......John McCain is still dead.
Posted on 05/21/2021 6:55:51 AM PDT by Kaslin
The bad news for liberals arrived on the front page of the May 18 Washington Post under the mild-mannered headline "Hopes dim for Democrats' bills on election oversight." That's a nicer headline than "It's Toast."
Mike DeBonis began by reporting that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has approached the For the People Act that would federalize elections with the motto "Failure is not an option." DeBonis wasn't as dainty as the headline writer: "But failure is very much an option -- it is, in fact, the most likely one."
There is one central figure in this bill's demise. Inside, The Post headline was "Manchin seen as key to election bill's passage." Sen. Joe Manchin is the only Senate Democrat who has not co-sponsored the bill and "has expressed serious misgivings" about it. One part of that is Manchin doesn't want "any type of voting legislation without Republican buy-in."
Naturally, that night, all the network evening-news programs avoided this front-page Washington Post death notice -- and the dissenting voice at the story's heart. It's not like they ignored Congress. ABC, CBS and NBC all found time to report on how radical Rep. Rashida Tlaib, speaking to President Biden on the tarmac of the Detroit airport, pressed Biden to stick it to Israel. On CBS, Ed O'Keefe relayed that "one of the biggest critics of his response, Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who has family in the West Bank, told the president that Palestinian human rights are not a bargaining chip and must be protected."
This is where you can sense that the only dissent liberal media outlets seem to enjoy comes from the left of their so-called "mainstream." Manchin isn't their idea of a hero. They also don't want to disparage him as a villain... since he could always switch parties and upset their whole 50-50 apple cart.
Consider a contrast. In July 2017, then-ailing Sen. John McCain was glorified by journalists for walking onto the Senate floor and dramatically putting a thumbs-down on repealing Obamacare. "He had just derailed the fevered Republican effort to undo the Obama-era health care law," wrote New York Times reporter Carl Hulse. "It was a stunning moment that will be long remembered in the Senate, a flash of the maverick John McCain, unafraid of going his own way despite the pleas of his fellow Republicans."
How they love "maverick" Republicans! On MSNBC, disgraced anchor Brian Williams gushed: "Much was made of that moment, a moment of moral courage, a man staring down his own mortality yet again, not the first time in his life. But let's also talk about the courage of Murkowski of Alaska and Collins of Maine, because without those two women, there is no moment like that for John McCain. My question to you: Is that kind of courage, for people cheering them on, going to be contagious?"
Two months ago, The New York Times disparaged Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for giving the same thumbs-down gesture on a Democratic bill that would hike the minimum wage. Williams disdained Sinema as a flip-flopper, saying: "seven years ago, she posted this on social media: 'A full- time minimum wage earner makes less than $16,000 a year. This one's a no-brainer, tell Congress to raise the wage.' That's proof that the view is different from the cheap seats."
McCain ran his last Senate race, in 2016, on a promise to repeal and replace Obamacare, but that flop didn't dampen Bri-Wi's enthusiasm.
Like most Democrats, journalists aren't happy when their "blue wave" doesn't crest. Their grand power grabs are failing, from voting laws to Supreme Court expansion. Republicans should be pleased as much as the media are disappointed.
Wait one second here, is the writer saying that Ed pulled his head out of Biden's ars to relay a report?
McCain was an outright traitor to Republicans, a TransRepublican, Democrat who wears an R jersey for camouflage.
Manchin is just not cooperating with communism.
He’s still a Democrat.
Before everyone without strategic thinking trashes Manchin, consider he is saving America right now. Please call his office and thank him.
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......John McCain is still dead.
We have about 14 months to wait until the Senate recesses for the 2022 election. Hope that the worst bills are stopped. There are old people in both parties, a vacancy and a replacement could happen at any time in either direction.
On the near term Biden hasn't met his price yet !
Manchin wants to run for president. He sees himself as portraying himself politically as the next “Bill Clinton”. Without the “Bill Clinton” negatives i.e., bimbo problems & harpy wife. The “moderate” solution to the left and right extremes. Remember this all political PR the reality maybe actually be different.
He will try to make his run in two ways:
1. He'll maneuver behind the scenes to make himself presentable to the Rats as Kamala’s VP should the need arise. When there's a crucial left wing vote he will vote against it if his vote is not needed. Remember there's enough RINOs to give him cover. It's myth he's the crucial swing vote. He'll make conservative noises both for WV consumption and to maintain the “moderate myth”. (Watch his federal court votes !) That will position him well for 2024.
2. He'll wait for 2024 and mount his challenge then. All his maneuvering supports this option too.
Personally I think Manchin has little chance to get the Rat nomination in 2024. I can't see a 1992 strategy working in 2021-2024. It's a different politically world now then 1992. Manchin is naive to think it will work but none of his sycophants will tell him that.
His fall back position is be the next Byrd for WV. However Capito may have as much or slightly more seniority on the Senate finance committee then he.
This is actually pretty good analysis.
Manchin won his last race by his fingernails and is probably going to lose his next one no matter what. You’d think that the media would smear him as a turncoat, etc, but he could easily switch parties like Gov Jim Justice did and suddenly all Senate business comes to a halt, including judicial confirmations or any other presidential appointees.
Democrats feel like the wind is at their backs in AZ and can take shots at Sinema even though she is a bisexual female, who’d normally be beyond criticism. But, they feel like an AZ senator should be able to fly their leftist freak flag now and still get reelected.
“Manchin is just not cooperating with communism.
He’s still a Democrat.”
While true, he also SAVED OUR ASSES, after 500,000 Republicans listened* to Lin Wood and boycotted the Georgia runoffs, you know, to ‘teach the GOP a lesson’.
*I’m sure more than a few of those boycotted for other reasons (such as Trump being screwed over), but then more than a few people here were DEFENDING Lin Wood’s call to boycott and literally DID NOT CARE about what would come next for them, or even their children. In the military, soldiers are taught to hold off an enemy onslaught before going on the offensive - I guess that bunch never served.
I appreciate anything Manchin does that helps our cause. Bigger threat is the Romney-Collins-Murky class of R’s who would willingly abet the enemy.
I’m a part-time West Virginian, and I think your analysis is way off.
Manchin knows that his presidential candidacy would be stillborn. If he really believed that he’d have a chance, he would have run last year with the Democrat nomination up for grabs. He twice voted to impeach Trump since he barely conned enough West Virginians into reelecting him. He won’t even win his next Senate race, if he runs for reelection.
Good analysis on Manchin, and I have watched his votes, particularly on Kavenaugh (I think) where he REFUSED to be the 50th vote for him and made Susan Collins have to put everything on the line for Kavenaugh...and then right after that, he ‘supported’ Kavenaugh.
I hadn’t thought of that from a 1992 re-do, but good point there. He would have been zero’d out from consideration if HB-1 had become law, since there wouldn’t have even been a need to appear ‘moderate’ anymore. The battle would have been in the other direction...to be the biggest extremist.
Being a wildcard in the Senate means bargaining power and lots of media attention. These “moderate” Senators realize this and take full advantage of it.
I can’t remember exactly, but I think Trump carried WV by roughly 40-points, which is probably the biggest margin by any candidate in any state, DC of course excluded.
And yet, WV sends two of the worst Senators to DC. Manchin is a Dem, obvs. But, Capito is one of the least conservatives member of the GOP Republican caucus. If it weren’t for Collins and Murkowski, she would be the worst. Romney has a higher ACU score, much higher.
“I appreciate anything Manchin does that helps our cause. Bigger threat is the Romney-Collins-Murky class of R’s who would willingly abet the enemy.”
They’re annoying, but if you think about it, the more Democrats that are replaced by RINOs, even like the above, the less power the RINOs have.
For example with Kavenaugh. Everyone was on pins and needles waiting for Susan Collins to make her call. But that was ONLY because most of the other RINOs at that time supported Kavenaugh (other than the bitch Murkowski). If any more of them had sided with the Dems, Kavenaugh would have been DOA, and Collins wouldn’t have mattered. And if we had one or two more male RINOs (over Democrats), chances are that we wouldn’t have needed Collins to support him...and all that ‘drama’ would have been avoided.
So the thing about RINOs is that they often split their traitor-related votes, so they’re still far better than Democrats, and EVERY ONE of them has held against loosening the filibuster...or it would already be game over for this country.
Having said all that, we still need to boot them in states where they’d likely be replaced by Republicans, such as Alaska, SC, and maybe a few others.
“As a West Virginian I find your faith in Manchin naive!”
As an American, I know if that bill gets signed into law, our country really is OVER. No exaggeration. And there is one guy, ONE GUY, preventing it.
Right?
Right???
People who can see the forest because of all the trees maybe need to take a step back, a deep breath, and admit that there is one guy preventing catastrophe.
And maybe put aside anything smaller than immediate catastrophe, and thank him.
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I just did.
I work with someone who was part of Manchin’s two senatorial campaigns. He’s the primary source for my evidence. I have some secondary sources who say pretty much the same thing.
His ideas don’t have to be rational or have a ghost of a chance of working. When the presidential bug bites people lose all perspective.
I’m not disagreeing but phones supporting Manchin are a waste of time.
You're right Basket.
One person - one person who still remembers what it's like to be an American... and what it once meant to be a democrat... Prayers for Manchin...(there WAS a time when democrats cared about the country and weren't commie thugs... Manchin is from that time..)
You're right Basket.
One democrat - one person who still remembers what it's like to be an American... and what it once meant to be a democrat... Prayers for Manchin...(there WAS a time when democrats cared about the country and weren't commie thugs... Manchin is from that time..)
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