Posted on 10/17/2009 8:45:52 PM PDT by freespirited
A LEGACY of sound policies, coupled with the proximity of the federal government, has partially protected Virginia from the harsh retrenchments that the recession has forced on many states. Yet the commonwealth faces a daunting crisis in the form of a drastic shortfall in transportation funding, measured in the tens of billions of dollars, that threatens future prosperity. If the current campaign for governor has clarified anything, it is that state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic nominee, 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. The Republican candidate, former attorney general Robert F. 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.
There are plenty of reasons why Mr. Deeds is the better choice for governor in the Nov. 3 election. He has stood with Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the incumbent, and his predecessor, now-Sen. Mark R. Warner, in support of the sane fiscal and budgetary choices that have made the state one of the best-governed and most business-friendly in the nation. Mr. McDonnell has generally spurned those policies, most notably by opposing Mr. Warner's landmark tax package in 2004, which attracted bipartisan support as it boosted public safety and education and protected the state's finances. Mr. Deeds has compiled a moderate record on divisive social issues that reflects Virginia's status as a centrist swing state. Mr. McDonnell has staked out the intolerant terrain on his party's right wing, fighting a culture war that seized his imagination as a law student in the Reagan era.
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The Post sucks.
I’m sooo shocked.
Washington Pest Ping.
And, people really care for their opinion?
I don’t think so.
And, people really care for their opinion?
I don’t think so.
http://www.bobmcdonnell.com/ for Governor
http://www.billbolling.com/ for Lieutenant Governor
http://www.cuccinelli.com/ for Attorney General
Isn’t the WP the paper which endorsed Obama whose popularity is tanking in Virginia? Excellent!
We are shocked. They kept their bas so well hidden that no one had a clue who they would endorse. *snicker*.
I wonder what Deeds wrote about in his college thesis?
Oh my! Had I only known before. I guess I better go right out and do my good civic deed and vote for Deeds indeed! I didn’t realize just how misinformed I had been. My my.. Little had I foreseen just how blind I was.. Thank God we have a force for truth and good government here in the area surrounding our nation’s capital. I stand corrected... mumble.. mumble...My Lands!
Virgina, you deserve every new tax increase Deeds will impose on you if you elect him.
Virgina should be Virginia. Whoops.
Both you and I would be shocked.
Virginia isn’t going to elect Deeds.
I trust your instint on this. I hope you are right. Somehow, I don’t trust all the illegal forces that know how important this election is.
Maybe he wrote how the Maoist mass slaaughter of China was a “necessary” step. lol.
Well, I was going to vote for Bob McDonnell, but maybe I should reconsider now...hmmm.....
hahahahaha
Here's a Washington Post endorsement:
We endorse [Democrat]. He/she will raise taxes and support abortion. [Republican] will not.
Don’t worry - ain’t happening. People here got all caught up in the hopey changey thing and reality is setting in.
Too bad almost nobody reads the Post anymore. Their circulation has sunk so low that they are giving away subscriptions to fool their advertisers.
Pretty soon they will be bankrupt and up for sale.
HOLY CRAP WHAT A SURPRISE!!
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