Comments on: Dear Left Wing Bloggers: Thank you for challenging Joe Lieberman! http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: willik http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38313 willik Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:04:01 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38313 Sen. Lieberman said he would filibuster the bill if it has the "opt-out" provision. I welcome his filibuster but it is for non-Conservative reasons if what I have read is true. "Beware Greeks....." He is all for universal/big government health care and wants all states to be required to accede to that concept with NO OUTS! Am I wrong here? Sen. Lieberman said he would filibuster the bill if it has the “opt-out” provision.

I welcome his filibuster but it is for non-Conservative reasons if what I have read is true. “Beware Greeks…..”

He is all for universal/big government health care and wants all states to be required to accede to that concept with NO OUTS!

Am I wrong here?

]]> By: rj1913 http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38265 rj1913 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:28:50 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38265 if ole Joe doesn't have something up his sleeve that he wants. Considering that he ain't exactly said yes and he ain't exactly said no, well, that does give him some bargaining power. if ole Joe doesn’t have something up his sleeve that he wants. Considering that he ain’t exactly said yes and he ain’t exactly said no, well, that does give him some bargaining power.

]]> By: earlgrey http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38263 earlgrey Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:10:55 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38263 On an earlier post I noted that they were talking on Hannity last night about the health care bill. That "all the deals had been made", where they would bring th bill to the floor, but an ammendment for a trigger to replace the opt-out option woud be put into the bill. Lieberman is saying he would not vote against bringing the bill to the floor, but would not vote to end the debate if the public option is still in the bill. So theoretically there is still a good chance this goes according to their plan - just iwth a trigger and not the public option. This is espcecially the case when you see Reid indicating that Lieberman is the least of his problems (above). The pundit (Bob Beckel) than said there is no 60 vote threshold for the bill once it comes out of the conference committee (where the public option could than be re-inserted into the bill). On an earlier post I noted that they were talking on Hannity last night about the health care bill. That “all the deals had been made”, where they would bring th bill to the floor, but an ammendment for a trigger to replace the opt-out option woud be put into the bill.

Lieberman is saying he would not vote against bringing the bill to the floor, but would not vote to end the debate if the public option is still in the bill. So theoretically there is still a good chance this goes according to their plan – just iwth a trigger and not the public option.

This is espcecially the case when you see Reid indicating that Lieberman is the least of his problems (above).

The pundit (Bob Beckel) than said there is no 60 vote threshold for the bill once it comes out of the conference committee (where the public option could than be re-inserted into the bill).

]]> By: treeofliberty http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38256 treeofliberty Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:22:41 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38256 I kept on hearing about Landrieu, Baucus, Blanche Lincoln and was wondering what about Lieberman? If anyone has the motivation and chutzpah to join the GOP in a filibuster it's the scorned Lieberman! While I have no warm feelings towards the Maine duo I think Reid appeasing the far left and putting in the PO without even giving the pretext of a "bi-partisan" bill gave away any chance this had for Snowe and co. to "save face" and vote for it. Granted the fight is not over but this is a very good sign! I kept on hearing about Landrieu, Baucus, Blanche Lincoln and was wondering what about Lieberman? If anyone has the motivation and chutzpah to join the GOP in a filibuster it’s the scorned Lieberman!

While I have no warm feelings towards the Maine duo I think Reid appeasing the far left and putting in the PO without even giving the pretext of a “bi-partisan” bill gave away any chance this had for Snowe and co. to “save face” and vote for it.

Granted the fight is not over but this is a very good sign!

]]> By: farstar99 http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38255 farstar99 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:17:46 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38255 to lose. to lose.

]]> By: jonk http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38253 jonk Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:12:02 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38253 Senator Joe Lieberman, July 6, 2006: "What I'm saying to the people of Connecticut, I can do more for you and your families to get something done to make health care affordable, to get universal health insurance." October 23, 2006: "I've been working on health insurance reform for more than a dozen years. ... I have offered a comprehensive program. Small business health insurance reform, plus something I call MediKids to cover all the children in America on a sliding fee basis up until the age of 25. "MediChoice to allow anybody in our country to buy into a national insurance pool like the health insurance pool that we federal employees and Members of Congress have. Medical malpractice reform. "It will cover 95% of those who are not covered now, and it will reduce the pressure on rising costs for all the millions of others." Today: "If the bill remains what it is now, I will not be able to support a cloture motion before final passage. Therefore I will try to stop the passage of the bill." Senator Joe Lieberman, July 6, 2006:
“What I’m saying to the people of Connecticut, I can do more for you and your families to get something done to make health care affordable, to get universal health insurance.”

October 23, 2006:
“I’ve been working on health insurance reform for more than a dozen years. … I have offered a comprehensive program. Small business health insurance reform, plus something I call MediKids to cover all the children in America on a sliding fee basis up until the age of 25.
“MediChoice to allow anybody in our country to buy into a national insurance pool like the health insurance pool that we federal employees and Members of Congress have. Medical malpractice reform.
“It will cover 95% of those who are not covered now, and it will reduce the pressure on rising costs for all the millions of others.”

Today:
“If the bill remains what it is now, I will not be able to support a cloture motion before final passage. Therefore I will try to stop the passage of the bill.”

]]> By: Hoosier Economist http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38252 Hoosier Economist Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:09:51 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38252 Not quite sure why Erick proclaims: "This pretty much guarantees the death of the public option in public form." The Pine Tree State duo will still likely vote for this thing - even with a PO. Plus, I wouldn't put it past the Dems to use Reconciliation - so the battle is far from over... Not quite sure why Erick proclaims:

“This pretty much guarantees the death of the public option in public form.”

The Pine Tree State duo will still likely vote for this thing – even with a PO. Plus, I wouldn’t put it past the Dems to use Reconciliation – so the battle is far from over…

]]> By: jimc1969 http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38243 jimc1969 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:25:39 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38243 This is good news for certain, but I still fear some RINO will vote for it. ( Snow maybe ? ) I don't fully trust Liberman either, so It could be some sort of ploy to get something in return...... This is good news for certain, but I still fear some RINO will vote for it. ( Snow maybe ? )
I don’t fully trust Liberman either, so It could be some sort of ploy to get something in return……

]]> By: jimc1969 http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38244 jimc1969 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:25:39 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38244 This is good news for certain, but I still fear some RINO will vote for it. ( Snow maybe ? ) I don't fully trust Liberman either, so It could be some sort of ploy to get something in return...... This is good news for certain, but I still fear some RINO will vote for it. ( Snow maybe ? )
I don’t fully trust Liberman either, so It could be some sort of ploy to get something in return……

]]> By: BigGator5 http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/dear-left-wing-bloggers-thank-you-for-challenging-joe-lieberman/comment-page-1/#comment-38228 BigGator5 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:51:58 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=4275#comment-38228 <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/reid-lieberman-is-the-least-of-my-problems.php?ref=dcblt">"Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid's problems," Reid told reporters at his weekly press conference.</a> “Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid’s problems,” Reid told reporters at his weekly press conference.

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