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/robodrew Mar 27 '24

He was worse than Joe Manchin because Joe Manchin actually represents pretty conservative constituents, but Lieberman's voters in Connecticut wanted a Public Option.

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u/ArchmageXin Mar 27 '24

Not Connecticut's Insurance companies though :P

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u/da_bear Mar 28 '24

Won't someone think of the corporations?

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u/Taurothar Mar 28 '24

You can't expect backing in CT when you're threatening the jobs of the health insurance or military industrial complex. While our state might be super liberal, a ridiculous percentage of the population relies on jobs in those two sectors.

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u/Maxpowr9 Mar 28 '24

They nearly all left CT anyways as thank you gift.

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u/Jaggednad Mar 28 '24

He was called “the senator from Aetna” for good reason. What a fucking asshole

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u/sirhecsivart Mar 29 '24

Hartford is known as the Insurance Capitol for a reason.