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So closet Republican Joe Manchin wants everyone to know that he will not vote for President Obama. I guess that he doesn't want any future committee appointments so he wants the Democrat party leaders to know his true values. John Raese is a nutcase but at least he is honest.

How many thousands of words is The Charleston Gazette going to devote to a 33-year-old kidnapping that probably affects exactly none of your readers? There is real news to be covered. You're beginning to remind me of Nancy Grace.

Unlike Joe Manchin, I know who I will vote for in the next election. I will not vote for any Republican, and I will not vote for Joe Manchin.

The film "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" based on the 1974 novel by John le Carre received good reviews, and earned $80 million as of this month. Anybody have any idea why it was never released in this area?

Remember when the Chamber of Commerce told us we needed Frontier instead of Verizon? They said better service and cheaper. Have you noticed how much better the service is (hic) And look at how much your bill has gone down (right). Any thing or any one the Chamber endorses is bad for West Virginia. Remember when you vote.

I think I would support the Obama health-care plan if even one person could prove that when in the hospital the cost of a Tylenol has been cut due to the program? I think the way the public feels is that our health-care costs will only go up.

Stop wasting time and money, consolidate State and Tech with WVU so we can be a part of a Big 12 University in the city of Charleston. We already have the WVU medical school. Why not add the WVU law school to create a real academic powerhouse in the Kanawha Valley?

Dick Clark dies in the year that we are not supposed to have New Year's Eve? Well played, Mayans.

Can anyone out there tell me where Manchin stands on issues impacting our state and nation? Once he says he is for Obamacare, they he says he is opposed to it. Once he says he supports Obama and voted for him then he turns around and says he does not know who he supports for president. One thing for sure, Manchin does not have the confidence or trust of anyone.

I really have low tolerance for those who fill this column by calling other people nasty names. But honesty compels me to say Senator Manchin is a wimp. His sitting-on-the-fence position on endorsing his president is not about President Obama or Governor Romney; it's all about Joe.

No John. You not being able to smoke and 6 million people being gassed is not the same thing. That sounds like something your friend and neighbor Rush might say.

Mon County prosecutor said the evidence that was not tested and led to charges being dropped for WVU football player was not just because he was a player. She goes on to say as far as she knows it has never happened before. So if your kid is a pretty good football player send him to WVU and he can still do dope and carry a gun while he goes there.

I just showed photo ID to see my family doctor who knows me by name. Meanwhile we have the Obama administration saying there is no need for photo IDs to vote. The Democrats are afraid of honest elections.

I don't understand why people who oppose abortion also oppose birth control. One would think they go hand in hand.

I think the only way I will be put into the paper is when I die and it's my obituary because the Readers' voice won't put anything in the paper that I say and talk about.

To the caller correcting me on my language, I may not be smart but I'm smart enough to know my kids shouldn't have to speak another language unless they want to.

There truly are tears in my eyes as I speak. Senator Manchin is saying he will not vote for President Obama. What would our beloved Robert Byrd think? I'm sorry. I'm serious. It's terrible.

President Obama suggests that he wasn't born with a silver spoon. I'd also suggest that he wasn't born with any economic savvy. He's killing us as a nation.

I was given a hat from a motorcycle safety program, which I really appreciated from the state, but I got home and I looked at it and it was made in China. I think the state of West Virginia should buy American.

I think that most of the climate-change deniers and the global warming deniers might finally come out of their denial when the West Virginia Mountaineers' mascot becomes the West Virginia Gators.