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LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
9. OP, he doesn't CARE what you or any other Dem thinks.
Tue May 11, 2021, 08:32 PM
May 2021

Remember Dick Shelby?

He was very popular in Alabama, and a friend who lived there at the time told me he was switching from Dem to the then GOP party. That was in 1987. I asked my friend why he'd do that, since he could have continued to run/be a Dem since he was pretty conservative and popular there. The friend told me that Shelby was 'allegedly' after some big bucks and probably will be getting his palms greased by making tons of monies as a rightie, so it was to his advantage switch to the then GOP.

Shelby 'softly' condemned the Jan. 6th insurrection/assault on our nation's capitol, but will retire a strong ally of this current fascistic GQP party and of his cult-leader, tRumpIQ45. I guess he's gotten all of the $$ he 'allegedly' could, and he's long in the tooth, so he thinks it's probably time for his old carcass to retire.

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Maybe re-election is not his goal? Irish_Dem May 2021 #1
What could that be? His political career as a Democrat, I have to speculate, is over if he doesn't Escurumbele May 2021 #13
People are typically motivated by a number of things. Irish_Dem May 2021 #14
He's basically dead in the water in 2024 no matter what. bearsfootball516 May 2021 #2
Actually outrunning Biden in that state is no issue ColinC May 2021 #4
Manchin may learn that Harry Truman was right: StarfishSaver May 2021 #8
Manchin won re-election by 3%/19,000 votes in 2018. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #10
I stand corrected ColinC May 2021 #15
He's pretty popular in WV aeromanKC May 2021 #3
I hate "of course he will" assertions like this..... brooklynite May 2021 #6
He won't switch- he would lose to a Trump approved candidate who didn't vote to impeach twice. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #11
without limbaugh the Rs are doomed, whether dems speed it up or not certainot May 2021 #17
I sure hope you are right. Hoping there is a Hell and Rush is burning now. Pepsidog May 2021 #19
Wrong. brooklynite May 2021 #5
It depends on the priorities of the voters in his state Raine May 2021 #7
OP, he doesn't CARE what you or any other Dem thinks. LenaBaby61 May 2021 #9
Why not? Polybius May 2021 #12
Trump beat Biden 69% to 30% in WV Locutusofborg May 2021 #16
I don't believe this to be accurate. RegularJam May 2021 #18
Do not argue with a man that has nothing to lose. RickHworth May 2021 #20
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