In the lore of the Roman Republic, Horatius was the soldier who single-handedly fought off an invading force of Etruscans at a key bridgehead leading to Rome. The Etruscans were there for the purpose of imposing despotism on the Roman people.
It looks like Joe Lieberman is the guy standing at the health care bridgehead. This morning, he once again reiterated his intention to filibuster what Roger Kimball correctly calls a giant step for despotism. Here’s the video (via Gateway Pundit):
UPDATE:
Well, maybe Joe can hold the bad guys off after all. As Morrissey reports, the public option has been declared dead, and largely due to Lieberman’s stand:
The AP declares the public option dead, thanks to skeptical Democrats, and Joe Lieberman pledges to stop the bill from coming to the floor with one included.
Sounds good, but this creature has risen from the dead two or three times already. One thing IS certain, however. Lieberman is in for a new wave of nutroot villification.
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I don’t agree with Joe on many things; but if I lived in CT I would vote for him based on his willingness to defend America and now this.
Go Joe! Lets hope the Republicans and any freedom loving Democrats (are there any?) get out of their comfort zones and push back.
Slightly OT: I really thought Rep. Cao from LA was smarter than he displayed on Saturday. To paraphrase Washington, a broomstick could have beaten Rep. Cash-in-the-Freezer, but I had hopes for him.
Posted 09 Nov 2009 at 10:49 am ¶Post a Comment