Posted on 07/22/2009 1:56:07 PM PDT by Gopher Broke
Members who endorsed Creigh Deeds today include:
Sen. Brandon Bell (R. – Roanoke Co.) - Member of Senate: 1992-96; 2004-2008.
Sen. John Chichester (R. – Stafford) - Member of Senate: 1978-2008. Elected President pro tempore of the Senate, 2000. Former Chair of Finance Committee.
Sen. Russ Potts (R. – Winchester) - Member of Senate: 1992-2008. President, Russ Potts Productions, Inc.
Sen. Marty Williams (R. – Newport News) - Member of Senate: 1996-2008. Former Chair of Transportation Committee.
Sen. Warren E. Barry (R. – Fairfax) - Member of the House of Delegates: 1970-1983. Member of the Senate: 1992-2002.
Del. Anne G. “Panny” Rhodes (R. – Richmond) – Member of the House of Delegates: 1992-2001
Del. Katherine Waddell (I. – Richmond) – Member of House of Delegates: 2006-2008. Founder, Virginia Republican Majority for Choice. Former aide to Lt. Gov. John Hager.
Del. Jim Dillard (R. – Fairfax) – Member of House of Delegates: 1972-1977, 1980-2005. Former Chair of Education Committee.
Thank God they are all out of office now...what a bunch of turncoats!
They are all dead to the Republican party and will have no effect on the election. Dead men tell no tales.
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Check it out. RINOs for Deeds.
Just makes me look forward all the more to casting my vote for McDonnell.
Must be part of the Powell wing of the Republican party.
Wow.
We are fighting hard here in VA for Bob McDonell. This is betrayal of the highest order, in particular after 8 years of Warner/Kaine
Granted, our Democrats are more sensible then most, but we have an election to win this year in VA. We don’t need turncoats at this time
Then there's Webb ~ the man is dangerously unstable, even by Democrat standards. And Mark Warner? I see incipient early onset Alzheimers coming his way ~ see the vacant stare?
I should state they are more “sensible” compared to the rest of that party
Cha-Ching-Chester rides again.
Without exception these “Republicans” were either turned out of office, or knew they couldn’t survive re-election because of their betrayal of Republican values.
I don’t see one shocker on the list. Barry’s son ran as a Dem to become Fairfax Sheriff. Just a bunch of bitter old has-beens.
Brandon Bell – rejected by his own Republican voters in the 2007 State Senate primary in favor of Ralph Smith
John Chichester – chose to retire in 2007 rather than face his Republican voters in a firehouse primary
Russ Potts – last appeared on the ballot not as a Republican, but as an independent (for Governor in 2005), Republican nominee Jerry Kilgore outscored him 23 to 1 (and Kilgore lost)
Marty Williams – rejected by his own Republican voters in the 2007 State Senate primary in favor of Tricia Stall
Warren Barry – left the Senate to serve in the Warner Administration rather than face his Republican voters in 2003; the open seat was supposed to be a gift for his new friends, but Ken Cuccinelli won instead
Panny Rhoades – needed a full-court press from Democrats to stave off an open-primary challenge helped by then-Governor Jim Gilmore in 1999; so highly regarded by her fellow Republicans in the General Assembly that they redistricted her into retirement in 2001; she has been backing Democrats ever since (SST)
Katherine Waddell – Never ran as a Republican, defeated a Republican in 2005 by less than a quarter of one percent, then was sent packing in 2007 by Republican Manoli Loupassi in a twelve-point stomping
James Dillard – Chose to retire rather than face Republican voters angry at his support for Warner’s tax increase, groomed Democrat Dave Marsden to take his place
Corin, you should post that info on the VA board.
Good idea.
VCDL is now aware of this.
When will Chichester finally wise up and go away? What a scumbag RINO!
Brandon Bell is not going to be able to get up a note today on my Governor choice. To much work reviewing technical data on today's market move. Maybe next week.
I respond:
How long does it take to tell us that it's because McDonnell didn't endorse you when you got your fanny shellacked in the primary?
Sadly, this morning I'm no longer his "friend."
LOL! Here, have a hanky....
I don't know whether this is a laughing or crying matter........../s
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