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Lasher

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14. That is a fair assessment. The coal companies have always controlled the WV state government.

Reply to Botany (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 07:19 PM

Jan 2014

But Manchin is not just a toadie of WV coal and chemical companies. He is an economic neoliberal, just like Reagan and all who came after him. And yes, that includes our two Democratic Presidents, Clinton and Obama.

A lot of us have some real heavy work to do to turn things around.

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