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GrannysKnitting's avatar

when will these 'oh but i'm a moderate centrist' idjits understand that you can be as moderate and as centrist as you want - it only counts if you act to lift everyone together, not by leaving Certain People (wink wink nudge nudge) behind - cos then you may as well tell the truth about being a RW asshat

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Peachy Keen's avatar

“which translates to financial support from tons of Republicans who simply don’t like Donald Trump, but in a general election could threaten to siphon off enough Democrats”

How’s that?

Dems/Independents aren’t gonna vote for Manchin. Also, he’d be running on a new political “party” ticket most people wouldn’t even understand.

IF he’s siphon any votes from Biden or Tump, those votes would come from the same “Republicans who simply hate Trump” and wasted their money on Manchin.

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Spleen Victoria's avatar

Boat, Evan, Night Boat, the Crime Solving Boat, with his good buddy Joey M! And a wacky sidekick, maybe an imaginary talking monkey? A sassy robot?

Still workshopping it.

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biff murphy's avatar

Chinman is still looking for the 8 honest republicans.

We can only hope there will be limited teevee coverage with his and Kirsten’s new jobs.

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LuluBean12 StarGeezer's avatar

I saw on Fox (?) news on my phone that Beto O'Rourke is bad mouthing Biden because of not stopping border issues? So many people wanted so much from Biden, like they did from Obama. If every goddamn Dem who is annoyed by not getting all they want from their pet peeve cause, doesn't grow up soon then we will get a true nutcase back as president. Grow up and vote to avoid fascism.

And don't tell me that Dems are the same as MAGA and the MAGA adjacent "moderate " Republicans because we haven't already stopped climate change and racism and misogyny. Grow the fuck up and realize just how soft our majorities were in both guys first terms.

And this is for that one idiot poster who wants everything to get burned down. Where do you live and have all your survivalist stuff stored? (asking for a future enemy and looter friend of mine).

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Zap's avatar

Whatever you saw on Faux "News" is a lie.

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eddi-SABH's avatar

Y'all already did the first joke that came to my mind. Zoinks!

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Dave's Not Here's avatar

If he runs on this idiotic "No Labels" ticket, I'll have a label for him:

The Manchinchurian Candidate.

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Atrele Kasha's avatar

Good. I don't care if he voted with the Dems 70% of the time, the 30% he disagreed with were fucking critical.

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Atrele Kasha's avatar

Good. I don't care if he bored with the Dems 70% of the time, the 30% he disagreed with were fucking critical.

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That Girl's avatar

Annoying was one of the first descriptors in my mind as well.

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tehbaddr's avatar

Joe Manchins will do what ever is best for him and his kinfolk and his masters/donors!

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tehbaddr's avatar

"the crazypants wing of the GOP" They wear outer rubberized underoo diapers, because they're always pissing and shitting themselves over some perceived attack on their Freedumbs from the COMMUNISTS MARXISTS TERRERISTS NAZI DEMOCRATS!

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1st light's avatar

Speaking of awful, will Steve Bannon ever be incarcerated, if only for the few days to which he's been sentenced??

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Secret Agent Super Dragon's avatar

It's held up in appeal, apparently forever

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CripesAmighty's avatar

The Dial-Tone Concert Tour. Can't miss.

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Kel Varnsen's avatar

I really can’t see any democrat voting for Manchin or Senema. They are more likely to siphon never trump Republican votes

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Secret Agent Super Dragon's avatar

All the Republicans hate them because they're Democrats and all the Democrats hate them because they are who they are.

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Fender Deluxe's avatar

Sinema won't run as a Democrat if she choose to run at all. Democrats in Arizona are all behind Ruben Gallego.

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Enbastet's avatar

- Manchin is obsessed with his image of himself. He is leaving to avoid a humiliating loss on turf he once owned and will not simply trade for being derided in history as a spoiler. He will go on the No Labels / Lincoln Project grift curcuit and write a book and eventually become a lobbyist. Democrats would do well to stop dithering over him.

- Brown and Tester are in real danger. Ohio elected an obnoxious carpetbagger by 6 points over a true son of the state who ran a superb campaign because Republicans can count to 51. Personal popularity or a personal track record mean nothing to an electorate that wants to gift Trump the Senate or at least cripple a second Biden term. The only possible set-off is "You fought for your reproductive rights - don't vote for someone who wants a national ban" but what people do limitedly in-state has a tendency to not translate further. Yes - we must back them both strongly, but re-taking the House is a better bet.

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