Is Anyone Else Deleting More Than Posting Today?

[ProudLib72]

Good God it is difficult to maintain "civility" and not break forum rules.

[Lunabell]

1. My hatred of joe manchin

Got me in trouble and I didn't give one fuck!

[ProudLib72]

2. Completely understandable

I may have gone off on him a little yesterday, too.

[YessirAtsaFact]

3. Hating Joe Manchin is irrational. Manchin's vote on Kav was meaningless and good politics in WV.

Once Susan Collins decided to vote yes, the confirmation was a done deal.

[Lunabell]

4. Thank you for mansplaining my irrationality.

[YessirAtsaFact]

8. I was simply stating an opinion

I don't see any rational reason to be pissed at Joe.

If we could have stopped the nomination and he voted with the pugs, that would have pissed me off, but that wasn't the case. Once Flake flaked out and Collins took off her moderate mask and voted Yes, it was over.

Joe couldn't stop the nomination with a no vote and and he's up for reelection in a state the OrangeTurd is popular. He made a political calculation.

We need him to keep his seat if we are to have any chance of flipping the senate.

Regarding mansplaining, anybody pissed off with Manchin right now is being irrational, it isn't gender specific. It certainly wasn't personal to you. I've made the same argument using pretty much the same language several times since the vote.

[Lunabell]

9. Again with the mansplaining.

Thank you. I'm so irrational. I can't be pms'ing. Must be my menopause.

[YessirAtsaFact]

10. It appears that any argument presented to you right now is mansplaining

So I'm not going to continue this conversation.

[Lunabell]

11. Good

[moriah]

13. Only if Murkowski would have voted "Present" in the roll call had he voted Nay, vs...

... voting No and then withdrawing her vote.

He was in a position to force her to do exactly that to get the nomination through, and show that her and Collins both really don't care about sexual assault victims even if they pretended to through all of this. I don't know if Pence could have broken a tie created by a Murkowski "present" on roll call, if that's allowed by Senate rules. But it would have forced it to be a total Republican call.

Yes, it might have seemed like dirty pool, but then again they could have waited for the cloture vote until Monday. Saying he was a yes and letting dude go to the wedding after all yes, may have seemed mean, and made Murkowski do exactly that out of alleged "congeniality" to combat it.

But it would have been something. Taking a stand. Courage of convictions. Which seem to be lacking so often.

Ultimately it's up to the voters of WV if they'll send him back, and I am honestly not sure whether demotivating a person's base is the best strategy to keep a shaky Dem seat in a red state. I'd hold my nose to vote for him if I lived in WV over a Republican in the hopes of getting a Senate majority, but there is always turnout to consider. How many women will feel betrayed vs Republicans content to stay home?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. I posted I think once and deleted twice. Don't have the patience to deal with bullshit today. And

for the most part I still like this place.

[ProudLib72]

7. Yes, everyone has their dander up today

By the middle of the week, we may get back to business as usual (hopefully).

[donkeypoofed]

6. I've put a poster or two on Ignore

I just can't deal with extra b.s. today - turns out my basket is full up!

[eleny]

12. At first I thought you meant deleting threads or putting people on ignore

Now I get it. Yes, I sure have.

[Raine]

14. I put up a post them deleted it

I was worried I would end up banned if I had left it.