Moral Courage

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(01-20-2022, 07:49 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: While I am against the filibuster, myself, I haven't really been disparaging of Sinema and Manchin. I grumble about them, sure. As an Appalachian descendant of the OG rednecks I even feel like he is doing a disservice to his constituents (not just on this issue, but on many others). All of that being said, I am never one for toeing the party line. I'm a lefty, but very much not a Democrat. In the end, principles are all we have. People call me an ideologue sometimes for this, and that may be so. Anyway, if you can't make the vote happen there are many failures that had to take place. The Democrats should have been making their case well enough that they didn't have to rely on their slim margins.

Disclaimer: this post is pre-coffee. If is is non-sensiscal, this is why.

I guess what I can't understand is why the guy votes against what is best for his constituents on a regular basis.  If his ideals do not match up with what his supporters want or need how does he keep winning?  

But that goes into voters who regularly vote against their own best interests.

Personally I don't care so much that he doesn't blindly follow the party line but that his reasoning is rarely good as to why.  His concern of the deficit only seem to rear its head when it come to Democrat proposals.

Maybe he's just really, really principled and I can't understand the hair-thin line he uses to enforce those principles.

Sinema I don't understand at all.  Maybe because she's not as local as Manchin I get to see what he does more often.

Quick edit to add: I think you are saying they needed to win more seats if they wanted their policies to pass. I think that right in that if they held a bigger majority it wouldn't be as hard. But these bills still wouldn't pass if absolutely zero republicans will ever vote for them. And these voting rights bills that are being blocked by republicans will make winning even more difficult, IMHO.