Raese gears up for fifth electoral loss

Hahahahaha (4.00 / 1)

Hahahahaha

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by: Walt Auvil @ Fri Jan 13, 2012 at 02:41:41 AM UTC

Broke Back Mountaineer (0.00 / 0)

Raese to West Virginia: Why can't I quit you?

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Fri Jan 13, 2012 at 03:02:52 AM UTC

Kicking of the campaign with his signature cluelessness (4.00 / 1)

Gazette

According to the FlightAware online flight tracking service, Raese flew to Charleston from Palm Beach International Airport in his Cessna Citation jet, arriving at Yeager Airport at 3:34 p.m.

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Raese's ownership of a house in an upscale section of Palm Beach became a campaign issue in 2010 -- particularly since his wife, Liz, is a resident of Florida.

Raese's stupid move could backfire and help the Democrats a bit in the fall. I imagine Gov. Tomblin will find it pretty easy to link Bill Maloney to Raese and campaign against the two  as out-of-touch, bazillionaire perennial candidates who keep trying to buy elections.

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by: heath_harrison @ Fri Jan 13, 2012 at 06:51:44 AM UTC

Raese on Hoppy today (0.00 / 0)

saying his family has lived and done business in WV since 1917 and Hoppy acted as he was 'surprised" at the announcement by Raese even though he gets his paycheck from him, go figure....let Phoney Maloney and Maessey Raese battle it out in the primary spending millions to run against another DINO for the general....not much to see here...move along now

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by: JBdem4usa @ Fri Jan 13, 2012 at 16:36:50 PM UTC

Same Old Thing (1.00 / 1)

Why can't we find people to run who haven't spent the last 25 years running? My suggestion is to vote Independent or Third Party.

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by: WV2012 @ Fri Jan 13, 2012 at 20:33:35 PM UTC

Your independent candidate (4.00 / 2)

is running on the same old thing, most of it not progressive, but regressive. And I eliminate candidates on the same basis I used to eliminate job candidates - if you can't spell and use correct grammar (or get someone to do it for you) on your application, either you aren't motivated or you are ignorant.

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by: JAWVMM @ Fri Jan 13, 2012 at 20:43:36 PM UTC

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WV2012 (4.00 / 1)

This is not the place for that, sir.
I do know that the person who registered this UID is also the one and only poster at the "independent" candidate's website.

Read the top banner of this site, please. Better yet, I'll spell it out.

D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-I-C politics, that is, the politics of the party composed of Democrats.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Mon Jan 16, 2012 at 22:56:27 PM UTC

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again? (4.00 / 1)

Raese has money and influence over the media, but his lack of conviction, vision or leadership has reduced the WV Republican Party to serving as his personal ego stroking machine for the last 25 years. That was a time when they, frankly, could have pressed their advantage. They ought to be embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for them.  If Raese AND Romney are on the ballot this fall, opponents should hammer away at tying the "those boys were SUPPOSED to die" attitude of Blankenship Massey to the "those workers were SUPPOSED to be fired" attitude of Romney/Bain.  And run the connection right through Raese.  If we can't yet turn the page on their loathsome attitudes and tactics, we can at least, finally, relegate this particular cast of characters to the scrap heap of history.

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by: Vandaliamort @ Sat Jan 14, 2012 at 13:41:05 PM UTC

There are no accidents (4.00 / 1)

Raese's entry will ensure that we have another 6 years of Joe Manchin III, unless Manchin runs for president in 2016. Ugh.

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by: DB @ Sat Jan 14, 2012 at 20:35:00 PM UTC