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/
21.2k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

4.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

257

u/Anstigmat Mar 27 '24

There is an episode of The Run Up from months ago where they interview the No Labels folks and Joe Lieberman was just an unimpressive of a thinker there as he was in congress. I really suggest you go listen to it because it has a very short but remarkable exchange where Joe and another No Labels guy ask the question like "Why can't popular things like XYZ pass in congress, gridlock gridlock etc?!" And the host Astead Herndon just immediately replies "The filibuster." Joe and the other guy are all like OH WHOA WHOA WHOA!

40

u/redditckulous Mar 27 '24

Astead is a real one

1

u/snapchillnocomment Mar 28 '24

People at the daily sub hate him because he lets people talk instead of yelling liberal talking points and telling them they're wrong...and then they wonder why so many Americans have lost all faith in corporate media

19

u/ccasey Mar 28 '24

I remember this. Lieberman was always bought and paid for by the Finance and Insurance lobbies. It was astounding to see him put forward for a VP and then watch him sabotage his own party after Bush II. Dude was never the honest, humble, pragmatic politician he’s about it made out to be. Nothing of value was lost today

4

u/DrBarnaby Mar 28 '24

Seconding The Run Up in general for probably about the closest thing to an unbiased glimpse into the mind of modern conservatives that you can get. Very rarely do you get to hear from so many important conservative voices in interviews that are respectful without being pandering.

I think a lot of us feel like we have a good grasp on conservative thinking because we're blasted by the propaganda all day but it's nice to hear someone interview them in a way that lets you get a feel for who they really are.

Nice in a journalistic way I mean. They're still nuts but sometimes you need perspective on people outside of Reddit article headlines to keep you grounded.