King of Coal and Exalted Highness of the Deplorables to run for office

[packman]

What could possibly go wrong here? It wasn't bad enough that under former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship's oversight 29 miners died, or that he tried to buy a judge to get out of any consequences.

It isn't, because we live in the era of Trump, where crooks and liars assume they are entitled to run for office.

Blankenship isn't going to let a pesky conviction for conspiracy get in his way, choosing to file his paperwork to toss his hat in the ring alongside West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Rep. Evan Jenkins, all of whom are running in the Republican primary.

Blankenship was an early sponsor of the Tea Party (Republican) movement in 2009, spending millions to defend unsafe work environments, deny climate change, and more

https://crooksandliars.com/2017/11/convicted-coal-magnate-announces-run

Sure, why not- there's a lot of scum at the bottom of the Republican barrel , it seems.

[hedda_foil]

1. I thought he was in jail.

[packman]

2. He was - One year sentence

Got out, apparently, in May of this year. Twenty-seven deaths should not have been a one year sentence - suspected payoffs involved.

[hedda_foil]

3. So now the Republicans will back a felon? Why do I even bother to ask?