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In reply to the discussion: A serious honest question about Joe Manchin [View all]drmeow
(5,017 posts)48. I just sent it to him
I wish I was a constituent so it would make a difference.
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Funny how this lame fact check is always dragged out BUT the Truly important votes
PA_jen
Jun 2021
#21
Thank you for saying that...You are correct, they don't vote with Dems where it matters
Escurumbele
Jun 2021
#57
He is just an old style conservative Southern Democrat. No difference than Wallace, Faubus, and all
LiberalArkie
Jun 2021
#83
No, they only vote with Republicans when it comes to disenfranchising non-white voters.
ForgoTheConsequence
Jun 2021
#24
No. I agree that it is HR 1 that matters now. The Rs are not going to support anything else for the
Trust_Reality
Jun 2021
#74
The Covid Relief Bill, Biden's cabinet and Democratic Judges getting confirmed by the Senate...
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2021
#19
It's plausible Manchin could support further bills going through reconciliation
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2021
#40
Of course it is plausible. It's been tried once so far under Biden and Manchin supported it
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2021
#90
Thst has not been done. Passing multi-trillion dollar legislation via reconciliation
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2021
#101
Well, Budkin, you can run around scared because you think Democrats are too stupid and helpless
Hoyt
Jun 2021
#56
You have the right to say that and I am responding that my reaction is, we Democratic are so weak
ShazamIam
Jun 2021
#93
That is fine distraction and gaslighting, I am saying Manchin is a Dixicrat. All that other stuff
ShazamIam
Jun 2021
#98
I agree, Dixicrat is obsolete as a label, the new label for that kind is neo-liberal.
ShazamIam
Jun 2021
#105
I guess he's doing what he thinks pleases his constituents for their vote, right or wrong. Seems he
RKP5637
Jun 2021
#2
Do you think "minority constituents" are going to let a few new obstacles keep them from voting?
Hoyt
Jun 2021
#59
Do You Think If We Hang That 'Manchin Is A Racist' Moniker On Him That This....
global1
Jun 2021
#49
Sadly, I think Manchin is simply representing his constituency. WV is very much Trump country
walkingman
Jun 2021
#9
I agree that the "Rockefeller Republicans" were a different breed but I was thinking
walkingman
Jun 2021
#106
There isn't anything you could say about Manchin that I haven't thought or at least considered.
hlthe2b
Jun 2021
#33
Manchin is a DINO, and will undermine any progressive laws we COULD HAVE enacted.
634-5789
Jun 2021
#43
am I wrong that the has a beef against Kamala: woman of color, and ascended to VP
TomDaisy
Jun 2021
#76
We can talk all we want about GOTV to defeat the GOP and minimize Manchin and Sinema's influence...
Efilroft Sul
Jun 2021
#95