebaggish regulatory hellscape that caused the 2008 economic meltdown, and it does practically nothing whatsoever to curb regulatory capture which is the problem to begin with.

I think you answered your own question.

GranoblasticMan		2012-11-08 04:16:32 PM

Geotpf: bdub77: I don't know enough about the bill, but couldn't Obama just be like 'fark you, veto'?

The bill appears to give the President more power. Why on earth would Obama (or any other President) veto it?

Foresight?

jjorsett		2012-11-08 04:16:56 PM

Accountability for regulations rather than fobbing off the unpopular nastiness to unelected entities to wreak havoc as they will? The horror.

What's wrong with, "I'm President Nimrod and I approve this regulation"? It's good enough for campaign commercials.

cc_rider		2012-11-08 04:18:08 PM

Joe, just go choke on a bag of dicks you flaming POS. I wonder which farking bank or corporation has already hired you as a lobbyist?

Still pissed off about this B.S. he pulled, earlier this year: Link

Millennium		2012-11-08 04:30:40 PM

I'd rather they go before Congress than before the President, but by putting such laws in front of an elected official it's at least a step in the right direction. That's where the lawmaking power needs to be.

qorkfiend		2012-11-08 04:35:18 PM

jjorsett: Accountability for regulations rather than fobbing off the unpopular nastiness to unelected entities to wreak havoc as they will? The horror.

What's wrong with, "I'm President Nimrod and I approve this regulation"? It's good enough for campaign commercials.

[i45.tinypic.com image 375x375]

How do you imagine this bill would inject any sort of accountability?

doyner		2012-11-08 04:36:18 PM

Millennium: I'd rather they go before Congress than before the President, but by putting such laws in front of an elected official it's at least a step in the right direction. That's where the lawmaking power needs to be.

I dunno. I think I'd prefer Dubya calling the shots over the current crop of teatards in the House.

Displayed 50 of 84 comments

First | « | 1 | 2 | » | Last | Show all

View Voting Results: Smartest and Funniest

Redisplay/refresh comments

This thread is closed to new comments.