In a halfhearted effort to be fair and balanced. Let’s look
at the good side of Joe before we get to the point.
OK, the good stuff: um… well, he’s not a lawyer. That’s
always a step in the right direction. He represents a state owned and operated
by Big Coal and represents his corporate sponsors well. It’s always nice
when an elected official stands for the corporations who elected him.
Also, Wait a minute. Also…
Nah. That’s it.
He’s a registered Democrat and gets elected because the
republicans are too busy out trumping each other to figure out to topple him. So,
he stands out from the crowd.
And he’s in a really good position right now from a
politician’s perspective. A democrat in an evenly divided senate, meaning
his vote counts more than a person of that caliber from a state of that caliber
deserves.
So let’s all get together and kiss Joe’s… um… ring. He’s
sitting so pretty that he can topple the rest of his party by casting a “no”
vote. You can say that the United States Senate is coal-powered. You can
also say if the guy has a grain of sense, he’ll hire private security.
Operating behind a facade of representing his state, (“the
only people who can hire or fire me,” he says) he is the go to guy for getting
anything done in the Senate. He’s built a pretty good mousetrap.
The former Senator Biden of another small and relatively
inconsequential state is pretty good at glad handing his former legislative
colleagues and is trying his best to get a huge package of spending on social
and infrastructure repair approved. It seems to have worked. But the vote
hasn’t yet happened.
Now, it all depends on Joe Manchin.
Oh, some version of the Biden agenda will pass. It’s nice to
see Moscow Mitch sit on his hands and not count. But Manchin
counts. All he has to do to screw things up for America is wave the West
Virginia flag and vote with the disloyal opposition. No one person of any
affiliation belongs in that position.
I’m Wes Richards. My opinions are my own but you’re welcome
to them. ®
Any Questions? wesrichards@gmail.com
© WR 2021
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