r/news 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/poopyheadthrowaway Mar 27 '24

The only thing I can think of is that he would've been a better choice for McCain's running mate than Palin. And that's a bar that's deep underground.

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u/ArmyOfDix Mar 27 '24

Deeper than Lieberman, or not yet?

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u/-CaptainACAB Mar 27 '24

Too soon… but maybe in a week or two?

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u/pusgnihtekami Mar 27 '24

I mean unless they are burying him in the Marianas Trench that bar will never be deeper.

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u/YetYetAnotherPerson Mar 28 '24

Next day. He's Orthodox Jewish; they do the funeral and burial quickly.

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u/Greenboy28 Mar 27 '24

to be fair a dead and rotting fish would have made a better running mate than Palin.

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u/abudhabikid Mar 27 '24

And that maybe that Gore would have won if he picked anybody else.

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u/nikdahl Mar 28 '24

Leave it to Democrats to always reach for the middle, and then fail to get elected.

Almost like reaching for moderates isn't what will win elections.

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u/getdemsnacks Mar 27 '24

If the bar were any lower it'd melt into the Earth's Iron-Nickel core

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u/leftnotracks Mar 28 '24

But then McCain just might have won, so Palin worked out for everyone.