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Title: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: walkstall on August 03, 2017, 07:02:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedod2F56fc
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Ms.Independence on August 03, 2017, 08:46:01 PM
I sat and watched this rally (which is a first for me) and Trump continues to draw large crowds of passionate supporters. His speech energized the crowd with continued promises and in particular the crowd was extremely receptive to the notion of investigating Hillary. I only wish they'd be able to get rid of some of the clowns behind him when he speaks as they are very distracting.  I was glad to hear that the governor switched from DEM to GOP (his suit was terrible) and hope that it's a continuing occurrence throughout the nation. 
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Cryptic Bert on August 03, 2017, 09:08:54 PM
SO his wife will no longer have to abort all their children...
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: supsalemgr on August 04, 2017, 04:58:47 AM
Quote from: walkstall on August 03, 2017, 07:02:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedod2F56fc

What a profile in courage in WV.
Title: Dims converting to RINOs
Post by: Hoofer on August 04, 2017, 05:26:57 AM
If you switch from the Democrat to the Republican Party .... what's the chance you'll behave like a RINO?

You're state swings behind Trump, and it looks like you're political career is gonna be -over- next election unless you can cut off a viable GOP challenger.   What's a desperate Dim got left?   Rip the popular POTUS and alienate yourself from the voters in West Virginia?   Stage a "come to Jesus moment", switch parties.... go with the flow... the political winds are shifting... 

What would've happened if Trump was TEA?  ...would we get candidates who's seat is "in play" declaring they see-the-light and are TEA?

sigh... for a democrat to switch to republican today, it's just a flip of a letter, replace the "D" with an "R".  completely painless.
Title: Re: Dims converting to RINOs
Post by: Solar on August 04, 2017, 07:07:08 AM
Quote from: Hoofer on August 04, 2017, 05:26:57 AM
If you switch from the Democrat to the Republican Party .... what's the chance you'll behave like a RINO?

You're state swings behind Trump, and it looks like you're political career is gonna be -over- next election unless you can cut off a viable GOP challenger.   What's a desperate Dim got left?   Rip the popular POTUS and alienate yourself from the voters in West Virginia?   Stage a "come to Jesus moment", switch parties.... go with the flow... the political winds are shifting... 

What would've happened if Trump was TEA?  ...would we get candidates who's seat is "in play" declaring they see-the-light and are TEA?

sigh... for a democrat to switch to republican today, it's just a flip of a letter, replace the "D" with an "R".  completely painless.
Yeah, he'll probably fit right in with the likes of McStain and Lindsy, her butt boy.
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Billy's bayonet on August 04, 2017, 01:02:46 PM
He's an asshole....along with Joe "Jihadi" Manchin who was the former Governor and supposedly a Trump supporter. These two guys get big bucks from "Coal" and right now "Coal" is pissed over the failure to dump Obamaocare which really screws over the miners (black lung etc). Manchin knows he won't be re-elected even though he supports "Coal" and gave West Virginia open and concealed carry with or without a permit. That's why he ain't switchin'.

If The Gov gets re-elected he'll switch back to a Dem.
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Solar on August 04, 2017, 01:59:43 PM
Quote from: Billy's bayonet on August 04, 2017, 01:02:46 PM
He's an asshole....along with Joe "Jihadi" Manchin who was the former Governor and supposedly a Trump supporter. These two guys get big bucks from "Coal" and right now "Coal" is pissed over the failure to dump Obamaocare which really screws over the miners (black lung etc). Manchin knows he won't be re-elected even though he supports "Coal" and gave West Virginia open and concealed carry with or without a permit. That's why he ain't switchin'.

If The Gov gets re-elected he'll switch back to a Dem.
Yep, matters not what side of the fence you slither under, you're still scum for lack of values in the first place. This guy is an opportunist playing to soulless, ignorant drooling Trumpanzees who eat that shit up.
Title: Re: Dims converting to RINOs
Post by: je_freedom on August 07, 2017, 08:51:08 AM
Quote from: Hoofer on August 04, 2017, 05:26:57 AM
If you switch from the Democrat to the Republican Party .... what's the chance you'll behave like a RINO?

You're state swings behind Trump, and it looks like you're political career is gonna be -over- next election unless you can cut off a viable GOP challenger.   What's a desperate Dim got left?   Rip the popular POTUS and alienate yourself from the voters in West Virginia?   Stage a "come to Jesus moment", switch parties.... go with the flow... the political winds are shifting... 

What would've happened if Trump was TEA?  ...would we get candidates who's seat is "in play" declaring they see-the-light and are TEA?

sigh... for a democrat to switch to republican today, it's just a flip of a letter, replace the "D" with an "R".  completely painless.

If I lived in West Virginia, I might know more about this guy.
But he's pretty much a blank to me.
The bold paragraph above pretty well nails it.

Maybe the big story here is that the political winds are changing.
The state that kept Robert KKK Byrd in the Senate for 50 years
is now voting Trump by a clear margin.
They FINALLY caught on that the Democrats are not their friend!
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: SkippingWithScissors on August 08, 2017, 02:08:45 PM
I think this illustrates how so many politicians are more interested in staying in office than their beliefs.
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Solar on August 08, 2017, 04:08:43 PM
Quote from: SkippingWithScissors on August 08, 2017, 02:08:45 PM
I think this illustrates how so many politicians are more interested in staying in office than their beliefs.
Yep, a never ending battle, which is why we need a part time Legislature and a public entity that has the power to cut all their God Damned perks.
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Cryptic Bert on August 08, 2017, 04:25:17 PM
The GOP won another seat when there wasn't even an election. The democrats are that bad.
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: walkstall on August 08, 2017, 04:45:14 PM
Quote from: The Boo Man... on August 08, 2017, 04:25:17 PM
The GOP won another seat when there wasn't even an election. The democrats are that bad.

Myself I see a democrat just become a RINO.
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Hoofer on August 08, 2017, 05:04:20 PM
Quote from: walkstall on August 08, 2017, 04:45:14 PM
Myself I see a democrat just become a RINO.

A nine year old thinking he's in the Washington Zoo, "Look Ma!  A baby RINO!!!"

"Yep, they're not really born, they're sort of switched, like trans-gendered, like those bathrooms - if you feel like a Democrat, OK, feel like a RINO, OK, feel like TEA... Oh, that's really, really naughty!"
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Cryptic Bert on August 08, 2017, 05:09:15 PM
Quote from: walkstall on August 08, 2017, 04:45:14 PM
Myself I see a democrat just become a RINO.

Or a democrat become a closet democrat.
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Hoofer on August 08, 2017, 05:10:54 PM
Quote from: The Boo Man... on August 08, 2017, 05:09:15 PM
Or a democrat become a closet democrat.
Sharing the same space with McCain and Graham... cozy little threesome!
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: walkstall on August 08, 2017, 07:41:30 PM
Quote from: The Boo Man... on August 08, 2017, 05:09:15 PM
Or a democrat become a closet democrat.


Every time they vote they come out of the closet.   
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: walkstall on August 08, 2017, 07:43:31 PM
Quote from: Hoofer on August 08, 2017, 05:10:54 PM
Sharing the same space with McCain and Graham... cozy little threesome!

Who on?  Oh forget it.   :lol:
Title: Re: West Virginia governor switches to GOP
Post by: Hoofer on August 12, 2017, 06:07:25 AM
Well, well, well.... what have we got here...?  The newly switched Dem to RINO might have an opportunity to either completely sabotage the Trump agenda, or bolster it with a Senatorial pick?

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2017-08-11/manchin-is-said-to-emerge-as-possible-pick-for-energy-department

QuoteSome White House and Republican officials are exploring the idea of putting West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin in charge of the Energy Department, according to four people familiar with the discussions, a move that could boost President Donald Trump's stalled legislative agenda.

If Manchin were offered and accepted the position, that would allow West Virginia's Governor Jim Justice -- a newly minted Republican -- to appoint a GOP successor and bring the party a vote closer in the Senate to being able to repeal Obamacare.

Wait a sec... we thought Rick Perry was...?

QuotePerry was named Energy Secretary instead, and it's unclear whether he would be open to taking another position in the administration. He has been among the candidates considered to replace John Kelly at the Department of Homeland Security, according to three people familiar with the deliberations. Kelly, who became White House chief of staff last week, and Trump haven't yet decided who should succeed him as Homeland Security secretary.

Perry has not been a seamless fit with the Energy Department, where the two most recent secretaries had Ph.D.s in physics. Perry was an animal science major at Texas A&M, and he advocated abolishing the department during his own presidential bid. The Air Force veteran was initially under consideration to lead the Pentagon under Trump.

The original Constitutional way to fill Senatorial seats, was by the State government, not popular votes.   This is another way to do that, find another angry Democrat in West Virginia, pissed off at Obama's anti-coal rants, and appoint him/her as a RINO to finally finish off Obamacare.  Yeah, sounds risky to me too!!!   Why didn't Manchin just vote with the Republicans to repeal Obamacare, and prove he was a worthy pick for Trump's semi-conservative agenda???   (because like pigs, Dems wallow in the same mire, regardless of who pissed in it.)

Here's more to consider:
Manchin is appointed EPA secretary, his chances of re-election in WV are nil, why not take the gig?   Governor Jim Justice appoints a "Republican", or enough of one to repeal Obamacare - the deed is done.   Trump tells Manchin, "You're gonna have a job, the Hatchet Man.  EPA is first, gut it, get rid of it in 3 years, and I'll appoint you to another position - deal?   Fail and I fire you, you're 100% done as a politician, forever."