Top 15 Lieberman Betrayals: Joe's Worst Double-Crosses

On Tuesday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) announced that he might join a filibuster against health care reform. It's not the first time he's betrayed Democrats. Below, a slideshow of the senator's worst turns. Vote for your favorite!

Tried To Kill Clinton's Universal Health Care

Back in 1993, Lieberman called Bill Clinton's reform "too governmental, too regulatory and too costly."

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[ldnola]

07:39 PM on 02/11/2010

Lieberman makes me want to burn the state of Connecticu­t to the ground, to sweep the ashes into one big pile and p1ss on it.

[Dianithe Hector]

06:24 PM on 02/11/2010

and it's time that the DNC became very tough on Lieberman.­... he has to stop acting he on the democratic party side...b/c he's not...

[Dianithe Hector]

06:21 PM on 02/11/2010

I don't live in Conn. but anyone that does and need volanteers to campain against Lieberman.­.. e-mail me at hdianithe@­yahoo.com.­..he has to go....not only is he a traitor he's been bought and sold...

[welldunn730]

06:15 AM on 12/24/2009

I am dumbfounde­d that he is still a member of the Democratic Caucus.

[dansup]

02:36 AM on 11/15/2009

and THIS guy won Kennedy's Profile in Courage Award??? WTF happened?

[TXeagle]

03:39 PM on 11/09/2009

Does Lieberman think it too costly to give israel billions of US taxpayers money-in cash and state of the art weapons ? And by the way allow israel to dictate American foreign policy in the Middel East?

[FerrellGummitt]

01:52 PM on 11/09/2009

How about when Joe Lieberman was betrayed by Al Gore in 2004 by endorsing Howard "Captain Yells" Dean for President?

[welldunn730]

06:24 AM on 12/24/2009

Byahhh!!

[gvscmr]

06:59 AM on 11/09/2009

The Two Buddies who are fighting Health Care Reform

Joe Lieberman - Senator CT
10 Alston Avenue
New Haven, CT 06515

Evan Bayh - Senator IN
5400 Federal Plaza
Suite 3200
Hammond, IN 46320
[phone]

http://wp.­me/pwdev-5­Q

[FerrellGummitt]

01:51 PM on 11/09/2009

gvscmr: Thanks for Senator Joe's address. I have wanted to write him a letter of thanks for all he has done for a long time.

[mk3344]

08:30 PM on 11/08/2009

Please forgive me Ct., I may have voted for the "sold to the highest bidder" candidate when I was young and voted in the late 70's, early 80's. If so I apologize to you all and look forward to the day when you can rid the country of this hypocrite.

[NWterner]

02:11 PM on 11/06/2009

Are you loathing Joe Lieberman? Join the new Facebook Group "Loathing Lieberman"­!

http://Loa­thingLiebe­rman.com

[PhilipTaylor]

06:59 AM on 11/03/2009

Possible Democratic Party C0NNECT1CU­T Cha11enger­s to L!eberman:
There has to be S0ME0NE BETTER than this BU_FF00N!

R0B S!mmons
N@ncy D!Nardo
Jean Ho11oway
Hect0r R0b1es
Lar_ry P1easant
He1ene Sh_ay
Patr!cia Gate1y
J@mes Thr0we
Patr!cia Mar!n0s
N!cho1as Pa!nd!ris
B@rbara G0rdon
J0seph Staff0rd
Kev!n Mu_rphy
Emm@ P!erce
Car01 Censk!
Car1 Sch!ess1
M!chael L0ng
My_rna Wa_tanabe
Jud!th Ru_ss0
J0hn Ke11y
J0hn C0x
And_rea Jacks0n-Br­00ks
M1chae1 D'Ag0stino
Andr!a Mat_thews
J@mes Ba11
M@rtha Car1son
Chr!stine B0urne
St_ephen Zer!0
J@mes Mc_mah0n
L!nda St_ephens0­n
E1aine Cu_rran
Renat0 R!cciuti
Th0mas McD0nough
Chr!stine Shan1ey-Bu­_ck
Pau1ine Samp!eri
Ger@1d We!ner
Sc0tt Ba_tes
D0rothy D0ucette
Yv_ette Ja_carus0
Wi11iam Rud!s
Anth0ny Bas!1ica
Sh@r0n Pa1mer
R!chard Bu_tur1a
Ei1een W!!son
H0n. J0hn Fabr!zi
M@ry Ma_rkham
A1bert0 Aya1a
L0retta Wi11iams
D!anne Epp!nger
H0n. James Ma10ney
Gw_en Br!ggs
Pe_ter Th0r
M@rtha Aa_sen
Te_d H0ffstatte­r
J@mes D!amond
M@rgg!e Laur!e
Sus@n Barrett
Wi11iam Bu_rke
Br!an Anders0n
M@e F1exer
Aud_rey B10ndin
Kev!n Cr_eed
Joe11a Mu_dry
Th0mas Raga!ni
Ke_n Cu_rran
Shar0n Sh_erman
D0rothy Mr0wka
L0n Se!dman
R0bin Hettr!ck
Ge_ne Ru0cc0
G1oria Co11ins
Wi11iam Paku1is
M@ry Mc_Namee
D@vid S!nger

[PhilipTaylor]

07:01 AM on 11/03/2009

PERHAPS THIS HELPS EXPLAIN L1EBERMAN'­S ANTI-AMERI­CAN PEOPLE STANCE!

Connecticu­t Leads Nation in Multiple Measures of Income Inequality

Key Facts:

1. Census data shows Connecticu­t leads the nation in household income inequality
2. CT has second-mos­t unequal household income distributi­on
3. The greatest growth in household income inequality over the past several decades.
4. CT has 4 of TOP 5 Metro Areas for increasing income inequality

http://www­.ctdatahav­en.org/rep­orts/CT_in­equality_0­7.pdf

As Senator Teddy says, "But quality care should NOT depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition you face. Every American should be able to get the same treatment that U.S. senators are entitled to (in their Government Run Plan)."

[LafayetteFrance]

03:36 AM on 11/10/2009

Since when did facts become part of the national debate? Why contribute factual informatio­n to the discourse, when, ifinally, it's all about emotion?

As a nation, we've reduced political debate to an exchange of quips in an effort of "can you top this?" Whilst cooler heads should prevail, we are being swept away by polemical fury. Is this the democracy our forefather­s conceived and implemente­d?

Methinks not. As much as the facts are relevant, and should be at the heart of our debate, particular­ly on Health Care, the infighting centers about a blind faith that American democracy is the right of the individual to prevail over the collective­. This personifie­s not the "pursuit of happiness"­, but pursuit of lucre. We've become a nation where values are based and expressed primarily by dollar signs.

It's shameful that we should have become as irrelevant a nation as was, finally, the Roman Empire. And we know what happened to that ephemera glory. It could not, finally, pass the test of time or duration.

We fought a revolution in the 18th century against an aristocrat­ic monarchy. Only to replace a throned sovereign two centuries later by an aristocrac­y of financiers -- all this in the name of a fictitious democracy where votes can be bought by the highest bidder.

[PhilipTaylor]

07:01 AM on 11/03/2009

40 REASONS L1EBERMAN HAD BETTER RETHINK HIS STRATEGY:

1. The Public Option reduces cost the most of all options, says CBO! $25Bn-$110­Bn
2. Sen Lieberman (I-CT) Insurance > $1 Million- Blue Cross of CT wants 32% Increase
3. Health Related Industries = Campaign FUNDS UP by 35% over 2004!
4. Camera hog L!eberman was quiet until recently says Jane Hamsher of firedoglak­e
5. Healthcare Providers >$1 Million
6. Big Pharma > $600,000
7. Wife works in Industry
8. US ranks 37th, on PAR with CUBA and below Chile and Costa Rica
9. US pays 134% over the median other rated countries pay
10. 73% of Americans Want Strong Public Option
11. 72% of Physicians Want Strong Public Option
12. 47 million (15%) Americans = no health insurance in 2007.
13. We live shorter lives
14. We are less Healthy
15. We have a higher rate of Infant mortality
16. Medicare= 3%-4% Admin Cost while Insurers=2­0%-30% or 500%-1,000­% Higher
17. America are geared to MAKING MONEY NOT HELPING PATIENTS STAY WELL
18. 44,800 People D1E Each year of 448,000 over ten years
19. 1 Million Medical Bankruptci­es/ year or 10 Million over 10 years
20. MOST SENATORS FUNDED by Insurance+­Healthcare­+BIG Pharma Companies
21. Overall health outcomes in US lag behind those achieved in other countries
22. Canada outcomes with major illnesses, cancer+hea­rt disease, better than US
23. Canada has less litigation costs over medical bills than US

[PhilipTaylor]

09:01 PM on 11/01/2009

L1EBERMAN is a MOST Corrupt Politician who has had almost a YEAR to debate the Public Option and he said ZERO!

He is the worst EXAMPLE of a "TURN-COAT­" in EXISTENCE TODAY!

He has taken over $10 Million from Wall Street and Health Care Providers!

His wife gets money from the Health Care Industry!

What CREDIBILIT­Y DOES HE HAVE? NOT ZERO but NEGATIVE 100%!

WELL Over 60% of CT V0TERS want a PUBLIC OPTION!

He is doing this for L00T and against the VAST Majority of PEOPLE in his state and in AMERICA!

Start Singing YOUR FINAL "SWAN SONG" LY1NG L1EBERMAN!

[mperl95]

07:48 PM on 11/01/2009

Lieberman won the popular vote in Connecticu­t and this will probably be his last.
I did note vote for the Gore/Liebe­rman ticket for the President/ VP ticket and I am Jewish along with being a Democrat .
Leiberman willing to support a filibuster against the public option of health care reform, claiming it would cost payers more money is a real tragedy.
Cost the tax payers more money when people with out health care are treated now. It should drive down the cost of private health care because we would be able to break up the insurance monopoly.
Insurance companies would be more eager to helping their clients and not refusing to pay for treatment.
He is worried about the cost to tax payers for the public option, when he already has done it by voting for more military cost since 9/11, adding more to the national debt.

[annieR]

11:00 AM on 11/01/2009

I'm a Jewish American, and I'm embarrasse­d that Joe Lieberman claims both identities­. If Jews believe in anything, it's justice, most of all social justice. Lieberman is absolutely consumed with personal vanity. The citizens of Connecticu­t should recall him. One man should not be allowed to deny the American people something they desperatel­y need--heal­th care. Even the President could not do that. He can veto bills, but the Congress can pass them over the veto. Joe Leiberman says he is not going to let the people's government vote on health care. People of Connecticu­t--it's in your court.

[NWterner]

07:06 PM on 10/29/2009

Are you loathing Lieberman?­? A new Facebook group has already formed: "Loathing Lieberman" @ http://bit­.ly/Loathi­ngLieberma­n

[st0ked]

02:05 AM on 10/30/2009

How does he keep his seat ?