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Manchin and Sinema wouldn’t go to Davos to do that, they shovel all their shit on the senate floor.
Once they leave office, they will likely get board seats and lobbying opportunities that will fill their wallets to overflowing.

The two were speaking on a panel about U.S. foreign and domestic policy at the Davos World Economic Forum on Tuesday. Sinema argued that the current levels of partisanship in government are not “healthy for democracy,” and then Manchin asked if they still agreed on not getting rid of the filibuster.
“That’s correct,” Sinema said, and the pair high-fived.

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Sinema, meanwhile, appears to have undergone an ideological 180 since coming to Capitol Hill, seemingly jettisoning the progressive beliefs she previously espoused. She went viral for voting with a flippant thumbs-down against increasing the minimum wage—despite previously being vocal in support of raising it. The Arizona Democratic Party censured her for opposing the removal of the filibuster and accused her of cozying up to wealthy donors instead of fighting for her own constituents.
She was already deeply unpopular across party lines in Arizona, and since switching from Democratic to Independent in December, it has only gotten worse. A recent Morning Consult poll found that Sinema is one of the most unpopular senators in the entire country. >

$$$ is a very powerful drug. Her ambition drove her, not ideals. She has no decency. Manchin? Also a money worshiper. I don’t think he ever pretended to be anything but. >

Definitely rubbed off on manchins daughter as well. She's a big time money first at any cost kind of gal >

Even at the expense of kids dying of allergic reactions. >

Beyond fucked up. She started as a clerk and worked her way up while lying about her resume after Manchin mentioned it to an executive. 
It's an incredibly different version of the human species. I just can't fathom thinking let's make epipens go up 461% over 9 years and nodding in agreement. Gas would cost like 18 dollars a gallon in a 9 year span of that happened. Legit, not even oil executives have the balls to pull what she did.....and Joe Manchin was fine with it >

This just makes me fucking sick.
They might not be the violent conspiracy theorists that have overtaken the right, but they sure as shit didn’t mind protecting and enabling them while fucking over the people and environment. >

Sinema seems like she simply lied about positions to get elected.
But Manchin is I think the best we can get from West Virgina. It is a red state. They had more liberal candidates that they didn't elect.
If you are liberal, you should be pretty happy you have Manchin who at least sides with dems on some issues over a republican who would do a lot more to work against the agenda.
Manchin represents his electorate and he probably does so in the way the majority want him to. >

I appreciate that Machin votes for Dem leadership and judges, and understand his overall voting record is better than whatever fucking ghoul WV republicans would nominate, but that doesn't change the fact that he is a total piece of shit who makes objectively horrible decisions for his constituents. >

If he is voting the way he said he would and they elected him because he said he would vote that way, then he is doing his job.
If the voters are electing people who say they will do things that are against their best interest, then that is a problem with the voters, not with the person they elected.
If Manchin changes the way he votes, he simply will lose his seat. If your view is that the way he is voting is bad, you should be blaming the West Virginians for electing him. >

There is a problem with both. 
Manchin is a regressive force in the Senate, both in process and substance. He blocks reforming the filibuster, and has to performatively extra his pound of flesh (in the form of tens/hundreds of billions of dollars less to help the American people) from every piece of progressive legislation, while also advocating in favor of fossil fuels. It's comparatively better than a vanilla republican, but it's still awful. 
But yes, of course, the voters are partially to blame. They get some credit for picking Manchin over the GOP, but they're still picking an awful public servant. >

I don't really see a better outcome though. If he doesn't vote for coal and oil and for lower spending, then he will be breaking campaign promises and get voted out.
Maybe even disenfranchising democrats and helping get a republican in there in the future.
Like if the voters want someone who is anti-government spending and pro-oil, but also pro liberal justices, what do you want the representative to do?
Break all the campaign promises and go down in a blaze of liberal glory? That trick would only work once. >

I mostly agree with you and I think we're basically talking about different things. I get that he has to do some of this to please voters, but at the same time his pro-fossil fuel nonsense also benefits him personally. 
On the whole, I'm of course happy that he is the Senator from WV rather than a Republican, even just in terms of leadership votes and confirming judges. He might be the best we could reasonably expect out of the state at this time. 
My issue remains though, in a vacuum, he is an awful public servant, and his views and actions are terrible for the country. >

Being an asshole  pays so much better than tirelessly working for the ungrateful public. >

They wouldn’t be in Davos if they weren’t pieces of shit. >

Not true, they are many upstanding people in Davos right now, they are just serving the champagne, hors d'oeuvre, and cleaning the shit out of the stables.