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Originally posted by gearhounds:
Too little too late Manchin, you cheap traitorous fuck. You pretended to be for American interests and then agreed to an outrageous spending bill that weakened us further. You were promptly made a fool of by your fellow traitor democRATs. We will vote your sorry ass out for your perfidy.

That's Ole Blow (in the wind) Joe.

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Manchin better hope his constituents have a short memory come 2024. He learned what happens when you make a deal with the devil.

I sure hope the people of WV remember what his caving did to the US economy, but I also hope the voters in the other States do as well. There should have been 0 out of 100 support for the Trillion pork spending, not 51. ALL who voted for that need to be voted out.

Just another POS politician who believes what he says means something to others.

Another "Joe has to Go"

Predictably, the White House retard handlers have stepped in to make sure everyone knows that their dementia addled puppet had his words taken out of context. What horse shit. If that’s the case, let the old fool come out and face reporters and tell everyone himself.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/po...-one-left-behind.amp

The White House is saying that President Biden's remarks stating he will be shutting down coal plants "all across America" had been "twisted to suggest a meaning that was not intended."

Biden made the comments on Friday when discussing energy, stating that coal plants cost too much to operate and advocated for renewables as an eventual replacement.

"No one is building new coal plants because they can’t rely on it," Biden said. "Even if they have all the coal guaranteed for the rest of the existence of the plant."

"So it's going to become a wind generation," Biden added. "And all they're doing is, it’s going to save them a hell of a lot of money and using the same transmission line that they transmitted the coal-fired electric on. We're going to be shutting these plants down all across America and having wind and solar power."

After backlash from people such as Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who called the comments "outrageous and divorced from reality," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated in a Saturday press release, "The President’s remarks yesterday have been twisted to suggest a meaning that was not intended; he regrets it if anyone hearing these remarks took offense. The President was commenting on a fact of economics and technology: as it has been from its earliest days as an energy superpower, America is once again in the midst of an energy transition."

"Working closely with Senator Manchin, a tireless advocate for his state and the hard-working men and women who live there, President Biden has helped get this part of the country back to work: the unemployment rate in West Virginia was 6.2% the last month before Joe Biden took office; now it is down to 4%," she added.

After touting falling unemployment rates in West Virginia, Jean-Pierre noted how the administration will continue to push for moving away from fossil fuels without leaving anyone behind.

"Under President Biden, oil and natural gas production has increased, and we are on track to hit the highest production in our country’s history next year," she said. "He is determined to make sure that this transition helps all Americans in all parts of the country, with more jobs and better opportunities; it’s a commitment he has advanced since Day One. No one will be left behind.

Just a few hours before the White House clarified Biden's statement, Manchin criticized the plan.

President Biden’s comments are not only outrageous and divorced from reality, they ignore the severe economic pain the American people are feeling because of rising energy costs," Manchin said.

Manchin added that Biden is losing the trust of Americans because of comments like this.

"Comments like these are the reason the American people are losing trust in President Biden and instead believes he does not understand the need to have an all in energy policy that would keep our nation totally energy independent and secure," Manchin said.

Here comes the colder temps, right on cue. Enjoy those high energy bills thanks to the imbeciles in charge.

Did she really just say this?

After touting falling unemployment rates in West Virginia, Jean-Pierre noted how the administration will continue to push for moving away from fossil fuels without leaving anyone behind.

"Under President Biden, oil and natural gas production has increased, and we are on track to hit the highest production in our country’s history next year," she said. "He is determined to make sure that this transition helps all Americans in all parts of the country, with more jobs and better opportunities; it’s a commitment he has advanced since Day One. No one will be left behind.

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Horse shit IMO. They are lying as usual and trying to boost support before the midterms. That braying jackass in the White House already spilled the beans on the plan. The reaction they didn’t plan on has them on the defensive. We will be lucky to ever see gas prices dip much below $3 a gallon on average and much higher in places like PA and CA.

Manchin is a lying, cheating back stabber who got bought out and abandoned the people he was elected to represent. I hope the people of West Virginia vote him out by such a margin that he will be embarrassed to ever show his face again. And I had high hopes he would be one of the good guys. Nope.

Manchin, I actually had hopes for him as a voice of reason in the Democratic Party.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
Manchin, I actually had hopes for him as a voice of reason in the Democratic Party.

That would appear to have been Tulsi Gabbard. Sadly, her departure proves that there is no room in the Democrat party for a voice of reason.

You knew I was a scorpion.

Manchin knows he’s on unstable ground in his home state. This is pandering at the lowest level.

So, why the hell did West Virginians put this asshole in office? Isn't W. Virginia supposed to be red? Did they get fooled?

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IDk they are salt of the earth people in a beautiful state with few opportunites outside of coal mining. Did I mention they are poor? Plus they have the worst problem with opiates than any other state.
HE succeeded Robert Byrd if that tells you anything.

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Manchin demands

Got a chuckle out of that.

Seldom have I seen someone in a commanding position in a negotiation snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in a more public manner.

He sold out his constituents, and they know it. He's really not in a position to 'demand' much of anything.

Manchin's history precludes his membership into the honest people society. A true political whore and shithead.

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Originally posted by 12131:
So, why the hell did West Virginians put this asshole in office? Isn't W. Virginia supposed to be red? Did they get fooled?

For the same reason some very senior, and low IQ people, vote for the worst of democrats over and over again. Just because. For some people just because is reason enough for all kinds of bad and stupid stuff.

Coal: We need it to power all those electric cars.

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Originally posted by 12131:
So, why the hell did West Virginians put this asshole in office? Isn't W. Virginia supposed to be red? Did they get fooled?

Can't say for sure about Manchin, but in Utah, the election is won in the primaries since no Democrat will earn enough votes to win in the general. Unfortunately, as we saw with Romney, most people are not engaged in the primaries. They just show up on election day and pull the lever for whoever made it to the GOP ticket. Orrin Hatch perfected the process and taught Romney. The Utah legislature cleared the way legally since Romney didn't qualify and then closed the gate behind him. I would not be a bit surprised if Manchin had such a machine that he cannot be beat.

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Originally posted by 12131:
So, why the hell did West Virginians put this asshole in office? Isn't W. Virginia supposed to be red? Did they get fooled?

WV should be solid, deep red. It's trended that way since the 1990s. There's a Republic majority in registered voters, and Trump took almost 70% of the vote in both of the last two Presidential races.

Coal and the perception that the Republicans were the party of the bosses went a long way towards keeping the DEMs in power during the last century, but those attitudes are dying. Not fast enough, though. Manchin has survived by putting on the "I'm independent of the Party machine!" face on some issues-- and the national-level democrats let him get away with the occasional symbolic stand when they know it won't matter when it comes down to actual vote counts in the Senate-- but he's OK with sacrificing his constituents along with the rest of us, because, politician.

The average voter won't remember that he was part of the half-plus-one that sold the entire country down the river. They'll remember that he barked at a president they hate.