Joe Lieberman died

[msmerymac]

He was definitely… a person.

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www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/politics/joseph-i-lieberman-dead.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.f00.92Lr.7iJ8AWGt51sl&smid=url-share

[clairebear]

Huh. My first thought was, "He's still alive?!"

[bcv513]

Mar 27, 2024 19:27:12 GMT -5 clairebear said:

Huh. My first thought was, "He's still alive?!"

Me too. I thought he was close to 80 when he ran with Gore. He was in his late 50s! Crazy

[msmerymac]

Mar 27, 2024 19:27:12 GMT -5 clairebear said:

Huh. My first thought was, "He's still alive?!"

My husband said “he’s honestly someone I couldn’t have told you if he was alive or dead.”

[underwaterrhymes]

Someone made a comment on Twitter that they hoped he got the medical care he denied everyone else through his votes.

[basilosaurus]

Mar 27, 2024 21:01:35 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Someone made a comment on Twitter that they hoped he got the medical care he denied everyone else through his votes.

I hope he was denied the medical care. 

[neverfstop]

He was still active and promoting the "No labels" bullshit....

[meanie]

I met him when I was a kid and he came to my school. That's all I've got, I have been in MA since I was old enough to vote.

I too was surprised he was still a live though, he seemed pretty old when he came to our school ~25+ years ago.

[sent]

Every time I read something in the obituary that impressed me, the next thing was the opposite. The comments are wild.

[Michelle]

Mar 28, 2024 5:34:24 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

He was still active and promoting the "No labels" bullshit....

Genuinely curious question - why did you find the "no labels" effort to be bullshit?

I appreciated him and Huntsman for trying to reach across the aisle - the country has since become even further divided and dysfunctional since that time.

Lieberman didn't do enough of what Democrats wanted, and Huntsman didn't do enough of what Republicans wanted. They were at least trying to pull their parties toward an effort of functional government.

Beyond that goal, I don't know his voting record on detailed issues and I can see from the above that medical care denial is a big part of why he was disliked. Is it that, or more about No Labels that was distasteful to you?

thanks!

[dutchgirl678]

Mar 28, 2024 16:03:26 GMT -5 Michelle said:

Mar 28, 2024 5:34:24 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

He was still active and promoting the "No labels" bullshit....

Genuinely curious question - why did you find the "no labels" effort to be bullshit?

I appreciated him and Huntsman for trying to reach across the aisle - the country has since become even further divided and dysfunctional since that time.

Lieberman didn't do enough of what Democrats wanted, and Huntsman didn't do enough of what Republicans wanted. They were at least trying to pull their parties toward an effort of functional government.

Beyond that goal, I don't know his voting record on detailed issues and I can see from the above that medical care denial is a big part of why he was disliked. Is it that, or more about No Labels that was distasteful to you?

thanks!

The problem with No Labels is that they are/were trying to find a Presidential candidate to run against Biden and Trump and as such it could take away votes from Biden. This is not the time for any 3rd party candidate.

[neverfstop]

Mar 28, 2024 16:03:26 GMT -5 Michelle said:

Mar 28, 2024 5:34:24 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

He was still active and promoting the "No labels" bullshit....

Genuinely curious question - why did you find the "no labels" effort to be bullshit?

Well, in theory, it may be great to have a group that pulls moderate D's & R's together to find common ground, compromise, and get actual governing done.  In an ideal world, without gerrymandered districts, winner take-all primaries, and the electoral system, they may have ben able to do some good. However, threatening to run an Indy candidate in the POTUS election, would result in all sorts of chaos....are they really willing to risk giving Trump any advantage on the off chance their candidate may get 5%-10% of the vote?  You want to get rid of the 2 party system, then there are other more productive things to do. Fix the above mentioned issues with our system or run moderate candidates against the right wing nuts that the GOP is putting up....

[Michelle]

Mar 28, 2024 16:20:14 GMT -5 dutchgirl678 said:

Mar 28, 2024 16:03:26 GMT -5 Michelle said:

Genuinely curious question - why did you find the "no labels" effort to be bullshit?

I appreciated him and Huntsman for trying to reach across the aisle - the country has since become even further divided and dysfunctional since that time.

Lieberman didn't do enough of what Democrats wanted, and Huntsman didn't do enough of what Republicans wanted. They were at least trying to pull their parties toward an effort of functional government.

Beyond that goal, I don't know his voting record on detailed issues and I can see from the above that medical care denial is a big part of why he was disliked. Is it that, or more about No Labels that was distasteful to you?

thanks!

The problem with No Labels is that they are/were trying to find a Presidential candidate to run against Biden and Trump and as such it could take away votes from Biden. This is not the time for any 3rd party candidate.

They started long before Biden and Trump (2010). I felt like at that point is when they started petering out.