Manchin saying it was bullshit he was thinking of leaving Dems was bullshit

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[lagomorph777]

1. Obviously he's an embarrassment to his party, but we can't let him go yet.

Not until we make him irrelevant by winning more seats.

In the meantime, buy him off with fossil fuel pork (e.g. pay them to go green). He'll get his cut.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Give West Virginia a natural gas plant.

It's the least harmful fossil fuel.

[lagomorph777]

4. Pay them to plug old leaky wells and to build wind/solar on strip-mined mountains.

Natural gas is many times more potent than CO2

[Elessar Zappa]

5. So far,

he’s supported all of Biden’s judge nominees. That’s a very important reason for needing him as a Democrat. Doesn’t change the fact that I think he’s being ridiculous in regards to the social infrastructure bill.

[lagomorph777]

11. Yes, that's about right.

[NQAS]

3. Was that really an accurate quote

Democrat party?

The rest of it is rambling.

[lagomorph777]

10. Probably an error by Phares.

[spanone]

6. He didn't say 'if I'm an embarrassment to my DEMOCRATIC colleagues'

He said 'if I'm an embarrassment to my DEMOCRAT colleagues'.......spoken like a republican

I just heard him say it...

[lagomorph777]

12. The tweet has it spelled correctly there but not in another place.

Very disturbing.

[Deminpenn]

7. For a better portrait of Manchin,

read the part of "Peril" that deal's with getting Biden's American Recovery Act passed.

And let's be honest, Mother Jones, a very progressive publication, has an agenda in publishing this story.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. Switching to independent but still caucusing with Democrats (like King and Sanders) is not really

switching parties in an important sense, so calling his denial 'bullshit' in light of what he's saying here ... is a stretch.

[agingdem]

9. Manchin got his feelings hurt...

now he wants to be romanced...

[Vinca]

13. Who are you going to believe - Manchin or Corn? Easy choice there.