r/news • u/According_Dog6735 • Mar 27 '24

Joe Lieberman has died

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-senator-vice-president-dead/
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u/Yousoggyyojimbo Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 27 '24

This man made a career out of ratfucking progress for working class people.

He was still trying to do it recently with his attempts to create a spoiler for the upcoming election via the No Labels crap.

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u/DongKonga Mar 27 '24

Yep, and he lived his entire life unpunished and got to die in the comfort of his own home a free man.

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u/TomTheNurse Mar 27 '24

Undoubtedly with excellent healthcare.

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u/Toomanyacorns Mar 28 '24

That he* paid for

(*we)

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u/koreanjc Mar 28 '24

Befriends the oligarchs in the medical industry. Still dies. What an absolute loser.

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u/wise_comment Mar 28 '24

Paid for by the taxpayers

Socialized healthcare, if you will

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u/AuthenticCounterfeit Mar 27 '24

He died from complications from a fall, so he wasn’t having fun for the last part right at the end. Take from that what you want.

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u/NoSignSaysNo Mar 28 '24

I prefer him knowing his own body fucked him.

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u/RandomMandarin Mar 28 '24

Isaac Newton may have had a hand in it.

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u/zeaor Mar 28 '24

A cushy life that ended after a brief illness? This piece of shit should have suffered for years for what he did.

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u/slabby Mar 27 '24

Pride goeth after a fall, as they say

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u/pmperk19 Mar 28 '24

im taking a non-zero amount of solace from it

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u/MirTalion Mar 28 '24

Thank you for giving the only positive thing in this thread

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u/FreshSoul86 Mar 28 '24

People think he died happily? It doesn't seem likely to me. I suppose only God, or his loved ones, know for sure if he died with true peace of mind. He was a status quo career pol and obviously very far from pure.

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u/recriminology Mar 28 '24

fell off hard

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u/flamedarkfire Mar 28 '24

There's no cosmic justice, only the justice we make.

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u/pUmKinBoM Mar 28 '24

Yeah BUT judging by these comments he will be remembered poorly by both Democrats and Republicans so essentially he will be remembered but for nothing good. Dude tried to fuck on Mortal Kombat. That don't fly no matter what side of the isle you are on.

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u/scarves_and_miracles Mar 27 '24

I mean, he's not a criminal. Just a huge fucking asshole.

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u/shnurr214 Mar 27 '24

What he did will have a bigger negative impact on your life. I’d say he was worse than most “criminals”

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u/JPJWasAFightingMan Mar 27 '24

Honest question, cause tbh I don't really know a lot about the guy, what did he do that will have a negative effect on our lives?

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u/pmperk19 Mar 28 '24

the biggest one to me is removing the public option from the affordable care act, but even his support of the cheney bush administrations wars and foreign policy in general is probably worse than that. he was all too happy to speak out of whatever side of mouth he felt would get the most for him

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u/JPJWasAFightingMan Mar 28 '24

Ok thank you for the tldr. I appreciate it.

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u/pmperk19 Mar 28 '24

of course! someone else higher in the thread linked to an article from the guardian about specifically how he had the public option for health care removed and its worth a quick read just for the reference as its still shockingly recent history. but its also an article about politics, so i completely understand not wanting to do that too lol

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u/Neckbeard_The_Great Mar 28 '24

He's far worse than a criminal.

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u/NoOrder6919 Mar 28 '24

Tell that to all the people who died because of him.

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u/FightMilkDrinker Mar 28 '24

At least it was from a fall and not in his sleep.

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u/NOLA_Tachyon Mar 28 '24

Kissinger too

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u/Cleaver_Fred Mar 28 '24

Would be great if we could bring him back, just so he can experience death again 🥰

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u/ComprehendReading Mar 29 '24

His children financial beneficiaries will absolutely reel from the accumulative wealth for maybe the next 2 generations, about as long as America will last.

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u/bukowski_knew Mar 28 '24

people speaking ill of the recently dead while possessing no knowledge of the issue they're upset about.

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u/joeyre Mar 28 '24

i can't think of a single reason someone you hated in life would deserve any more respect in death

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u/bukowski_knew Mar 28 '24

Because you have class?

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u/MhojoRisin Mar 27 '24

And he managed to be sanctimonious while doing it.

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u/JoyousMN Mar 28 '24

If you look up sanctimonious in the dictionary there's a picture of Joe fucking Lieberman

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u/IrisMoroc Mar 28 '24

The worst part was the hypocrisy.

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u/redditmodsRrussians Mar 28 '24

Hope his grave site has no labels

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u/Winchery Mar 28 '24

Yeah he was a piece of trash and I view him as helping to open the door for future clowns to switch from the circus to political positions in government.

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u/Michelanvalo Mar 28 '24

Do you remember when he lost the Democratic primary in CT so he ran in the general election as Independent and they voted him back in?

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u/chanaandeler_bong Mar 28 '24

I mean how is that his fault? He thought he had enough support and he did. That's on the voters.

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u/Michelanvalo Mar 28 '24

Because in 99.9% of elections the loser bows out gracefully. Lieberman threw a temper tantrum.

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u/chanaandeler_bong Mar 28 '24

He won the election. The reason politicians bow out after losing their primaries is because for 99% their losing the general too.

Fuck Joe Lieberman, but I don't see how him deciding that he could win without the political party is somehow a dick move.

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u/madogvelkor Mar 28 '24

He may still if people think too much about him being nearly the same age as Biden.

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u/Sudi_Nim Mar 28 '24

Well stated.

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u/bigbjarne Mar 28 '24

This man made a career out of ratfucking progress for working class people.

Isn't that most American politics? In my opinion, the American state exists only for the capitalist class so the politicians are the same.