sometimes you have to settle for imperfect in order to get anything at all
TBH, at this point I'm holding out for "not utterly shitty".
i'd be fine if Manchin was still there, and I'm fine if he's not.
Maybe someday folks in WV will figure out that coal is not their future and voting for people who are all about coal because $$$ is not in their best interest. I'm not holding my breath.
in the meantime i'm just tryna get through it all. And i have it damned easy. house paid off, Enough money to satisfy my pretty modest needs, Medicare.
if I was, say, 30 or 40 years old I'd be seriously pissed right about now.
A mixed bag, but definitely not a consistent (D) vote on some important stuff.
Probably not a big deal when the overall mix of Senators includes middle of the road (R)'s as well. Also probably not a big deal when there is a clear majority for one party or another.
When the majority margins are really slim and your opposite party includes a caucus leader who vows that nothing presented by a (D) POTUS - including SCOTUS nominees - will get a single (R) vote, it's a bigger deal.
The days of Tip 'n Ronnie are long dead. It's a hyperpartisan time, and that is not a world the (D)'s have created. It's just the world they have to work in.
So Manchin was not a helpful guy, net/net. I understand that he was representing one of the most hard-core red areas of the country, but he nonetheless did not do the (D) caucus many favors.
I'm not sure his being replaced by a hard core conservative makes that much difference.
4 weeks ago
Hey, look at the bright side. At least the Senators who were investigated for their possible involvement in J6 can sue the DOJ for up to $500K.
sometimes you have to settle for imperfect in order to get anything at all
TBH, at this point I'm holding out for "not utterly shitty".
i'd be fine if Manchin was still there, and I'm fine if he's not.
Maybe someday folks in WV will figure out that coal is not their future and voting for people who are all about coal because $$$ is not in their best interest. I'm not holding my breath.
in the meantime i'm just tryna get through it all. And i have it damned easy. house paid off, Enough money to satisfy my pretty modest needs, Medicare.
if I was, say, 30 or 40 years old I'd be seriously pissed right about now.
Manchin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Manchin
A mixed bag, but definitely not a consistent (D) vote on some important stuff.
Probably not a big deal when the overall mix of Senators includes middle of the road (R)'s as well. Also probably not a big deal when there is a clear majority for one party or another.
When the majority margins are really slim and your opposite party includes a caucus leader who vows that nothing presented by a (D) POTUS - including SCOTUS nominees - will get a single (R) vote, it's a bigger deal.
The days of Tip 'n Ronnie are long dead. It's a hyperpartisan time, and that is not a world the (D)'s have created. It's just the world they have to work in.
So Manchin was not a helpful guy, net/net. I understand that he was representing one of the most hard-core red areas of the country, but he nonetheless did not do the (D) caucus many favors.
I'm not sure his being replaced by a hard core conservative makes that much difference.
Hey, look at the bright side. At least the Senators who were investigated for their possible involvement in J6 can sue the DOJ for up to $500K.
Silver linings, everyone.