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(22,878 posts)Bev54
(10,066 posts)DrToast
(6,414 posts)😂
Random Boomer
(4,168 posts)I don't trust Manchin as far as I can throw him. It's a good day when he comes through for Dems, but rest assured it only happens when it suits him to do so.
Sadly, I live in West Virginia, so I know first-hand how corrupt he is.
certainot
(9,090 posts)that goes their way
he decided he didn't want to be a republican anymore. west Va is a talk radio state and he's enabled by that rotten limbaugh buzz
the major heat wave could be worse next year, not just in 3 or 4 years
st louis floods, the same
he needs to lose to a challenger and as the senate looks more and more dem he realizes he could become irrelevant.
Random Boomer
(4,168 posts)he needs to lose to a challenger
We're talking West Virginia, which is a deep red state. The only reason Manchin wins at all is that "Democrat" in this state means "Moderate Republican". A true Democrat who wasn't in the pocket of oil/gas/coal isn't going to win here.
Faux pas
(14,689 posts)Phoenix61
(17,013 posts)times he has screwed his own party.
democratsruletheday
(504 posts)welcome to OUR world Cotton ya donkey faced POS
Demsrule86
(68,637 posts)Manchin
FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)was given to take this cover-providing position to help out republicon's best friend.
DFW
(54,434 posts)"Instead of always voting with us like we paid him to do, he has taken to voting with his own party on occasion! What a turncoat!"
"Er, I mean..........hey this isn't live, is it?"
FalloutShelter
(11,876 posts)Oh forget it.
Sad trombone.
onecaliberal
(32,887 posts)Meadowoak
(5,556 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,557 posts)Cha
(297,507 posts)Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!
EndlessWire
(6,558 posts)"noun. Definition of double cross (Entry 2 of 2) 1a : an act of winning or trying to win a fight or match after agreeing to lose it. b : an act of betraying or cheating an associate."
Manchin is a Democrat. The legislation comes from Democrats. I'd like to know more about this partisan double cross and what Manchin promised McConnell. Turtleman has a sad on.
And, Cotton specifically mentions Senema as a hopeful block. Shows they know who supports their party. So, they feel double crossed when a Dem supports his own party. Just can't trust anybody.
spanone
(135,859 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,155 posts)Celerity
(43,485 posts)TomSlick
(11,107 posts)Let me know when the bill passes.
Nevilledog
(51,178 posts)TomSlick
(11,107 posts)To the extent needed:
KentuckyWoman
(6,690 posts)Manchin cares about Manchin. Not me. Not you. Not the Democrats. Not Republicans. Only Manchin. He will play everything to walk away with more in his own pocket. I doubt anyone in DC is stupid enough to trust him.
momta
(4,079 posts)larwdem
(759 posts)Welcome to the fucking club!
sinkingfeeling
(51,470 posts)catrose
(5,071 posts)Martin68
(22,848 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)MontanaMama
(23,336 posts)Youre all horrible.
Wounded Bear
(58,693 posts)After all the shit McConnell has pulled over the last 15 years, it's about time.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I don't see how you come back from this. You should probably resign your seat.
The Bopper
(187 posts)Too excited, Manchin has been for a lot of things, he then cut and run from them.
haele
(12,673 posts)If he says he'll agree with a bill, all bets are off. But if he puts his name on a bill he negotiated the terms to, that's different.
He put his name on the bill with Schumer. So I think it's an 80% chance he will vote on it.
Haele
Whenever deals are talked about by other people, he puts the brakes on. This one he's talking about. It's a big difference. My concerns are Leahy not being back in the Senate to vote, and Sinema throwing up the brakes.
Actually, I'm a little less concerned about Sinema, because with all the backslapping and high-fiving the Dems are doing, I think she'd be tamping down excitement by now.
UTUSN
(70,725 posts)videohead5
(2,181 posts)If this was a setup by Schumer and Manchin?
Beachnutt
(7,332 posts)big oil money recently, did he play them too ?
DET
(1,323 posts)Tom Cotton actually thinks that he could be our next President. Could you imagine looking at that sour mug and listening to that whiney twang for four years? Torture.
no.
Cheezoholic
(2,029 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,786 posts)What a pustule.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)all repubs are dirty asshole double dealing hypocrital assholes
Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)Volaris
(10,274 posts)The man's doublecrossed his own dems enough on behalf of the gop soooo...
Hotler
(11,443 posts)Mad_Machine76
(24,433 posts)He's still a Democrat, so his shock that Manchin would work with Democrats to pass some things is almost laughable. Of course, I can't entirely blame Cotton (and probably McConnell) for feeling double-crossed by Manchin given how helpful he has been for them against the other Senate Democrats.
Going to Canada
(169 posts)The only double cross is the Republican agenda that is turning America into Gilead!