While it is true that "half a loaf is better than none", it is just as true that a 50 foot rope is

of no help at all to someone drowning 100 feet from shore.

Dear Senator Manchin:

I don't know you nearly well enough to presume to understand why you are considering "voting Republican" and possibly giving them the wedge they need to scuttle much of the Biden agenda. So, instead of talking like I know what's going on between your ears, let me just tell you how things look from where I sit.

Since you seem to favor "plain talk", I think you'll understand me when I say that your newfound "fame" as the linchpin in th he Democratic Senate seems to have you "swoll up like a poisoned pup"; you are brim-full of yourself and you just can't seem to resist the chance to strut "like a bantie rooster" as you grant audiences to Chuck Schumer and take calls from the President of the United States. You find yourself, for now, not just one of fifty but THE one who van determine whether the other 49 really count.

But, Senator, "this, too, shall pass".

If you are not careful, sir, the only thing the American people will remember about you will be that you killed timely covid relief that could have prevented the 2021 covid resurgence that killed additional thousands. People will not say "Joe was frugal with our tax money". They are likely to say "Joe is why _________ died before his/her time".

When you "go the way of all flesh", the first line of your newspaper obituaries will read "Joe Manchin, the West Virginia senator who blocked aid to desperate Americans during the deadly Corona virus pandemic of 2021-----" And, none of the rest will matter.

Like I said, that's just how it looks from where I sit, but know this: I ain't sittin' by here by my lonesome.

Seriously,
Atticus.

Those who say Republicans aren't "for" anything are just wrong.

They are "for" opposing anything proposed by any Democrat anywhere any time even if it was previously supported by the GOP.

And lying. They are also "for" lying.

For Trumpists who don't want to wear a mask---an alternative:

just hang a sign around your neck reading "STAY AWAY! I'm a dumb-ass potential covid spreader".

The mask says the same thing but, hey---FREEDOM!

If you want to mentally "go to a better place" for a couple minutes, listen to Bobby Hatfield's

"Unchained Melody" and just "go with the flow".

Memories---

President Obama's "much ado about nothing" was caused by his tan suit.

President Biden's has apparently been triggered by his use of the word "Neanderthal".

Do you understand how good these men have to be if these "sins" are all the Republicans could find as a reason to get their panties in a twist?

I just checked; Joe Biden is still President Biden here in Illinois. How about where you're at? nt

One of the early reports that a Capitol invader had defecated behind a Senate desk was in error.

Turns out the pile was just Ron Johnson.

Carry on.

No, it really ISN'T that "complicated". A large majority of American WANT the Biden covid relief

bill and most favor HR 1.

This is supposed to be a democracy.

FIND A WAY. We'll mop the stains off the floor later.

It takes too many key-strokes to say Trumpies "lie to promote Many Offensive False Opinions".

Let's just call them "lying MOFOs".