Posted on 08/08/2017 5:11:38 AM PDT by Zakeet
In no uncertain terms, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said he isn't going to toe the party line on every policy issue, just because he's up for re-election.
"I don't give a sh*t, you understand? I just don't give a sh*t," he told the Charleston Gazette-Mail Sunday. "Don't care if I get elected, don't care if I get defeated, how about that. If they think because I'm up for election, that I can be wrangled into voting for sh*t that I don't like and can't explain, they're all crazy."
He continued: "I'm not scared of an election, let's put it that way. Elections do not bother me or scare me. I'm going to continue to do the same thing Ive always done, extremely independent."
Manchin made the comments in response to pushback he received for not signing on to a letter establishing the Democratic Party's three main policy positions tax reform.
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“The republicans obviously, currently dont have, in fact, a majority now do they?”
The Republicans seated a conservative judge on the Supreme Court. Before the Republicans could again gain a majority, the Court will have been packed with Leftists for the next forty years, in case enough Republicans agree to cut off their nose to spite their face.
Actually, it’s 25 dems up for re-election next year, if you count the two so-called “Independents”......Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine, both of whom vote like RATS and caucus with them, too.
Maine’s conservative governor, Paul LePage, is term-limited from running for governor again next year. He’s been hinting of a challenge to Angus King, and would have an excellent chance of defeating King in November of next year.
FUJM
As a West Virginian, I don’t want Joe Manchin to flip parties, I want him defeated. If he flipped, at best he would be a McCain/Graham RINO. Better to defeat him and replace him with a real conservative (along with RINO Caputo).
He's a total 0bamorrhoid d'Rat. Don't be fooled.
AMEN, BROTHER!!!
He is completely full of it. Not toeing the party line will actually increase his chances of being reelected.
Manchin, with his daughter’s Epipen price hike, looks like a loser especially after getting on the wrong side of West Virginians who side with the NRA.
As annoying as those 2, plus Flake, Snowe, and Lisa M are, we need those votes for getting judicial nominees among others through. If we get 62+ seats in the senate, then you can start talking about kicking out a couple of RINOs.
Keepin’ it classy there, Joe.
Sen. Manchin still has the vocabulary of a Democrat ...
When people resort to using foul language you know they are under extreme pressure.
Manchin’s poll numbers must really look bad.
Yes, you are correct about the “Indies”—really Dems in disguise.
Would love to see LePage beat King next year.
And Big Media is in an uproar over his language! (oh wait, he is a Dem. Never mind)
Hey, Joe, I give a sh*t about your re-election. In fact I can give it to you right now!
:^)
Odd, he never said that before......................re-election time.............
"HE JUST DOESN'T GIVE A SH*T"
Paid for by the Manchin Doesn't Give a Sh*t Committee.
Its all about you Joe.
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Bingo! With politicians, its always about them. Most are narcissists who crave attention and see holding office as an end in itself.
As a West Virginian, I dont want Joe Manchin to flip parties, I want him defeated. If he flipped, at best he would be a McCain/Graham RINO. Better to defeat him and replace him with a real conservative (along with RINO Caputo)..
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Agree. We don’t want him flipping just for political reasons. Vote him out.
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