Keep Calm, And Go Big

It's not like Democrats will ever get credit for alleged fiscal prudence, so why bother?

Have a good weekend. 

The Manchin On The Hill

It's not like this will ever put him in good standing with MAGAstan. 

He and Sinema are, to use a phrase associated with V.I. Lenin (though, if you Google it, probably apocryphal), useful idiots, for Moscow Mitch. 

Nice going.

Show Business For Ugly People

Not a comment on Senator Sinema's appearance, but goddamn, even if a deal gets ironed out, playing political games during an ongoing pandemic/economic crisis, while there's also a fiscal cliff meltdown looming (and bullshit re: costs -- the proposals are affordable, and besides, if Bear Stearns, B of A, AIG, etc., are too big to fail, the reigning superpower is as well)...

The soap opera posturing alone is worth condemning. That's the ugly. 

Same with Manchin, and anyone else. 

The administration and the rest of the party have bent over backwards. 

Torpedoing this won't be a badge of independence. 

It will be the self-own of all time. 

Do they really think Mitch McConnell's going to have their back? 

If so ... another self-own. 

Geez. 

If Only There Was Some Reliable Way To Tell The People...

Sure, one or two stories is better than none, but where's the breathless rush to publish, followed by television appearances, followed by a Sunday feature, followed by...

Like say, when the topic was "her emails" ?

On a related note, sure, I might not be the best informed person on earth, but I make an effort, and only learned today via Shapiro that lots of common medicines were developed, tested, or improved using fetal cells. 

Maybe that should be emphasized every time someone raises a religious exemption to Covid vaccines...

Mint The Coin

And get it over with...

OK, or do one of the other options. 

And the goddamn press needs to call out hostage taking for what it is.