• blobjim [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    We stan a scapegoat king.

    Anybody who has some special vitriol for this guy has lost the plot. Last season it was McConnell, before it was Joe Lieberman, bofore that Gingrich or whoever. They're just taking the blame for what every other member would do anyways. The Democrats literally supported this guy against his progressive challenger, when they knew he would take these positions (because they want him to)! But people have that short of a memory or never even heard about that. Stop falling for the constant news cycle churn of this stuff. Become jokerfied. Stop caring about whether the infrastructure bill will pass. Laugh that the empire doesn't even want to improve its own infrastructure.

      • blobjim [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Yes I must remember reading your comments :D.

        • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          Lol you'll keep seeing them until I learn to code a bot to do it for me in every Manchin thread.

          I agree with you though embrace tha jokah :joker-dancing:

      • rubpoll [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        "It would be unfair to pass any laws until at least one Republican is elected ... so we can defer to him on everything."

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      3 years ago

      letting your national transportation and energy infrastructure rot and fall behind your international competitors to own Bernie Sanders :flattened-bernie:

      • blobjim [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        :punished-bernie: :bernie-pout: :sit-back-and-enjoy: "No don't not pass the important infrastructure bill!"

      • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Paula Jean ran in 2020, got the nomination, and lost by 43 points.

        We can hate Manchin and call him a scapegoat (he is) all we want but the idea that any other Democrat could get within 30 points of winning West Virginia is :cope: . People know what they're voting for.