Senator Joe Manchin-D of West Virginia made “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” this week.
Thanks Joe! You’re a rare commodity- courageous, ethical and truly interested in representing your constituency. Speaking of which, a tip o’ the hat to West Virginians who made their preferences clear.
ST UnWoked & UnVaxxed! 
P.S. Democrat politicos have put out an official statement: “Joe Manchin has just destroyed democracy.”
Apparently, and no surprise here, these people know exactly what democracy is (they’re not stupid, simply evil) and despise those who support it. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee said it best: “This man remembers where he came from and who he represents.”
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Democrats are being really stupid about this. He could easily decide to become Republican, and considering the way dems are treating him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did.
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Hope so!
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He who is not against us is for us… A lesson to all of his fellow legislators: You are here to *represent your constituents*, no more, no less.” Bravo, Sen. Manchin!
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I WANT TO BELIEVE! But I can’t. He’s holding out for something, when he gets it, he’ll vote like a Dem, and this awful BBB thing will become law and we lose our country. I pray I’m wrong.
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I kinda believe in his constituents. I think he did what he did because to quote my new favorite author, J.D. Vance, “Never underestimate the influence of a hillbilly community.”
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God I hope JD wins! Our first hillbilly legislator!
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He wasn’t always a believer (a Trumpster) but he has since learned the error of his ways. Smart guy. đŸ™‚
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The other cool thing about J.D. is that he became a very successful hedge fund manager (partnered with Steven Case of all people!) and you know how I love my capitalists!
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Based on Manchin’s wants and not wants, this bill will need a couple of Rino’s to cross over…..wait….the Senate has plenty of those available for bribing.
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Explain this a bit more for everyone’s clarification, s’il te plait.
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With Manchin saying no (and no way the Liberal Lefts will like his additions to the bill), that makes the split 51-49 to the Nay side, and keeps it out of Kamala’s tie-breaking hands. Remember, this particular vote is bypassing the filibuster and will be a simple majority. So if the Democrats cannot get Manchin to play along, they will work on a couple of RINO’s in the Senate to turn their votes. The Republican’s need a full house + Manchin to keep this bill buried 6 feet down. Promise those RINO’s favorable action for their district (think: the Alaskan Bridge to Nowhere), and they will jump sides faster than a hooker jumps a John for a C note.
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TES, your commentary reminds me of my latest reading entitled “Fears Of A Setting Sun.” It is about a subject that has not been explored thoroughly regarding our Founders. Here is an excerpt:
The Founders’ pessimism had a variety of sources:
1. Washington lost his faith because of the rise of partisanship.
2. Adams believed that the people and their representatives lacked civil virtue. (This one hit home!)
3. Jefferson fretted because of sectional divisions laid bare by racial issues.
Most of our Founders didn’t think our republic would survive beyond their generation.
Sobering book to say the least.
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My commentary was simpler than that: Our leaders are for sale, and ethics have a $0.00 value.
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I hear you; see # 2! Perhaps Adams’ concerns had a lot to do with #1.
In any case, I’m not sure how to react to this book; c’est la vie? or say no more?
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Eventually, virtue wins, but in between is likely to be some violence.
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You sure about that? Hitler waltzed his way through Europe far too easily and only lost the war because the US stepped in at the last minute. Even then FDR was quite reticent about saving the Western world because he had so little vision and like Bill Clinton (see Osama bin Laden), was far too absorbed in his own political career.
Never imagined saying this… but thank God for Pearl Harbor. The Americans who lost their lives that day did save the Free World because FDR was forced to engage.
But I am biased. I think FDR was modern America’s worst and most destructive president: he turned a recession into a depression with the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act and could have dropped two troops into the Sudetenland or Czechoslovakia and ended the aggression immediately. People use WWI as an excuse for his reticence, but a wise man would have known that history continues to repeat itself.
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Yes, but in the end virtue won with some violence in between. 4 years. Like the Civil War. Like the American Revolution. Like WW 1.
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I will say the Civil War- 600,000 American lives- incurred a tad too much violence pour moi particularly since I am not a supporter of secession at that time in history and do not consider Robert E. Lee a hero. Now is a different story because there are too many populous states that are dragging the rest of us down both financially and culturally. I know this is a blasphemous thought, but I wish Californians and New Yorkers needed a passport/visa to travel to Florida and Texas.
Speaking of which, if Biden’s gift of 4,000 unvetted Haitians wasn’t enough, Fox reported that Florida’s Coast Guard is overwhelmed by 1600 refugees that are invading the East coast by boats as we speak from Miami to Daytona. If it comes to violence to protect my state, I’ll support that in a NY minute! And by that, I mean we need to make some serious military threats against Mexico and the rest of Central America if they continue to export their deplorables to my country. We have enough of our own to deal with.
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