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In It to Win It

(10,028 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 03:54 PM Nov 2024

NEWS: Joe Manchin is open to confirming Democratic judges who get NO GOP support

Stephen Neukam
@stephen_neukam

NEWS: Joe Manchin is open to confirming Democratic judges who get NO GOP support, he told me today.

He previously pledged to only vote for nominees who can get at least one Republican vote.

"We're in different times right now" he told me.

Scoop: Manchin signals willingness to back Biden's final push on judges



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NEWS: Joe Manchin is open to confirming Democratic judges who get NO GOP support (Original Post) In It to Win It Nov 2024 OP
Big win for Schumer here. They should do nothing but move judges. tritsofme Nov 2024 #1
Too little, too late JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 #2
Oh how nice he realizes we are in different times. Took him 8 fucking years to realize this. boston bean Nov 2024 #3
Better late then never. CentralMass Nov 2024 #4
What an asshole... orwell Nov 2024 #5
We must be in really bad shape for Joe Manchin to finally get a conscience. Baitball Blogger Nov 2024 #6
Uh oh! Hell is about to freeze over. Wonder Why Nov 2024 #9
Get busy, time is of the essence MagickMuffin Nov 2024 #7
Now he gets it? Still Waters Nov 2024 #8
You all have bitched and moaned about Joe Manchin for years. Staph Nov 2024 #10
Yup. We would rather have Joe Manchin than not have Joe Manchin In It to Win It Nov 2024 #11

boston bean

(36,677 posts)
3. Oh how nice he realizes we are in different times. Took him 8 fucking years to realize this.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 03:56 PM
Nov 2024

Fuck off manchin

orwell

(8,003 posts)
5. What an asshole...
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 03:59 PM
Nov 2024

...suddenly he's a "team player."

Fuck you.

Thanks for the "evil empire" dickhead...

MagickMuffin

(17,384 posts)
7. Get busy, time is of the essence
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:07 PM
Nov 2024


Sure Joe could have been a better man, a better Democrat, however, his indecisions kept him in the spotlight. Now his spotlight is fading he can at least shed some light on our Nation’s Judges!


Still Waters

(114 posts)
8. Now he gets it?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:18 PM
Nov 2024

After he nearly single handedly blocked voting rights, abortion rights, Build Back Better? After he's done his best to torpedo Biden's agenda?

I'm honestly surprised he hasn't been offered a Trump cabinet position as a pay off for the destruction he has helped implement.

Staph

(6,377 posts)
10. You all have bitched and moaned about Joe Manchin for years.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:52 PM
Nov 2024

But he always voted for the Democratic power structure to run the Senate and he voted with the Democrats way more often than with Republicans.

Well, you're now stuck with Republican Jim Justice, Babydog's dad, coal baron, serial tax dodger, and the owner of one of the most famous resort hotels in the world (the Greenbrier) who didn't bother to pass his union employees' health insurance co-pays along to the insurance company. When he actually shows up for work in Washington (he spent a large part of his time as Governor 150 miles away from the state capitol, coaching a high school girls' basketball team), he'll be voting for the Republican leadership and the Republican agenda all the way.


In It to Win It

(10,028 posts)
11. Yup. We would rather have Joe Manchin than not have Joe Manchin
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 05:02 PM
Nov 2024

I think if Joe Manchin had run for re-election, he likely wouldn't have survived this time around like Sherrod Brown and Jon Tester. The wind wasn't going in our favor. There are no more red state Democrats. We now have to work a lot harder to get a Senate majority than we used to.

However, even though our side bitched and complained about Joe Manchin, I was glad to have him. When it really counted, he voted with us. When Joe Biden really needed it, he voted with us.

...even though Joe Manchin couldn't shut the fuck up to save life. He just had hop in front of every fucking camera he could find to say something stupid.

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