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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