On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 10:31 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
But that’s just it, Biden still thinks he’s in Congress and keeps insisting nothing gets done unless the GOP signs on, and everyone who isn’t comatose knows that isn’t happening, all they have to do is run out the clock. ?I don’t get it, it’s like he’s still in the 50s or something. And now here we are with the corrupt SCOTUS putting us back in the 50s! ?Only now it’s the 1850s.? Good one.??
I think he's coming around....
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Does anyone really give a sh*t how something gets passed or which party votes for it? ?He and Schumer are protecting the filibuster over the rights of half the population! ?Manchin and Sinema could easily be brought around, just like the GOP does with their members. ?Pelosi supports an anti-choice congressman over a progressive. It’s ?like they’re all in on it and just looking for excuses.
Biden has changed his stance on the filibuster...at least, in part.? He was calling for a carve out for voting rights.? He's been too slow to change course though, imo. He knows he's been burned, he ain't the fool he's accused of being and there are lots of signs he's changing his long-held beliefs.? I will admit that I don't have a lot of patience for the constant criticism of him by Democrats, etc. all over the media.? What the Republicans do is show a united front.? Right now, we need to do the same.? Stop with the bashing and go out there and talk about what he *has* done!? Hold him up!!? He's the only guy that could have beat tRump and thank God he ran.? Do we forget this quickly what the alternative was?? ? ?
I don't think Manchin and Sinema can easily be brought around, not at all.? How?? The White House and the Senate leadership have tried and tried hard.? Manchin has been Manchin forever.? And remember he voted with tRump at least 50% of the time.? He knows the line he walks and he's a political animal.? Sinema is drunk on her own power and where she thinks it will come from in the future...she's switched sides, imo.? She won't eliminate the filibuster and she "didn't vote" on the January 6th commission, the two most important things to our democracy.? We'll just have to get a bigger majority.? Pelosi is also a political animal.? She's trying to keep the House; she counts votes and doesn't think she needs him for that.? The progressives aren't going to win in Texas, yet.? The Hispanic vote is going Republican, according to the pollsters.? Unless Beto pulls off a miracle, which I truly hope.??Except he'd have that crazy legislature to deal with, but I like that he's loud.??
More men need to get in the fight on the ground for women's rights.? These are dark days.? I almost wish the Supreme Court would follow Thomas's agenda and continue to gut freedoms.? We've got to get motivated and stay motivated.? And stop eating our own, even if we don't agree with everything they stand for or are doing or not doing.? The alternative is hell.? ??
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