Liar Joe Manchin Votes For Obamacare His Second Month in Office
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 5:57 AM
In late 2010 Joe Manchin released an ad painting himself as a gun-toting conservative who was ready to repeal Obamacare and vote against cap-and-trade.
Of course, it was all a lie.
Liberal democrat Manchin voted for Obamacare last week with the rest of the democrats.
Creating Orweillian World View reported:
In a 47-51, party line vote with two Senators Lieberman (CT) and Warner (VA) abstaining Democrats proved that there is no such animal as a Conservative Democrat.
The utter failure of the Republican Party’s ability to politic like Democrats in order get votes from the other side notwithstanding, not one Democrat voted to repeal Obamacare even if their constituencies demand its repeal.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO) voted with Democrats against 71% of her fellow Missourians who cast ballots against Obamacare last August. Sen. Ben Nelson’s (NE) state is 2-to-1 against Obamacare yet he voted with Democrats blocking Obamacare’s appeal.
Joe Manchin represented himself as a conservative to be elected Senator of West Virginia over his Republican challenger John Raese. West Virginians now know that had they elected a Republican they would have been one vote closer to repealing Obamacare. (see article)
Of course, the fact that a liberal democrat would lie through his teeth in order to win an election surprises no one.
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Granny commented:
Manchin and McCaskill are both prominently mentioned in this story over Politico as being the “New Dem Threat to Health Care”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49031.html
thegoldman commented:
Will it be remembered 6 years from now ? He’s betting you don’t…
ProLifer commented:
Thank you, West Virginians. I guess you really are “hicks”!
american patriot commented:
There are lots of rules to learn in politics, but the rule number #1 is,
NEVER, EVER, VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT.
NEVER, EVER!
Wolf T. commented:
Manchin is up in 2012. He is just filling the KKKers last 2 years of term. Will WV’s remember this vote? Only if the republican candidate continuously reminds them of it!
Warthog commented:
@#2 February 8, 2011 at 8:58 am
thegoldman commented:
Will it be remembered 6 years from now ? He’s betting you don’t…
Actually, this was the special election to fill Byrd’s seat. He’s up for re-election in 2012. This will still be fresh on voter’s mind how he stood with Obama.
jomojava the infidel commented:
Why is this a surprise?
It’s the Democrat version of taqiyya.
In most cases, they could never be totally honest about who they are/what they believe and still get elected.
Gimme a Break commented:
The problem with WV is that the Republican party is really weak. Other than Shelly Moore Capito, the GOP has trouble finding strong candidates. They keep trotting out a Raese or Warner every few years and keep losing to a Kleagle, Munchkin, or Rockadollar. Maybe Capito or new District 1 Congressman David McKinley will emerge as a legitimate challenger to No-Show Joe in ’12 but it’ll be tough.
Paul in N. AL commented:
Another easy mark (WV) for Democrats and they proved it.
Theadora commented:
Why would anyone believe a democrat?
After all this time, there is just no excuse for it.
wow commented:
Did anyone expect anything else? All he was worried about was being elected… nothing more, nothing less.
Beef commented:
Manchin can keep voting with Obama and still get reelected. All he has to do is run an ad a month before the election with him holding a gun and saying he’s a con-ser-vuh-tive and his Republican opponent is a plutocrat and he’ll win handily.
West Virginians are stuck in 1936 when it comes to party affiliation.
Beef commented:
Democrat’s ability to lie about their positions in order to get elected is a function of their control of the media. Republicans have to run on who they are and put up with false smears. Democrats can run on who they have to be and will have any unpleasantries ignored by their allies in the press.
OnTheOtherHand commented:
He only said he would repeal the “bad parts” of ObamaCare. Didn’t anyone ever think to ask him what he considered the bad parts? That ad sure left weasel room. Had he a savvy opponent, they might have tried to get him on record as to what those “bad parts” were (of course, no one had read it). Otherwise, they just vote for the candidate who repeats the talking points they want to hear.
If we keep allowing these fluffy mean-what-you-want-to-hear phrases to charm us, the next thing you know, we’ll have a progressive in the White House.
Betsy Ross commented:
Once again, Republican voters fall right into the role of Charlie Brown being duped by Lucy the Liberal who promises, promises, promises that she will not yank the football.
mercador commented:
These democrat senators are no different then their leader, in that they lie as a way of life. To them it is ok to lie to the infidels. In this way they are just like their leader. They will lie right in your face. It should surprise no one.
StrangernFiction commented:
“In a 47-51, party line vote with two Senators Lieberman (CT) and Warner (VA) abstaining Democrats proved that there is no such animal as a Conservative Democrat.”
Hell, there aren’t too many conservative Republicans.
templar knight commented:
I’m not going to criticize my friends in W. Virginia, as years and years of voting patterns are not easily disturbed. I live in Arkansas, and this past election finally broke the backs of the Democratic Party. And it took years of hard work to do it. We(and I mean the Republican Party) have just about reached parity with the Democrats in state officeholders, and that is the key to long-term control, not the national officials.
What we found to be the major problems in Arkansas probably apply to W. Virginia. Political dynasties and political connections favor the Democrats, the Democrats have tons of money compared to Republicans, and the old media are all pro-Democratic. It’s tough, and takes a lot of hard work to win.
Our Senator from Arkansas, Mark Pryor, also voted with his fellow Democrats. I talked to his office the day before the vote, and they told me he hadn’t made up his mind, which told me that he would vote not to repeal. The day after the vote we started to work on defeating this guy, and it’s an uphill battle. He wouldn’t have voted for the bill had the polls shown it to be dangerous for his reelection. So, we have called a meeting of the local TEA Party and the Republican Committee, and are ramping up the pressure. We will see where that goes.
Oh, yeah, as an aside, Mike Ross, the only Democratic Representative left in Arkansas, was one of three Democrats who voted to repeal Obamacare. We didn’t win that race, but we turned Mike Ross into a conservative again, at least for now. Suffice it to say we are watching him closely.
NC Cop commented:
“There are lots of rules to learn in politics, but the rule number #1 is,
NEVER, EVER, VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT.
NEVER, EVER!”
Bingo!!! After watching their behavior during the Iraq war, I vowed to NEVER vote for a democrat no matter what they say. They are proven cowards and liars.
Tank commented:
The current GOP leadership is useless.
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