Posted on 10/04/2018 1:02:19 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) signaled in an interview published Thursday that decades-old sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh will not play a major role in his vote on the judges Supreme Court confirmation. Manchin, a key Democrat swing vote, lamented the Senate Judiciary Committees handling of its investigation into allegations against Kavanaugh, describing the previous few weeks as horrible and a circus.
I am looking at the gentleman as an adult from 22 to 53, thirty-one years of professional service, Manchin told Al-Jazeera. I am looking at him as a father. As a person in a community, how he interacts with his community. I am trying to put the human side to it.
The red state Democrat made similar remarks told Fox News Chad Pergram Wednesday afternoon.
Manchins remarks come as Democrat Senators have begun ratcheting up criticism of the FBIs findings. Sen. Chris Coons (D-CT) expressed concern Thursday morning that the agency did not interview Kavanaugh or his first accuser, California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford.
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This drives me crazy. Now, whenever I see a politician from the south, why does he always have a northeastern accent? It drives me CRAZY. When was the last time you heard a southern senator from NJ???
[Before casting his vote, he will have already informed the powers that be on the democrat side, that if they dare seek revenge on him for his vote, he’ll switch parties and add to the republican red wave.]
No. Manchin is tied in his race. He was up 10 pts a few weeks ago. Failing to say hes yes BK has cost him the lead.
He votes no and hes torpedoed.
I know it was a Union supporter but we Yanks think of it as a southern state if not a deep South state.
[Well, I wouldn’t exactly call West Virginia the South but we did have this Governor and then Senator from NY named Rockefeller ]
He is trying to figure out which way he will lose more votes.
Born and raised NYC boy here and still never thought of WV as the South...or I would NOT have moved here.
Not that I have anything against the South, just not sure how they would take to a NYC Catholic with an Italian name.
};^)
He votes yes and he's torpedoed. To win re-election, he is going to need Democrat and Republican votes. So who can he piss off more and still win?
Unless he casts the deciding vote, I don’t think it will matter here which way he goes.
jmo
Manchin’s family (and he) are from Farmington WV. That’s deep in coal country. Not defending Manchin I want to see him and his hypocrisy go. Unfortunately him being a native and his family deeply embedded in the state is probably why he is going to win. Morrissey is an “out-of-stater”, Maryland I think (Born in NJ) and is a former lobbyist. I am told his wife is still is a lobbyist (Pharmaceutical lobbyist!) and they maintain a house in NoVA. (Wiki says to care for an aged father who has since died. That fact will get lost in the whirlwind!) All of that will not play well here. I expect Manchin to exploit it. If its close, its likely to be enough to keep Manchin in office. I hope I am wrong.
This is what I am hearing from people since I moved back!
Please don’t apply logic to this and point out that Byrd was born in NC. That was a different era, might as well as been a different galaxy too! Current perception is what matters. Jenkins would have been a better choice to go up against Manchin.
Source please.
Jenkins has got a good gig now. Might even be more lucrative.
Hey Joe, right this minute your constituents are checking YOUR record from your hazy past. Sauce for the goose, etc.....
[Not that I have anything against the South, just not sure how they would take to a NYC Catholic with an Italian name.]
What are you talking about?
Are you sure you read all my #88?
[What are you talking about?
Are you sure you read all my #88? ]
Bunch of nonsense. He’s just deciding whether he’ll dare to defy the will of his constituents or not.
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