Depending on where he lives, he may need to work tons of jobs to be able to afford to live on his own.
I don't know the details, just saying, no sense casting judgement without knowing any details.
I'll pick out the points I think are against him:
He's got his BA.
Worked for the last two years driving uber eats and door dash.
Turning 26 and still has no real jobs on his resume.
Still lives with mommy.
Plays video games most days, only working when he needs money to pay his credit cards.
In my opinion ( granted I am older) that is just being a lazy bum. But whatever. He wouldn't be doing this crap unless his parent(s) allowed it.
It's rather a bit more complicated than that. You have no idea what it's like out there for young people. The US isn't what it was when you were young, decades ago, largely due to GOP economic policy and corporate ransacking.
It's a psychological mess. He's been coddled his whole life, being raised as an only child by a single parent. There is co-dependency and enabling going on. The young man has the emotional maturity of a 10-12 year old. Nobody can talk to him and help straighten him out because mama bear comes to his "rescue". The whole family from grandpa, to aunts and uncles have to walk on egg shells around him, lest they upset him and sent him into a panic attack. He doesn't deal with even constructive criticism. There is a dynamic at work that is going to require some intervening factor or the trajectory of his life isn't going to change.
He doesn't socialize, doesn't go out with buddies, doesn't have any buddies, except a 400lb woman he went to grade school with. Seems he spends all his time hanging out with mom. Mom still does things he should be doing for himself, like laundry, dishing up his own food, pouring his own drinks. Mom does everything for him. He has no household chores, never has. Doesn't date, so we don't know his orientation, although he comes off as a bit effeminate, or wussy. Mom created this problem.
He's a POS. He's looking left and right for excuses as to why he's not in agreement. He's been flip-flopping so much on which parts of it he's against that I forgot he's Joe Manchin and not Lindsey Graham 😡Lol in his issued statement Manchin dings the climate provisions because of the Texas blackout, which was caused by a massive failure of the natural gas infrastructure.
What a fucking clown.
He's a POS. He's looking left and right for excuses as to why he's not in agreement. He's been flip-flopping so much on which parts of it he's against that I forgot he's Joe Manchin and not Lindsey Graham 😡
Throwing him out of the party is about the stupidest thing you could do. Have fun with Senate Majority Mitch McConnell with that move.
Or have fun with "Democrats are completely useless, they are in the majority and get NOTHING done. Might as well not bother with 2022" which is what is going to happen.
I doubt the public cares much about the details of the Senate.
It is squarely the President who gets blamed. Regardless of the fact that American Presidents are actually powerless to do anything about it.
Fact is, President Biden is a lame duck President squarely because we lack the votes in the Senate. The midterms are almost certainly going to turn sour against him for this. Making the situation even worse, and the Presidency a complete waste. Aside from avoiding the institutional damage a Republican would do in office.
American Democracy is broken because you can win an election and hold zero power to effect change. The "people" cannot actually attain what they want. Even in times of apparent crisis. Our civilization is likely doomed.
There's a lot of "did Biden lie to the progs or did Manchin lie to Biden" talk happening now and this, if accurate, puts the blame squarely on the latter:
The real question is whether it would have been better to shoot for the moon and potentially see the entire spending package fail (most likely result) rather than drag along this charade. Was this the better outcome politically? Time will tell, but I highly doubt it. I still think that separating the bills was the right thing to do, all things considered, but I could be wrong.
There's a lot of "did Biden lie to the progs or did Manchin lie to Biden" talk happening now and this, if accurate, puts the blame squarely on the latter:
To go on Fox to do it is telling enough what the true answer is.
I think there is a strong possibility he tries to flip to the Republicans to try and save his seat.
Trust nothing from Manchin, be happy about whatever we get from him, because it won't be much.
IMO, the debate is whether to go hard smearing and primaring him to sabotage him for his disloyalty as a warning to the rest of the caucus.
If voting reform stalls, burn him to the ground, but winning more senate seats in 22 and 24 is mission #1.
I'm not even sure he runs again in 24, especially if he isn't likely to enjoy this level of leverage. Dude is rich and in his mid 70s.
If I am Biden I squeeze out what I can from him and just blame everything left by the wayside on him. He has quite conveniently almost entirely facilitated the latter part of this with his Fox appearance and the statement.
All of this. We are in the sunset of this grand experiment. Really quite sad.I doubt the public cares much about the details of the Senate.
It is squarely the President who gets blamed. Regardless of the fact that American Presidents are actually powerless to do anything about it.
Fact is, President Biden is a lame duck President squarely because we lack the votes in the Senate. The midterms are almost certainly going to turn sour against him for this. Making the situation even worse, and the Presidency a complete waste. Aside from avoiding the institutional damage a Republican would do in office.
American Democracy is broken because you can win an election and hold zero power to effect change. The "people" cannot actually attain what they want. Even in times of apparent crisis. Our civilization is likely doomed.
All of this. We are in the sunset of this grand experiment. Really quite sad.