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      The usual gang of idiots will throw their hat into the ring and no one will care. I’m only sad Lyndon LaRouche isn’t around anymore to give it another go.

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      Naturally it would be preposterous for him to be on the ticket for President, but the reason they continue to let him run for Congress is because he counts towards the Dems in terms of determining which party has the majority and therefore sets the agenda for that chamber of Congress. Without him, that particular part of WV would almost certainly go to the GOP and tip control of the Senate firmly in their favor.

      It’s a deal with a devil, and one that has burned the Dems more than once. But without him we’d probably be completely fucked.

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    The guy who spent the last 4 years campaigning for most hated Democrat on the hill thinks he has what it takes to win the Dems over?

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      Can he BE more of a Russian asset?!?

      After this visit, I am even more convinced that defeating Vladimir Putin and ending his ruthless war against the Ukrainian people must remain our top priority,” said Senator Manchin

      Considering this statement, I’m not sure where you got the Russian asset thing from. Is it just reflexive to call people Russian assets who want to destroy Putin?

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        Probably has more to do with fucking the Democratic Party and, by extension given Trump etm., America over than anything going on in Ukraine.

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    Shitbird who nobody likes weighs the possibility of proving to himself how seriously he isn’t taken.

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    Voters: Hey can we maybe get someone more progressive, I mean Harris is fine but Biden was actually a little bit left and that was pretty fuckin nice

    Voters: Like idk, not even like a new Bernie Sanders, we loved him but even like to a 20% level of that, nothing crazy

    Manchin: My time to shine, I think they’re gonna like this

    (Edit: I used to be making fun of Democrats with the last line, but some people gave me shit for it and rightly so, so I changed it)