West Virginia Democratic governor switches to GOP fucking bastard

[Watalapan]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/03/jim-justice-party-change-republican-241300
fox news all over

[renegade000]

1. He switched from R to D only a few years ago.

I'd take this as simply a propaganda ploy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. No surprise. He was a Republican until 2015 when he switched to Dem

to get campaign funds from the party (maybe more than the GOP would give him) to run for governor. He's a very wealthy coal mine owner; the GOP is certainly a better fit.

[vi5]

9. And of course we probably handed him said funds, no questions asked...

...no strings attached.

[Iggo]

13. Cause, hey, we gotta reach out to them conservadems, right?

[Orangepeel]

4. A rat jumping *on* the sinking ship?

Oh, well. Bye.

[Ilsa]

5. Don't let him back in, or at least, don't give him funds. Screw him. nt

[ADX]

6. Fuck him, good riddance...

...may the door hit him square in his duplicitous ass on the way out.

Bye-bye dickhead...

[Thrill]

7. How did he get elected? Hes. Billionaire coal guy

That has done nothing for the state. Republicans keep screwing W.V. but they seem to love it. lol

[vi5]

8. So wait, do we support him or not?

Or do we just do so only when he has a D after his name.

This all gets very confusing sometimes.

Any Dem is a good Dem......but WHEN they are a Dem?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. I'm not sure he was ever a good Dem. He ran as a Democrat

after a lifetime as a Republican because it was efficacious for him to do so. He doesn't need the party any more now that he won his election, so he can be a Republican again. It is not true that any Dem is necessarily a good Dem. This one was a fake from the get-go.

[vi5]

11. Yeah, exactly.

Which is why the "any dem is a good dem" crowd is so far off base and damaging to the party.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. He was an Republican. He "became" a Diem as a matter of self-serving electoral convenience

He was a Repub until two years ago. Then a Diem, and now a Repub again?

We owe him as much respect as for the dog turd you pick up in a back when walking with Fido.

[vi5]

20. Did we give him any money?

Did he get any support from the party as a whole?

[leftstreet]

14. He's sure a snappy dresser

[roamer65]

15. The Trumptanic needs a deck chair reshuffler.

They now have one.

[haele]

16. It's a game he played. He switched because he didn't want a primary battle.

Those tea party Republicans are viscous. Easier to win as a Dem against a progressive in an increasingly Red State. Then he'd let the GOP beat themselves up in the primary.

He might well think he has enough state acceptance he can now win a Senate Primary in the GOP to run against Manchin.


Haele

[OhioBlue]

17. They can have him.

Maybe he's going home to the R party, maybe he thinks it will help him, maybe Putin called in a favor... who knows.

[SharonClark]

18. The favorability of the Democratic Party just rose 5 points.

[Saboburns]

19. He has been a Republican before

No big loss here. He's no smarter than is Donald Trump.

[alarimer]

21. I've never seen rats jump ON a sinking ship before.

But this is why Democrats need to be wary of Republican party-switchers. They are mere opportunists, and will bolt again if their ransom isn't paid.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. +1

[Proud Liberal Dem]

22. Don't understand why ANYBODY wants to hitch their wagon to Trump

but whatever. He won't be able to come crawling back from this later IMHO.

[HAB911]

24. He must be dim witted to buy a ticket on the Titanic

knowing the ending to the movie