Lieberman previously introduced legislation to end the filibuster

DrToast

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Fri Oct-30-09 02:03 PM
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Lieberman previously introduced legislation to end the filibuster

Edited on Fri Oct-30-09 02:05 PM by DrToast

I'd sure love to hear his explanation for this one.

Fifteen years ago, as a freshman Democrat, Lieberman actually worked to have the filibuster killed. He deemed the parliamentary maneuver "a dinosaur" that had become "a symbol of a lot that ails Washington today." And, in tandem with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), he introduced legislation that -- if it had been enacted -- would have made his current opposition to health care absolutely toothless.

After the congressional elections of 1994, in which the power of both chambers switched hands from Democrats to Republicans, Lieberman and Harkin made a rather bold move. Political obstructionism, the two said, had grown out of hand.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/30/lieberman-in-94-the-filib_n_340255.html

Make sure you read some of his quotes at the link.

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Barack_America

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Fri Oct-30-09 02:06 PM
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1. "a symbol of a lot that ails Washington today."

Huh. Exactly how I would describe the traitorous, bought and sold Lieberman of today.

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Xipe Totec

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Fri Oct-30-09 02:11 PM
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2. So what are you saying, that Lieberman is a hypocrite?

Surely not, not our loyal independent friend from Connecticut...

Oh, wait...

Lieberman?

Never mind.

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no_hypocrisy

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Fri Oct-30-09 02:14 PM
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3. That was then, and this is now.

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