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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 432664" data-attributes="member: 35">There&#039;s a theory known as the &quot;rotating villain.&quot;&nbsp; It&#039;s the idea that the only outcomes the Democratic party allows are those that it supports as a whole, and it selects members to vote certain ways based on who can most afford to take a bad vote to tank a proposal that the whole party opposes.&nbsp; E.g.&nbsp; Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema were the rotating villains who killed off Build Back Better in order to spare the broader Democratic party who wanted to both appear to support it to voters while actually desiring it to fail.As for the shutdown, the eight Dems who voted to end it probably weren&#039;t acting individually but &quot;drew the short straw&quot; on behalf of the party who wanted to end it overall.&nbsp; Of course, it just so happens that the senators who voted to reopen the government are either retiring or not up for election next year.&nbsp; Fortunately, people are wising up to their tricks.&nbsp; Trump and the GOP are also vile for screwing with people&#039;s healthcare and SNAP benefits, but the shutdown was about getting Dems through the elections rather than holding the Republicans accountable.&nbsp; At the end of the day, politicians only look out for themselves.&nbsp; It&#039;s called political theater for a reason, but we don&#039;t have to fall for the act.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 432664, member: 35"] There's a theory known as the "rotating villain." It's the idea that the only outcomes the Democratic party allows are those that it supports as a whole, and it selects members to vote certain ways based on who can most afford to take a bad vote to tank a proposal that the whole party opposes. E.g. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema were the rotating villains who killed off Build Back Better in order to spare the broader Democratic party who wanted to both appear to support it to voters while actually desiring it to fail. As for the shutdown, the eight Dems who voted to end it probably weren't acting individually but "drew the short straw" on behalf of the party who wanted to end it overall. Of course, it just so happens that the senators who voted to reopen the government are either retiring or not up for election next year. Fortunately, people are wising up to their tricks. Trump and the GOP are also vile for screwing with people's healthcare and SNAP benefits, but the shutdown was about getting Dems through the elections rather than holding the Republicans accountable. At the end of the day, politicians only look out for themselves. It's called political [I]theater[/I] for a reason, but we don't have to fall for the act. [/QUOTE]

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