https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-senator-joe-lieberman-dies-82-media-reports-2024-03-27/

  • Cromalin [she/her]
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    9 months ago

    he helped create homeland security, was a big part of the push to invade iraq, and got public health insurance removed from obamacare

    and just generally was a huge piece of shit the democrats used to make sure nothing good happened while they had control of the legislature

    • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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      9 months ago

      He also helped popularize "centrism" and tried to run as Presidential candidate on a... "both sides are wrong" platform.

      He always positioned himself as an independent, basically, or "above" two-party politics.