Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"If there is anything I am certain of, I am certain that the regular order is not going to take on this burgeoning debt."

"It is a fiscal crisis the likes of which we have not faced before and it challenges us to respond equally in an unprecedented way."

"we are nowhere near there at the moment."

"It is very significant. I am not suggesting that we increase illegal immigration as a way to deal with the debt, but it does have those positive economic implications."