{"id":2500,"date":"2013-03-04T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/03\/04\/the-topic-that-dare-not-speak-its-name\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:11","slug":"the-topic-that-dare-not-speak-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2500","title":{"rendered":"The Topic That Dare Not Speak Its Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14128,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.urbandictionary.com\\\/define.php?term=the%20love%20that%20dare%20not%20speak&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.urbandictionary.com\\\/define.php?term=the%20love%20that%20dare%20not%20speak&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14129,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.journal-news.net\\\/page\\\/content.detail\\\/id\\\/591645\\\/Q-A-with-Sen--Joe-Manchin.html?nav=5006&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.journal-news.net\\\/page\\\/content.detail\\\/id\\\/591645\\\/q-a-with-sen--joe-manchin.html?nav=5006&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14130,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.theatlanticwire.com\\\/politics\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/sen-joe-manchin-really-doesnt-want-talk-about-guns\\\/62701&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theatlantic.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14131,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.pagunblog.com\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/12\\\/the-manchin-waffle&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14132,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.pagunblog.com\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/15\\\/joe-manchin-lying-sack-of-shit-on-guns&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pagunblog.com\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/15\\\/joe-manchin-lying-sack-of-shit-on-guns&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14133,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/pjmedia.com\\\/instapundit\\\/164404&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20211207084806\\\/https:\\\/\\\/pjmedia.com\\\/instapundit\\\/164404\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/instapundit.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=the%20love%20that%20dare%20not%20speak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With apologies to Oscar Wilde<\/a>, for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) there is a topic that dare not speak its name. That topic is gun control and the Second Amendment. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Manchin gave <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journal-news.net\/page\/content.detail\/id\/591645\/Q-A-with-Sen--Joe-Manchin.html?nav=5006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview to The Journal of Martinsburg, WV<\/a> that was published on Sunday. At the top of the interview was the following editor&#8217;s note:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<em>Editor&#8217;s note: This question and answer session was permitted under the condition that The Journal would not ask questions regarding gun control legislation or the Second Amendment, as requested by the senator&#8217;s staff.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Given that Manchin was elected to a full six-year term in 2012 and won&#8217;t be up for re-election until 2018, I find this all&nbsp;rather strange. You must wonder what the good Senator has to hide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/politics\/2013\/03\/sen-joe-manchin-really-doesnt-want-talk-about-guns\/62701\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His staff is now denying<\/a> that they made the topic off-limits. They just said he wouldn&#8217;t answer questions on gun control or the Second Amendment. <\/p>\n<p>The way I see it is that it is irrelevant whether the topic was off-limits or that Manchin would just refuse to answer the question. He still is hiding. He&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagunblog.com\/2013\/02\/12\/the-manchin-waffle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backtracked<\/a> a good deal from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagunblog.com\/2013\/01\/15\/joe-manchin-lying-sack-of-shit-on-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier positions<\/a> he took in January. If I were a resident of West by God Virginia, I&#8217;d be demanding answers as a constituent&nbsp;to just where Manchin stands now&nbsp;on gun control. He owes his constituents an honest answer and it looks like he is doing everything in his power to avoid doing that.<\/p>\n<p>\nH\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/instapundit\/164404\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instapundit<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With apologies to Oscar Wilde, for Sen. 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