Joe Manchin: “This is not, in my view, a time when we can afford to be shortchanging the Department of Defense, or our men and women…”

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…

It's broken. It needs to be fixed.

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

Lets put some respect back in and the dignity and decorum in the life of this great country of ours, lets be Americans first and put the -- put the country before the party.