Ran as Dem to get elected, voted as Rep to get richer

[packman]

[The Magistrate]

1. A Modern Take On An Old Line Of Mr. Truman's, Sir

"If you want to live like a Republican, vote for the Democrat."

[dalton99a]

2. Her life's accomplishment.

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Nothing beats the smell of MONEY. And Sinema's caught the scent. n/t

[Budi]

4. Hardly the only ones....

"Millionares & Billionares!"
We all got ourselves a PAC & we're all millionares now!

Now, name the rest of them.

[cilla4progress]

5. Is she capable

of shame?

In other words...does she have a conscience?

[Irish_Dem]

11. I am beginning to think not.

No shame, no conscience.

[gulliver]

6. 1) Vote Dem, 2) Don't motivate others to vote Republican, 3) Run candidates that win

We need more Senators

[aocommunalpunch]

13. That doesn't address the corruption angle. n/t

[calimary]

7. Every time I see either of their faces, I get angry all over again.

I gave these schmucks money when they were campaigning. So I feel like I'M at fault here, too.

I trusted them. They BOTH betrayed me. And I WILL NOT be donating to either of their campaigns EVER AGAIN.

[judesedit]

8. Please let them know it

[calimary]

21. I have done so! If I get only voicemail I leave a message about exactly that.

Leave a message if that’s all that can be done. Doubtful you can expect a real live human to answer the phone. But they take notice of how many calls are coming in and on which topics. If there’s something that starts to be pretty glaring, it’ll be “gee, there’s about 3 to 6 calls about x or y issue, but so far I’ve counted 132 on z. Make sure he/she knows…”

[Hortensis]

23. Sinema deceives and betrays the expectations she created.

She's still weaseling, trying to keep people from knowing what she's doing and who she is.

Manchin's what he's always been and said he was. He's very well known by now to WVans who've paid attention.

To me, a world of difference. I don't vote for politicians who deceive the electorate, at least once I realize what they are.

[monkeyman1]

9. it's a old republican trick. quietly sneak a republican as a dem in !

[Irish_Dem]

12. I wouldn't put it past Mitch Mc to stack the deck in his favor just in case he lost the senate.

[monkeyman1]

15. plus ,sneak buck's to 'm ! it's happened a lot in the past ,been caught to !!

[Irish_Dem]

17. Of course. Money is the glue that holds the whole system together.

And he offers them power as well...

[tikka]

10. I read somewhere that Sinema's first year financial statement

showed she had a net worth of $35k. Now it's close to a million. I would say that on a salary of $174K, it would be quite a trick to manage even with speeches, etc. Where are the Senate Ethics committee hearings on this?

Even if she only serves one term, she gets a pension to add to her lobbyist paycheck.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Some senators are not interested in service or statesmanship. It is about power and wealth.

They don't represent the voters, they represent themselves and the wealthy.

[monkeyman1]

18. AN congress critter's say they need a pay raise ?

[UCmeNdc]

16. Yes, 100% Go Al Frankin, but challenge a weak GOP Senator somewhere that is winable

Or a weak Dem Senator that will not support the Democratic Party president's agenda!

[brooklynite]

20. Why would Republicans and Independents vote for Franken in a State he's not known in?

He won (by a small margin) in MN where he lived. Name another State where he could be successful?

[brooklynite]

19. Meaningless meme...

Manchin has been a Democrat for decades, including serving as Governor. He’s just not as liberal as folks here like.

[Hortensis]

22. Sure. Manchin is openly a progressive conservative, as are most of WV's

Democrats who voted for him. He's liberal on some issues, but as you say not as left as all of us would like, and my guess is never beyond the 80M-voter liberal Democratic electorate -- as a few would like.