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Uben

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52. Manchin is all about himself...

Mon Dec 20, 2021, 10:57 AM

Dec 2021

...like all politicians, it's all about getting re-elected. Some sell their soul to preserve their power. Manchin is a classic example.

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Joe Manchin Privately Told Colleagues Parents Use Child Tax Credit Money On Drugs [View all] demmiblue Dec 2021 OP

Fuck this fucking guy. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #1

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000!! 2naSalit Dec 2021 #6

+ infinity! Scottie Mom Dec 2021 #22

Joe Manchin is a dick. The very worst kind of dick vlyons Dec 2021 #39

Definitely racist and classist, too. geardaddy Dec 2021 #60

+1000 Crowman2009 Dec 2021 #81

No more millionaire lawmakers. CrackityJones75 Dec 2021 #93

This👆 I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2021 #109

Conservatives are always telling us that the Americans can spend the money more wisely then the gove Walleye Dec 2021 #2

Those are the RICH people they're talking about. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #95

manchin is a fucking idiot and playing his constituents like rubes. spanone Dec 2021 #3

Many of his coinstituents are rubes vlyons Dec 2021 #79

Let them eat cake he says berni_mccoy Dec 2021 #4

Let them eat shit is more like it. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #54

I foresee ads featuring struggling constituents telling Manchin how wrong he is femmedem Dec 2021 #5

So how did the senators respond? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #7

They should Rebl2 Dec 2021 #57

Meh. Why take the bait? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #59

Maybe in WV . .. . Lovie777 Dec 2021 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #50

You beat me to it. Volaris Dec 2021 #89

Can you say "projection", boys and girls? nt Atticus Dec 2021 #9

My thought exactly Rebl2 Dec 2021 #55

Channeling Reagan SallyHemmings Dec 2021 #10

We knew where Manchin was coming from when he said "entitlement society" Walleye Dec 2021 #24

A very Conservative sentiment. Caliman73 Dec 2021 #91

That is an accurate and well written breakdown of the whole thing Walleye Dec 2021 #92

Your using a strawman argument. Mosby Dec 2021 #94

At least they wouldn't use it to build penis shaped rocket ships maxrandb Dec 2021 #11

Oh that's good!👌 Tribetime Dec 2021 #43

this sentence shows just how out of touch this idiot is CatWoman Dec 2021 #12

That's what he would do. AverageOldGuy Dec 2021 #16

West Virginia. Apparently he doesn't think much of his constituents. SharonAnn Dec 2021 #70

If true, it's a pretty low opinion of his constituents Raven123 Dec 2021 #13

I hear this argument a lot when I talk to republicans. tavernier Dec 2021 #14

I heard they spend it on yachts. gab13by13 Dec 2021 #15

and Maseratis Celerity Dec 2021 #29

Step 3: ??? Jedi Guy Dec 2021 #87

lol, true Celerity Dec 2021 #111

If true, White Fucking Privileged in the Senate. Tommymac Dec 2021 #17

Wealthy Fucking MALE Privilege in the Senate.. whathehell Dec 2021 #62

Not just privilege, but privilege that doesn't know it's privilege. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #97

There were 2 welfare queens in the Reagan era bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #18

My WV m-i-l Marthe48 Dec 2021 #19

Manchin apparently thinks he is superior to the people he represents PatSeg Dec 2021 #33

+1 n/t area51 Dec 2021 #74

The wealthy own all Republicans and select democrats. johnthewoodworker Dec 2021 #20

If anyone had any doubt he was racist and ignorant, there's your proof. LonePirate Dec 2021 #21

Racist, ignorant, AND a classist snob. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #98

So is he going to go back to WV and accuse TNNurse Dec 2021 #23

wtf Celerity Dec 2021 #25

So Senator LittleGirl Dec 2021 #26

+ Truth. He'll do nothing, just denigrate them to try appalachiablue Dec 2021 #44

Has anyone asked Manchin if he has any evidence to support his prejudices? dlk Dec 2021 #27

He doesn't "trust low-income people to spend government money wisely"? PatSeg Dec 2021 #28

You gotta play hard ball with this scumbag WestIndianArchie Dec 2021 #30

What is it ?!? Desert_Leslie Dec 2021 #31

They Project and at heart are Social Darwinists. MarcA Dec 2021 #85

"Some of their rubes still hold to the I-don't-want-any-charity attitude." Jedi Guy Dec 2021 #88

Manchin has screwed the Democratic Party. Lonestarblue Dec 2021 #32

Manchin has plenty of money. Does he spend it on drugs? Midnight Writer Dec 2021 #34

On a yacht and a Masereti. Justice matters. Dec 2021 #78

WV voters need to be reminded repeatedly between now and 2024... DeeNice Dec 2021 #35

but before doing that, let's make sure there is another dem that can win senate seat in WV AlexSFCA Dec 2021 #86

I spent mine on a new Lexus Farmer-Rick Dec 2021 #36

Maybe they'll spend the money on ultra luxury cars, appalachiablue Dec 2021 #37

Something Donald Trump would say dalton99a Dec 2021 #38

Fuck This Asshole, Ma'am The Magistrate Dec 2021 #40

And he knows this . . . how? hatrack Dec 2021 #41

Bring that mut#erf@cker in front of Congress. fwvinson Dec 2021 #42

exactly llashram Dec 2021 #45

Sad for our nation - we are headed back to 1950. walkingman Dec 2021 #46

I know some people who think the same way. Collimator Dec 2021 #47

Maybe it's true in West Virginia but not most other places JI7 Dec 2021 #48

Jerk Joe Manchin... BlueJac Dec 2021 #49

Sounds racist to me. Racism is at the core of most of our problems. yardwork Dec 2021 #51

It is certainly bigoted against the poor. Johonny Dec 2021 #69

I'm from rural Ohio. I know exactly what he thinks. yardwork Dec 2021 #103

Nah..West Virginia is overwhelmingly White -- about 93% whathehell Dec 2021 #100

He's not talking about West Virginians. yardwork Dec 2021 #102

I don't agree with you whathehell Dec 2021 #106

Manchin is all about himself... Uben Dec 2021 #52

Surely this fine upstanding Democrat must have had a good reason for this opinion Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #53

Of course durablend Dec 2021 #56

So, he does not trust 'those people'. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2021 #58

Drugs eh? You mean like the life saving EpiPen which your daughter obscenely gouged people for??? benfranklin1776 Dec 2021 #61

Arrogant fucker XanaDUer2 Dec 2021 #63

That is a true repug thought and statement, text book selfishness. nt Hotler Dec 2021 #64

What drugs does he spend money on? LiberalFighter Dec 2021 #65

It is obvious tiredtoo Dec 2021 #66

I always knew Manchin was an asshole... world wide wally Dec 2021 #67

What a sad, stupid man..shame on him for this, mountain grammy Dec 2021 #68

Aww- You people just got it wrong-He's like your parents who do it for your own good packman Dec 2021 #71

Reagan's welfare queen meme lives on. jaxexpat Dec 2021 #72

This attitude is not only conservative . . . peggysue2 Dec 2021 #73

Manchin must know his constituents. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #75

When was th last time he ever met with any of them. .the ones he denigrates? niyad Dec 2021 #76

His constituents keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #80

As I've noted before, his constituents heckles65 Dec 2021 #83

Wondering what his constituents think of him after he said that . . Emile Dec 2021 #112

The baby and the bath water. hay rick Dec 2021 #77

From my experience living in Martinsburg, WV happybird Dec 2021 #82

Lived there too - in Logan, of all places. heckles65 Dec 2021 #84

Of all places. Duncan Grant Dec 2021 #96

Hi Duncan. yardwork Dec 2021 #104

My post on December 4th was removed when I made negative remarks about Manchin. Ziggysmom Dec 2021 #90

I got one hidden for writing this: demmiblue Dec 2021 #105

I suppose he calls himself a Christian too. Heartstrings Dec 2021 #99

Oh FFS Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 #101

Somebody clue me in Mad_Machine76 Dec 2021 #107

Yep I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2021 #108

May his yacht become infested with bedbugs alittlelark Dec 2021 #110

Does he mean drugs like insulin and beta-blockers? Wasn't it Reagan that said..... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #113