Originally published at: Joe Manchin admits he is a lost politician: "I don't know where in the hell I belong" | Boing Boing
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Sitting in the middle, enabling fascists?
It’s a bad place to be, but Manchin seems to be comfortable there.
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He belongs in the sea.
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Maybe you should step aside, Joe, for someone who does know where the hell they belong.
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IMO, where in Hell ‘he belongs’ is the Ninth Circle.
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If he did, Gov Justice would just appoint a hard-line Trumpist to replace him. This is a situation where the only real out is to flip another seat (or two) somewhere else so he does not have the influence and power he currently “enjoys.”
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Or create them, in D.C. and Puerto Rico. Or destroy them, in Dakota.
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I don’t know if Manchin will switch parties, but I am fairly certain that Sinema will.
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My ignorance of US politics is showing. In Canada, if a Member of Parliament resigns, a by-election is held in their riding to determine their replacement.
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I think the obvious and correct answer of where he belongs would have to be Not in office
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He clearly makes an excellent bottleneck or speedbump.
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The rules vary by state. Some are direct appointment, some are special election. IDK if there are any where it’s appointment-until-special-election.
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He’s clearly a moderate conservative who would have slotted into the old 1980’s Republican party quite well. He’s not close to centrist, though, even if he pretends to be.
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Manchin does a lot of “pretending” on the US tax payers dime.
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Hey Joe…
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Joe belongs in a coal mine.
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Someone much smarter than me proposed that 4 or 5 good-sized tech companies relocate to Wyoming. An influx of 50,000 or so educated voters ought to flip two Senate seats.
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