Tuesday, January 15, 2013

West Virginia: Joe Manchin has sold you out

 

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 From a RTC Potomac vet:

Ladies and gentlemen of the WVCDL and West Virginia:

Today, around 3PM I met with Senator Manchin. In any conversation with a person of that level of power, there are two conversations that occur at once. The first is the obvious and direct meaning of what is spoken. The second conversation is the meaning between the lines. In this case, neither is good. West Virginia, in my opinion, you have been sold out.

First, let’s talk about the direct conversation. It’s very simple. Senator Manchin supports a three-pronged approach that includes universal background checks, including private sales. He supports mental health-care reform. And he supports magazine capacity limits, and possibly other restrictions.
Further, he stated to me directly, that he believes 75% of West Virginians, like him, believe that the only purposes behind gun ownership and the second amendment are hunting and recreational shooting. He told me that defense is not an angle he considers or believes in, and that is specifically in the context of defense of self, and defense from tyranny. Perhaps now you understand why I’ve been too angry to update you on the results of the meeting. In case you’re thinking of stopping here, it gets worse.

Senator Manchin told me what the media will do if Congress (including the US House of Representatives) fails to pass an AWB and/or mag restrictions. “They will one, by one, put up pictures of dead children. They will show the carnage.” Considering that tomorrow, President Obama will be exploiting children by dragging them on stage with him while he outlays his plan, this is not a huge leap. And these are the words of a United States senator. We, and I don’t mean just West Virginians, I mean Americans, must prepare for this. That is a direct quote. Verbatim. We need every talking head in the conservative media out in front of this. Make it happen. Share this post far and wide.

When it became clear that we were not going to find common ground, and that Senator Manchin intends to support magazine capacity limits and other pointless gun-control laws doomed to failure, I told the senator that we would be there. We would be at every single event. We would be at every fund-raiser. We would be there, and the content of our signs would not be pleasant.

And now we get to the second conversation. The one between the lines. When I said we would be there, he said, “there won’t be any events.”

This confused me. No politician runs for office without fund-raisers and events. And I have to admit, it wasn’t I that grasped the meaning of this. I want to be clear, that the following was not stated. This was deduced by a confidant of mine, and I think she is correct. Manchin was honest. There will be no events. Why would a US Senator not need funds? This is because there will be no campaign. Joe Manchin is too young to retire from a position of such power. What does that mean?


West Virginia, this means that Joe Manchin has sold you out. It means that he has accepted some position, likely promised by Barack Obama, to place his boot in your neck in exchange for power.

— Keith Morgan, President, WVCDL

14 comments:

  1. Another two-faced waste of oxygen. The man(?) cannot hold a stand. He was all for our rights until pressure was brought to bear. Gee, he stood tough until he had to say "I am sorry, I gotta change my position, it is hard you know, to deal with pressure......"
    Dang, we elect these paper thin characters that have no backbone.

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    1. A crying shame, but we shan't back down. He defeated Al Mollohan who was a fellow officer in my graduating class at Greenbrier and I certainly wasn't pleased with him bowing to Obama, but now we see that Manchin was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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  2. I am far less upset with old Joe. He is a Democrat after all. I think far more traitorous are all the damn Republicans rolling over like lap-dogs. Dear lord why can't we find and elect Republicans that once they get to Washington they continue to act like a Republican. You do not see ANY Democrats taking Republican positions. Sad fact is they are politicians which make them all reptiles.

    Badger

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    1. politicians which make them all reptiles.

      Practically all.

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  3. The question is was the offer made to Joe the individual, or Joe the Senator? Was there a sweeping offer made to ALL Senators? What about the Congressional Representatives?

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    1. Just a meeting between the group and him to find out the truth. He had already stated his position, but the last part is bad if factual.

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  4. If there are "no events", can we extrapolate "no elections"???

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    1. Or Obama offered him a job in the administration or elsewhere.

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    2. That was my first thought as well. Did he mean..... no future elections (for anyone)?
      Damned interesting days we live in.....

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    3. Yes ,though I would appreciate a little less interesting in this aspect.:)

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  5. “They will one, by one, put up pictures of dead children. "

    And then all bloggers post pics of dead Jews, Russians, Cambodians, North Koreans...

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    1. And then all bloggers post pics of dead Jews, Russians, Cambodians, North Koreans...

      Should start on that.

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  6. Manchin is a weasel, from a family of weasels. Those of us here WV know that. But, "Old Money" still wins elections among hill folk.
    We had 100+ people outside his office in 20 degree weather, within days of his flip-flop. He knows he can't come back and live here anymore.

    So it only makes sense he took the bribe, to stay in DC. Cabinet position maybe? Sec. of the Interior is open I hear.

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    1. There could be a positive if he leaves and that being you could possibly get a Patriot to replace him. Any ideas? By the way, I'll be in Lewisburg for my military school reunion in October. I believe you are far from there, correct

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