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druidity33

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28. Why not a populist independent? ala King in Maine? nt

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #17)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 11:13 PM

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West Virginia's coal miners just made Joe Manchin's life a lot harder [View all] Nevilledog Jan 2022 OP

Senator, look your grandchildren in the eyes when you tell them you've chosen the owners CrispyQ Jan 2022 #1

He'll buy them a car so they won't call him an asshole until after his funeral. TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #4

Yeah well I didn't want to be my usual pessimistic self & suggest they were spoiled & bought off CrispyQ Jan 2022 #7

manchin's legacy will be a submerged florida and election violence, not principled stands on certainot Jan 2022 #20

Amen, Strike!!!! McKim Jan 2022 #33

Given that his own daughter was CEO of the company Mylen that colluded CentralMass Jan 2022 #31

Next few decades... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #32

Manchin is management and ownership... Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #2

! LudwigPastorius Jan 2022 #30

Hmmm... support miners or support owners... what will he do, what will he do... nt Nittersing Jan 2022 #3

I'd love to see him perform his "Aw shucks, I'm just a simple good ol' W Virginian" shtick Carlitos Brigante Jan 2022 #5

Yeah, he should do his "good old boy" shtick from his stinkpot yacht Achilleaze Jan 2022 #9

THIS is why the democrats need to have a serious POPULIST candidate waiting in the (primary) BComplex Jan 2022 #10

There is no candidate other than Manchin who has any shot at beating a GOP type... Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #11

Bull shit fwvinson Jan 2022 #13

Sorry, you are wrong...it is WVA. Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #14

So here's how we get around that: calimary Jan 2022 #16

That would be my plan but it won't impact the BBB legislation. And we also have to retain Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #17

It'll probably depend on how the West Virginia population changes and evolves. calimary Jan 2022 #26

Why not a populist independent? ala King in Maine? nt druidity33 Jan 2022 #28

No, a Bernie Sanders type Democrat would never win a general....Sanders won a primary. Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #18

We need a Democratic Dem .. Cha Jan 2022 #22

Yep!!!!! McKim Jan 2022 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author McKim Jan 2022 #35

K&R for *union*! & can one of our senators throw this at his face on the Senate FLOOR?! UTUSN Jan 2022 #6

Miners, supporters, and all Dems Bayard Jan 2022 #8

Polls done in WVA show a strong majority does not support BBB sadly. That is what we are Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #12

Much of the rural and economically challenged....... jaxexpat Jan 2022 #19

Why this isn't done more is beyond me. Ligyron Jan 2022 #37

"caught between the miners' union and mine owners". Prof. Toru Tanaka Jan 2022 #15

All of Manchin's rejections of the BBB come down to just one thing and that is he is now or will be Botany Jan 2022 #21

THIS librechik Jan 2022 #25

The whole thing is just too sad. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #23

Let's throw Manchin down in the coal mine and let him toil Blue Owl Jan 2022 #24

Why is there no significant industry or manufacturing in West Virginia? FakeNoose Jan 2022 #27

I wonder if any other mine owner is as big a dick as Bob Murray. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2022 #29

Why do West Virginia coal miners vote for people who are against every single one of their interests lees1975 Jan 2022 #36