Even knowing that United States Senators are self-aggrandizing egos encased in human form, Joe Lieberman's statement today that he would vote with Republicans against health care reform is unusual. Reprehensible, too.
This is the guy who only retained his committee chairmanship by the skin of his teeth when Harry Reid told us "he's with us on everything but the war." He's the guy who was defeated in a Democratic primary and promptly declared himself an Independent and won re-election that fall. He's the sanctimonious jerk who fell all over himself condemning a Democratic President for misdeeds with an intern.
But declaring you'll vote against the top domestic priority Democrats have had for the past 60 years or so? Even for Lieberman, that's arrogance.
I don't know how much leverage Harry Reid has, but I'd threaten him with the loss of that chairmanship unless he voted with the Democrats, and I'd follow through on it if he didn't.
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I would do a lot more than threaten. I have never ever liked that man, cannot stand him, his looks, his nasty attitude nor his voice and now........well let's just say he has not changed my opinion of him. He should be run out of town, preferably sooner rather than later and I would be more than happy to volunteer. One thinks perhaps he believes he should side with the naysayers cause they might be back in favor with some........arrogance indeed.
Posted by: cyn at November 2, 2009 05:56 AM