[Sam_Damon]

Somehow this got missed from FReeper attention.

[Gay State Conservative]

IOW he’s trying to get the Rat elected...out of spite.

[Trump20162020]

Don’t care, no one is going to vote for him and he’s likely not going to get on the ballot anyway.

[centurion316]

There was an earlier thread reporting this turn of events. The real question is what will be done about this and how will it be resolved. He is clearly violating the Sore Loser Law, but if he is on the ballot, the law means nothing.

[originalbuckeye]

Yes. He obviously wants the Dem to win.

[Buckeye McFrog]

It stinks, but sore loser laws are Constitutionally problematic.

[montag813]

Send this fat murderer back to jail

[NorthMountain]

The man is scum. He lost the Rep primary miserably, but is too much of an arrogant jerk to accept that. One of his cronies asked me to sign his ballot access petition when I left DMV a couple weeks ago. I told the person to pound sand.

PATRICK MORRISEY FOR US SENATE!!!

[Nifster]

It was posted a while ago. Had a different title

This turd is so egocentric he only sees himself. Refuses to face facts

[MountainWalker]

I’m not sure it’ll have the impact everyone thinks. WV is a weird state that is heavily old school Democratic as opposed to the new international socialist variety who dominate their party in Washington.

Trump carried the state with something like 70% of the vote but Manchin remains the slight favorite. At first blush, it doesn’t make sense. The national Democrat brand is becoming toxic, which is why Governor Justice switched parties to the GOP. But, he’s also switched back and forth through the years. So, take from it what you will.

But, Manchin has bucked his party enough to survive his last election, and I suspect that he will again, whether or not Blankenship gets on the ballot. His opponent is originally from NY, grew up in NJ and Manchin is from WV. It’s weird and dumb that it should make a difference, but from what I hear, it does. Blankenship grew up in WV and is a familiar name, so he might well siphon off more votes from Manchin than Morrisey. I’d like to see some 3-way polling, but who really know how useful polling is anymore.

[deport]

Somehow this got missed from FReeper attention.

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Well try these two threads if you be interested....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3656888/posts
Blankenship Says He’ll Run Third-Party In West Virginia Senate Race ^
May 21, 2018
84 Comments

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3656975/posts
Don Blankenship announces spoiler’s bid in West Virginia Senate race ^
May 21, 2018
36 Comments

[Impy]

///////In a statement posted on Facebook, Blankenship conceded that he does not expect the filing to be certified due to West Virginia's "sore loser" law that prohibits candidates that lost in a primary to run in the general election, but that he believes his name will be on the ballot in November.///////

WTH? That's like saying, "I don't expect to sleep with Scarlett Johansson but I believe I will be the father of her child".

The law is clear, this *ickwad should be barred from the ballot.