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Isn't it interesting that the auto workers were not misled by Republican lies, while the coal companies, once again, convinced the poor people of Appalachia to vote against their own interests?  Why do we continue to repeat the mistakes of the past? 

Now is the time for all Obama haters to take down their signs about the war on coal and get into the 21st century, get retrained and get a job that matters for the future.

America has spoken loud and clear, you are doing a great job, President Obama!

The election was a message to Republicans to stop stonewalling everything President Obama tries to do in Congress.  You had your two shots at it with President Bush, so now let President Obama complete his two terms by showing a reasonable amount of cooperation.

It appears to me that those who are socialist or are supporting socialism are those who are most subject to becoming victims of social Darwinism.

I will always thank the Democratic Party for giving us Barack Hussein Obama.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, after chopping Romney off at the knees after Superstorm Sandy, will be the GOP presidential candidate in 2016, opposed by Hillary Clinton. That will be a close race, and remember you heard it here first.

One thing we know for sure, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is the south end of a northbound horse.

To all those who are gloating and smiling over the outcome of the election, there is an old saying: "those who laugh last laugh the best".  Let's see who is laughing during the next four years and who is crying. Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

The best thing to do with the fiscal cliff is to just let it happen. We cannot talk about reducing our deficit and then do nothing about it. This would be a really big step in getting our fiscal house in order.  It cannot be done without sacrifice and pain.  A modest amount now or an avalanche of it later. I have no hope politicians will actually do the right thing.

Now that the election is over we can get back to focusing on our rapid descent into the economic abyss.

All these bozos on TV worrying about Obama's second term hurting the coal industry all sport the "Friends of Coal" stickers or signs. That organization is the biggest con ever run on coal miners, as it has helped absolutely no miner, just coal mine owners and operators. How gullible can these people get?

Now that the media has successfully gotten President Obama re-elected by suppressing anything remotely damaging to him and the Democrats, would it be possible for them to go back to actually reporting both good and bad news for the next year or so until the next campaign begins?

Electing Walt Helmick to an office as powerful as commissioner of agriculture like these mindless, straight-ticket Democrats did would be like hiring me for head of surgery at CAMC when I hold an accounting degree.

The day after Obama's re-election, a union member and Obama supporter friend of mine was crying because his retirement plan did a nose dive because of the falling stock market. Now that was comical.

The Republicans were so dead set on making Obama a one-term president that they refused to cooperate.  This in turn blocked the progress that was promised.  Now that the election is over it appears that their plan failed on both ends.

After last night's election, the Republican Party as we have known it in this country is dead.  More and more non-whites are making up this country every day and Republicans will no longer be able to survive only catering to white men.  Democrats are America's future. Thank God.

Perhaps there should be term limits for Fox News talking heads, and throw out the other cable news network anchors as well. What ever happened to unbiased journalism?

To the venter lamenting the election saying tax revenue from millionaire coal miners will be gone: This explains why voters elect those friendly to millionaires. West Virginia is filled with millionaires. I was puzzled as to why West Virginia is a red state.

Christian Republicans lost all credibility in this week's election.  After decades telling everyone they should vote for Christians, they suddenly told everyone to elect a non-Christian Mormon.  Their blasphemous compromising of their supposed faith for temporary gain has done irreparable damage to their witness.

West Virginia is going to be the laughingstock of the country if Governor Tomblin doesn't rein in that new Republican attorney general Morrisey.  He's in the pocket of big-money out-of-state interests.

We didn't learn a thing. We didn't learn from A. James Manchin or Arch Moore. We continue to vote for the same old people. Same old ideas. West Virginia will always be dead last.

Another four years of Barack Obama has doomed this country.

I can't understand why people are starving in the United States of America but we can spend billions of dollars slandering each other for an election. Does anyone have an answer for that?

America has spoken and decided not to buy the lies of Fox, Romney and Limbaugh, but not to worry. The dumb West Virginia hillbillies were still buying it.

You people who like to bash AEP make me ill. It is an act of God when it snows or rains or the wind blows. Why don't you just mind your own business, or better yet just have your electricity taken out of your house. I bet you would be singing a different tune. Way to go, AEP. I'm for you.

We now have a Supreme Court justice and attorney general bought and paid for by out-of-state money. We, the undereducated people, have spoken.