because the Republican he’s running against is far worse and Democrats need to retake the Senate, period. You can’t do anything without a majority, that’s just how the whole thing works
Normally I would very much agree, but like…if a “Democrat” habitually votes with the Republicans, then how are they actually Democrat? Manchin’s voting recording is scarcely better than that of Rand Paul and Susan Collins. If you can’t rely on a politician as a Democratic vote, then you don’t have them as part of your potential majority. What good is a vote you can’t rely on?
The Democrats having a majority means they control all committees, which means they control what legislation comes *out* of committees and gets a vote, and what never comes to the floor. They have final say over the rules of parliamentary procedure. They can block Presidential nominees. Controlling Congress, even because of one shitty conservative Senator, basically gives the Democrats the institutional advantage and ability to influence legislation that they completely lack right now, which is why we’re in such constant crisis. People are constantly urging them to fight harder, as if this will materialize a majority out of thin air. If they don’t control either the House or the Senate, they are virtually powerless.
Manchin represents a state that voted 68.5% for Trump, which was literally his largest margin of victory. In West Virginia, Manchin is consistently attacked for being “too liberal.” And like, let’s not forget that “scarcely better” than Rand Paul and Susan Collins still means something, because there’s still a lot of room between the most conservative Democrats and “moderate” Republicans these days. Last summer, Manchin voted against the ACA repeal, while Paul voted for it. Manchin voted against the tax bill while Collins voted for it.
Also, the primary is over. In November he’s up against a Republican, not a more progressive Democrat. It’s going to be one of them seated in the Senate in 2019. Even if control of the Senate were not in play, there is no way anyone on the left could honestly look at his opponent Patrick Morrisey’s positions and conclude it would be better to have him in the Senate. I hope that Manchin gets sidelined in a Democratic controlled Senate, but I’m not willing to risk everything just to punish him for this cowardly, disgusting vote.
Guys please, FUCKING PLEASE. Learn from what happened in 2016.
SOMETIMES YOU DO NOT HAVE A PERFECT CANDIDATE.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SUCK IT UP AND VOTE FOR THE LEAST SHITTY OPTION.
Manchin is trash and I am EXCITED to donate money to any democrat that primaries against him in the future but jfc people please please PLEASE do not do this shit now. He is the Democratic candidate.
Let me say that again. Manchin is THE democratic candidate. There is no other, more liberal option. There just isn’t. The time for more liberal options was during the last primaries, which are now OVER.
So unless one of you has a time machine (in which case why the fuck have you not fixed the 2016 election bullshit?) MANCHIN IS THE ONLY OPTION.
We cannot and will not survive 2 more years of Republican control of both houses; if you value women’s rights, the environment, LGBTQA issues, tax issues, free and open internet, BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT MAKES LIVING NOT SHITTY, you have one and ONLY ONE option:
VOTE DEMOCRAT.
VOTE DEMOCRAT even if they are a GIANT SHITTY COWARDLY CONSERVATIVE-LEANING WASTE OF A VOTE.
Because that shitty useless democrat is STILL better than adding one more republican to the House or Senate.
Once upon a time I worked in this little burger/coffee/ice cream shop and a lady came in one winter and asked if we had a caramel apple drink and we were like ‘well we have cider’ and she was like ‘no I don’t remember what it’s called but this place made a drink that was chai tea, apple cider, and caramel’ and Breezy offered to try and make something for her but she changed her mind and left so Breezy and I were like ‘alright let’s try this’ because we had chai tea, instant cider mix, a shit ton of caramel, instant hot water from the espresso and too much free time.
And let me tell you it was delightful. It tastes like watching the leaves changing color and dancing in the wind. It tastes like picking out pumpkins and gourds and fresh apples at the farm up north. It tastes like witches and freedom.
I make it every year now and this year I walked in the house on the morning of October first with all the ingredients and shouted ‘FALL DRINK’ and my roommates were like ‘????’ so I made them Fall Drink and now every time they get home from work they’re like ‘Fall Drink pls?????’
Anyway I remember literally nothing else about that woman but I’m very grateful to her.
for anyone wondering about proportions/etc here’s op’s answer from the repiles:
““In Elven society caring for the children is considered a task for the menfolk,” said Elliot, sighing and wondering why nobody ever bothered to read a book.
“Of course it is,” said Serene. “The woman goes through the physically taxing and bloody experience of childbirth. A woman’s experience of blood and pain is, naturally, what makes womankind particularly suited for the battlefield. Whereas men are the softer sex, squeamish about blood in the main. I know it is the same for human men, Luke was extremely disinclined to discuss my first experience of a woman’s menses.”
Luke stared ferociously into the middle distance, obviously trying to visualize himself somewhere else, having an entirely different conversation. Serene patted him on the back.
“Perfectly all right, I should have had more respect for you delicate masculine sensibilities.”
“Thank you,” said Luke, sounding very far away.
“What, you people expect a woman to tear apart their bodies and then go to all the bother of raising the children? That takes years, you know,” Serene remarked sternly. “The women’s labour is brief and agonizing, and the man’s is long and arduous. This seems only just. What on earth are men contributing to their children’s lives in the human world? Why would human woman agree to have a child?”
“The more she talks the more sense it all makes,’ said Elliot. “Has anyone else discovered this?””
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