Posted on 08/01/2007 4:00:28 PM PDT by Gopher Broke
Do you remember the George Allen "macaca" video?
That piece of coverage played an instrumental role in the election of Senator Jim Webb-- and winning back the United States Senate last year. But that turning point in Senator Webb's campaign would not have been possible without his dedicated staff members following George Allen's every move.
That's the kind of work we're doing here at the Democratic Party of Virginia. As the Research Director, I'm working to build a Party apparatus that can immediately respond to the missteps and lies told by the Republicans who are trying to maintain control of the General Assembly.
Today, we launched a new website dedicated to shining a spotlight on just how far out of touch Republicans are in this state. TheyDontGetVA.com is a new project for tracking the often strange, sometimes corrupt behavior of Virginia's more extreme candidates for office.
But this kind of tracking and research takes money. So I'm asking you to help us support your Democratic candidates by making a donation.
Hold them accountable by visiting our secure contribution page today.
We need your support to make sure voters know exactly what our opponents are saying. How else would we have caught George Allen in his "macaca" moment?
This week alone, Bill Bolling is holding two town hall meetings where he'll claim he wants to improve public education - then he's off to raise money for a state Senate candidate who wants to eliminate public education altogether!
This is the kind of extremist ideology we need to fight. It's the kind of extremist ideology we want to make sure isn't turned into Virginia policy. And it's exactly that extremist ideology that is out of step with Virginians. They just don't get Virginia!
And that's why we've launched this new website. Help us set up a state-of-the-art operation to bypass the media and take the story of their lies, flip-flops, and out-of-whack priorities directly to you.
I spend my days going through Republican documents, speeches, and video archives -- finding discrepancies in their speeches, holding them accountable for their shameless pandering, fact-checking their statements, and establishing a larger narrative to frame our opponents. We need your help to make sure we have the resources to get the job done right.
This is the information we need to know -- and we need your help to make it happen. That's how we'll win in November! So please donate today.
See you in the field!
Sincerely,
Greg Scanlon Research Director, DPVA
Paid for by the Democratic Party of Virginia.
The GOP needs to play them at their own game.
I really hope Karl Rove has got something cooking nicely for next year.
You’re askin us to support Democrats like Hillary? Sorry my friend but I don’t like socialists.
Wow...how very appropriate...ole L.Ron hubbard had a group in of his novels called the apparatus....
Only from the mind of a nutjob....
Hey...lets stalk the republicans.....DER
PS: the "macaca" thing - it was the name written down and given to George by a staff member as that person's last name.
Sorry, Greggy baby. Being an American from Virginia I neither consort with those who give aid and comfort to the enemy — nor do I contribute to any organization to which they belong.
Webb really is a piece of work. He somehow believes that serving in the military somehow earns him points for being smart. But the reality is, a lot of us served in the military (myself included) that think he is a deluded A$$. I give him one cycle... Guys like him have a way of Pi$$ing all over themselves. Like Murtha, who will self destruct when knowledge of the surge working drives him even more out of his mind. Murtha talks about his service, if he wasn’t in Intelligence, he would have had his butt fragged.
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