Posted on 09/06/2011 3:17:38 PM PDT by kristinn
Virginia Democrats are using part of Sarah Palin's weekend speech — in which the former governor of Alaska criticized the D.C. area and its "permanent political class" as unsympathetic to the country's economic woes — to attack Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and GOP Senate candidate George Allen.
“Her ridiculous comments about Northern Virginia are just further proof of what people already know: Sarah Palin doesn't understand what Virginia families are going through, and she doesn't care," said Virginia Democratic spokesman Brian Coy. "It shouldn't be difficult for any Virginian to condemn her absurd rhetoric, particularly for people like George Allen and Bob McDonnell, both of whom have lived in Northern Virginia and have spent much of their lives in Virginia politics.”
In her speech, Palin argued that those in favor of shrinking the size and scope of government would need to battle entrenched forces in the D.C. metro area that were unsympathetic to the recession.
"They don't feel the same urgency that we do," Palin said. "But why should they? For them, business is good. Business is very good. Seven of the 10 wealthiest suburbs are suburbs of Washington, D.C."
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Seven of the 10 wealthiest suburbs are suburbs of Washington, D.C.Are Va Dems claiming to have fact-checked this statement and found it to be untrue?
All those "US" dollars being printed 24/7 have to go somewhere.
Thanks for posting this.
There is Virginia and then there is the area of VA around DC limits and the beltway bandits therein. These are not the same constituencies as seen in state elections. VA would do well to move to expand the area of DC into Manassas and Fairfax and Reston, etc.
yup
I don't see how she can run as anti-GOP establishment when just 3 years ago she agreed to be the lackey/VP for Mr. GOP Establishment himself, Juan McLame. If she is genuine in making this transformation, then she would be best to try and start her own political party, because she was a big part of the GOP establishment in 2008. Plus, if she does run for President, she going to need ground support and fundraising from the same “establishment” that she now demonizes.
Government employees and dependents and businesses dependent on them have grown so powerful that they are in a position of being able to loot the rest of America in order to provide for themselves, as the rest of America withers away.
Bless Sarah for telling the truth about this.
Palin is dead on calling this area out. The fact that this is all the Rats can whine about in her speech shows they are in trouble. Good luck defending these over payed Gov’t employees to a country at 9+% unemployment. Here are 2010 stats on the richest suburbs of DC.
1. County: Loudoun County, Va.
Population: 277,433
Median Household Income: $110,643.00
Percent of Residents 25 or Older with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 58
2. County: Fairfax County, Va.
Population: 1,005,980
Median Household Income: $106,785.00
Percent of Residents 25 or Older with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 60
3. County: Howard County, Md.
Population: 272,412
Median Household Income: $101,710.00
Percent of Residents 25 or Older with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 60
LMAO Have we heard from Moran the Moron yet?
Praise from a Democrat suck butt like Brian Coy should be shunned.McDonnell and Allen should both shun it.
Certainly Virginia and Maryland are suffering from the recession, but not near as bad as some other states, because of the amount of Government jobs in both states.Trying to make sour grapes of the truth is the job of Democrats and they are good at it.
Remembner this attack comes from Democrats who cannot stand the truth.
If I owned real estate in the DC area, I’d think about selling. Things will be changing there soon.
Aren’t you late for a Perrywinkle thread?
There are all sorts of measures that could get different results, but here’s the report that I’m sure Palin was referencing:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/7-of-10-richest-counties-in-dc.html
Looks pretty cut’n’dried to me.
You're not a big fan of Sarah Palin - period. Nothing else needs to be said.
I agree with Sarah Palin.
Why are these suburbs so wealthy?
I guess I don’t see how insulting northern Virginia when the GOP has made gains there in recent years helps anybody in the conservative movement.
It’s pure demonizing. Is it deserved? Perhaps. Does that mean it isn’t a variation of class warfare? Nope.
“Why are these suburbs so wealthy?”
Because until the New Deal..and the Great Society...DC was little more than a sleepy southern town...think Richmond...all that regulation and enforcement and taxation has to originate from somewhere and go somewhere.
IMHO..Palin should move the White House to the Heartland....St. Louis perhaps?..and Congress should meet electronically from their districts.
Why start a new party when she can co-opt the more powerful existing one?
If the class in question is the Permanent Governing Class, then as far as I can see it’s already at war with us.
I think congressmen should be sequestered within their districts.
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