{"id":187,"date":"2009-10-28T04:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2009-10-28T04:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T12:49:00","slug":"joe%e2%80%99s-score-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/28\/joe%e2%80%99s-score-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe\u2019s Score Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That bought and paid for, goose-stepping piece of GOP crap, Joe Lieberpuke looks ahead to the following scenario:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/JoesScoreCard_3F91\/liebermanmcconjob.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"lieberman-mcconjob\" border=\"0\" height=\"139\" src=\"http:\/\/s217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc83\/TomCat1948or2\/Blog%202009\/JoesScoreCard_3F91\/liebermanmcconjob_thumb.jpg\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;\" title=\"lieberman-mcconjob\" width=\"104\" \/><\/a> Note that [Lieberman] says he would vote to proceed to the bill &#8212; just not to move to final passage. There will be several turning points:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">1. Cloture vote cutting off debate on the motion to proceed to the health care bill (60 votes); <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">2. Motion to proceed to the bill (50 votes, may be waived if we get cloture);<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">3. Amendments to modify the public option piece, e.g. to a trigger (likely requiring 60 votes);<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">4. <strong>Cloture vote to end debate on the bill and move to final passage (60 votes);<\/strong> and<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">5. Final passage of the bill (50 votes).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Lieberman says that he&#8217;ll vote with Leadership through #1 and #2\u2026 [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/archives\/2009\/10\/gaming_out_joes_threat.php\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a>&gt;<br \/>This worthless, scum sucking waste of skin plans to strike at step four and side with the Repuglicans.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Joe is the Senator from Aetna.&nbsp; They have spent at least $1 million buying him over the years.<br \/>But another question has been bothering me.&nbsp; When Harry Reid said he had sixty votes, there are two possibilities.&nbsp; Either Liebercrap lied to Reid or Reid knew he didn\u2019t have sixty, lied to us, and figured that he could blame Lieberstench.&nbsp; I don\u2019t smell a rat here.&nbsp; I smell two.&nbsp; If we do not get, as a very minimum, public option with opt out, let\u2019s send them both to the unemployment line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That bought and paid for, goose-stepping piece of GOP crap, Joe Lieberpuke looks ahead to the following scenario: Note that [Lieberman] says he would vote to proceed to the bill &#8212; just not to move to final passage. There will be several turning points: 1. 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