Joe Lieberman Jabs Again

I’m sitting in my Audi dealer lobby waiting for my car to be inspected. You do these things when you’re retired- wait for your car- because there’s no demand on your time. It’s a benefit and a curse. Waiting isn’t fun, but to make up for it I can make an appointment at 2 pm and turn the whole experience into a lazy hour or so on the computer.

I haven’t been motivated to post a blog for several days, partly because I’ve been skiing my brains out up at Cannon Mt, and partly because the health care reform discussion du jour changes about as fast as a tryst affair on “As the World Turns”.

The only news today is the continuing saga of the failing mental faculties of poor Senator Joe Lieberman. Joe suggested extending Medicare illegibility to 55 with a self-funded buy-in back in September. Now that the Democrats have taken him up on the idea, he’s indicated that although he hasn’t read this version and doesn’t know the details (I’m not making this up!) he said the proposed Medicare extension is not what he proposed, and he said he would vote against the health care bill if this Medicare extension is included. So there you have it… He doesn’t know what the details are, but he’s inclined to vote against it even though he proposed the same deal a mere three months ago.

There’s just no end to the obstructionist activities Senator Lieberman will stoop to. The Republicans couldn’t be happier. The bill will now get another lobotomy before 60 votes can be assured. I was really hoping Senator Snowe would jump onboard, but that appears unlikely.

So I’ll keep skiing, finish Christmas shopping, and post new blogs if something interesting happens… maybe