Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board

[kpete]

Source: The Hill

Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board
By Alexander Bolton - 11/02/09 08:15 PM ET

Sen. Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Majority Leader Harry Reid that he will not block a final vote on healthcare reform, according to two sources briefed on the matter.

The unpredictable Democrat-turned-Independent last week publicly stated he would join Republicans in filibustering the Democratic legislation after Reid (D-Nev.) announced he had included a government-run health insurance plan in the bill.

But sources said Reid’s staff is telling liberal interest groups that Lieberman (Conn.) has assured Reid he will vote with Democrats in the necessary procedural vote to end debate, perhaps with intentions to change the bill.

“Lieberman keeps assuring Reid that he’s OK,” said one source. “But he’s one of those characters — you never know with Joe.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/66005-reid-reassures-the-left-lieberman-is-on-board

[Happyhippychick]

1. Oh good. I feel so much better now.

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[DJ13]

2. Oh that Joe, he's such a joker

I trust him even less than I trust Reid.

[dflprincess]

3. I wonder what Harry told Joey he'd take out of the bill to make

the little weasel happy.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Riiiiiiight..

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. Reid couldn't assure the Left that the sky was blue, at a press conference in the Nevada desert.

We trust his spineless ass only slightly more than Lieberdouche.

[w4rma]

11. I trust Reid. From everything I can tell, he got into politics for the right reasons. (nt)

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. You forgot your sarcasm icon.

[w4rma]

15. I'm quite serious. Yeah, it's the fad to beat up on whomever is the party leader. But, I'm not

much of a follower.

[No Elephants]

25. If you beat up on Reid, you're beating up on a majority of Democratic Senators. If they

didn't approve of his practices, they would not keep electing him leader, which they do.

Reality is a bitch, isn't it?

[backscatter712]

6. The only thing that makes me think this might be true...

Reid is usually a complete invertebrate, but when his back's to the wall, he does have fangs. Typically, he's only used them on fellow Democrats.

But now, his back's to the wall because he's up for election in 2010, and he's behind in the polls, largely because everyone (correctly) sees him as spineless. So now he HAS to look like he can put up a fight and win, which means he absolutely cannot afford to have himself seen being humiliated by the likes of Joe Lieberman.

So yeah, even though in most cases, Reid can't be trusted to do the right thing, in this particular case, he very well might do real honest-to-god arm twisting to jam health care reform through. He might actually do things like yank Joe's Homeland Security chair this time.

At least that's my theory for now.

[jaysunb]

8. I hope he loses anyway...

I'm embarrassed that I supported his elevation to leader. :evilfrown:

[47of74]

17. Hopefully Reid has the likes of Tom Harkin breathing down his neck

Hopefully Reid has committed liberals like Tom Harkin breathing down his neck too and they're holding Reid's feet to the fire.

[No Elephants]

24. I never realized liberals had such long arms!

[PurityOfEssence]

7. May I humbly suggest a water board?

Money. It's all about money.

[Lilith Velkor]

12. I'd feel more reassured if Lieberman walked the plank, instead.

[still_one]

9. Most likely because Reid is lying to US, and doesn't plan to have a public option /nt

[New Dawn]

10. They both just want to force us to buy a service from a private company (i.e. fascist economics).

[Rozlee]

13. Reid couldn't find his wanker if it glowed in the dark and had GPS

So, why should I trust him when he says LIEberman is saying one thing to him in private while Joe is telling the world he'll do something else? Reid's a congenital idiot. To say he's got the spine of a jellyfish is an insult to jellyfish. I'm at the point where I'm almost hoping they do filibuster this watered down POS "public option" and let those dipstick Retardicans go back to their angry constituents. According to polls, even a small majority of Republicans favor health care reform and in Connecticut, 65% of Holy Joe's constituents favor it. Maybe we'll get candidates with some cajones that run on platforms of voting for robust public options. I hope it's not just misplace optimism on my part. I just had such high hopes with a Democratic President and a filibuster-proof Democratic majority that I didn't count on the wimp factor. Just why do I belong to such a pussy party? Oh, yeah. Because the other guys are bigoted near-Fascists and crazy as moonbats.

[Kolesar]

23. Jamie Lee Curtis just called. She wants her jokes back.

eom

[bluestateguy]

16. Lieberman is a dishonest, backstabbing, betraying asshole whose word isn't worth 2 cents

At least when Jim DeMint tells you is he for or against something, you can take him at his word.

Lieberman's word isn't worth shit.

[ChicagoSuz219]

18. All I can say is I hope this is true... nt

[onehandle]

19. ...a rocket to the sun. Gosh, Majority Leader Reid. That seems a bit extreme.

But if you think it's for the best.

Godspeed, Joe. Drop us a line.

[Chipper Chat]

20. "Mister Leiberman" "Mister Lieberman....no"

"Final vote: Yes 59 No 41 - the question is not agreed to"

.....way to go..Joe. You will go down in history right alongside Benedict Arnold.

[optimator]

21. not reassuring at all

logically , it means that either the legislation will be horrible or that Reid threatened Lieberman.
and we all know how likely the latter is.

[harry_pothead]

22. I don't want to know what it took.

:freak:


Good news though.

[No Elephants]

26. Great news! IF you believe Joe and IF bill were a good one for the average American.

[No Elephants]

27. On board? Please tell me we're talking about the Titanic II and the planet still has some icebergs.

[liberal N proud]

28. BULLSHIT

LIEberman is paid by the insurance industry to to everything in his power to stop any reform. AND HE WILL!