Members JaneAusten Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 Meh they should have been courting Murkowski. Just like McConnell spent time courting Manchin and Sinema. Get the 50 votes that way and how about try Ben Sasse who CLAIMS to support voting rights. Could Murkowski be persuaded to help carve out an exception to the filibuster for voting rights? She'd be more reasonable than Manchin has been. And it's clear he HATES a lot of West Virginians. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 I think Manchin is more likely to support a carveout on voting rights based on recent tea leaf readings from various journos (I can't find the tweets right now) than he is to ever support BBB. I agree on Murkowski. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 Sasse and even Murkowski have party loyalty - Manchin and Sinema don't. They are corporate whores, and yes, Manchin obviously hates most of his people: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 I think Murkowski can potentially go rogue. Sasse is pathetic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) Don't drop climate! Recruit Murkowski instead. Edited December 20, 2021 by janea4old 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 Such contempt for his own constituents. WV is number one in the country in Opioid deaths. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 The nerve of this man. Of course there will always be bad actors, but that is not a good reason to punish all poor children. I guess it must be easier to live with yourself if you believe people are poor because of moral failings. I think we are well past this issue. Now we are lurching towards being a completely failed democracy and no one with power knows how to fight it. It's not hard to imagine being under repressive Republican rule for a very long time to come no matter what the majority of people want. Meanwhile, you know who is out there and waiting for another chance in 2024. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted December 20, 2021 Members Share Posted December 20, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted December 21, 2021 Members Share Posted December 21, 2021 And, after hardships with Major, a heart-wrenching but understandable decision has come: As for the cat: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted December 21, 2021 Members Share Posted December 21, 2021 For any rep for WV to be against this the way they’ve wasted money on a Highway to nowhere is so stupid. He picked a damn ridiculous time to find fiscal responsibility. I feel no empathy for that state if a disaster strikes. Let ‘em suffah. I’m a snowflake but I’m an iron one when I get pissed. They’re too stupid to notice Trump is picking off their own old guard one by one until there’s no one left but his minions. They are dumb enough to think one of themselves will emerge to beat him. And they won’t and then stand around claiming “this isn’t the Republican Party!” Yes it is you dumb*ucks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted December 21, 2021 Members Share Posted December 21, 2021 The coal miners union normally a big Manchin supporter has asked him to reconsider his stance. Apparently BBB includes an extension to a fund that provides benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung disease which expires this year. They also praised tax incentives that encourage manufacturers to build facilities in coalfields that would employ thousands of miners who lost their jobs. Imagine Manchin voting NO on this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 21, 2021 Members Share Posted December 21, 2021 After the tirades about CRT faded (times just after November elections, quelle surprise), I just knew the deficit hawks would rear their heads. Manchin is a conservative (no way is he moderate), of course, he'd start scolding about deficits-straight from the GOP playbook. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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