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In short his promises and commitments change with the weather.
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AZSkiffyGeek
(11,009 posts)From those quotes he never actually said they needed to be passed together, just that they needed to be separated.
Manchin is INCREDIBLY deliberate in what he says and what he doesn't say.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)Can't have it both ways.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,009 posts)If they are separate they are separate. Like I said, he's being disingenuous, and doing politician speak. But not technically lying.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)There can only be one: the strategy we first agreed on.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,009 posts)That's two tracks. That's how I interpret it, at least. Like I said, he's parsing his words VERY finely, but he's not actually contradicting himself.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Not even his constituents know.
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C_U_L8R
(45,000 posts)Whatever.
Lunabell
(6,080 posts)He's holding up President Biden's agenda.