WV-SEN 2018: Haunted Manchin

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Absolute Legend

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Absolute Legend

If only Bill Nelson or Claire McCaskill survived. I'd trade one of them for this dude.

I don't agree. We still need Manchin, unfortunately. It would have been nice if Nelson survived though, he really should have. Having 48 Senators would make a world of difference over only having 47.

By the way, Ocasio-Cortez is staring daggers at him! I can't say I blame her.

I can't blame her much either. A lot of how Manchin acted at the sotu yesterday was cringe worthy and maybe even a little upsetting.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Absolute Legend

If only Bill Nelson or Claire McCaskill survived. I'd trade one of them for this dude.

I don't agree. We still need Manchin, unfortunately. It would have been nice if Nelson survived though, he really should have. Having 48 Senators would make a world of difference over only having 47.

By the way, Ocasio-Cortez is staring daggers at him! I can't say I blame her.

I can't blame her much either. A lot of how Manchin acted at the sotu yesterday was cringe worthy and maybe even a little upsetting.

Wow! That means hell of a lot coming from you!

Was I satisfied seeing Ocasio pissed off? Duh. So it gave me a chuckle, and it was pretty brash and unique of Manchin which was cool to some extent and deserved my acknowledgement, because I have a spot in my heart for mavericks. But it made me nauseous to watch him go flirt with Kavanaugh at the start. Kavanaugh was a necessary evil in my opinion, and it is no longer necessary to be nice with him. It's also not an election year anymore, so he really did not have to put on a show either. Also it was unneeded (because he is no longer in election season) and embarrassing to watch him wink at Trump and even hang around for a handshake after what Trump has done to him. I don't mind his antics when it is an election season, as Pelosi says just win baby win, but when it is not needed anymore, I would be lying to myself and you if I said I was not at least a tad disappointed in some continued antics.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Absolute Legend

If only Bill Nelson or Claire McCaskill survived. I'd trade one of them for this dude.

I don't agree. We still need Manchin, unfortunately. It would have been nice if Nelson survived though, he really should have. Having 48 Senators would make a world of difference over only having 47.

By the way, Ocasio-Cortez is staring daggers at him! I can't say I blame her.

I can't blame her much either. A lot of how Manchin acted at the sotu yesterday was cringe worthy and maybe even a little upsetting.

Wow! That means hell of a lot coming from you!

Was I satisfied seeing Ocasio pissed off? Duh. So it gave me a chuckle, and it was pretty brash and unique of Manchin which was cool to some extent and deserved my acknowledgement, because I have a spot in my heart for mavericks. But it made me nauseous to watch him go flirt with Kavanaugh at the start. Kavanaugh was a necessary evil in my opinion, and it is no longer necessary to be nice with him. It's also not an election year anymore, so he really did not have to put on a show either. Also it was unneeded (because he is no longer in election season) and embarrassing to watch him wink at Trump and even hang around for a handshake after what Trump has done to him. I don't mind his antics when it is an election season, as Pelosi says just win baby win, but when it is not needed anymore, I would be lying to myself and you if I said I was not at least a tad disappointed in some continued antics.

Maybe he was clapping for these things because he agrees with them.

Probably.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

WV 3rd
Obviously not as good as previous years, but still downright damn impressive

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other two

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petition to resurrect the Mountain Mama Megathread

Why?

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Here we go

https://twitter.com/CATargetBot/status/1138498770377691136

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Absolute Legend

If only Bill Nelson or Claire McCaskill survived. I'd trade one of them for this dude.

I don't agree. We still need Manchin, unfortunately. It would have been nice if Nelson survived though, he really should have. Having 48 Senators would make a world of difference over only having 47.

By the way, Ocasio-Cortez is staring daggers at him! I can't say I blame her.

I can't blame her much either. A lot of how Manchin acted at the sotu yesterday was cringe worthy and maybe even a little upsetting.

Wow! That means hell of a lot coming from you!

Was I satisfied seeing Ocasio pissed off? Duh. So it gave me a chuckle, and it was pretty brash and unique of Manchin which was cool to some extent and deserved my acknowledgement, because I have a spot in my heart for mavericks. But it made me nauseous to watch him go flirt with Kavanaugh at the start. Kavanaugh was a necessary evil in my opinion, and it is no longer necessary to be nice with him. It's also not an election year anymore, so he really did not have to put on a show either. Also it was unneeded (because he is no longer in election season) and embarrassing to watch him wink at Trump and even hang around for a handshake after what Trump has done to him. I don't mind his antics when it is an election season, as Pelosi says just win baby win, but when it is not needed anymore, I would be lying to myself and you if I said I was not at least a tad disappointed in some continued antics.

I agree. I still think Manchin could have gotten away with not voting for Kavanaugh, but I agree with you in nearly every other way. We need Manchin, but Manchin doesn't need to reach out to Trump and the GOP so much anymore.

He would have won by 7 points instead of the 3 he actually won by if he voted against Kavanaugh. There is a reason that while every Romney state Democratic Senator up for re-election in 2018 was in a state that elected Governors in Presidential years, Manchin was the only of the 5 to significantly underperform compared to the 2016 Democratic nominee for Governor in their state.

The king has spoken.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Manchin don't you dare f$ck us like this buddy.

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Ok, umm above post is nuts. If Manchin vacated, the only person with even a whisper's chance of holding the seat (don't dog on me you guys, I said whisper's chance, so we are talking like just under 5% chance as opposed to everyone elses negative chances lol) is Earl Ray Tomblin.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

So, what’s IceSpear's current take on this race?

Toss up. Manchin is overrated and the possibility of a last minute Morrisey surge is vastly underrated here and among the pundits.

But I realize there's no point in arguing this since Manchin won the July election and that's what truly matters to political junkies, so whatever. We'll see what happens.

If you meant WV-03, I still think it's lean/likely R. Ojeda will probably collapse once god emperor Trump endorses his opponent and all the Racist WV Hicks remember he's a member of the anti-white hate group i.e. the Democratic Party.

Damn, I forgot about this. WV is so predictable.

You and me were smelling it right.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Haha

https://twitter.com/Politics1com/status/1166395384354050048?s=20

Yep, it true