Joe Manchin: The One-Eyed King is Legally Blind/A Profile on Caving, Not Courage
Vol. II | Issue. 106 | August 1, 2022
I apologize… On December 23, 2021, I wrote a column “JOE MANCHIN: THE ONE-EYED KING” singing the praises of Joe Manchin, as a "Profile in Courage".
For those of you who read it, it arrogated to Manchin the status of one of these rare people in politics who had forsaken all personal gain and taken political risks to vote with his conscience or for a principle that he held dear.
The word "arrogate" means to falsely attribute, and that was my mistake. The article can be found here for your refreshment, however, to grant that status to Manchin was an egregious mistake on my part.
Manchin hails from West Virginia, a state of seemingly plain-speaking patriots, which voted for Donald Trump by a rough margin of 70-30 in 2016 and 2020. The economy of West Virginia is heavily dependent on the production of all types of energy: Coal, Electricity, and Natural Gas. It is logical, and perhaps even proper, that Manchin advocated for the direct interests of the people of West Virginia, who put him in his Senate seat. However, Joe steadfastly pretended to be a transcendent figure who would always put the country first, and never support any program like Joe B's "Build Back Better" multi-trillion plan, which would create rampant inflation and destroy the American Economy.
This makes Manchin’s newfound support of the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" chilling for two reasons:
First, the obvious… The squandering of hundreds of billions of dollars, much of which will be going to ‘woke’ and damaging “Climate Change” programs, moving us further in the direction that the Left is dictating i.e. American Marxism.
Secondly, because Manchin, the phony stalwart of plain speaking from a poor state that prides itself on its down-home authenticity, put his vote to support a program with the same goals as the Marxist "Build Back Better” program, but with the Orwellian name change: “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” …Wait, don’t hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending always reduce inflation?!… Manchin knows it's a lie, but still signed on the dotted line.
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, in its analysis, stated that the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” would have no impact on reducing inflation. We all know, of course, that the Left has no interest in reducing inflation or the egregious pain that it is causing America, except for the damage it will do them electorally.
We also now know that Joe Manchin, the plain-speaking, improperly celebrated, stalwart champion of The American Way, is just another political hack who held the Left hostage for just a little while to exact whatever political currency he could for himself.
Joe, you are no “Profile in Courage”… Your temporary manifestation of courage by keeping your finger in the dam to block "Build Back Better" was all a charade…
Yes, it’s true that in the land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King… But you are not the One-Eyed King, You are Legally Blind!
-Emes