WV Governor Shoots Down Cap & Trade Bill. Literally. (Video)
Screengrab: YouTube  Jim Manchin is currently the governor of
West Virgina, and he's running for one of the state's Senate
seats. Though a Democrat himself, he's no fan of Barack Obama,
nor his fellow Dems. Or at least he has to make TV ads saying as
much to get people to vote for him in a state where his party is
currently deeply unpopular. You see, his conservative opponent
is hitting him for his ties to the party in power. So he did
what any sensible politician would do: He grabbed his gun,
marched out to a field, and shot a bullet through the cap and
trade bill. And films the whole thing, then circulates it as a
TV campaign ad, of course. Watch:  Never mind that the cap and
trade bill is long dead in the Senate. Or that shooting a bullet
through a photocopy of the legislation would have little effect
on whether or not it became law even if it wasn't. Nope, the
important thing here is that Manchin rolled his endorsement from
the NRA, opposition