We haven't not begun to go too far enough!

"Its my duty as a senator of a minor, under-
populated state to dictate national policy."

-Joe Manchin, President, apparently

But it's not like it failed failed right? The Women's Health Protection Act, I mean. Yeah, sure, Fifty-one Senate Republicans-well, fifty and Joe Manchin who's basically a Republican but whatever, voted against the bill which would have protected the right to an abortion once the Supreme Court gets through gutting Roe v Wade, but we knew this was going to happen. That wasn't the defeat. The defeat was when the GOP stole three seats on the Supreme Court--ok, two, but still. My point is Senate Democrats knew it wasn't going to pass. They're not great at a lot of things, but they can do math.

The idea was that everyone in the GOP and Joe Manchin, had to say to our collective face that they care more about pandering to shitty people and their horseshit GOP white victimhood narrative than they do about women. And they did. Because they do.

What? They attempted a coup. They're objectively shitty people. 

This, but with Republicans.

So I guess all I'm asking is that we stop calling this a defeat. Since the goal here was to put everyone in the Senate on record, it was, in that respect, a success. A few Senators, Manchin, Murkoski, and Collins, are all "we support codifying Roe v Wade but this bill went too far." Which, I mean, that's nonsense, right? Of course it doesn't go too far. Like, not to slippery slope here, but this is a slippery slope towards all kinds of right-wing wish-list bullshit.

A Federal abortion ban? Reversal of marriage equality? Mandatory Toby Keith concert attendance? Yeah, I know, it sounds crazy and alarmist, but so does letting three Supreme Court nominees lie to get confirmed and then strike down Roe v Wade. I have a hard time imagining what "going to far" looks like when it comes to protecting civil liberties. And besides, the one thing the current Democractic Party is not in any danger of is going to far.

Guys, seriously, we'll tell you when you've gone too far.