Letter: Parker sounding like McConnell in column against HR1 to the editor FacebookTwitterEmail FILE. Letter writer says, 'Kathleen Parker's column 'Manchin stands up for bipartisanship,' April 11, might have as easily been titled 'Manchin stands up for dial telephones.' Both dial telephones and bipartisanship seemed to have become as good as extinct a generation ago'. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)John Carl D'Annibale Kathleen Parker's column "Manchin stands up for bipartisanship," April 11, might have as easily been titled "Manchin stands up for dial telephones." Both dial telephones and bipartisanship seemed to have become as good as extinct a generation ago.