John Sherffius published this cartoon on December 16, 2009 in the Boulder Daily Camera. The issue Sherffius so blatantly shows is the whole recent Lieberman controversy. Live under a rock? If so, Lieberman is one of the two Independent Senators currently in Congress. Both Senators are essentially considered "Democratic" because they almost always lean in that direction when voting to pass legislation. The Democrats need sixty Senate votes, the fifty-eight Democrats and the two Independents in order to pass the Health Care Reform Bill. Lieberman comes into play because he wasn't making a fuss about the bill, he pretty much just sat there quietly not making a big deal about anything in particular. Now as the Democrats work hard to secure that the sixty senators are on board, Lieberman decides to jump up and say he doesn't agree with this bill now. Good timing, Lieberman. He is now controlling the passage or rejection of the Health Care Bill. Lieberman is refusing to compromise on Medicare for instance and the Democrats have no other decision but to meet all of his demands in order to pass this bill. Now the Democrats may have to make these compromises in the Senate but outside they unleash their feelings toward this "flip-flopping, thin-skinned, conniving, untrustworthy" excuse for a Senator.
The message this cartoon expresses is that being an Independent, Lieberman doesn't even belong to either party therefore he is essentially the ass of both parties and pretty much an ass in general. President Obama actually gathered all the sixty senators in a conference recently and told them they all literally "have to get their acts together" in order to fix the flaws the current health care system in hopes that Lieberman would get the message.
I agree with the cartoon's message that Lieberman doesn't belong to either party entirely and that he's basically a giant ass because his recent behavior really shows what kind of man he really is. He also gives a bad name to the political sphere in general because as Americans grow more and more distrustful of their own government, this stunt Lieberman just pulled enforces that belief! If he really had a problem with the Health Care Bill in the beginning, he should have made it clear in the first place. Sheesh Lieberman, hold every one back why don't you.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Lieberman--The Giant Ass!
Posted by Elysia at 9:24 PM
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I agree with you that Lieberman should have made his opinions clear from the beginning, rather than wait until the very end when Democrats were so close to passing the bill. He is an ass. :)
Wooo cursing!!! Ha, yeah. If Lieberman had some legit issues with the bill, he would have brought them up in the beginning, like the REST OF EVERYONE. It's a publicity stunt for the most part, no one is focusing on the Senators who cooperated enough to voice their opinions before Leiberman. All of these Senators are now having some of their ideas cut or negated to make way for Leiberman's demands. He's like Ohio and Virgina, they could vote either democratic or republican, and people have to fight for their vote.
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