The vain old white man's vain old white man. He can change his demands on a whim for months, tell all 49 of his colleagues to fuck off, spread demonstrable bullshit about inflation & debt, crater his party's electoral chances ... but call him out for it? Whine, whine, whine.
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1473004688652083202
I'm sure some savvy types will draw from this the lesson that Biden & Dems should have just kept kissing Manchin's ass forever. The lesson I draw is that *Manchin is extremely sensitive to how he's viewed* & maybe making him a hero for being obstructionist was the wrong move.
It's too bad, of course, that the US political media lionized Manchin for months, cast his every whimsical new demand in the best light, & refused to call out his utter bullshit on inflation. Ideally, telling the truth about Manchin wouldn't be left to Biden. But here we are.
Before this, Biden kissed Manchin's ass. And kissed it. And kissed it. All while Manchin lied to his face & shifted around like a wet bar of soap.
What evidence is there that further ass kissing would have been enough? washingtonpost.com/politics/manch…
What evidence is there that further ass kissing would have been enough? washingtonpost.com/politics/manch…
My guess is, the reason Biden got pissed is that he promised Jayapal & progressives, in no uncertain terms, that he could get Manchin on board -- because that's what Manchin told him -- and now Manchin made a liar of him. He looks like an untrustworthy negotiator & he HATES that.
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