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world wide wally

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20. Somebody explain to me how this preserves democracy?

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 02:46 PM

May 2021

I thought democracy was synonymous with majority rules.

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Paging Joe Manchin [View all] EarlG May 2021 OP

I hear Pollyanna just called Manchin Takket May 2021 #1

There Are Probably At Least 5 Democrats Against Eliminating Filibuster SoCalDavidS May 2021 #2

Certainly that's the case EarlG May 2021 #4

"I actually think that Manchin probably is a principled guy." LenaBaby61 May 2021 #6

Fair enough (nt) EarlG May 2021 #11

It sort of reminds me of the story of Haggard Celine May 2021 #8

Why does he get all the blame? TwilightZone May 2021 #15

There are different -- legitimate -- reasons to complain about each, I'd say EarlG May 2021 #17

I think we're looking at it entirely from the wrong direction. TwilightZone May 2021 #25

Fair points EarlG May 2021 #32

Feinstein gets a lot of heat around here too. nt iemanja May 2021 #30

WV elected Manchin to help the GQP steal their democracy? To defend the Filibuster? lagomorph777 May 2021 #31

54 votes for it, including 6 republicans, seems to point to 48 Dems and/or Ind.... brush May 2021 #16

Hey Senator Manchin: Ilsa May 2021 #3

Faith that pigs can fly dalton99a May 2021 #5

Such a surprise, considering that "there are good people on both sides". nt eppur_se_muova May 2021 #7

Hey Joe, NAME THE 10 GOOD REPUBLICANS SoonerPride May 2021 #9

When the 34 votes against become more meaningful than the 54 votes for - we have a disfunctional Nanjeanne May 2021 #10

No doubt EarlG May 2021 #13

Yep, minority rules. That's not democracy. The filibuster is just a republican tool... brush May 2021 #18

See, that is where you're wrong... Moostache May 2021 #27

Thanks for that list. Succinct and to the point. nt erronis May 2021 #29

Hopefully he just needed Republicans to officially cross the red line. gulliver May 2021 #12

I say he won't do a damn thing. He's happy today. ZonkerHarris May 2021 #41

Manchin, party of 10? Manchin? Damn I hate these no shows. librechik May 2021 #14

Pelosi will create a HSC to investigate January 6; meanwhile, pressing Manchin is top priority Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #19

I'm not sure I can put my finger on why exactly, msfiddlestix May 2021 #24

Somebody explain to me how this preserves democracy? world wide wally May 2021 #20

No BGBD May 2021 #34

Well Done! msfiddlestix May 2021 #21

Vote. It's up to us. Joinfortmill May 2021 #22

We did vote. In fact we won the Senate and House majority. Odd how the Republicans could get Autumn May 2021 #23

What BGBD May 2021 #35

One? Not true, Mitch passed 442 bills into law. Shitty bills, knowing the pukes, but more than one. Autumn May 2021 #37

so a bunch of junk bills? BGBD May 2021 #40

No one was talking about Trumps agenda, Trumps campaign was all bullshit. Mitch passed the Autumn May 2021 #42

No he didn't BGBD May 2021 #43

There were a lot Mitch wanted that he did pass using simple majority. Autumn May 2021 #45

We eliminated BGBD May 2021 #46

Kept hearing we needed a 60 vote threshold KS Toronado May 2021 #26

Hey Joe......now what...your quote: turbinetree May 2021 #28

well said! recd Imallin4Joe May 2021 #33

Careful. You might get alerted on for "attacking Democrats". Crunchy Frog May 2021 #36

There's zero good people over there Joe. BlueNProud May 2021 #38

Someone should ask Manchin dlk May 2021 #39

I'll take DINO Joe every day of the week WarGamer May 2021 #44

I find myself agreeing with Mehdi Hasan just said on All In (extended show tonught) Nexus2 May 2021 #47