Manchin On Election: ‘A Real Ass-Whooping’

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., becomes emotional as he meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., on the day he announced that they have reached reached a... Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., becomes emotional as he meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., on the day he announced that they have reached reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) summed up the slew of Democratic losses Tuesday night perfectly.

“This is a real ass-whoopin,'” he told the Washington Post on Wednesday.

Manchin said that he was frustrated with both President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

“Harry, let us vote, let’s do something. It’s easier for me to go home and explain what I voted for and against than to explain why I don’t vote at all,” he said.

He even suggested that he might not support Reid for minority leader, according to the Post.

Manchin said that the GOP executed their 2014 campaigns “masterfully.”

“You didn’t see them playing to the extremes in their primaries. Cory Gardner is a perfect example. He was a very conservative member of Congress. He runs for the Senate and he couldn’t get to the middle quick enough. So they understand what this country wants,” he said.

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  1. And you’re no help, assface.

  2. “Harry, let us vote, let’s do something. It’s easier for me to go home and explain what I voted for and against than to explain why I don’t vote at all,” he said."

    “Hi, I’m Joe Manchin. Noun, verb, [Insert GOP/Teatroll talking points here].”

    FIFY

  3. “he couldn’t get to the middle quick enough”

    It’s called a “juke,” you fucking moron. You fake one direction and then go the other. They etch-a-sketched like champs and the MSM helped them. Just wait for the Trojan Horses to open.

  4. Manchin will jump to the GOP in 5…4…3…2…1…

  5. Avatar for enon enon says:

    You didn’t see them playing to the extremes in their primaries

    implying that democrats are playing to their extreme left-wing (or what passes for extreme left-wing). you hear that comment alot about how both parties have their extremists to contend with…

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