Joe Manchin's argument fundamentally rests on the ludicrous premise that the lack of support to the solution to the problem, which comes entirely from the party loudly acting to create the problem, is a failing not of the party creating the problem, but rather of the solution. 
"Not one member of the opposing team has agreed to help us win this football game, therefore our strategy must be flawed."
"Not one hijacker has agreed to work with us to regain control of this airplane. We simply need to be more convincing, or the strife may increase."
"Not one hijacker has agreed to work with us to regain control of this airplane. We simply need to be more convincing, or the strife may increase."
You cannot find a solution by working with people who want to cause the problem.
You cannot find a solution by working with people who want to cause the problem.
You cannot find a solution by working with people who want to cause the problem.
You cannot find a solution by working with people who want to cause the problem.
You cannot find a solution by working with people who want to cause the problem.
Not a repeaty-tweet guy but geez.
Manchin's politics boil down to "no matter what the results of any election, no matter the mandate, no matter the clear and present danger, for Democrats to govern, Republicans must first be asked permission."
It’s the ur-expression of empty soulless centrist ideology, that our goals and intentions and outcomes are insignificant beside to the one great principle of seeming agreeable.
What we agree to is immaterial; it can be anything. It matters only that we agree.
What we agree to is immaterial; it can be anything. It matters only that we agree.
Centrists always frame this as level-headed pragmatism.
But a true pragmatist, having a pragmatist’s care for goals and outcomes, would note that disruptive opposition consistently drives results, while centrism produces terrible outcomes.
For example: centrism led us here.
But a true pragmatist, having a pragmatist’s care for goals and outcomes, would note that disruptive opposition consistently drives results, while centrism produces terrible outcomes.
For example: centrism led us here.
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