So did Joe Manchin actually think him publicly re-registering as a Democrat....

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after deserting us (not to mention all the times he went against us during much of Joe's admin), did he really think switching back after Joe Biden stepped down would get him considered for the new, revised presidential ticket?

Show of hands, do we really want him back?

[democratsruletheday]

1. he can fuck himself...

no one CARES about you JM....you are a washed up has been

[MurrayDelph]

2. I won't raise my hand

But I'm willing to give him a finger.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

5. Give him both hands then!

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6. Hahahahahahahaha. That got a laugh out of me.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

3. GFY, Munchkin n/t

[blm]

7. Gently

With a Chainsaw

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

11. Rusty and no oil so it gets hot?

[Beachnutt]

4. He's like an unfaithful spouse who has cheated on you over and over again

and leaves you and then wants to come back and act like it never happened..

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

8. "DON'T COME IN. YOU GO SLEEP WITH YOUR WHORE" is what I'd say

You know what's sad? He could have been as influential as McCain was with Obamacare. He sold himself and sold his chance at a positive legacy

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. No

Go away manchin. Leave. You are not a decent dem even if you claim you are.

Too conservative to think like a dem.

Just admit you are Republican lite and Go home.

[lees1975]

10. We don't want him

and neither does West Virginia.

[DenaliDemocrat]

12. It's Mancini - he changed his name

He’s ashamed to be of Italian decent. That’s all I need to know about him. My grandparents immigrated to this country (both sets) and I’m proud of my history.

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16. He changed his name? I didn't know that. That's an automatic write off IMO.

[DenaliDemocrat]

17. Yep.

Born Mancini but that name don’t fly in the Deep South among certain people.

[LeftInTX]

26. His grandfather changed his name. WV is not the deep south.

There are quite a few Italians in WV.

The other WV senator is Shelly Capito. (She's married to an Italian)
Certainly she could have chosen to use her maiden name if WV hated Italians so much.


https://wvtourism.com/did-you-know-about-west-virginias-deep-italian-heritage/

[LeftInTX]

24. His grandfather changed his name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Manchin

[krkaufman]

20. Mancina

It was “Mancina” and it appears to have been changed by his father or grandfather.

[DenaliDemocrat]

22. No. It would be mancino

Which means literally “little hand” but would be translated to left handed. Mancina doesn’t make sense in Italian. I understand the language perfectly and speak just okay.

[LeftInTX]

29. Here are his grandfather's naturalization papers. Giuseppe Mancina goes by Joe Manchin in 1950

And here is grandfather, his father and 2 year old Joe Manchin in the 1950 Census.



I have no love of Joe Manchin and feel he's a political opportunist. But to go after someone because his grandfather changed his name is just wrong. Many of the younger generations are not happy about the family name changes, but they really cant change them back.

Here is his father's obituary

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8076639/john-manchin

When you are a minority like me, you learn how to research people quickly!

[Celerity]

34. Mancina, not Mancini, his paternal grandparents were from Calabria, Italy, his maternal grandparents were Czechoslovak

[LiberalFighter]

13. He doesn't offer anything for the campaign

[B.See]

14. Won't say what I thought of Manchin

as a Democrat (tos), but seeing as he's now an independent (last I heard) I think he's a fking Republican stooge and operative, out to play the spoiler.

Fuck Joe Manchin.

[TomSlick]

15. Go away Manchin.

May we never hear from you again.

[CanonRay]

18. He's just an updated Joe Lieberman

Fuck em both

[krkaufman]

19. Until we lose the majority or get a bigger margin

… he gets to do whatever he wants and Dem politicians have to play nice.

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21. Not so much anymore since he's not running anymore.

[DFW]

23. I don't know why he bothered

He won’t be on the national ticket, and it won’t get him re-elected to the Senate.

[meadowlander]

25. Oh, Joe Honey... no. Sit your ass back down.

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. Waste of time that lasted about 24 hours.

Kee-rist, some people think they are really special without evidence.

[Faux pas]

28. I didn't even miss

the gigantic asshole

[Diraven]

30. What I suspect

Is that some other candidates with lots of money or at least rich backers are going to start secretly bribing delegates to stir things up at the convention.

[The Wandering Harper]

31. not saying he's a genius, but I don't imagine he's that stupid.

Probably just the most disrespectful, attention-grabbing troll move he could think of

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32. Yep, attention-grabbing troll move. He used to do that all the time...

when scuttling Joe's infrastructure bills. Guess he was starved for more since he's been out of the spotlight for so long.

[carpetbagger]

33. Voted against him in two 1990s primaries.

I will say we needed him once, but he's no Jay Rockefeller or even Jim Jeffords.

[brooklynite]

36. He's also none of the alternative candidates Dems have put up in WV...

He got elected.

[brooklynite]

35. Yes we do.

Plenty of Judges to be approved in the next six months.