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boston bean

(36,221 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:58 PM Feb 2017

Do you think there is merit to this?? Why Manchin voted for Sessions...

http://mindy-fischer-writer.com/2017/02/real-reason-dem-senator-joe-manchin-voted-sessions-aint-good/


Last year Congress launched an investigation into Mylan CEO Heather Bresch after public outcry about the company severely raising the price of their life-saving medication EpiPen. In the last couple years Bresch hiked the price up of the anti-allergy device by more than 500%.

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Mylon CEO Heather Bresch also happens to be Senator Joe Manchin’s daughter.
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Do you think there is merit to this?? Why Manchin voted for Sessions... (Original Post) boston bean Feb 2017 OP
Well duh...NT Hokie Feb 2017 #1
Birds of a corrupt feather... 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #2
So do you have any problems with the REPUBICANS? KittyWampus Feb 2017 #3
Should he be primaried? kentuck Feb 2017 #4
iN WV? Are DU'ers really this gullible or stupid? I have to wonder wtf is going on. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #6
Why does it have to be a "more liberal" Democrat? kentuck Feb 2017 #8
What do WV Democrats want? leftstreet Feb 2017 #9
I suppose we could tout Democratic accomplishments, contrast them with empty GOP promises gratuitous Feb 2017 #13
He has less integrity than a light bulb Thrill Feb 2017 #5
Yes. Else You Are Mad Feb 2017 #7
he is from west virginia and many there like sessions JI7 Feb 2017 #10
Yes! The epipen investigation connection. Elizabeth Warren led the Senate inquiry. delisen Feb 2017 #11
It is interesting to note that some on DU had no problem making the inference that Hillary's Trust Buster Feb 2017 #12
 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
6. iN WV? Are DU'ers really this gullible or stupid? I have to wonder wtf is going on.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:04 PM
Feb 2017

It's clear that WV isn't going to get a more liberal Democrat.

And yet some DU'ers insist on bringing this up.

kentuck

(111,102 posts)
8. Why does it have to be a "more liberal" Democrat?
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:07 PM
Feb 2017

Run as a conservative, vote as a liberal.

You make a good point, but Manchin may be compromised somewhat with the mess that his daughter was in? He may lose to a Republican, anyway?

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)
9. What do WV Democrats want?
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:10 PM
Feb 2017

Should probably be up to them

–Democratic voter registration has dropped from 65 percent in 1994 to 46 percent today. Those precipitous losses have erased the long-held Democratic advantage of just getting a reasonable turnout from their party on Election Day.

http://wvmetronews.com/2016/11/14/west-virginias-democratic-party-faces-a-reckoning/


Sounds like some problems there

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
13. I suppose we could tout Democratic accomplishments, contrast them with empty GOP promises
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:25 PM
Feb 2017

You know, how a lot of people in West Virginia can see a doctor now or get treatment for black lung or don't have to watch the tops of mountains blown off anymore. But how can those accomplishments possibly compete with empty promises to bring back coal jobs and make America great again?

delisen

(6,044 posts)
11. Yes! The epipen investigation connection. Elizabeth Warren led the Senate inquiry.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:21 PM
Feb 2017

Much criticism of Mylar and Justice Department going too easy on the company in Senate last year. They were claiming the 465 million charge to Mylan for over billing Medicaid was shamefully weak.

It is hard to keep up with the sleaze.





 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
12. It is interesting to note that some on DU had no problem making the inference that Hillary's
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:23 PM
Feb 2017

speaking to Wall Street meant that she was in the tank for Wall Street. Now, just a question as to why Manchin was the only Democrat to vote for Sessions bring out calls for loyalty. This must lead some to think a double standard exists.

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