VA-GOV Washington Post: Deeds has "Good Sense and Political Courage"

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Saturday October 17, 2009 · 6:20 PM PDT

2009/10/17 · 18:20

The Washington Post has endorsed Democratic State Sen. Creigh Deeds as its choice for Governor of Virginia. The Post's editorial highlights Sen. Deeds's biggest strength in his campaign against right wing Republican Bob McDonnell: only Deeds has a workable plan to fix Virginia's transportation problem.

The Post writes that Deeds, "has the good sense and political courage to maintain the forward-looking policies of the past while addressing the looming challenge of fixing the state's dangerously inadequate roads," while McDonnell, "offers something different: a blizzard of bogus, unworkable, chimerical proposals, repackaged as new ideas, that crumble on contact with reality. They would do little if anything to build a better transportation system."

I couldn't agree more.

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Tuesday October 06, 2009 · 7:27 PM PDT

2009/10/06 · 19:27

I am a big fan of Politico and of the work of their reporter, Jonathan Martin. But I do question the decision of Politico's editors to require (or continue to allow) Martin to write about the Virginia Governor's race. Politico should disclose to its readers Martin's history in Republican politics and in Virginia and Connecticut politics.

Since they won't, I will.

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Should Politico's Jonathan Martin continue to write about Virginia & Connecticut politicians given his history as a GOP partisan in those states?

212 votes Vote Now!

Should Politico's Jonathan Martin continue to write about Virginia & Connecticut politicians given his history as a GOP partisan in those states?

Yes, but Politico should fully disclose this to readers.

119 votes

No, Martin's past disqualifies him. No reasonable person should expect him to be objective.

86 votes

I've got another answer. (Please comment below.)

7 votes

What Bob McDonnell's Supporters Have to Ignore

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Saturday September 26, 2009 · 7:44 AM PDT

2009/09/26 · 07:44

The more I learn about Bob McDonnell, the GOP candidate for Governor of Virginia, the more I see what a cynical politician he really is.

His latest ads defending any criticism of his 18 year legislative record with feigned outrage are a good example.

Fake Virginia

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Monday September 14, 2009 · 8:32 PM PDT

2009/09/14 · 20:32

In an off the record interview today, President Obama was asked about Kanye West's rude behavior at this weekend's MTV Music Video Awards show where he grabbed the microphone from Taylor Swift as she was accepting her award.

The President called West, a "jackass".

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Should President Obama have called Kanye West a jackass, even though he did so in an "off the record" interview?

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Should President Obama have called Kanye West a jackass, even though he did so in an "off the record" interview?

Yes. Kanye was a jackass in how he treated Taylor Swift.

645 votes

No. My President my live on the pedestal I placed him on.

38 votes

Welcome to Washington, Glenn Beck! Please Stay!

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Saturday September 12, 2009 · 1:16 PM PDT

2009/09/12 · 13:16

Welcome to Washington, Glenn Beck! Thank you for bringing your 9-12 nut jobs to our capital.

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Sunday September 06, 2009 · 2:43 PM PDT

2009/09/06 · 14:43

My Congressman, Jim Moran, recently held a town hall to answer the questions my neighbors and I have about health insurance reform. Like so many other town halls during this Congressional recess, it was was packed with people on all sides of the issue. My favorite blog, Wonkette, had the best coverage of the event.

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Tuesday September 01, 2009 · 1:04 AM PDT

2009/09/01 · 01:04

When news broke Sunday that Republican Bob McDonnell had written some right wing crazy stuff in his graduate these submitted for his masters and law degrees from Pat Robertson's CBN University, now Regent, I decided that I would read every word of his writing and tweet the best parts. I just finished.

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Bob McDonnell wrote this graduate thesis as 34 year old and now says his views have evolved. Do you believe him?

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Bob McDonnell wrote this graduate thesis as 34 year old and now says his views have evolved. Do you believe him?

Yes, I believe everything Bob says.

7 votes

Hell no, Bob still believes working women are "detrimental" to society and the government should "punish" gays.

57 votes

Bob McDonnell's Chickens are Coming Home to Roost

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Saturday August 29, 2009 · 10:22 PM PDT

2009/08/29 · 22:22

Bob McDonnell, the right wing social conservative who's the Republican nominee to be the next governor of Virginia, wants you to believe he's a moderate.

He's not.

Sunday's Washington Post has the latest evidence of Bob McDonnell's true colors: the 1989 graduate thesis he wrote for his masters and law degree from Rev. Pat Robertson's CBN University (now Regent University).

Among the tidbits the thesis reveals according to the Post:

McDonnell, "described working women and feminists as 'detrimental' to the family. He said government policy should favor married couples over 'cohabitators, homosexuals or fornicators.' He described as 'illogical' a 1972 Supreme Court decision legalizing the use of contraception by unmarried couples."

And that's just the beginning.

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Saturday August 29, 2009 · 12:20 PM PDT

2009/08/29 · 12:20

I'm sitting here watching the funeral mass for Sen. Ted Kennedy and I am crying as the priest reads from Matthew 25.

In short, this passage from the New Testament is why I am a Democrat. I realize not everyone is Christian or religious or spiritual, but this passage transcends faith in my view. It really gets at the heart of the human condition and what it means to me to be Christian (and for me, what it means to be a Democrat).

Fake Virginia

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Wednesday August 26, 2009 · 4:14 AM PDT

2009/08/26 · 04:14

Last night, the most influential Senator of my lifetime died. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) was 77. His hands were on hundreds of laws, most importantly civil rights, education and health care.

Fake Virginia

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 6:13 PM PDT

2009/08/17 · 18:13

That didn't take long.

Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas Governor who lost the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination to Sen. John McCain (R-Kids, Get Off My Lawn), is back in Virginia politics.

Just five months ago, Huckabee was campaigning for GOP nominee for Governor Bob McDonnell in Tazewell County and he said that the voters of Northern Virginia, "aren’t necessarily thinking the same way folks like you and me think."

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Friday August 07, 2009 · 6:24 PM PDT

2009/08/07 · 18:24

While the Republican National Committee, the insurance lobby and their astroturf allies from Teapartyland are seeking to shout down any reasonable discussion of health care reform at this month's Congressional town hall meetings, the Senate held one last day of votes before leaving town.

By any measure the Senators most important vote yesterday was to confirm the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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