And the lesson centrists took from that is “be like Reagan.”
Which explains congress’ actions to prevent the rail strike.
EDIT: Also, it’s real neat that when Lemmy is in agreement that centrism is garbage that holds the nation back, Lemmy isn’t reality and its consensus can be ignored. But say that Biden should stop supporting Netanyahu’s genocide, and suddenly Lemmy is used by so many people and is so instrumental in the formation of public opinion that Russia is paying shills to be here.
Reagan’s enshrining as a conservative saint was largely due to the efforts of Grover Norquist in the 90s.
Lieberman has no Norquist, as neither side cares for centrists. There will be some weird glowing op-eds from the usual corporate rags, but they lack the power they had in the 90s.
He will mostly be forgotten except in places like Lemmy, where he will pop up as one of those “hey did you know why we don’t have proper healthcare?” TIL posts.
Everybody's talking about his role in the ACA and video games, but I am firmly of the belief that if Gore hadn't picked him for VP he would have won the election. Having Lieberman on the ticket turned off enough people on the left.
Gore did win the election. He only didn’t get into office because a violent Republican coup (the “Brooks Brothers Riot”) forcibly stopped the votes from being counted.
I'm aware that Gore did, in fact, win the election. However, without the factors that mindbleach mentioned and, I think, Lieberman being on the ticket it would have taken the powers of Brooks Brothers, Banana Republic, and Forever 21 combined to overturn it.
I don’t believe in hell for a lot of reasons, but if one did exist Kissinger would have taken over for the devil by now because that’s just the sort of asshole he was
Im saving my one shot for when McConnell is in the ground. Not that he deserves it more than old Hank but I made myself a promise and I intend to fulfill it one day, maybe soon!
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