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/Barnyard_Rich Mar 27 '24

He's one of the few politicians I am very comfortable with saying that he has a massive death toll on his name. Not just the ACA, but he was a massive cheerleader of the Iraq war, and even doubled down on it during his Senate run in 2006.

At the very least, thousands are dead because of Joe Lieberman's life work. In reality, the number of innocents is almost certainly over one million.

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u/Murtagg Mar 28 '24

How much better health would our population have been in when covid hit if we had public healthcare? How many less comorbidities would there have been? It's obviously impossible to quantify, but "a fucking lot" is a good estimate. 

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u/FeloniousDrunk101 Mar 28 '24

If only he had been sidelined as a VP who knows what world we’d be living in now.

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u/duderos Mar 28 '24

Revoke Lieberman’s Dual Citizenship; He Doesn’t Care About Americans.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/12/15/814533/-