Posted on 10/27/2012 12:37:16 PM PDT by Arthurio
Yes, guns are one of the hot button issues, but so is gay marriage and abortion. The social issues are extremely important to W. Virginians. Coal, as you say, gets the press, but I know my people and they won’t vote for obama. Our Tea Party is made up of both parties and union members. They won’t sacrifice their values, even to a job. AFAIK, obama has not set a foot in WV.....ever.
If only it translates downballot. IIRC, the GOP hasn’t won the WV legislature since 1929 (back when it was a heavily GOP state, before FDR and the UMW turned it into a stagnant and corrupt Democrat backwater). Be nice to turn out the all-Democrat statewide bench and take Rahall and Manchin’s seats, too.
The state ghoul for our Tea Party is to work to flip the state house to GOP, or at least conservative. Like so many small states, the good ole boy network is entrenched in Charleston. We are changing that slowly with every election and we won’t stop. We are working to elect conservatives (GOP) down-ticket, especially locally, so those people will be in the stable to move on up in future elections.
We have a list of candidates that we are supporting and we hand out that list to our friends, family and neighbors. Our own leader is running for a Dist. Delegate (former Marine and one who can go far.)He has been in Charleston for three years just about every week, lobbying for our county as a private citizen. They already know him well.
Don’t know if Manchin can be beat. Our best hope for him is to shame him into switching parties. He’s a conservative, but has let the dems corrupt his values. He is loved by most folks in WV.
Don’t worry, the dems strangle hold on WV is coming unraveled.
I’m baffled by this claim that Manchin is a Conservative. His voting record has demonstrated he is quite certainly very liberal. Did you know he scored an 85% liberal rating from the ACU in 2011 ?
As I recall he did the liberal flip flop when he started running to replace the Byrd. When he ran for governor he was pro-life, pro-gun rights and anti-gay marriage. He ran the state as gov. as a fiscal conservative and balanced the budget leaving a surplus. He grew up in the coal fields and those folks are very socially conservative (religious). Knowing Joe, I feel that he is not happy with what he has done and has a guilt over it. That is why I keep writing to him with suggestions that he needs to repent and come over to the right side. He knows me and knows that I will preach to him. He is surely in need of repentance.
Still, it’s hard to take someone seriously as a “Conservative” when they’re voting wrong 85% of the time. Most of us here don’t much tolerate someone who votes 15% wrong, let alone 85%, and if he switched, it would be absurdly hypocrital of him given his voting record, and grossly opportunistic. I’d vote for Raese, even though he’s probably not the best candidate to run. It’s appalling WV hasn’t voted for a GOP Senator since 1956 (which holds the record for a state that has gone the longest without one at present).
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