Posted on 12/15/2021 10:27:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Thanks to The Godfather, this image is implanted in our collective consciousness. Obviously, Manchin is holding some serious cards regarding the passage of the “Build Back Better” raid on the treasury that Democrats in Congress are drooling over. Will enough pressure be put on Manchin to go against his earlier negative comments on the measure? Suffice to say that the senator understands arithmetic and already knows that, in last year’s election, Donald Trump beat Biden in West Virginia by better than two to one.
Beyond basic political calculations, the rising specter of inflation is asserting itself as a problem to be dealt with. The Democrats reflexively pooh-pooh this issue as a blip, a transitory phenomenon, that only Republicans are interested in making an issue. The American public, however, has current and previous experience with inflation, and they don’t like it.
What is thus far escaping consideration is that, compared to actual problems requiring action by the public sector, the Build Back Better proposal is designed to deal with imaginary problems. Imaginary problems don’t really grab the public’s attention as do real emergencies.
This brings us to the horse’s head in Manchin’s bed. What kind of extreme leverage are the Schumers and Pelosis of our world ready and willing to deploy for the sake of getting a bad law passed? Were there a true emergency, then I’d expect severe efforts. But here we’re dealing with a goofball agenda that has already plunged into the depths of public disdain. The point being that Manchin is not alone. There are some other senatorial Democrats who are hiding behind him. This just happened with the aborted nomination of Saule Omarova, a functioning Communist and convicted shoplifter, to be comptroller of the currency.
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Or maybe just a photo of Jeffrey Epstein on the pillow next to him.
Three letters comes to mind. Starts with an I and ends with a S.
I think if you are going to go full “Godfather”, the dead girl in the brothel approach would be most efficient. That’s the Senator’s Special.
Don’t forget about Kyrsten Sinema.
He'll be paid off for a yes vote. It's always the same thing with this POS.
-PJ
I think Manchin is holding out for something big, like a 2024 nomination and endorsement.
Literally, come and try that with me.
ROFL!!!
The delay is payback for all the “Manchin always caves” talk coming from arrogant Democrats.
Jill Biden wakes up with a horse’s ass in her bed every morning.
He WILL get SOMETHING......AND if he votes for it, he WON’T BE INVESTIGATED !!!! WIN WIN for MANCHIN....LOSE, LOSE, LOSE for AMERICA!
That’s not the head.
His caving in to join the Stalinists was a given from the start. He has never really denied them anything in the last ten years of his Drama Queen act. This is all to give him some coverage from the old style yellow dog democrats in WV that are too stupid to change parties.
The demonRATs are not going to send a message, they are going to complete the sentence.
After Joe's headless death, 5-8 pubbies will switch their votes.
Look for a GOP senator in a state with a Democrat governor to die.
Well played, sir.
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