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MineralMan

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35. That's true, however, without corroboration, I'm not convinced

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 03:57 PM

Oct 2021

that it's 100% legitimate. Corn also attacked Obama and Hillary Clinton at strategic times, and seems to waver all over the place when it comes to his political opinion. I know he's a MoJo regular and comments on MSNBC sometimes, but, I never take what he says as true without some sort of independent corroboration.

Now that Manchin has said this is "Bullshit," Corn needs to identify his source(s) - the "close associates" he mentioned but didn't identify.

I don't consider David Corn to be as reliable as I think he needs to be to be believed without corroboration.

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Manchin denies story he's considering leaving Democratic Party [View all] mcar Oct 2021 OP

Maybe so, but he certainly does benefit from this rumor. hlthe2b Oct 2021 #1

What damage? Nothing has changed JohnSJ Oct 2021 #6

You don't get the damage in sending the message that Manchin is considering becoming an R? hlthe2b Oct 2021 #10

The reason why is he has immediately refuted it. If he let it fester for several days, I would be JohnSJ Oct 2021 #15

He doesn't need all day to let it fester. The reporting is ALREADY wide and very much like the hlthe2b Oct 2021 #17

Nothing was said about him joining the Republican Party. nt Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #20

"Nothing was said?" No, not on nationwide public broadcast video from his moutn, no, but otherwise hlthe2b Oct 2021 #24

Leaving the dem party doesn't automatically mean he Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #30

Nice Senate majority you've got there FBaggins Oct 2021 #26

Yup... Seems you and I are among the few--the only ones to recognize the speech patterns hlthe2b Oct 2021 #27

Yeah LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #2

I was hoping it was bullshit. Haggard Celine Oct 2021 #3

Sounds more like him than threats to join the traitors. Better be true Hortensis Oct 2021 #4

I think we need to act like we are, and run races like there's no tomorrow msfiddlestix Oct 2021 #9

THIS 100% Runningdawg Oct 2021 #14

We don't know that they won't, tho. Especially tRump. Hortensis Oct 2021 #25

Principally I agree. msfiddlestix Oct 2021 #48

So agree with most. But reimposing accountability requires power Hortensis Oct 2021 #52

Thank goodness. BlueCheeseAgain Oct 2021 #5

I agree JohnSJ Oct 2021 #7

That's exactly what he wanted to hear leftstreet Oct 2021 #8

This 10,000 % msfiddlestix Oct 2021 #11

Hey! Let's trash Schumer now! AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #18

I would replace both leaders leftstreet Oct 2021 #38

Some here think they know how to govern mcar Oct 2021 #39

What I have been saying as well. I won't naively' trust him going forward. hlthe2b Oct 2021 #28

The moment Manchin left for the GQP, he'd become about 100X less important Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #12

I bet he was floating a trial balloon and got spooked by the reaction Torchlight Oct 2021 #13

He did it and denied it to make himself the center of attention. He is playing the spoiler. Thomas Hurt Oct 2021 #16

Maybe he started the rumor himself C_U_L8R Oct 2021 #19

lol I just posted the same thing obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #23

I was going to post this as well. Certainly would fit his psych profile to start the rumor himself. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #43

Yeah, right... world wide wally Oct 2021 #21

I believe it may be BS obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #22

Hope so, but it was an awfully specific story to have nothing at all to it Alhena Oct 2021 #29

He's such a well spoken, articulate gentleman. UTUSN Oct 2021 #31

David Corn is not my favorite political pundit. MineralMan Oct 2021 #32

This is not the first time he's reported in this style, IIRC mcar Oct 2021 #34

That's true, however, without corroboration, I'm not convinced MineralMan Oct 2021 #35

That's exactly what I meant mcar Oct 2021 #40

Reminds me of Rick Wilson's breathless pronouncment last week AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #42

Good point mcar Oct 2021 #44

The initial "leak" never made any real sense to me Hav Oct 2021 #50

Yes. Too many people are ready to believe anything. MineralMan Oct 2021 #51

Sinema whistles and sashays by. Qutzupalotl Oct 2021 #33

If Manchin became a republican BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #36

Frankly, I'm surprised he hasn't switched parties already Poiuyt Oct 2021 #37

Why would he? mcar Oct 2021 #41

How will we know? spanone Oct 2021 #45

If Manchin leaves the Democratic Party, his political career is OVER wellst0nev0ter Oct 2021 #46

Agreed mcar Oct 2021 #47

There is no way for Manchin to win in 2024 if TFG is on the ticket LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #54

I hope this is true. honest.abe Oct 2021 #49

On the Reidout, Corn is still sticking to his reporting LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #53