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

[cali]

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.

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Manchin opened the interview Wednesday by declaring himself a “defender of the 2nd Amendment,” announcing he didn’t plan to sell his guns and said he had been discussing the issue with the NRA, a group he praised effusively.

“These are my friends,” Manchin, who previously served as governor, said of the NRA. “They’re good people. They’re hurting. They’re in pain the same way as every American about what happened to these twenty little children. And I’m not going to let anybody be villainized.”

“I’m so proud of the NRA,” Manchin said later. “I’m so pleased they agreed to be part of this.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/joe-manchin-im-so-proud-of-the-nra-85311.html#ixzz2FX17R600

[graham4anything]

1. This is a good place next election for Bloomberg to support another candidate and defeat Manchin

it should be quite easy to do so

[kelly1mm]

6. Manchin is just about as liberal on the gun issue as you are going to get in a WV Senator.

Itis highly doubtful that if Rockerfeller doesnot run a Democratwill keep that seat. Democrats in WV are NRA supporters, by and large.

[graham4anything]

7. only because all of them are scared of the NRA

with Mike Bloomberg giving money to any candidate anti-NRA and watching their back, all the pro-NRA might just stand a chance

all it takes is money

[srican69]

2. Keep your hear buried in their ass ... hope you enjoy your stay there!!

[spanone]

3. hey joe, why don't you wait to see what they offer before you're 'proud of them' so far it's been 0

sounds like they threatened to downgrade his nra status....i'm sure that means more to him than anything

[Skidmore]

4. Joe, it sounds like your "friends" don't plan on doing a darned thing, given the effect they've

had on you since their little "talk" with you. I think the public will likely reserve judgement on them and you.

[sasha031]

5. I knew he was full of crap

nothing but crocodile tears on the TV the other day, never liked that guy.

[LeftInTX]

8. Manchin spent more of the interview putting the focus on violent video games and mental health issue

“Look at Grand Theft Auto, put out by Rockstar Games in New York City and see what it promotes,” Manchin said, adding later: “Shouldn’t that be looked into and maybe be banned?”

[jsmirman]

9. Manchin has always been a terrible person

every West Virginian I've ever spoken to has said that Manchin is a snake.

But he's what we're stuck with there.

But this is classic Joe Manchin.

[jsmirman]

10. Manchin is cynical and oily by the standards of *politicians*

which is amazing

[jsr]

11. "These are my friends. They’re good people. They’re hurting. They’re in pain."

Yeah, sure.

[Dems to Win]

12. I'm so SICK of the NRA. Any proposal they support will certainly do NOTHING to stop the massacres.

Guaranteed.



Freedom doesn't mean cowering in fear of my gun loving neighbors and their teen boys.

Repeal the Second Amendment Now.