My Thoughts On Joe Lieberman (I-CT) - And his threat to filibuster Health Care Reform

Joe Lieberman raises too much money from insurance companies to help Health Care Reform....

Joe Lieberman is a complete waste of political energy. All he wants to do is stay in the media since he lost the last amount of attention he gained when he supported the last Republican Presidential ticket. Out of the two Independents in the Senate, he knows that Independents are rare in both houses of Congress, and they don't get much media coverage, and they are somewhat marginalized when people gauge importance. He wants as much publicity as he can get. He wants to make as much of his own "earned media" as possible by being controversial. The ability to make his own news, instead of paying the sums to make his ads declaring his merits. And most of all, name-recognition, which is the "Holy-Grail" of politicians. And as he has stated, he feels "relevant". He joined the Democratic ticket in 2000. He supported the Republican ticket in 2008, and then he was whining when he was about to be kicked out of the Democratic caucus in the Senate afterwards. And if he wants to campaign for GOP candidates in 2010, I hope he does. I'd be only glad to have him take off his mask permanently and just defect to the GOP. I guess he figures that if he can't beat them, he might as well join them. And I hope he makes a mistake and drinks alot of water before he attempts to filibuster. Since under Senate rules, you can blow your smoke as long as you want. You can even read off the recipe for your grandmother's lasagna if you so wish, but you can't sit down, and can't leave to use the restroom. I hope his prostate is up to par. I'm sure if the votes don't come in for cloture to shut him up, the serious lawmakers will wait him out. Good luck Joe. (Not really)

There used to be a different Joe...
When it came to insurance company antitrust concerns, Joe Lieberman boasted of his bona fides: As Connecticut attorney general in the 1980s, he sued the industry.

Where did that Joe go?

Joe Lieberman needs to figure out who his friends are, instead of the people he can earn as friends when it's convenient. When you can't make up your mind enough to show your identity, you will probably end up with no friends in the end.

-T