Joe Manchin faces massive backlash from constitutes back home after kav vote.
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/10/07/democrat-joe-manchin-faces-firestorm-home-after-voting-for-kavanaugh/577GGEznsXNyDQ4GGEIuEI/story.html
‘‘They weren’t going to be satisfied, or their healing process, until we convicted this person,’’ Manchin told The Associated Press. ‘‘I couldn’t do it. You talk about two wrongs trying to make a right. It just wasn’t in my heart and soul to do that.’’
One West Virginia Trump supporter, 74-year-old Linda Ferguson, explained the politics bluntly as she watched the parade at Saturday’s Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins.
"If he didn’t vote for Kavanaugh he could have kissed his seat goodbye,’’ Ferguson said.
In an interview, Morrisey called Democrats’ fight against Kavanaugh a ‘‘three-ring circus’’ that ‘‘energized a lot of people in West Virginia.’’
He acknowledged that Manchin voted the right way for the state, but called the vote ‘‘irrelevant’’ because another swing vote, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, had already given Kavanaugh the final vote he needed.
‘‘He waited until the last possible minute after Susan Collins declared for him to take a position, effectively allowing Maine to decide how West Virginia’s going to decide,’’ Morrisey charged. ‘‘We shouldn’t reward that kind of cowardice.’’
Chickenshit coward.
And he could be the decider between whether Schumer or McConnell become the 2019 majority leader.
Your job wasn't too convict Kavanaugh, you spineless worm. Your job was to recognize how bad for America it will be to have such a partisan supreme Court Justice in SCOTUS, to recognize that the investigation had been a sham, and do the right thing. You had one fucking job
Unfortunately because of how the Senate works conservative Democrats are still a thing there. Without em the Democrats would never, ever have a majority. The Democrat candidate in Tennessee said he'd vote
to confirm Kav too.
It wasn't a court you gaslighting piece of shit! It was a job interview, and he wouldn't even get a position at Wal-Mart if he acted the way he did to his hiring manager.
The organ you're looking for is neither a heart nor a soul, Machin. It's a fucking spine, you complete fucking coward.
Your job was to represent your constituents and defend the United States, not directly attack both.
There's that language painting the confirmation hearing, the test of character, the job interview as a judicial process again
I think I'll just call back to this reminder, it seems appropriate:
I would just like to take a moment to remind everyone of this man's opinions on whether or not a sitting president can be investigated
It is my opinion that he is a weapon to be used directly against the Mueller investigation
Timeline of obstruction against the Russian investigation
And I would like to take a moment to remind everyone about the influence of Putin's government and its ties to the Tinyhands administration
And I would like to once again call attention to this site compiling everything we know about the ties between Putin, Tinyhands and the Republican party
And while I'm at it, I'll call back to the latest in my reuses of this post, and strongly recommend leafing through the links
With the addition of:
Relevant comments and information on further Russian connections within the administration
Relevant comments and information on Brett Kavanugh and why he is unfit to be a judge
Reminder that this is all information freely available to Joe Average, helpfully compiled in places that require minimal digging by industrious individuals. Manchin is either feigning ignorance and voted to confirm anyway, or he actually is ignorant. It is my opinion that neither of these things are even remotely acceptable
Why not join the discussion? I've still got a post full of open questions relevant to the Kavanaugh situation, and I think I can just repurpose the post they're in directly, with modifications and additions denoted in italics:
Have you conducted any independent research on Kavanugh?
Looked into the allegations to any noteworthy extent?
How many of the allegations are you aware of?
Are you aware of how many individuals are willing to testify?
How much of the allegations are you familiar with?
What are your sources?
Where are you currently getting your information? Are there any particular outlets you favor? Any particular communities you rely on to aggregate your news? Do you know their sources?
Have you independently researched their sources?
Is it possible that you might not be getting the full story? If no, why not?
Is it possible that you are getting your news from biased sources that may not be giving you the whole truth? If no, why not?
How many of your news sources are affiliated with Sinclair Broadcasting, Rupert Murdoch, or the Koch brothers?
How many of your news sources have significant or otherwise noteworthy connections to Republican organizations? The Heritage foundation, for example?
Is there anything in particular that makes Kavanaugh worth defending? If yes, what is it? What are his qualifications?
Do you honestly believe he belongs on the Supreme Court?
Do you think he has conducted himself professionally and to the standards required of him by the Supreme Court?
Does his obvious partisan bias give you any cause for concern?
Have you got any input on the party that is so strongly defending him?
To close, out, Media Bias Fact Check is a useful tool to keep on hand when trawling sources and aggregators. It's important to take information with a grain of salt, and this can help you determine how large a grain it should be
Neither, voting against Kav would make his election much more competitive and he wants Republicans to vote for him and not Patrick Moressey.
Good, This oblivious DINO finally deserve backlash not just Left-wing members.
Moron probably sealed his fate. Many Democrats now won't vote for him and Republicans will vote Republican.
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