I read the comments from Sean Illing and James Carvile about the Democratic base having to automatically accept the repulsive Joe Manchin, ‘n oh man, both of you get your pallid asses over here, it’s time for a little chat.
You don’t talk to us that way. Understand? The issue is majority power in the Senate that must be retained despite gross treachery, disgusting indifference to the little people and searing betrayal to liberal democracy principles. That’s a very difficult thing to do with deep multiple ramifications, you don’t cluck at us that of course this must be instantly accepted for 50 votes.
Onlookers see the disgusting spectacle and note the abandonment of all principles for 50 votes, is the majority worth it to see this sparkling event as a way to attract independent voters? The base is naturally hurt at the rebuke, of course we understand the need for a Senate majority, but it cannot be shoved at us with no solution and no sympathy for how god-awful it all is.
A reminder of historical context is apparently necessary with you two, the base remembers how Clinton failed with healthcare and how Obama flopped on the stimulus. Here is another Democratic president and another god damn legislative failure to pass the most critical parts of the Democratic Party agenda, you talk to us if past failure never happened and ho hum oh well too bad Joe Manchin crashed it all again, we have to grovel for his vote.
No, we do not, not at 54 Senate votes. 20 Republicans are up for Senate re-election this year, if we pick up 4 votes for 2023 Manchin and Sinema are out, drop-kick their Party status freaking out to 52 Senate votes. Their treachery has smashed base morale and thrust an impossible situation upon us, some basic comprehension of the situation and a solution is called for, not this maddening clucking that the base is naive not to understand West Virginia would of course produce a Manchin, shut up and take it for 50 votes.
Something must and will be done, if we get 54 Senate votes the base and the Party will not wait for a hypothetical election solution, this evolution of Democratic Party betrayal will have consequences. Those two disgusting excuses for Democratic Party membership are and will not be us and only a Senate majority would ever make us accept them.
Look, you’re both very good guys and James is a Party legend, somehow y’all didn’t comprehend this cannot be another evolution of blue dog acceptance, not in this time and place. I don’t drink, if we met you’d never have a beer with me anyway, but we’re on the same side, dudes, just keep some knowledge present about what the Party base has gone through.
You’re also not the only ones to get a talking-to, for all those snotty souls out there preaching patience at the glacial failure to prosecute Trump, Jesus, shut up! How is it possible not to see something has gone terribly wrong here? Trump is completely busted open-and-shut for Georgia election interference and obstruction of justice in the Mueller report, obviously a decision has been made Trump is above the law and to wait out all the complaining.
It’s a disaster in multiple dimensions as I’ve written before, but we’ve also seen this movie with the Mueller report, endless self-congratulations of patience with preaching to grow up for the rest of that ends up with nothing but awful failure. My god, get it, if you’re preaching patience for prosecuting Trump you’re wrong, lost and part of the problem.
Finally, I would respectfully request President Biden never to call the climate crisis an existential threat again, the base has heard and seen for 20 years how catastrophic it all is, my god it’s weird and sick to hear the endless doom proclamations without a solution being implemented.
It’s beating our people down and seriously depressing the younger generations, we’re not leaving them a livable planet. If we don’t immediately start to hear how we’re fixing it more and more of our people will tune us out and leave us, it’s the only rational thing for a human to do.
No it’s not fair, sir, but the fates of time handed you this situation of treachery, crime and crisis, things are far from normal or headed in the right direction, the old days of just saying empty words and thinking it will work are way over.