Thread: Run away! Manchin AWOL for DREAM act and DADT votes

December 19, 2010

Run away! Manchin AWOL for DREAM act and DADT votes

Rick Moran
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Senator Joe Manchin (D-Coward County WV) has a novel approach to his new senate duties; when tough votes come to the floor, best to find something else to do rather than step up and show your constituents where you stand.

Manchin appeared to channel Monty Python's King Arthur who fled the approach of a giant rabbit screaming "Run Away!" when the votes for the DREAM Act and DADT repeal came to the floor. Ben Smith of Politico http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/ ... outs_.html links to this article in the Charleston Gazette: http://blogs.wvgazette.com/squawkbox/20 ... dream-act/

Spokeswoman Sara Payne Scarbro said in an e-mail that Manchin and Gayle had "planned a holiday gathering over a year ago with all their children and grandchildren as they will not all be together on Christmas Day."

"While he regrets missing the votes, it was a family obligation that he just could not break," Payne Scarbro said. "However, he has been clear on where he stands on the issues."

Even Monty Python's King Arthur was brave enough not to hide behind little children.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/201 ... _drea.html

Manchin doesn't strike me as much of a coward:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIJORBRpOPM

If Obama needed 1 vote to pass he Dream Amnesty Act I'm certain he would haved voted YEA. He talked tough during the election but turned into Obama's boy as sone as he had a chance. Remember he has to be re-elected in 2 years, a lot of work to do in 2 years.