Alstein
6367
The folks who run CNN/MSNBC. (not necessarily referring to the workers)
Personally, I think those folks want to achieve metrics that maximize their incentive bonuses. They want eyeballs. Biden winning but not accomplishing anything probably doesnât, on its own, produce news or attract eyeballs. Ditto Biden raising SNAP benefits.
What does attract eyeballs is e.g. Republicans saying outrageous things about Biden. So youâre going to see a lot of that on any media outlet.
abrandt
6369
Ding ding ding! All the sensationalist stories and outrageous quotes win out over covering real substantive things that people should really know about.
Scuzz
6370
Just like Limbaugh said (I think he said it) that his ratings went up under a Dem president.
ShivaX
6371
Menzo
6372
I have my doubts Manchin will support this. I truly believe he is planning to switch to the Republican party in January 2023 and voting for this would hurt him.
Timex
6373
I donât see Manchin abandoning a lifelong career as a moderate democrat to jump on the GOP, which is now just the Trump party.
Perhaps he could have been some kind of more traditional moderate Republican, but I donât see him fitting in with the crackpot Trumpists who have seized control of the GOP now.
ShivaX
6374
Theyâd just primary him.
I could see a scenario where he becomes a right-wing hero and then sneaks in.
But theyâll still primary him the second he doesnât toe the line anyway.
Heh, no kidding. As Michael Steele noted last night, even those people like that GOP Senator (Rounds?) from one of the Dakotas who recently acknowledged that Biden won fair and square, when asked whether theyâd support Trump if he were the nominee in '24, have to robotically reply that âtheyâll support the Republican nomineeâ as if Trump himself werenât front and center in spreading the lie that he somehow really won.
Menzo
6376
In any case, a Republican congressional majority will nuke the filibuster and kill this bill (not applicable in 2024, natch) the second they need to anyway.
If their only course to maintaining power is destroying democracy, we know which they will choose.
The election of Bill Clinton took Rush to the next level. He was all over the fucking place in the early '90s.
I just struggle to understand how amending the Electoral Count Act prevents Republicans from ignoring the provisions of the amended Electoral Count Act anyway. Their plan was to ignore it before. Their plan can be to ignore it again. The only real question us whether they have the votes to ignore it successfully.
Houngan
6379
Right, and also the whole concept of anti-whoever firebrands, I donât really recall that being a thing prior, at least at his reach. I was still in my pupal âfuck 'em allâ phase back then and remember being delighted that someone was taking the establishment to task so loudly. Yes, I regret everything.
My college roommate used Rush on the radio as his wake up alarm every morning. Fortunately he turned out to be an OK guyâŚ
Alstein
6381
I was raised on right-wing radio. Witches and 90s anime converted me out of that.
Iâm trying to parse this. LikeâŚactual human wiccans? Or like, Charmed reruns?
Alstein
6383
Just finding a group of friends through accidentally following an interesting witch girl (of both types) and discovering some fun stuff that led to me waiting to follow in the footsteps eventually.
Timex
6384
So this is the plan: debate voting rights in the floor of the Senate, and use that debate to convince Sinema and Manchin.
Menzo
6385
So crazy it might just work!
Or probably not.
But I like using floor debate for an actual debate, even if it probably wonât convince anyone of anything.
Timex
6386
Perhaps not, but it gives the opportunity to force the Republicans to argue against the bill in public, which can MAYBE create room for Sinema and Manchin to support reforming the filibuster.
Or, perhaps even more likely, forces the Republicans to refuse to even put forth a real argument, this exposing the impossibility of compromise.
Itâs pretty much the best option you got.
