Manchin Apologizes for Missing Votes - Democratic Underground

jefferson_dem

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Tue Dec-21-10 08:50 PM
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Manchin Apologizes for Missing Votes

Manchin Apologizes for Missing Votes

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) apologized for missing two key votes over the weekend while attending a Christmas party, according to West Virginia Metro News.

Said Manchin: "Let me apologize to anybody and everybody within our listening and reading areas. I'm very sorry for missing the two votes... In the future, I will make any adjustments and all adjustments that need to be made so that it doesn't happen again."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/12/21/manchin_apologizes_for_missing_votes.html

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Hawkeye-X

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Tue Dec-21-10 08:52 PM
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1. Apology will not be accepted UNLESS

Edited on Tue Dec-21-10 08:52 PM by Hawkeye-X

You turn completely progressive.

That means, for your sake:

Ending your stance on abortion
Ending your stance on coal
Ending your stance on all Republican matters. They are all to be rejected.

You need to believe that you ARE to the left of Bernie Sanders.

That's what a true-blue Democrat is. Bernie is the marker (Wellstone was a perfect marker), and anything right is unacceptable.

Hawkeye-X

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LiberalFighter

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Tue Dec-21-10 09:30 PM
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2. What is more important to him? Parties or Doing the job he was elected?

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dsc

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Tue Dec-21-10 09:42 PM
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3. I can't understand what he was thinking by doing this

he has managed to piss off everyone. He would have been better off just voting and getting it over with.

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Dokkie

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Tue Dec-21-10 09:45 PM
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4. I know

cos I dont think anyone buys his excuse which will surely be used as an attack ad next time he runs for office. People respect principled position even when they disagree with it

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dsc

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Tue Dec-21-10 09:52 PM
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5. It is especially dumb in this case

his actions were a no since we needed 60 votes no matter how many voted. So he has pissed of our side no matter what, now he doesn't even get the benefit of having done so.

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butterfly77

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Tue Dec-21-10 09:55 PM
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6. I don't trust him..

he'll vote but, with republiCONS..

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Clio the Leo

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Tue Dec-21-10 10:13 PM
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7. My fav. Tweet of the day, "Obama looks to have enough votes to ratify START....."

".... unless Joe Manchin has a birthday party he has to attend." :)

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jenmito

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Tue Dec-21-10 10:35 PM
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8. While apologizing, he should've said which way he would've voted if he "could've" been there.

:eyes:

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