Manchin is scheduled on 4 out of 5 Sunday shows tomorrow

[Nevilledog]

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Schooley
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Manchin is scheduled on 4 out of 5 Sunday shows tomorrow, in case you ever questioned the reward system for being a pain in the ass.
4:48 PM · Mar 6, 2021

[Irish_Dem]

1. Isn't this what he wanted? Fame and glory?

[Blue Owl]

3. Well isn't he special

[WVGal1963]

4. WV Gal here

Well....it’s a dilemma. I live in WV. I’m a progressive. I have a whole tribe of friends and folks who think like me. And I shake my head. This state should not be in the spot light (granted) but we are because of him. He is the new “darling” of much of the media. I get it. I get it. However......

[Celerity]

12. Maybe you, as a West Virginian, can help explain

2018 when Manchin barely won was that once in a generation Blue Wave and was against a really poor candidate. Rump's election was 2020. If Manchin had run then, odds are pretty high he would have lost. He is not up for re-election for almost four years, yet he is doing things that likely hurt us in 2022.

All for a potential win in 2024 that is fairly unlikely, especially if Justice runs against him. Justice has now (in the words of another actual West Virginian poster here) outflanked Manchin somewhat on the left and completely on the right. Also, as I have repeatedly said, no one has adequately explain how Manchin screwing over his voting base on multiple issues aids him in any way in 2024.

He single-handedly just ripped close to 2000 usd from millions of peoples' UE cheques (Manchin's 23 weeks at 300 PW is 6900 usd, whilst the House bill, that all but Machin supported was 22 weeks at 400 usd per week, thus 8800 usd in toto), plus he worked with Shaheen and Sinema to take away any COVID aid cheques from 17 million people (12 million adults, 5 million children). Thus people got two cheques under the POS Rump, now they get nothing under us. Also, his minimum wage demands strip away over 8000 usd per year from a full-time minimum wage West Virginian worker (11 usd ph at full-time versus 15 usd ph at fulltime yields $8,320 per annum less).

I so do not see the point to this one-man wrecking ball manoeuvring, and it will have cascading effects on the party as a whole come 2022.

[JI7]

5. LOOK AT ME

[NurseJackie]

6. Good for him...

... maybe we'll learn more about what he's thinking. It should be interesting.

[TwilightZone]

9. Everyone complains that there aren't enough Dems on these shows.

Then complain when one shows up.

[NurseJackie]

10. You're right...

... stand by for the contradicting and snarky and insulting replies.

[katmondoo]

7. I stay away from the news on weekends, the hosts and guests are unwatchable

[Freethinker65]

8. Perhaps this was the compromise for his vote...a day with the fawning vanity press.

[Takket]

11. let the 2024 presidential campaign begin.........