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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Tue Sep 3, 2019, 10:34 AM Sep 2019

Thank goodness Manchin is staying in the Senate

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Thank goodness Manchin is staying in the Senate (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2019 OP

Better than the alternative, that's for sure. hlthe2b Sep 2019 #1

I agree. awesomerwb1 Sep 2019 #2

Even if he's only good on one vote (Majority Leader), he's better than a Russiapublican. lagomorph777 Sep 2019 #3

I'm hoping we can win the Senate. This won't hurt us... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #4

He was already governor of West Virginia FakeNoose Sep 2019 #5

hlthe2b

(102,263 posts)

1. Better than the alternative, that's for sure.

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Tue Sep 3, 2019, 10:59 AM

Sep 2019

awesomerwb1

(4,268 posts)

2. I agree.

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Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:00 AM

Sep 2019

Better than a white supremacist russiapublican traitor.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

3. Even if he's only good on one vote (Majority Leader), he's better than a Russiapublican.

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Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:10 AM

Sep 2019

But he'd better show some decency on that one vote come 2021!

Wounded Bear

(58,653 posts)

4. I'm hoping we can win the Senate. This won't hurt us...

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Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:11 AM

Sep 2019

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)

5. He was already governor of West Virginia

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Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:17 AM

Sep 2019

We need his vote and his voice in the US Senate. He's one of the guys who can reach across the aisle and affect a compromise. Oftentimes it's the only way to get something done, as Barack Obama himself has plainly showed us.

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