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Joe Lieberman givers Harry Reid a friendly belly rub - Image Tom Shepard
Contrary to what you may have heard today, Joe Lieberman has not disappointed anyone who knows Joe Lieberman.
This was to be expected:
Mr. Lieberman said he had informed Mr. Reid of his position on the bill. He said he hoped to help forge a compromise on the legislation when the Senate debates it.
“I’m strongly inclined to vote to proceed to the health-care debate even though I don’t support the bill that he’s bringing together, because it’s important that we start the debate on health-care reform,” Mr. Lieberman said.
Mr. Reid played down Mr. Lieberman’s announcement.
“There are a lot of senators, Democrats and Republicans, who don’t like part of what’s in this bill,” Mr. Reid said. “Sen. Lieberman will let us get on the bill, and he’ll be involved in the amendment process.”
The fact that Harry Reid made excuses for Lieberman like an abused housewife who swears that deep down “he really really loves me” isn’t particularly surprising either.
As always, it is worth repeating Jim Newell’s description of Joe Lieberman:
It’s like two quarter-pound stools of alien space shit crashed into a toxic waste dumpster in Stamford, Connecticut, fucked, and out came their mutilated, blood-soaked carcass of a baby rat-child, Senator Joseph Lieberman.
… times infinity.
Also. What she said.
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Yowzah! I had never seen Newell’s description of Lieberman before. As icky as it is (and it’s pretty damned icky) I don’t think it really goes far enough. A rat-child is, after all, a warm-blooded creature…
Why isn’t Alienshit a Republican again? I mean, formally, officially, with R for “ratfucker” tattooed on his hideous forehead.
Ask Harry Reid…
So what IS Reid thinking tonight? Feeling a little buttfucked in the metaphorical sense? Maybe now he knows how we feel.
How many times does a guy have to be slapped across the face with a fucking dead fish before he opens his goddam eyes?
That’s unfair to rats!
Goats on the other hand….
Just once, I wish Lieberman would surprise me by not being a douchebag.
Every time I look at Reid, all I can think is how badly he gets played every time. I’ve dealt with lots of politicians up close and personal, and I’ve never seen anyone quite as brain damaged as Reid. Not even Daschle–so notorious for his spinelessness that friends of his quipped he could be held up via the U.S. Mail–was as eager to have someone write “SUCKA” across his forehead as Reid is. The fact that Reid let LieberDouche keep his committee chair after Holy Joe campaigned for fucking McCain told everyone that Reid is an idiot. Too bad we’re stuck with the morons.
You would really think that someone from Nevada would be a better poker player…
Just when you think Lieberman can’t become any more loathesome…what a hideous troll. The end of his term can NOT come fast enough, and I don’t even live in CT.
That Newell line is amazing. At least I’ll be laughing as he fucks over the entire country yet again.
I dunno. I think Harry Reid is playing this pretty well.
Joe Creepyman may not vote for the final bill, but he ain’t gonna fillibuster and keep it from actually getting to a floor vote. He just wants a little attention. Well, he’s gonna get it.
That is not what he said. He won’t keep it from going to the floor, but he will support the filibuster.
About this many.