Mitch McConnell Openly Courts Joe Manchin To Join GOP - The 11th Hour - Ali Velshi MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plea comes after Sen. Joe Manchin announced he would not vote for Biden's Build Back Better bill. We discuss with Eugene Robinson and Bill Kristol. Aired on 12/22/2021.

[CentralMass]

1. I believe part of Mitch's indoctrination into the party involves

him biting you in the neck and sucking out all your blood.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. That's about the only explanation for the behavior of current Republicans

I used to watch Barnabas Collins ("Dark Shadows" ) as a kid, and that's how he acquired disciples.

[CentralMass]

4. I watched Dark Shadows as a kid too. It was on after school.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Yes, it was! I'd come home from school and watch it with a peanut butter sandwich!

[MFM008]

6. i watched to

It was like Dark Shadows- the Monkeys- The Munsters- Gilligans Island all on after school till my dad came home from work....

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Oh, we had all those, too.

Plus old shows like "the Rifleman" and "Make Room for Daddy," but our favorites were the cartoons in late afternoon, like Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and Quick Draw McGraw!

[madamesilverspurs]

3. Hmmm.

So Mitch is courting someone with a very public record of unreliability and disloyalty. Such things don't matter to Mitch, only the numbers do. He'd hump anyone or anything to be majority leader again.


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[Rhiannon12866]

8. Agreed! He desperately wants to be Majority Leader again, it's all about the power for him

He wants to ignore bills (not that he isn't doing it now) like he did during the Obama administration, and I still remember the look on his long face when he prepared to step up to the podium to address the press, but had to step aside for Chuck Schumer (my senator!).

[Irish_Dem]

9. Once Manchin is under McConnell's direct control, it will not be fun and games

like it is now?

Manchin will see the other side of McConnell.

[magicguido]

10. Rats tend to collect