Questions about Lieberman's "motives, ego, fickle allegiance"

By GottaLaff

There has been a lot of justified venting about Traitor Joe's betrayal of his former party. The health care debate has provided him with publicity, attention, and beaming opps, which many see as uninsured American death opps.

Which brings us to this:

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.) has once again inserted himself into the middle of an inflamed partisan debate, raising questions about his motives, his ego and his fickle allegiance to the Democratic Party, which forgave him after he supported Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president.[...]

"There is no question he's taken pleasure in this role," said Jacob S. Hacker, a Yale political scientist who helped craft the initial proposal for the public option.

Lieberman has assumed such a central role despite what health-policy experts say have been serial misstatements about reform proposals. But, Hacker laments, "No one's called him on anything."

And that is what is so galling. Knock him out of his chairmanship, call him out, and watch him beam then.

A number of senators are privately furious, Senate sources said. But they added that it is unlikely the Democratic caucus would take punitive action, such as stripping his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee -- at least not in this Congress.

Oh, come on. Seriously. Because he's with you on a few issues? Really, Dems? How about the really big issue that's being debated right now, the one in which he's filibustering against you? The one that could save lives and finally put Big Insurance in its place (I mean, besides behind bars).

More than a few liberal blogs have accused Lieberman of being beholden to the insurance industry in his state. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, he has received more than $1 million from insurance interests since 1990. Last month, protesters were arrested in his Washington office, shouting, "Represent Connecticut, not Aetna!"

How about, "represent America"? The majority of voters support a public option and real health care reform. How about that, Traitor Joe? Or are your motives, ego, and fickle allegiance more important than we are?

No need to answer. It was rhetorical.