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He was absolutely a warmonger. He also made a serious effort around cap and trade, but was blocked by Republicans. People with a mix of right and left wing views exist, and he was one.
Are you referring to cap and trade - a market based solution - as “left wing?”
There are two market based approaches out there:
- cap and trade, which provides assurances about total aggregate emissions, but not price
- carbon tax, which provides assurances about price, but not aggregate emissions
They’re both reasonable approaches, and we’d have been better off with a working cap and trade system than nothing at all, which was the actual right-wing position.
I’m absolutely not arguing that we are better off without them. I’m not sure what the models are predicting they can do at this point rather than 20 years ago, but I’m not arguing for doing nothing versus caps/taxes.
I’m just saying it’s not what I’d characterize as a “left” position. I’d call it a center-right position.
However you characterize it: he favored action over unbridled emissions.
That would be a different conversation.
People with a mix of right and left wing views exist, and he was one.
Was the topic, if you remember, for which an example of him being left would help.
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So tired of these fawning articles trying to rehabilitate Lieberman’s image after his death. This dude was about as much of a democrat as Joe Manchin.
At the end of the day, having Manchin around meant we got something instead of nothing. He wasn’t the person I’d have chosen in a primary, but he was the person we had, and he came through in a way that is making a difference.
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