Posted on 07/02/2021 6:43:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Thursday that he had “never considered” switching his party affiliation to the Republicans, despite drawing ire from far-left Democrats over his opposition to scrapping the legislative filibuster.
“If switching a party, or whether you have a ‘D’ by your name or an ‘R’ by your name changes who you are as a person, then you’re in the wrong profession, and it’s all about you and not about the oath you take to the office, the oath to the Constitution, to protect and defend,” Manchin told Fox News’ “Special Report”. “That shouldn’t be a party affiliation, that should be all of us.”
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He’s in a no win situation. If he switched parties we’d just start calling him a RINO.
It’s about time Joe. ALM. Trust but verify.
If he switched, he wouldn’t be able to extract the rich payouts for his vote.
His comment is ambiguous. Read one way, it would justify a party switch.
As American politics stands NOW, if he isn't smart enough to recognize the immense political, practical difference between being a Democrat or a Republican.... he's CERTAINLY in the wrong profession!
Differences have NEVER been more dramatic or existentially compelling than they are now
“If switching a party, or whether you have a ‘D’ by your name or an ‘R’ by your name changes who you are as a person.....”
Ummm, then why do you have a D-Next to your name? Then don’t have either affiliation....
He's seen Republicans up close. He knows what sniveling cowards they are. When trouble comes the Rats circle the wagons. The Republicans form a circular firing squad. If your an amoral or immoral politician it's a rational decision. In addition, the Rats have shown that they will do anything for power. No brainer for a Rat that can win in a red state.
We have enough TransRepublicans in the GOP as it is.
If Manchin switched, McConnell should give Chuckie Schumer 24 hours to clear out of the Majority Leader’s office or everything goes to a GSA warehouse. Every Senate committee chairmanship changes hands. Kamala Harris is no longer the tiebreaking vote. Joe Biden will have to nominate judges acceptable to the GOP, and I expect Republicans are no longer willing to accept asymmetrical warfare on nominations; they should be as scorched earth as the Democrats (on issues, not on the politics of personal destruction). Yeah, Manchin would be a RINO, but no worse than Romney, Collins, and Murkowski. I can live with that. Take him in. He’s old, so make nice and work on all fronts to pull Manchin’s supporters in West Virginia into the tent so that he will be replaced eventually by a solid conservative. That’s how one builds parties. Ideological purges narrow parties and lose elections.
As an added bonus, Manchin switching and flipping the Senate would send the Democrats totally off the cliff. Jim Jeffords did this to the GOP at the beginning of Bush 43’s term. The Republicans were angry but acted like adults. The Democrats aren’t adults.
Never trust a turncoat.
We’re trying to get rid of RINOs not manufacture them.
What happens if Manchin switched parties? All committee assignments change, All bills coming out of congress are DOA, SCOTUS nominations will be subject to rejection as it may not make it out of committee.
RINO or not, Manchin switches, it is a game changer.
Think about it If Trump runs in 2024 Manchin is up for re-election. He barely won in ‘18.
What would Manchin do if Mark Kelly is seen in the Arizona Audit as having not won that election?
The Kelly situation may be coming up sooner than some think. The Rats are clearly aware of “the Arizona problem” and are yelling for SCOTUS Judge Breyer to retire.
They know.
And he’d be just another member rather than The Decider
1. He's got a good point about party loyalty undermining the political process. I believe some prominent founders of this country had very negative views about political parties.
2. I would say that party affiliation means less today than it ever has in my lifetime. West Virginia voted for Trump by almost 40 points in 2020 yet it has more registered Democrats than Republicans. The same can be said about wide swaths of the U.S. outside the coastal cities.
3. Related to the previous point, I'd say our existing two-party system is highly dysfunctional and workable not because a two-party system doesn't work, but because these two parties aren't aligned along any clear political ideologies. Both of them are muddled masses of agenda-driven ideologues and special interests that are often in conflict with each other.
4. I've said for years that the biggest political dilemma we face right now is that we have three separate political/economic movements in this country -- Globalism, Nationalism and Marxism -- that are trying to fit into two parties. I don't know how to fix that unless one of the first two adopts most of the Marxist agenda.
Sorry — My point in Item #3 from my previous post should be UNWORKABLE, not “workable.”
WV
2016
Trump 68%
Clinton 26%
2020
Trump 69%
Biden 30%
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