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Hillary to furious WVa senator: That 'putting coal mines out of business' thing was just a mistake



I don't have a lot of sympathy for Joe Manchin here. The Democrat senator from West Virginia should know what to expect when he gets in bed with the Clintons - sorry, that's really not the best allegory for all kinds of reasons that I suppose should be obvious - but establishment Democrats are just like the ones on our side in many ways. There's the candidate they'd really like, and then there's the one you feel you need to "be reasonable" and accept.
I suppose it's possible Manchin really likes Hillary, in the same way it's possible there's a man somewhere who likes getting kicked in the balls. But I doubt it, since there's objectively nothing to like. So Manchin did his duty and got behind Hillary, since that's what he's expected to do as a good team player, and this is the thanks he gets? The most heavily coal-dependent state in America hardly needs a president who not only expects to put coal mines out of business, but actually brags about her intention to do that very thing. Manchin was furious, of course, but what could he do? You can plead with Hillary to tell you she didn't mean it - and you might make that happen - but what difference does it make? You can't trust her any more than anyone else can, so this is about as empty a victory as you're ever going to get:
In a letter to Manchin after the town hall, Clinton admitted that she had erred. “Simply put, I was mistaken in my remarks,” Clinton wrote in the letter dated March 15. She said that she meant to focus attention on the decline in coal jobs and the need to support coal miners. “I wanted to make the point that, as you know too well, while coal will be part of the energy mix for years to come, both in the U.S. and around the world, we have already seen a long-term decline in American coal jobs and a recent wave of bankruptcies as a result of a changing energy market — and we need to do more to support the workers and families facing these challenges.”

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Clinton also said that she backed the Miners Protection Act, which guarantees “lifetime pensions and health benefits to retired miners and their families,” and promised Manchin that she would bring jobs to coal country. “I pledge to you that I will focus my team and my Administration on bringing jobs to Appalachia, especially jobs producing the carbon capture technology we need for the future,” she wrote.
She was "mistaken"? What exactly is that supposed to mean? How do you vow to put people out of business and destroy their jobs, only to later realize, oh, gee, I meant something else? Besides, the last sentence of the excerpt basically affirms Hillary's hostility toward coal. When she says she's going to "focus on bringing jobs to Appalachia, especially jobs producing the carbon capture technology we need for the future," what she's really doing is repeating the Democrat article-of-faith that coal is dirty technology that needs to be done away with. Otherwise, she'd simply vow to expand coal mining jobs and be done with it.

So which was really the truth? Does Hillary intend to kill coal jobs? Or does she not? Ha! It's a trick question! There is no truth that comes out of Hillary Clinton's mouth. Ever. Even when she makes two diametrically conflicting statements such that it would seem one has to be true by definition, you have to remember something: She never really means anything she says. She just says whatever she thinks will fly in the moment. An audience hates coal? She's going to kill coal. A senator whose support she needs loves coal? Oh, she didn't mean that thing about killing coal. It was just a mistake. Bolshevik. The only thing you can be sure of is that Hillary will say and do whatever she thinks benefits her. Whatever that may turn out to be, who knows? It will depend what she thinks she needs when the moment comes. But she certainly won't take into consideration what your needs might be. Only her own. You're only useful if you can somehow help her gain or maintain political power, such that you might owe her a favor if she helps you with something. Not the case? Screw you. And that goes for you, Joe Manchin. Hillary's reassurance to you is worth precisely nothing, and if she becomes president you will find that out much to your never-ending horror. Don't say we didn't warn you.


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