Perfect Phone Calls Done Dirt Cheap
May 6, 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (?-WV) recently told USAToday, “I got along well with Donald Trump. We had a good rapport. He called me
all the time. We talked back and forth.” Really? Did he call to ask you to nullify the
2020 election for him? Did he ask you to march on the Capitol on January 6th?
For my money, Manchin’s by-the-by comment on his “relationship” with the psychotic conman Turmp speaks volumes about just who Joe Manchin is. What kind of people have a good rapport with Turmp do you think? Steve Bannon who was indicted for scamming loyal MAGAts by making off with contributions that were supposed to be for their beloved border wall? Convicted felon Michael Flynn, a general who does not know the Pledge of Allegiance? Convicted felon Roger Stone? Crazed ex-crack addict and shitty pillow and conspiracy theory pitchman Mike Lindell? How about feverishly loyal neo-Nazi, racist, ghoul Stephen Miller? Are we expected to consider these to be very fine people? They're barely people. Not even Don, Jr. has a good rapport with the elder Don. Certainly, Eric doesn’t. after all, the boys do not bring what their sister Ivanka brings to the bedroom…I mean table. No one really knows exactly what kind of rapport she has with dear old dad.
Does Turmp call you all the time? Did Tyrannosaurus Wrecks call any actual
Democrats all the time? No. he barely spoke to most Ratpublicans.
Do you know anyone who does, or might, or would
even consider having any kind of rapport with the disgraced, twice-impeached,
insurrectionist-inspiring, Putin-canoodling, Bloated Orange Dung Beetle? I
didn't think so.
I cannot for the
life of me understand why Manchin prefers to call himself a Democrat. Manchin
sees himself as the voice of reason. And he is the voice of reason – the reason
Ratpublicans continue to exert undue influence over everything that goes on in
this country, despite the fact that by the raw numbers, they represent a
considerable minority across the country. The anti-democratic (and anti-Democratic)
party cannot with the presidency without purging voters, gerrymandering on
steroids, and/or the help of the Supreme Court or the Russians.
Manchin stands
opposed to (as he does with so many other issues important to the rest of the
Democratic party and its electorate) to statehood for Washington, DC. This,
despite the fact that Manchin represents West Virginia, which was the only
state to form by separating from a Confederate state, and is now one of the
whitest states in the Union. Washington, DC it should be noted has a population
that is nearly 50% African American. Could it be that this is all about states’
racists’ rights?
This is not a racist
country. Just a country with an abundance of racists. And a good deal of
systemic racism. And a major political party who will stop at nothing to make
it difficult for people of color to vote.
While Manchin is
patiently holding out for good old fashion bipartisan negotiation, in order to
keep the filibuster intact, his other good buddy, in the Senate, Mitch
McConnell, has made it clear that he and his Ratpublican horde will have
nothing to do with negotiating in good faith.
Fucking McConnell told reporters, “One hundred percent of my focus is on
stopping this new administration.” Manchin insisted he would not agree to any
changes in Senate rules (which happen whenever a party in power wants to change
them, seeing as they are etched neither in stone nor Constitution) because
changing rules like how the filibuster is used does not engender cooperation
across the aisle. One cannot help but wonder just how announcing that there
will be absolutely zero cooperation of any kind, let alone compromise,
engenders such cooperation. I am patiently awaiting Mr. Manchin’s explanation.
But I will not be holding my breath.
Manchin has
steadfastly defended the Jim Crow filibuster (totally not in the Constitution)
against any meddling, insisting instead that Democrats capitulate, I mean
compromise with Ratpublicans, who will never compromise. Ever. Yet Manchin and
McConnell both complain that Joe Biden, who actually won the presidency
convincingly is not being bipartisan enough. Democrats also won both houses of
Congress because most Americans want them to govern and implement the policies
they ran on. But someone will not allow Democrats to have their day in the sun.
Meanwhile, Manchin’s oversized orange buddy is still
running for president in 2020.
I. Mangrey rapporting.
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