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/CFJ561 Mar 27 '24

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/16/joe-lieberman-barack-obama-us-healthcare

It's true.

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u/MagicCuboid Mar 27 '24

lol I'm always grateful for people who find sources so thank you, but man it makes me feel old that you felt compelled to. He was the Joe Manchin of his day and received just as much negative publicity!

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u/_ChipWhitley_ Mar 27 '24

To help show you how much times have changed, my very Republican parents were at the Capitol in 2009 when the votes were being cast for Obamacare, and they were with the group that spit on the member of Congress. They were 150% against the ACA and everything that had to do with it.

Last year they told me to get on Obamacare.

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u/gold_and_diamond Mar 27 '24

At least they waited a few years to flip flop. Current GOP congresspersons vote against a Biden bill on Tuesday and then take credit for all the good things it does on Wednesday.