It is a BFD Kind of Day

 

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I just love this clip. pic.twitter.com/n1QSIHx8Ig

— PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) August 16, 2022

President Biden handed Senator Manchin that pen like he was awarding him "MVP" for this whole deal coming into focus, and as we all have heard in our workspaces--"Teamwork makes the Dream work." I'm just happy this thing passed so I can't be mad about anything Democrats did--not when Republicans exist, and stripped out provisions like the $35 a month cap on insulin. We have seen who they are and what they want--and it isn't good things for their constituents, apparently. 

In the meanwhile, the Biden Administration made hearing aids more available and affordable and cancelled the debt of people who took now-defunct ITT Tech courses. He wants to do good things that make a meaningful, positive effect on how Americans live. That is what I think a president should do and be. 

Our having Joe Biden as president is a BFD. He cares about people. I trust him. I did not trust the former guy. He never earned that trust and never did anything I thought was for us. I think his supporters are very confused about what he stood for. Trump tried to kill the ACA. Biden wants the ACA to work, and for prescription drugs to be more affordable. 

They are not the same. 

Once again, from my heart, I am telling you, there is no good reason to vote for Republicans ever, but definitely not this cycle. Joe Biden has a congress right now that lets him deliver good things. Republicans will never do good things, only retaliatory and culture war bullshit. Give him more Democrats, and better things will happen. I goddamn guarantee. 

Just Admit You Didn't Want To

 

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Sunday said that he could not vote to proceed on Democrats’ roughly $2 trillion spending package, dealing a potentially fatal political blow to the final piece of President Biden’s economic agenda. https://t.co/6MFbuz3w7L

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 19, 2021

"I can't do it." Huh. "I tried everything humanly possible." Hah. "I can't get there...this is a no."

Sure. I didn't see any gag on Sen. Manchin's mouth or leg irons on his legs preventing him. I'm not aware of any spell he was under that might have turned him into a toad if he voted for the bill. The thing he couldn't do was look his good lobbyist friends and his good fundraising friends in the eye and say, "I'm just going to do something that benefits my constituents." 

It would have been entirely humanly possible. He didn't want to do it. Now, there is some part of me that would love if three Christmas ghosts got on his case about this to change his mind in a Dickensian heart-warmer, but I don't think I see it. But if he didn't want to, and wasn't ever going to want to, he could have said so then, and he could admit it now. 

UPDATE:  How is he supposed to eeexxxxxpppllliaaainn it to West Virginia?

But sure, Joe Manchin is just representing his constituents. Got it. pic.twitter.com/xteA0uLjy0

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) December 19, 2021

Um. I don't know. Tell them they are right and it is good? He's been ridiculous this whole time.

UPDATE:  Wow. The message from the White House comes about as close to calling a member of the Presiden'ts own party a damn liar as they professionally could.