https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1513308038622494725
LMAO
When Biden, who had vowed to run an “FDR-sized presidency,” did inject himself into the negotiations late in the fight, his contributions did more harm than good.
LETS GO BRANDON
Soon after Sinema finished speaking, Biden arrived at the closed-door Senate Democratic caucus meeting. Anyone hoping for a rousing call to action or LBJ-style browbeating was disappointed. Biden drifted from one side of the room to the other, at times speaking so softly that senators struggled to hear him, according to one source in the room. “His style was very much ‘I’m here among friends,’ ” the source says. “He decided not to give the stump speech of someone who stands up and says, ‘This is the moment that history changes in America and you all decide which way it goes.’ ” When Manchin asked Biden a question about the history of the filibuster, Biden’s answer was so unconvincing that Schumer motioned to Sen. Jeff Merkley to intervene and give a more substantive response, according to multiple witnesses.
Once the meeting was over, Biden walked to the crowd of reporters gathered outside the room and did something inexplicable: With the final vote still days away, he declared defeat. “I hope we can get this done, but I’m not sure,” he told the press. “Like every other major civil-rights bill that came along, if we miss the first time, we can come back and try it a second time. We missed this time.”
manchin's job is to be a kayfabe scapegoat for a party that is no further left than he is. any time they fail to implement a campaign promise they made to the public, or an item on their "party platform", he alone can be blamed so the vooters can continue to believe in the good intentions of the rest of the party, while they go on serving their corporate donors quietly. Lieberman played a similar role in the 90s and 00s
Wrong, Dems only need 2 more votes in the Senate and they will pass the most progressive legislation since FDR. Just imagine what the Obama administration would be able to achieve if it ever had 52 Dem Senators in the Senate and controlled the House at the same time.
rotating villain
In American democracy, when the majority party has enough votes to pass populist legislation, party leaders designate a scapegoat who will refuse to vote with the party thereby killing the legislation. The opposition is otherwise inexplicable and typically comes from someone who is safe or not up for re-election. This allows for maximum diffusion of responsibility.
WTF??? Senator Lieberman now opposes the same health care compromise he himself suggested. Just when everyone thought Democrats had enough votes to get this done. Guess they made Lieberman the rotating villain... by brmull March 19, 2011
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rotating%20villain&=true
If I still believed in electoralism, this would be crushing
Instead, it's still irksome, but much less so and with a backdrop of :joker-troll:
It does give me a smug sense of superiority for not voting for Biden.
I thought I'd voted for Biden for the past couple of years, but my spouse reminded me we just stayed home. I have no idea what election I'm thinking of.
If Biden took this seriously, he'd show Manchin photos of him and his daughter taken from a predator drone.
This is what libs will deny. If these people were actually "progressive" as they say they are, they could do so much stuff. Even Bernie could have done waaaay more than he has (even beyond how lame he is now). People could be occupying buildings, stalking politicians, using the state apparatus to make life miserable for other politicians, forcefully create media narratives to support a cause, like capitalists in this country always do (think "rise in violent crime, time to get more cops and vote for right-wingers!" type stuff). Literally all it takes is someone directing people. The CIA overthrows governments using less, using random annoying college students with free time and bad opinions.
I keep telling people they need to run for a public works office and shut off politicians water, or get in control of the permits office and send inspectors to hound right wing media figures.
It's clear that there isn't a single cool person with any kind of power in this country lol.
It actually terrifies libs when you mention that Joe Biden could declare Donald Trump and everyone involved in the 1/6 riot terrorists and have them sent to Guantanamo without trial. Wait, so you don't want him to do so? But I thought they were the biggest threats to democracy and everything we stand for?
can't even put on a show of trying anymore
midterms gonna be a bloodbath
Bloodbath or no bloodbath, the dems clearly don’t give a shit what happens either way. They’ll lose some people in swing districts but they’ll always keep the majority of them no matter what.
“Like every other major civil-rights bill that came along, if we miss the first time, we can come back and try it a second time. We missed this time.”
:huh::puzzled:
When Manchin asked Biden a question about the history of the filibuster, Biden’s answer was so unconvincing that Schumer motioned to Sen. Jeff Merkley to intervene and give a more substantive response, according to multiple witnesses.
:DaBiden::biden-troll::dem:
:vote::liberalism:
Fuck all these 🤡 politicans man. Imagine if they felt one thousandth of the pain we feel. They'd self combust.
The problem is that if it doesn't get shaped by a party with a coherent political narrative and political goals it just explodes in to brigandage and vigilantism and pogroms and shit.
"Back in my day, we had a saying... justice delayed is justice that you can try again later c'mon Jack"
“Like every other major civil-rights bill that came along, if we miss the first time, we can come back and try it a second time. We missed this time.”
"Ah those poor black people want some rights? Ah well tough luck it didn't work out this time kiddo, we'll try again next time. I'm just chilling while you guys make it possible for it to work the next time because I'm white and unaffected, and also having the power to actually force some change"
That's actually insane, lol. Like we know they didn't give two shits about civil rights until it's politically convenient, but to just say it outright tells you what kind of demonic entities reside within the halls in Washington. Dante would have to make another level for these creatures.
Biden cares more about his build back better bill more than voting rights, like a true technocrat
I assure you that Purgatorio contains extremely specific punishments for this kind of thing. Medieval Italy was an exciting place with many lively political figures.
Carter's defeatism combined with late stage Reagan alzheimers. Truly bringing the bipartisanship back to Washington that we all hoped for.
