Sunday, November 22, 2009
The Whore of Bridgeport objects to concessions made for him
Now that the HCR bill is on the Senate floor, Judas Joe Lieberschmuck is no longer trying to disguise his hypocrisy. In his usual Sunday morning appearance on Press The Meat J.J. objects to modifications that were inserted to answer his earlier objections.
EXTRA: Steve Benen documents the monthly positions changes of JJTWOB. See if you can make sense of what Judas Joe says.
Lieberman is offering a deeply cynical reading of the legislation. The restrictions on who can access the public plan, for instance, were put into the bill as a way to placate members of Congress like himself, who were worried about legislation sapping the private market. And the reason the public plan may charge higher premiums is due, in part, to the fact that it will have to pay negotiated rates to providers instead of a fee tied to Medicare rates. This too was added to placate conservative Democratic lawmakers. If Lieberman finds these provisions objectionable, he should be directing his opposition at his fellow centrists. Instead, he's targeting the bill itself.You see, the Whore, like many people who are liberal in their younger days, has taken a hard right turn as his personal stash has been fattened by his corporate buddies. He is now willing to abuse millions of Americans to protect it. And the only reason he hasn't crossed the aisle is his committee chairmanship. Take that away from him, as the Democrats should do, and he will cross the aisle faster than diarrhea.
"[O]nce the bill is on the floor, amendments will be offered," he said on Sunday. "But essentially every amendment is subject to a filibuster and will take 60 votes to pass. My only resort, and every other senator -- and there will be others who feel exactly the way I do about the public option, if the public option is still in there -- the only resort we have is to say no at the end to reporting the bill off the floor."
EXTRA: Steve Benen documents the monthly positions changes of JJTWOB. See if you can make sense of what Judas Joe says.
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