'democrat' joe manchin shows his true spine.

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MONDAY:

The NRA’s A-rated West Virginia Senator called for a ban on assault weapons on Monday’s Morning Joe, following the tragic shootings in Newtown, Conn.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., called for a bipartisan conversation on reforming gun laws.

“I’m a proud outdoors-man and huntsman, like many Americans, and I like shooting, but this doesn’t make sense,” Manchin said. “I don’t know anyone in the sporting and hunting arena who goes out with an assault rifle; I don’t know anyone who needs 30 rounds in the clip to go hunting.”

http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/17/nra-endorsed-sen-joe-manchin-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/

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WEDNESDAY:

Joe Manchin: ‘I’m so proud of the NRA’

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who suggested earlier in the week that the time had come for some gun control restrictions, said on Wednesday that he’s “not supporting a ban on anything” and he repeatedly defended and praised the NRA.

“I’m not supporting a ban on anything. I’m supporting a conversation on everything,” Manchin said on West Virginia MetroNews.

Manchin has an ‘A’ rating from the NRA, and applauded the group’s decision to hold a press conference Friday where they’ve promised to offer “meaningful contributions.”

“I can’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to any of the things,” Manchin added when asked if he would support restrictions on magazine size or an assault weapons band. “Because all I’ve asked for, I want the NRA to tell me why we have any weapon you might want. Is there any grounds or any changes or anything they would like to look at? I don’t know. I can’t even get a conversation to have responsible people at the party, if you will, or the table, to finally come out with a conclusion.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/joe-manchin-im-so-proud-of-the-nra-85311.html#ixzz2Fd90WnRk

[GeorgeGist]

1. Deep thinker

[WCGreen]

2. Chicken Shit....

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin

if you know anything about West Virginia, or about the South in general, you'd realise that the fact that he's calling for any review of existing gun laws with an eye to some new regulation is a pretty big thing. You're talking about a state that's overwhelmingly white, and overwhelmingly rural, and that voted for Romney in the last election by a margin of 27% (all of these factors are social/cultural indicators of a greater propensity to gun ownership). A liberal who expressed strong views on the need for immediate gun control would not be elected in West Virginia. So you know, it's better to recognise that it's important that he's saying "something needs to be done", even if it's not exactly what you want to hear.

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5. that's what he said yesterday. by next week, that'll be gone. spineless.

he's Pro-life; pro-NRA; anti-EPA.

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4. There can still be meaningful regs without selective gun bans

Its true

[Taverner]

6. It's called "playing both sides"