Well, He’ll Fit Right In
In another reality a person who caused the death of 29 men would not be considered a serious candidate. But that ain’t the reality we’re in.
Former Massey Energy chief executive officer Don Blankenship (R) plans to run for U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), WCHS reports.
Blankenship served a one-year sentence in prison for “conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards.”
Look, I’m no fan of Joe Manchin, but Massey spent a year in a California prison after a jury convicted him of the explosion in 2010. He appealed and lost that, too.
He is currently prohibited from leaving Nevada until May 2018. He has a house in Nevada and is under federal supervision as a condition of his conviction.
Won’t that make campaigning in West Virginia kinda hard?
On the upside, he won’t be the worst guy in the Senate.
Maybe he’s prepping should Roy Moore win in Alabama. Then he’ll run on the “At least I’m not a pedophile” platform. He can point out to voters that in prison, even the murderers look down on the pedophiles.
1Holy crud! Frank Gowan has been reincarnated!
2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_B._Gowen
Just when I thought rethugs could sink no lower in the cesspool…
3he’d fit right in, in coal mining country. and those ignorant-as in uneducated= hillbillies would vote for him
4He’s just peeved in that photo because he thought Trump was going to put him in charge of mine safety. Gotta say it would have been in line with Trump’s other appointments and nominations.
5Learned a new term today – “crazy ass”. Sure fits this guy. Maybe he’ll clone himself so one of him can campaign in West Virginia. I think I need a vacation!
6Seems to me it is better in the long run to elect a known felon to an office than to elect someone with whom you have to go through the whole indictment process. Unless of course you expect selfless, honest, dedicated service from your elected officials.
7Ma’am, Blankenship spent a year in the big house, Massey is the voracious corporation.
8Thank you, Tata. My mistake.
9He and, ahem, *Judge* Moore give a special new meaning to Mark Twain’s quip about the only Native American criminal class…
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