More Rats Jump Ship… Two More Democrats Will Skip DNC Convention

The rats are jumping ship.

(Conservative Views)

Two more Democrats told reporters that they will not attend the DNC Convention this year.
Obama is too toxic.
The Daily reported, via FOX Nation:

Vulnerable Democrats looking to distance themselves from President Obama have found an easy way to bolster their independent bona fides: just skip Obama’s big party.

At least half a dozen Democratic officials have said in recent days that they won’t attend the Democratic National Convention this September in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the president will formally receive the party’s nomination for a second term. The latest: New York Democratic Reps. Bill Owens and Kathy Hochul, both of whom won special elections in recent years – in 2009 and 2011, respectively – that were heralded by party leaders.

“I guarantee that my time will be better spent meeting the farmers, small business owners and other people who put me here,” Hochul told The Daily today.

A spokesman for Owens gave a similar explanation.

“He just has a packed schedule back home,” he said.

This comes on the heels of Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Critz saying he’d opt out, and a trio of West Virginia Democrats — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall — all doing the same.

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#1 June 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Are these two still calling themselves Democrats?

If so, then they haven’t “jumped ship”. To make that happen would take miracles.

They’ve just moved away from the Captain, and the bridge. Sadly, they are still on the ship, confident that it’s the right ship…

…unaware that it’s a demon ship from Hell, guided by laughing demons, who have been given control — for a time.
#4 June 20, 2012 at 4:20 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

…and I think that many are actually afraid, with good reasons, to really “jump ship”.

If we are as far along the totalitarian path as I think we are, every single Democrat has a lot, potentially, to legitimately Fear. Not just for the possible elimination of reputations or livelihoods, but even for their lives, and the lives of everyone they love.

The closer we get to full-on totalitarianism, the more fear rules the day in the halls of government.
#5 June 20, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Sasja commented:

So true, Taqiy.

To jump ship they would have to be leaving the demoncrat party, which they are not. I haven’t checked out the races in their districts but get a sense it must be tight since they are trying to distance themselves from their Devil. We’ll see, come November, if the voters got some sense and voted their sorry butts out.
#6 June 20, 2012 at 4:44 pm
anti-bho commented:

there’s lots of ‘em runnin’ scared, you can bet.
#7 June 20, 2012 at 4:45 pm
valerie commented:

If they don’t run as Independents, they haven’t jumped ship. Party matters, this time around. We need candidates, and while they don’t have to be Republican, but they cannot be Democrats at the national level. Of all the races, the Senate ones are the most important.

So, anybody know the story about Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia?

http://www.wvnstv.com/story/18838174/sen-manchin-delivers-speech-on-reigning-in-the-epa

Could he be persuade to “jump ship?” Is there a good candidate to run against him?
#8 June 20, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Mad Hatter commented:

Are these Democrats skipping the Charlotte Convention, or is this a silent boycott?
#9 June 20, 2012 at 5:01 pm
KornKing commented:

#8
Just not bold enough to “own” their positions, not uncommon for Dems to talk one way at home and behave another in DC, so they have to distance themselves from King Urkel.
#10 June 20, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

#8 Mad Hatter

They just don’t want to be seen with those running the ship.

They are (and these are the only two possibilities) too afraid, or too stupid, to really jump ship.

That water is COLD.
#11 June 20, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Guys in Suits and Dark Shades: “Thinking about leaving the Party, Congressman?”

Congressman: “Well, kinda, yeah….”

Guys in Suits and Dark Shades pulls out envelope, removes photos of Congressman’s wife from envelope, from an obviously covert angle

Guys in Suits and Dark Shades: pulls out laptop and begins playing video:

VIDEO: Black Ford LTD Crown Vic pulls up to Congressman’s house.
Guys in Suits and Dark Shades exit vehicle, open passenger door. Two little kids jump out

…Little Kid #1 (laughing and hugging one Guy): “Thanks for the trip to the zoo, Uncle Jim!”
…Little Kid #2: “Can we do this again sometime soon?

End VIDEO.

Congressman: “I wasn’t thinking ANYTHING OF THE SORT!”

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This is how it is, now.
#12 June 20, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

In the Soviet Union, and in Mao’s China, the greatest motivator in the halls of power was fear.

If you were in the Government in ANY capacity, you lived your life in fear — fear that your family and all those you know and love would be killed or worked to death or imprisoned until dead, if the Government found out, OR EVEN SUSPECTED, you were “disloyal” to the Party.

THAT’S WHERE WE ARE AT, NOW.

And it will be evident to all, and soon.
#13 June 20, 2012 at 5:35 pm
SeniorD commented:

“More ‘cRats jump ship” – fixed the headline for you. No charge.
#14 June 20, 2012 at 5:52 pm
tommy mc donnell commented:

would not attending the conventation really make someone vote for them. the democrats supported everything obama did. they as much at fault as he is for the shape the government is in.
#15 June 20, 2012 at 5:58 pm
democraps suck commented:

They may not be there in person…but they will vote for the Kenyan turd come November
#16 June 20, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Restless commented:

Well, this obviously means they’re racists!
#17 June 20, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Katie commented:

“A spokesman for Owens gave a similar explanation.

“He just has a packed schedule back home,” he said.”
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There’s a bit of irony in that statement, isn’t there? They’d do well to think of their country, and not their Party in November.
#18 June 20, 2012 at 7:12 pm
SeniorD commented:

Katie,

It is a matter of Established Rule that anyone elected to Congress shall immediately stop serving their subjects at home, excpet for junkets, elections and retirement, in favor of The Party.

This Rule applies to all members regardless of political party.
#19 June 20, 2012 at 8:29 pm
dunce commented:

The people are going to have to go on record on the Holder contempt charge or some how miss the votes by conveniently being elsewhere on business. Even if they duck the vote, they can be asked about the issue over the next few months. That is just one bucket of slop they have to carry thanks to obama.