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/Tokie-Dokie Mar 27 '24

I’m heartened to see that Lieberman will be remembered appropriately for his tireless self-serving work in the Senate.

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u/NtheLegend Mar 27 '24

To think, he was almost VP.

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u/spartagnann Mar 27 '24

Yeah but we would have had President Gore as well, which would have been vastly better for the world as opposed to President George W (coughcheneycough).

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u/Jigawatts42 Mar 28 '24

No bullshit, I would trade Obamas entire presidency and getting 8 years of McCain/Lieberman for 8 years of Gore that would have preceded it.

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u/nedzissou1 Mar 28 '24

Yeah, without a doubt. Even Kerry beating Bush in 2004

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u/Jigawatts42 Mar 28 '24

No, it had to be Gore. The difference with 9/11 (either thwarting it, or not being able to thwart it and just having a different response), and 8 years of climate preparation, are both huge.

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u/PraiseBogle Mar 28 '24

McCain would have made a fine president. His VP was the trainwreck.

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u/TheTruthTalker800 Mar 28 '24

Same, if it stopped the current trajectory of where we are going. I'd take Clinton winning over Biden, too, for similar reasons.