So, anyways… what’s everyone doing tonight?
Champagne by the bottle.
I’m surprised anyone cared about this post tbh. This comment just made me think about that lol.
“Watch your step” has always been good advice.
Hope it’s warm down there buddy!
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.
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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This is the happiest day of my life.
Good riddance
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.
Don’t forget he’s a founder of No-Labels!
I will always remember Joe Lieberman for his attempts to take away my health care and video games.
I had forgotten about his video game scaremongering! What a prick.
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”.
Nah, the best thing about him is that he’s dead.
jordanlund : Patton Oswalt :: Pistcow : Norm MacDonald
Can i just mail some piss and have it dumped on the grave? Is that a thing?
Sounds like a business opportunity for someone
Fuck Joe Lieberman.
I’d like to revive him and kill him again. Over and over. He has directly attacked my wife with his fucking single payer vote.
Sounds like the vote of Lemmy is rest in piss?
pretty much. he will not be missed.
…And nothing of value was lost.
This guy almost singlehandedly eliminated the public option for healthcare in this country.
For that he can get fucked.
No, HE DID. The dems needed his vote to pass the ACA, and he made them get rid of the single payer option.
Dems are masters of “just needed this one ‘centrist’ vote” between their rank to be sure nothing progressive pass.
He had help. Ben Nelson deserves as much blame as the Democratic Party’s vp nominee.
Yeah something the article bot (or perhaps the article irself, idk) failed to include.
Obits are usually written years before someone dies. What is included and not included is on purpose. Obit writer is a full time job for big papers. A good obit writer has a massive trove of them written about living folks. Its not (currently) a bot thing.
