Democrat Runs Against Global Warming Hysteria and Obamacare

This ad, from a very popular W. VA Governor running for the U.S. Senate—who is unexpectedly losing, according to the polls—illustrates where I think the American people are.  Against Obamacare and against global warming hysteria:

P.S. Only a Democrat could get away with using the rifle in the ad.  But it’s clever for the context of a rural state and I think tells us where we are generally as a nation.

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