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This asshole fucked us all over and made sure we never had the single payer option on the ACA.

He sold us all out for the insurance companies. For that he can fuck right off into eternity.

This guy almost singlehandedly eliminated the public option for healthcare in this country.

For that he can get fucked.

This fucker did so much damage to American democracy. I’m not one to celebrate anyone’s death, but I will not miss this asshole.

Note: I am Jewish, this man has never represented me or my religion.

I will always remember Joe Lieberman for his attempts to take away my health care and video games.

This asshole destroyed the public option, then a few years later my life was destroyed by medical bankruptcy.

It is sad that he got to live a full life surrounded by loved ones. He deserved so much worse.

Rest in piss, you wont be missed.

I say this a lot, but I'll do it again. We should always speak good of the dead.

Joe Lieberman is dead. Good.

Thanks for the no healthcare Joe, you bastard.

Sounds like the vote of Lemmy is rest in piss?

Centrists should read this thread to see how well they are regarded by history.

Hold back progress and call your obstruction "incrementalism" and you will have people celebrate your death.

Hope it's warm down there buddy!

Everybody's talking about his role in the ACA and video games, but I am firmly of the belief that if Gore hadn't picked him for VP he would have won the election. Having Lieberman on the ticket turned off enough people on the left.

So, anyways... what's everyone doing tonight?

Fuck Joe Lieberman.

Best thing about Joe Lieberman is that his anti-video game crusade inspired the creation of "The Senator" for the Sega CD fighting game "Eternal Champions".

https://youtu.be/3axT016ffUs

Good riddance

If only he could have had the same lack of healthcare he wanted the public to have, this day would have come sooner.

...And nothing of value was lost.

Hopefully he and Kissinger are staying nice and warm.

Can i just mail some piss and have it dumped on the grave? Is that a thing?

Hey some good news this morning

I’m glad he’s gone. Another shitbag gone. RIPBOZO.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Joseph I. Lieberman, the doggedly independent four-term U.S. senator from Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died March 27 in New York City.

His transition from Al Gore’s running mate in 2000 on the Democratic ticket to high-profile cheerleader for Republican presidential candidate John McCain eight years later was a turnaround unmatched in recent American politics.

Mr. Lieberman generally voted with his party, but he sided with Republicans on cutting the capital gains tax, funding vouchers that parents could use to send their children to private schools, and placing new restrictions on consumer lawsuits against corporations, the latter of special interest to Connecticut’s large insurance companies.

But unlike many of those colleagues, Mr. Lieberman continued to support the 2003 invasion after Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction failed to materialize and U.S.-led occupation forces bogged down in civil war and anti-coalition insurgency.

He helped enact a 1996 law requiring new TV sets to have a device that enabled parents to block objectionable programs, and he teamed up with conservative commentator William J. Bennett to hand out “Silver Sewer Awards” for media content deemed “cultural pollution.” Along with headlines, Mr. Lieberman garnered loathing from the entertainment industry.

Considered the most moderate of the party’s nine 2004 hopefuls, Mr. Lieberman contended that his record on the environment and social issues combined with his strong stand on defense made him the Democrat best positioned to attract independents and defeat Bush.

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