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Convicted ex-coal boss Blankenship to run for Senate

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Convicted ex-coal boss Blankenship to run for Senate | TheHill

A former coal company executive who was convicted for conspiracy to violate federal mine safety laws is running for the Senate in West Virginia.

Don Blankenship was CEO of Massey Energy Co. at the time of a 2010 disaster at its Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners. He was later convicted of charges stemming from the probe into the explosion.

Conrad Lucas, chairman of the West Virginia Republican Party, confirmed Wednesday that Blankenship is running. Charleston, W.Va., television station WCHS first reported the news, saying Blankenship had filed paperwork for the race.

Blankenship will face West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Rep. Evan Jenkins in the Republican primary.

If he wins the GOP nomination, he will face incumbent Democrat Joe Manchin, who was governor at the time of the disaster and a leading figure in denouncing Blankenship. Blankenship, in turn, has charged that Manchin was central to a political campaign against him.
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The Republican Party keeps on sinking lower. Moore will get elected, now this vermin shows up.
Not sure, but could the Party have revoked this persons membership stopping him from running in the Primary?
If so and they did not, they dropped the ball.
 
JANFU said:
Convicted ex-coal boss Blankenship to run for Senate | TheHill


The Republican Party keeps on sinking lower. Moore will get elected, now this vermin shows up.
Not sure, but could the Party have revoked this persons membership stopping him from running in the Primary?
If so and they did not, they dropped the ball.
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These days the Republican ethical bar is .... non-existent. *****-grabbers, child molesters, and convicts are welcome.
 
Rogue Valley said:
These days the Republican ethical bar is .... non-existent. *****-grabbers, child molesters, and convicts are welcome.
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Like Franken and Conyers? Oh, wait they're Liberals.
 
Manchin will wipe the floor with him if he gets the nomination. I don't see him making it out of the primaries. A lot of people hate the guy's guts.
 
apdst said:
Does it make you folks stop and wonder why you can't sell your agenda? Even for just a second?
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I think it's because there's no way to convince Republican voters that they shouldn't vote for someone who was convicted for playing a part in the death of 29 miners, or sexual predators. Meanwhile Democratic voters fold their hand at the first sign of controversy.
 
CMPancake said:
I think it's because there's no way to convince Republican voters that they shouldn't vote for someone who was convicted for playing a part in the death of 29 miners, or sexual predators. Meanwhile Democratic voters fold their hand at the first sign of controversy.
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I guess that's why Charlie Rangel got re-elected. And Bill Clinton.

I think the problem is, the Liberal brand is a non-starter for most folks.
 
apdst said:
I guess that's why Charlie Rangel got re-elected. And Bill Clinton.
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You literally posted two politicians who are no longer in office.

apdst said:
I think the problem is, the Liberal brand is a non-starter for most folks.
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Meanwhile, Hilary won a majority of the vote. Again, they just fail to appeal to the minority that believes it's acceptable to be negligent in the death of 29 miners. Or hustle thousand of Veterans out of their GI bill with a phony university.
 
CMPancake said:
You literally posted two politicians who are no longer in office.
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Irrelevant.



Meanwhile, Hilary won a majority of the vote. Again, they just fail to appeal to the minority that believes it's acceptable to be negligent in the death of 29 miners. Or hustle thousand of Veterans out of their GI bill with a phony university.
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You forgot about the thousand seats the Democrats lost since 2010.

Face it, the Liberal agenda has failed.
 
Rogue Valley said:
These days the Republican ethical bar is .... non-existent. *****-grabbers, child molesters, and convicts are welcome.
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I wish these idiots who have commandeered the Republican Party would follow their hero Donald Trump and the other alt-right trolls to their new party and leave the rest of us whose faces burn in shame when we tell people we're Republicans to try to repair the damage that's been done to the party.

The President's left brain Steve Bannon will no doubt add this disgusting man to his stable of other disgusting candidates, like the convicted felon in New York, the conspiracy theorist in Arizona and the teenage lusting freak in Alabama.
 
JANFU said:
Convicted ex-coal boss Blankenship to run for Senate | TheHill


The Republican Party keeps on sinking lower. Moore will get elected, now this vermin shows up.
Not sure, but could the Party have revoked this persons membership stopping him from running in the Primary?
If so and they did not, they dropped the ball.
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I believe the mantra of the GOP is: **** the law, diddle around with under age girls, be a BIG bigot, and start more wars. OK, got it .............
 
CMPancake said:
I think it's because there's no way to convince Republican voters that they shouldn't vote for someone who was convicted for playing a part in the death of 29 miners, or sexual predators. Meanwhile Democratic voters fold their hand at the first sign of controversy.
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I'm sure some of those dumbass hillbillies that lost family members in the mine disaster will vote for Blankenship just because he has a big (R) next to his name on the ballot.

(R) = RAPE ..................
 
Rogue Valley said:
These days the Republican ethical bar is .... non-existent. *****-grabbers, child molesters, and convicts are welcome.
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LOL. You might want to keep it in your pants at least until after the primary. :roll:

Also, can we judge the Democrats as a whole using the state of Detroit politics? :lamo
 
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