Instead, they'll have their asses kissed their entire careers, transition seamlessly from Congress to high-dollar lobbying, and die rich. In US public life, shitty behavior is rewarded & pro-social behavior is punished.
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Joe Manchin & Kyrsten Sinema are going to be responsible -- about as close to single-handedly responsible as history ever gets -- for the crumbling of US democracy into quasi-authoritarian minority rule. They deserve eternal scorn & contempt.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voting-rights-for-the-people/2021/05/16/bb65909a-b458-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html …
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OK, yes, to be clear: THE GOP is responsible for rising illiberalism & the crumbling of US democracy. Republicans are adults who could choose to behave differently. That said, Manchin & Sinema have the choice to stop it or to let it happen. They're letting it happen.
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The system of democracy shouldn’t depend on two Senators. If Warnock or Osoff had lost, what would be happening now?
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That the tragedy of the Senate. It’s both the example and the cause
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This takes the blame away from 50 other Senators equally responsible.
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No, it really doesn't.
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The republicans are the invading force. Manchin is a democratic defender abandoning his post. His desertion means the Democrats can't stop Republican state gerrymandering that will likely return control of the Senate to Republicans. So yeah, his name will be near the top.
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What about the 50 Rs? No scorn & contempt for them?
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The scorn and contempt for them goes without saying. They continue to have Rs after their names in 2021.
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