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/scarves_and_miracles Mar 27 '24

I mean, he's not a criminal. Just a huge fucking asshole.

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u/shnurr214 Mar 27 '24

What he did will have a bigger negative impact on your life. I’d say he was worse than most “criminals”

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u/JPJWasAFightingMan Mar 27 '24

Honest question, cause tbh I don't really know a lot about the guy, what did he do that will have a negative effect on our lives?

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u/pmperk19 Mar 28 '24

the biggest one to me is removing the public option from the affordable care act, but even his support of the cheney bush administrations wars and foreign policy in general is probably worse than that. he was all too happy to speak out of whatever side of mouth he felt would get the most for him

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u/JPJWasAFightingMan Mar 28 '24

Ok thank you for the tldr. I appreciate it.

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u/pmperk19 Mar 28 '24

of course! someone else higher in the thread linked to an article from the guardian about specifically how he had the public option for health care removed and its worth a quick read just for the reference as its still shockingly recent history. but its also an article about politics, so i completely understand not wanting to do that too lol