totallynotabuttpirate

I live dangerously and don't have a single poster on ignore. Just because I reply to one of your posts doesn't mean I'm signing up for a ten-page discussion of your nonsense lol.

I'm not doing this shit again. The fantasy world where uneducated white rural voters come running to the democratic party because of their economic polices is not a world I live in. They're not leaving the party that uses fear and appeals to their sense of nationalism/xenophobia, and wedge issues like abortion, jesus, and guns. Also throw in a good dose of not having brown/black people take what rightfully belongs to them. These people have been voting against their actual interests for decades and that's not going to magically change.

Also, you keep citing this one poll by the totally neutral "One Fair Wage Coalition" as some sort of inalienable truth that his constituents support raising the minimum wage. I'm gonna need to see some more data before I accept that conclusion.

Nope, I know all about the history of democratic senators in WV. I was referring to the last 10 years or so and the foreseeable future. Notice a trend in the numbers you posted? Manchin went from +24 to +3 in 6 years. If you don't see where this is going and think Manchin has a good shot at reelection, I have a lightly used bridge over the San Fransisco Bay to sell you. If he gets primaried by a more liberal candidate, it will be a blood bath. Here's a few more for you: House Keep fucking that chicken, but I have some bad news for you, West Virginia is as likely to swing back to Democrats as is Jaylon Waddle transferring to Texas. A change in Dem messaging is not going to overcome the fact that it's the 3rd most rural population state in the country along with being last in education (using a number of metrics), etc.. etc.... They already receive the 9th highest amount of federal spending per capita. Maybe when were not in 50-50 Senate and moderates are not going to want to use a nuclear option?

You can't really be this dense? Manchin is a democratic senator from West Fucking Virginia. He's a one-eyed lesbian unicorn. You can't fucking primary him and except anything more than a 15-20 point defeat. While you're at it, why not have Biden tell Manchin to go fuck himself if he doesn't support every part of his agenda? Yea, let's piss him off so he caucuses with the republicans and they take back majority control of the senate. That would be so much better than passing legislation that includes almost everything you want. If you can't have everything, then fuck it all right? That's an excellent idea that no one has ever thought of before! In other news, I would like to have sex with Scarlet Johansson. Yes, it's all mean ole Joe's fault that he doesn't force other adults to do exactly what he wants. Jesus man, you really are a beating bitching and moaning about shit that can't be unilaterally decided by any one person. The system sucks, I get. There should be no filibuster, it's terribly undemocratic. No single senator should have that much power. But as the saying goes, it is what it is. The votes aren't there to get rid of it. Why the fuck are you asking me something that takes 2 seconds to find? https://is.gd/OnmWu3

Possibly, but the phasing negates an immediate impact. Voting rights, stimulus, and infrastructure would impact a lot more people immediately.

Yes, he repeatedly stated he will not vote for it if the minimum wage is included. Is he bluffing? Maybe, but you also need to give him something to save face on with his insane constituents. Not only that, this is at least a 2 year play. You don't blow your wad in the first 60 days. Federal minimum wage legislation is far from the most important thing to ram through while pissing off people you need to support your agenda in the future.

It's not about the overrule, the votes aren't there to pass the bill.

It was and is a game changer. Ole turtle would've gridlocked everything for a minimum of 2 years. Don't be an idiot, they're going to pass a lot of good legislation. No one said the dems would get every single thing they want. Fucking entitled fucks bitching about not getting 10/10 they want. I'm good with 5 or 6 out of 10. Sure beats fucking zero under the turtle fuck....

He doesn't have 51 votes to pass the minimum wage bill. You can't do something if it's not possible.

That sounds like a challenge to be settled at closetojumping's annual fat guy race.

From the 2022 thread.. Brenen Thompson

Same here, it was like a switch flipped. Covid probably helped, but I stopped giving a fuck for the first time in nearly 20 years.

I can't decide whether dcar is off his meds, or he never got treatment and took meds in the first place.

I see we're back to selecting a few moments out of hundreds of hours of tape to make him look like he's totally lost it. No one is saying Biden is some sort of brilliant mind at his age, but he's much more coherent and mentally capable than the orange idiot. That is clear as day. Speaking of fitness, he can also ride a bicycle, run, walk down stairs normally, stand without leaning forward, and drive a car.

@PilotsError

I don't see anything nutty about a player trying to force a trade. The team can trade or cut a player without their consent anytime they feel like it. 99% of contracts don't have a no-trade clause. Then you have the draft and franchise tag binding the player to a team for 5-7 years without any opportunity for the player to choose another team. Best part is this period is usually during the players physical prime, so they have even less leverage as they get older. So yea, I think it's pretty normal if they want to exercise their right to try and force a team to trade them. But why do players sign a contract and then decide to not "honor" it? Because they have to assume all the injury risk to their career. Then, circumstances, management, coaches, owners can all change and the player wants to play somewhere else. That's not some absurd or out of left field or notion, it's pretty normal to feel that way. It's no different than a new coach moving on from an existing player. Players are human beings that have every right to be happy. Why is it looked down upon if they try to pursue that? Being on a team is their job, not some sort of lifetime marriage agreement for the benefit of fans. But maybe they should just shut up and dribble.

I'm just happy there are no Vahe types on that list. Decent to good play from the line should be a realistic goal.

This is peak aggy. Just missing some "played in the secsecsec".

Jesus that's awfully high. Only good thing about that place is it's right next to McKinney Falls.

Caleb Williams says heyyy

It's his noodle arm that's the real problem.