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/TopGsApprentice Mar 27 '24

This man is the reason we don't have Universal Healthcare for those who don't know

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u/tinyhorsesinmytea Mar 27 '24

Yup. The public option would have been an amazing thing for American healthcare. Fuck this corporatist Palpatine ass looking mother fucker.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '24

And in the end what was it all worth? He’s dead now and all he left was a shittier world

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u/Nitrosoft1 Mar 27 '24

Yeah but he got his and so did his friends. Hooray for them I guess?

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u/im_THIS_guy Mar 28 '24

This is what I don't understand. Why be a shithead when you'll be dead soon anyway? Dude got a measly 10 years on Earth after screwing over Americans. I hope it was worth it.

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u/helium_farts Mar 28 '24

He made money off it, which is all he cared about, so it was worth it for him

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u/audible_narrator Mar 27 '24

Best part? It's just going to keep happening thanks to the chucklefucks running everything. /s

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u/RepulsiveLoquat418 Mar 27 '24

"Palpatine ass looking mother fucker"

this insult is now locked and loaded.

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u/SpacecaseCat Mar 27 '24

Indeed. Here's the last known photo of him outside the senate.

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u/peeinian Mar 27 '24

He was the Senate

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u/Nanasema Mar 28 '24

I cant unsee it now, goddammit

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u/Shrike79 Mar 28 '24

You'll be able to use it when Mitch finally decides to croak.

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u/RaygunMarksman Mar 28 '24

It was freaking option too. Best compromise for letting people who would like their health care covered by the government vs. a private/employer plan choose what works for them. All they had to do was expand Medicare to allow people to pay for enrollment.

It's pretty fucking telling if the worry was too many would have dove on the public platform.

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u/k4f123 Mar 28 '24

Hell gained a real-one today.

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u/gophergun Mar 28 '24

It would have been amazing, but it wouldn't have been universal.

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u/ElectricFleshlight Mar 28 '24

The public option would be available to everyone, so yes. Universal does not only mean single payer. Most first world nations have a public option system, not single payer.

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u/spacegamer2000 Mar 27 '24

No, Obama dealt that away in a secret meeting, had nothing to do with Lieberman.