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Doremus

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3. Thank you for having our backs, Bernie.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:55 PM

Oct 2021

It's easy to throw up hands and capitulate. A lot harder to stand firm in the face of strong opposition. His unwavering concern for average Americans gives him an advantage.

I hate to think what we'd be settling for if he weren't there...

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'Bulls---': How a Manchin-Bernie blowup helped unstick Dems' agenda [View all] Celerity Oct 2021 OP

However ugly it gets, hope they arrive at a decent legislation. Hoyt Oct 2021 #1

At least they are arguing about policy and not trading personal insults Walleye Oct 2021 #2

Thank you for having our backs, Bernie. Doremus Oct 2021 #3

Sanders won the W VA primary, Manchin knows he needs to give him some props. JudyM Oct 2021 #4

that is like winning a beauty contest against scarface dsc Oct 2021 #6

We have to take them as they are, and work with that. JudyM Oct 2021 #8

This is fine - as long as we actually get the bill passed Amishman Oct 2021 #7

3.5 was the compromise. aocommunalpunch Oct 2021 #10

Manchin said "Biden did not win WVa and his presence in the senate was remarkable." Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #5

Nobody need refer to themselves as "remarkable". aocommunalpunch Oct 2021 #9

Some who does so might be seen as pompous, self-important, grandiose. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #11