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« on: August 03, 2017, 02:42:53 PM »
Trump's big announcement in Huntington, WV
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2017, 02:44:00 PM »
If Hillary was president, I could see both him and Manchin defecting.
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2017, 02:44:14 PM »
Weird timing. I guess he saw Trump's poll numbers and wanted to join him in the gutter.
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2017, 02:44:28 PM »
Rats are fleeing the sinking ship.
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2017, 02:44:34 PM »
The man's name is literally "Jim Justice," which I find amazing, because it makes him sound like the protagonist of 1940s Western radio serial.
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2017, 02:45:53 PM »
He was a Republican less than two years ago, so this isn't really a loss.
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« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2017, 02:46:03 PM »

Not quite, he still lives in West Virginia.
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« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2017, 02:46:59 PM »

Yes there have been a lot of departures from Trump's dump, previously the White House, lately, and hopefully the rest of the rats there soon follow.
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« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2017, 02:47:18 PM »
Quote from: Holmes on August 03, 2017, 02:44:14 PM
Weird timing. I guess he saw Trump's poll numbers and wanted to join him in the gutter.
Thinking the same
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« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2017, 02:47:41 PM »

I think you have that in reverse. A safe rat is heading straight first into a sinking ship.
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« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2017, 02:47:47 PM »
Did anyone else expect a rickrolled video when they clicked the link?
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« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2017, 02:47:52 PM »
Wooo!

Not a huge surprise, though, as some mentioned before.
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« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2017, 02:48:05 PM »
Well, that certainly makes "Justice Democrats" much less ambiguous.
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« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2017, 02:49:41 PM »
I'm gonna pull a Wulfric and say I was glad to endorse Charlotte Pritt in that race.
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« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2017, 02:50:31 PM »
Quote from: Hindsight is 2020 on August 03, 2017, 02:47:18 PM
Quote from: Holmes on August 03, 2017, 02:44:14 PM
Weird timing. I guess he saw Trump's poll numbers and wanted to join him in the gutter.
Thinking the same

Yes, in the gutter at 60% approval in WV. Very dumb indeed.
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« Reply #15 on: August 03, 2017, 02:50:52 PM »
Quote from: superbudgie1582 on August 03, 2017, 02:47:41 PM

I think you have that in reverse. A safe rat is heading straight first into a sinking ship.

Nah. Check the election.
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« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2017, 02:51:00 PM »

LOL, buddy just because I call out you thinking that 2016 trends are going to continue for decades to the point of a "WWC GOP" vs. a "Fairfax County Democratic Party" as hilariously stupid and void of historical perspective and even accuse you of wanting such a scenario from time to time doesn't mean I'm obsessed with this shlt.  Justice was a Republican before he was a Democrat, right?  Big ing deal, LOL.
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« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2017, 02:51:45 PM »
He was a Republican before 2015 and ran as a Dem in the primary to win against Cole. WV loves the GOP but votes in conservadem governors, maybe a Manchin holdover.

Now when does Manchin switch parties? I doubt he will under Trump but he may under a future president.
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« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2017, 02:53:04 PM »
Quote from: VirginiaModerate on August 03, 2017, 02:51:45 PM
He was a Republican before 2015 and ran as a Dem in the primary to win against Cole. WV loves the GOP but votes in conservadem governors, maybe a Manchin holdover.

Now when does Manchin switch parties? I doubt he will under Trump but he may under a future president.

Gonna go with never.
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« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2017, 02:53:23 PM »
Quote from: Fearless Leader X on August 03, 2017, 02:47:47 PM
Did anyone else expect a rickrolled video when they clicked the link?
It's 2017 so no
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« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2017, 02:53:31 PM »
When was the last time WV had a pub trifecta?
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« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2017, 02:53:35 PM »
Quote from: Holmes on August 03, 2017, 02:44:14 PM
Weird timing. I guess he saw Trump's poll numbers and wanted to join him in the gutter.

It's not like this is Maryland or something. It's freaking WV of all places.
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« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2017, 02:53:55 PM »
Quote from: SWE on August 03, 2017, 02:53:23 PM
Quote from: Fearless Leader X on August 03, 2017, 02:47:47 PM
Did anyone else expect a rickrolled video when they clicked the link?
It's 2017 so no

Fair
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« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2017, 02:54:10 PM »
Quote from: krazen1211 on August 03, 2017, 02:50:52 PM
Quote from: superbudgie1582 on August 03, 2017, 02:47:41 PM

I think you have that in reverse. A safe rat is heading straight first into a sinking ship.

Nah. Check the election.

Check the approval ratings.
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« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2017, 02:54:21 PM »
Quote from: PNM on August 03, 2017, 02:50:54 PM
Quote from: heatcharger on August 03, 2017, 02:49:41 PM
I'm gonna pull a Wulfric and say I was glad to endorse Charlotte Pritt in that race.
I just find it funny because he literally was a Republican until 2015, switched parties, beat two established Democrats in the primary, wins, and switches back. Quite the con job LOL

Yeah this is also kinda weird because Justice was squabbling with the GOP legislature not that long ago. I wonder what Potus (the poster) has to say.
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