Posted on 10/15/2013 2:49:52 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro (D), met with Democratic volunteers and campaign staff at the Prince William County Democratic Headquarters in Lake Ridge on Saturday, to support Terry McAuliffe’s candidacy for Virginia Governor and excite volunteers as Election Day draws closer.
“I’m here because everyone around the nation is watching this campaign. Everyone around the nation knows what a great candidate Terry McAuliffe is for Governor of Virginia and sees the contrast that really exists in this race,” Castro said.
Castro pointed out several of the contrasts between McAuliffe and Cuccinelli including social agenda, ideology and proposed priorities in their potential role as Governor.
Castro also tied Cuccinelli’s platforms back to the Tea Party movement within the Republican Party, whom many Americans have assigned blame for, for the recent federal government shutdown.
“[Cuccinelli] is trying to appeal to a very small slice of the electorate with a myopic vision about the future – the Tea Party – and right now in Washington, D.C. with this government shutdown, we’re seeing essentially what happens when their vision comes to life. The events of the past couple weeks have really reminded us, you know – in this 21st century world, we’ve really got to figure out what we stand for as a nation. We became the greatest country in the world for a reason,” Castro said.
Thanking volunteers and campaign staff for their work on the campaign, Castro attempted to inspire and excite them for the phone banks and canvassing drives that lay ahead.
“All of us know that it’s pretty exciting during these presidential election cycles, and then on these off years, what we risk is that people stay home,” Castro commented, going on to share his own personal story as a progressive rising star in the Democratic Party, growing up as a grandchild of immigrants from Mexico.
“The year that I applied to college, my mother was making $19,000 that year – my grandmother was making a few hundred dollars in a Social Security check. The only reason we were able to go to Stanford University was because we worked hard, and they had worked hard,” Castro said.
The Cuccinelli campaign has also found support in the well-known Duggar family, famous for their TLC show, 19 Kids and Counting, who will be stumping for his candidacy this Wednesday in Woodbridge.
Castro = scum
We elected a Hussein. Any doubt the Democrats will be pushing a Castro not too far down the road?
I’ve been to San Antonio. I don’t know how the people there elected this creep. Most Hispanics would loath this guy.
The Democrats are bringing in the "big guns" to help McAuliffe. They are good at name calling and the blame game, but cannot govern.
But they cannot avoid the simple facts that the Democrat party is the party of death and evil. How else can you describe a party that supports the killing of babies, insults our WWII veterans, closes the open air monuments and parks, makes it miserable for you, refuses to follow the precedent of using the regular order appropriations process to keep our government open, has death panels, blindly supports Obamacare, believes in higher taxes, and socialism.
How can anyone, even the low information voter, support such a candidate?
He reminds me of that conceited jerk Henry Cisneros-may he end up exactly the same way...
It seems like Virginia picked the best person to lose against a loser like macawful. If Virginia had eliminated their ignorant radar detector law while the GOP held the state, I would have more confidence in them.
Trust me, most of us do...
No one who lives out here would live in SA again for a fortune-only the low info bunch in the city like “professional Latinos” like Castro...
So, because you can’t speed with impunity you blame the GOP?
So, because you can’t speed with impunity you blame the GOP?
Maybe he will like it so much in Virginia that he will stay there. :-D
If the Battle of the Alamo were fought today, on which side would Julian Castro fight?
Didn’t say anything about speeding. I thought it was only democrat types that like to ban RECEIVERS. It’s an infringement to ban such devices and the GOP should know better. It’s like banning semiauto weapons because they can kill people.
Wanting to know when radar is pointed at me does NOT indicate a desire to SPEED any more than wanting a semiauto weapon indicates a desire to shoot up schools. Kapish?
Yeah, I’ll remember Gilmore’s “NO CAR TAX” slogan as I write my car tax check....
Past, present and future of Alamo Plaza debated - September 19, 2013 - “First and foremost, we're going to preserve and protect the integrity of the historical space,” Castro told a full lecture room at UTSA's Downtown Campus.Castro said the $1 million allocated for the plaza in a bond issue approved by voters last year is not nearly enough to make a significant difference. He was reticent to suggest specific changes, but said it should be a serene area with more green space.
The mayor emphasized that he and other city leaders want to carefully listen to everyone on plans for the site and its history as a battlefield, Native American burial ground and 20th-century plaza.
“We don't want to be arrogant with how we go forward with such a sacred space,” Castro said.
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