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Erika's avatar

The only bright spot here is that both Democrats and Republicans don't like Manchin, and hopefully his ego won't let him go down in third party flames.

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Jen of Defense (War!)'s avatar

He is not a centrist. I know that window has been shifted right, but Concerned Susan is more centrist than Joe is, and she is not one either.

Biden is a centrist. Machin is center right, at best.

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Furiouser and Furiouser's avatar

In my mind a centrist is just a contrarian who thinks he’s smarter than either side.

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No Quid Bro Code's avatar

He was the only Dem to vote against Ana de Alba for the 9th Circuit. Yesterday, after he announced he’s retiring. Terrible to the end.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/latina-judicial-trailblazer-elevated-to-largest-appellate-court

Ana de Alba has been elevated to the nation’s largest appellate court a little over a year after becoming the first Hispanic female trial judge in her California district.

De Alba, the daughter of farm workers who immigrated from Mexico, was confirmed on Monday, 48-43, to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Jen of Defense (War!)'s avatar

So much for But He Gave Us Judges

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Roger Moore's avatar

Like McConnell, no one will miss him when he's gone, although some will seek his grave for a full bladder visit. Like Rand Paul, nobody will remember him save for his intensely jailable daughter.

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Buz 13's avatar

My daddy’s about the same age as Manchin. I'm gonna ask him to beat Manchin up.

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Permanently Confused@68's avatar

Juck Foe Manchin. And juck Fill Stein as well. Bastids.

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diogenez's avatar

My god he's full of shit.

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jragon's avatar

"...which of the two parties actively promotes chaos and has a free-range Marjorie Taylor Greene."

Entirely TOO free-range.

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AboveTheGrayFog's avatar

Who did nazi this coming hmmm?

The Bipartisan Party always delivers, and this is what they deliver.

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oscarphile's avatar

"Myopic thinking" is a very very very undeservedly nice way of saying it.

"Both parties are the same" is a straight-up fascist-enabling lie that no one who hasn't been living in the Marianas Trench since Watergate could possibly believe, and every three minutes brings new proof.

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Smibo's avatar

Speaking of fascist-enabling lies that no one who hasn't been living in the Marianas Trench since Watergate could possibly believe, there's also the idea that Republican-controlled state legislatures' voter suppression efforts have anything at all to do with protecting "the integrity of elections."

Seems like one party in particular is a veritable font of these sorts of fascist-enabling lies. If only there was a word that could adequately describe that ethos...

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Skunk Formerly Known As Stoner's avatar

Fuck Joe Manchin and the coal train he rode in on

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Lefty Wright's avatar

So what Manchin is saying is instead of raising living standards in West Virginia (which he failed to do after 40 years in state and federal office) he wants to lower the living standards of the other 47 states to that of West Virginia. States with better educational outcomes, lower poverty rates, higher incomes, and generally less reliance on federal assistance.

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kmblue187's avatar

I loath that man. Pls don't let him No Labels us.

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marcus816's avatar

Fuck that asshole. ‘Nuff said

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bluePNWcats's avatar

Fuck Joe Manchin. That is all.

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Kobayashi Marooned's avatar

Fuck Joe Manchin with Ted Cruz.

(Fixed it for you)

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bluePNWcats's avatar

I stand corrected thank you 😀

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TakingAmes's avatar

Imagine if, now that he’s announced he’s not running for re-election, he actually DID things that would make life better for his constituents. Like the expanded child tax credit, and protecting voting and reproductive rights. I know, I know, it’s clear he’s not done with the attention that being in politics brings, so he can’t be arsed to help anyone but himself.

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