Good riddance: Corruptocrat Dem. Alan Mollohan defeated
What was I saying the other day? Yeah: The ballot box is the ultimate sanitizer. It’s working for entrenched Beltway Republicans like Bob Bennett. And it’s working for entrenched Democrat corruptocrats like Rep. Alan Mollohan, who was defeated in his primary race tonight.
West Virginia Democratic Rep. Alan Mollohan lost his bid for a 15th term tonight at the hands of state Sen. Mike Oliverio, a defeat that further affirms the anti-incumbent sentiment coursing through the country.
Mollohan hadn’t faced a serious primary fight in more than a decade and was seen in some circles as unbeatable given that the 1st district seat had been in his family since 1968. (His father held it from 1968-1982 before handing it off to the son.)
But, Oliverio, who served a single term in the state House of Delegates before being elected to the state Senate in 1994, ran hard against Mollohan’s entrenched incumbent status and the lingering whiff of ethics problems that had dogged the Congressman for years.
The race has gotten very nasty over its final weeks with Oliverio referring to Mollohan as “one of the most corrupt members of Congress” and the incumbent retorting that his opponent is “lying” and “spreading right-wing smears”.
His fellow Democrats refused to do anything about him. The crooked DOJ dropped its federal probe of his shady activities.
But West Virginians took matters into their own hands and sent their message loud and clear:
It’s the Culture of Corruption, stupid. If Washington won’t hold these lowlifes accountable, voters will.
They’re doing the job Nancy Pelosi won’t do: Cleaning House!
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Glad to see this piece of dirt gone.
However, since these are Democrats will he be replaced by a Democrat who is electable and even more radical than Mollohan.
It might be good news, but long term, maybe not.
West Virginia voters – Bravo!
I don’t know what gives the likes of people like Mollahan the idea that “public service,” being a “public servant,” or being a politician is a lifetime career. The man used his position to benefit himself, not the people of West Virginia.
What is really infuriating is that this man was going for his 15th term in office! There is no excuse for this. No wonder there is an absence of leadership, ideas, or even true vision in Washington. We have politicos on both sides so entrenched and addicted to their pay and benefits that they can’t step back and see it from the other side: their constituents.
I’m genuinely aghast at why we don’t have term limits. Citizens of every background used to serve in Washington but now all I see are bloated, spoiled, old fogie politicians who need to be shown the door. I’m glad the people of West Virginia decided they’d had enough of Mollahan.
Let’s hope the American people have had enough of many of the entrenched political class that currently resides in Washington!
Another one bites the dust..this is encouraging news.
Classic! Absolutely classic, Michelle!
Perfect in so many ways.
DLTHDHYTGLSY. Man there have to be a lot of people in DC worried as he$l right now. Not just the elected, but their staffs that are making more than most to do the work the people we send there are supposed to do. I love it. I don’t know what another 500 people will do to the unemployment numbers, but if the number inches up a tick in next January, I won’t feel bad at all.
Michelle Malkin said:
Heh, remember Obama?
“Another way of putting it is when, you know, I’m busy and Nancy’s busy with our mop cleaning up somebody else’s mess — we don’t want somebody sitting back saying, you’re not holding the mop the right way. Why don’t you grab a mop, why don’t you help clean up?”
{Ding, ding. Ding, ding}
1MC:“United States Representative, West Virginia, departing.”
DOOOOOOWheeeeeeeeeeeeeeOOOOOOOOOOHooooooWheeeeeeeeeee
Too many letters.
Should have been:
DLTDHYWTGLSY
Not much different from “the Kennedy seat” in the Senate, is it?
One thing for certain is that this seat, like the “the Kennedy seat”, will no longer be controlled by the same family that has controlled it for more than four decades.
Let’s also hope that, like the “the Kennedy seat”, this seat goes to a Republican in the next election!
Anyone too stupid to get a real job doesn’t belong in DC either.
In PA…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHiN6Pwwos
OK fine.
But if this is a primary contest, who’s to say Oliverio is any better? Has anyone run the research on him?
After all, the Republican may not win.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Our permanent legislature, we have to end it.
The wind has shifted and I smell fear in the air!
Well done WV, congratulations.
That’s a lot of lipstick in his photo…
Cleaning House, one seat at a time…..
Mollohan: “This isn’t fair! This is my seat! My Daddy gave me this seat! Waaaaahhhhh!”
Voter Controlled Term Limits.
The self-important, self-interested politicians won’t do it, so we will.
He is going to blame those right wing monsters for his loss when he was the cause all along.Any bets that he would ever admit it?
No idea. But this is how you beat your politicians into submission. “Screw us over and you’re gone pal.”
At least, it’s how you start.
By the way, if you live in a state/district where primary cross-over voting is allowed, consider voting out a Dem that needs to go. Especially if your candidate is safe in the primary.
CongressCritter since 1982? Good riddance, good bye and try to do something useful with your life. Sadly CongressCritter Mollohan will most likely get a job with some entity tied to government and continue his isolation from America.
If state Sen. Mike Oliverio is any better I do not know-I guess that is for the people of West Virginia to decide.
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The people of West Virginia are idiots for voting Democrat to begin with. Obama and the dems are attempting to rid the country of coal and that is a big part of the W. VA.’s economy.
Let the games begin!!!! I stocked up on popcorn and cheese.
Just the People separating the wheat from the tares… what is not fit for the threshing floor goes in the burn pile.
This is only the beginning. I can see November from my kitchen window.
Even if they elect the dem, he’s not part of the beltway crowd. . . .yet. After a couple of terms they all get infected with it.
Dem or Repub, two terms . . .one in office, one in jail.
Hey I grew up in WV and remember when Alan took over from his dad. This is a big thing. WV is like Mass when it comes to incumbents. For someone like Mollahan to fall in the primaries is almost unheard of. I gave up on WV voters a long time ago to do the right thing and remove the corrupt incumbents. Now I see they have finally woken up. Hopefully they will remove Senators Byrd and Rockefeller soon.
Well done WV! I didn’t know you had it in ye!
I look forward to Kathleen Parker writing an angst-ridden column about how another good public servant has been turned out by Tea Party rabble. Or, as a Democrat, does Mollohan not merit the Bennet/Crist treatment?
I was just discussing this with my husband this a.m. and we said the same thing. If these entrenched dems are defeated in the primaries, is that a strategy of the dem party to get the vulnerable libs out and put in someone who isn’t an incumbent, thus having a better chance? I have a feeling that is what is happening. Everyone is so upset with the incumbents and the ones who voted for obamacare. They want to get a candidate who isn’t tied to that! This could definitely bite us in the butt.
The now Democrat candidate for this seat, Oliverio, has been quoted as saying that if he is elected “He’ll take on Nancy Pelosi…”. If he is elected, unless he immediately changes parties upon arrival in DC, the only thing I can see he’ll succeed in doing is finding that his office is a closet in the basement of one of the Congressional office buildings. If you’re a Dimocrat you don’t mess with the “Queen Bee”.
If the RNC and the WV state RC have a half a brain, they should run on what the “green” Cap and Trade Democrats are going to do to the state’s economy if not stopped cold.
Term limits are your friend.
I think I have figured out a way to get the Congress to vote for term limits.
my Term Limits Amendment
A couple of terms???
You give them far too much credit.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
The problem with term limits is, if you have an excellent representative, he gets ousted just as quickly as the bad one. IOW, Throwing out the baby with the bath water. States would be better served by passing legislation making them more easily replaced and/or recalled when their constituents determine it is necessary. For example, whenever they violate campaign promises, they can be barred from casting a vote on behalf of their constituents and recalled. That bars them from acting as a “Maverick.” (Yep, I went there.)
A worthy sacrifice to get rid of the leeches.
Besides, it’s unnatural to be in congress for 40 years (or to have “hereditary” seats for that matter).
Yeah, that’s a downside. I thought requiring a special nomination election for a third term where a 2/3rd majority of constituents would allow someone to run for an additional term, but things start getting complicated.
Another downside is in their second term, they’re a lame duck. And can either vote as their constituents wish and damn the retribution from party leaders, or they can do what will get them speaking tours and damn the constituents.
I doubt a perfect solution exists, but 12 years in office is probably enough whether we like them or not. It’s big country with a lot of people.
Plus, we’ll be less likely to end up with corrupt blow-hards like Rangel and others on committees. They’ll have no choice but to rotate members frequently.
My God this is a Tsunami. I worked in 1994 for a woman running against Molohan. Was easily defeated by him.
For Reference was Elected in 1982 to his seat. His DAD was the congressman to the seat before him from 1968.
This seat has been in the Mollohan families hands for 52 years. Mollohan even told voters in 1994 that why vote him out of office for a woman candidate as his daughter would one day take over for him.
He was long overdue to be kicked out.
We have term limits. It’s called elections.
The weasels will never pass term limits for themselves, we have to impose them at the ballot box.
I had a couple idiots come to my house campaigning for Critz last week.They weren’t happy when they left,after I reminded them that Murtha was in office for so long,and then said “Look around you” and “I and my wife will be voting Republican.”
I hope a whole lot of people in the 12th district have “taken a look around.”It is definately time for a major change in W.Pa.and the 12th district is a real good place to start.