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And Bob McDonnell is still nonetheless in denial.

Writes the Virginian-Pilot: “Rep. Jim Moran, an opponent of offshore drilling, wrote a letter Tuesday to Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, urging him to back off on his push for offshore drilling. ‘I trust you would agree that the presence of the Department of Defense in the Commonwealth is of greater benefit than anything that could be derived from offshore drilling,’ Moran wrote.”

No Oil & Gas Activity area concerns:
- Live ordnance release and impact:
–Air-surface missile/bomb
- Preservation of sensitive undersea & surface operations
- Combined Shipboard Systems Qualification Trials
- Developmental, Operational and Follow-on Testing and Evaluation

Give it up Bob!

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Tit is Gov. Bob McDonnell. Tat is Scott Rigell. Tat gives over $98,000 in campaign contributions. Tit gives Tat his endorsement. Tat spat. Tit Shit.

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Not to give him any ideas… “Polluters have had enough of law clinics“.

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The wealthy Freedom Ford car salesman in the race for the Republican nod for the pleasure of taking on Rep. Glenn Nye has more to sell than just used cars. He’s all say one thing, do another.

From USA Today “Dealers-turned-candidates run into trouble”:

Scott Rigell, who is running for a House district that includes Virginia Beach, criticized Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a January speech for “reckless bailouts and an out-of-control federal debt.” But records show he sold 138 cars under Cash for Clunkers last year.

“It’s the hypocrisy of it,” said Ben Loyola, a Republican challenging Rigell in the primary. “You can’t say you’re against these programs, bailouts, and yet benefit wholeheartedly from them.”

FYI… it’s an open GOP primary on Tues., June 8. Crossover voting permitted!

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As a husband and father, Bert knows that we must protect the sanctity of human life.

As someone who’s favorite color is blue, Eileen thinks she’d like to eat pizza tonight.

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The mastermind responsible for setting the ball in motion in 2005 towards Virginia offshore drilling sneaked in quietly and late at last evening’s MMS public hearing on the Atlantic seismic study necessary to support drilling. Nor did state senator Frank Wagner speak. Darn! No cute little stories about how all the little fishies love to hang out in the area of offshore oil rigs.

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Jim Hoeft of the Republican blog Bearing Drift has decided to organize his supporters to join him in participating in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s “Clean the Bay” Day on Saturday, June 5. This is terrific! The Bay needs all the help it can get.

It’s also very interesting how Jim had to amend the context of his invitation to Republicans to join this event. You see CBF is a 501(c)(3) and is strictly prohibited from engaging in political activities. They are hyper-sensitive to anything that smells like politics anywhere near them.

Last year I was helping Brian Moran in the Democratic primary. He wanted to participate in “Clean the Bay” Day and invite his supporters to join him. He asked me to work on setting it up. The attorney for CBF came down on that idea hard, doing everything he could to stop that from happening with all sorts of restrictions such as no photography, no campaign T-shirts, buttons, stickers, lit, no press release, no reporting, etc., etc. and personally policing our participation that day. We got the picture, respected their position and abandoned the idea.

Jim Hoeft in his blog post announcing Bearing Drift’s participation originally pointed out how June 5 was just a handful of days away from the GOP primary for the 2nd congressional district and how it would be great to see the GOP 2nd candidates join him. One candidate, Jessica Sandlin, responded with “Love it, Jim! I’m in and I’ll bring my kids”. Jim has since struck that language from the blog post. He’ll hopefully also remind the GOP candidates like Jessica of CBF’s restrictions.

I talked to VBDC Chair Susan Mariner about this and she thinks it would be a great activity for Virginia Beach Dems to be involved with too. Look for more details on that coming soon!

Save the Bay and Drill Baby Drill! Right, Jim?

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Gotta love this invitation from Bob Dean and the Virginia Beach Taxpayers Alliance!

Real estate and personal property tax increases, fee hikes, a new trash fee, another budget increase, hundreds and hundreds of millions for a trolley to nowhere, public employee salaries outpacing the private
sector, select special interest groups feeding at the public trough, the worst recession since the great depression, the convention center and Sandler Center both sucking away precious public safety funds, and 29
percent of our students on the free and reduced lunch program. What a way to run a railroad.

What’s a mayor to do? Let’s ask him about these and other issues on Saturday.

You are invited to join us this Saturday, April 24 at 8:30 a.m. at the Marion Manor Retirement Center located behind St. Gregory’s Church which is located across the street from Haynes Furniture. Breakfast begins at 8:30 followed by the meeting at 9. Students are encouraged to attend.

For additional information, please contact Robert Dean at 427-6606 or by e-mail: robertkdean@cox.net.

Hmmm… should I go? I’d love to see this man in the hot seat. But is it worth my precious Saturday morning and sleeping in…

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From the Virginia Center for Public Safety:

In another example of the degree to which he’s prepared to pander to his allies in the political fringe, Gov. Bob McDonnell has taken action to give the National Rifle Association an exclusive mandate to “educate” all primary school children in Virginia on their idea of gun safety.

In the 2010 session, HB1217 was introduced as a firearms safety measure to be added to the K-6th grade curriculum of public schools. This legislation would require the Board of Education to adopt curriculum guidelines using the National Rifle Association materials.

With little hope of shielding our children from exposure to the NRA’s agenda, opponents managed to get the bill amended in the Senate to include the National Crime Prevention materials, known for its education materials featuring “McGruff the Crime Dog” and steps to help “Take a Bite Out of Crime”, as well in an effort to broaden options for resource materials for the Board of Education.

Apparently intending to use a typo as an excuse, the Governor has now recommended that all mention of the National Crime Prevention Council be removed from the bill. In effect,the Governor’s recommendation gives the NRA exclusive control over part of every Virginian child’s education.

State legislators will reconvene on Wednesday April 21 in Richmond and will consider/vote on McDonnell’s amendments to HB1217. Contact them now and tell them to vote “no” granting exclusive control to the NRA to any part of our children’s education.

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I can’t tell you how comforting it is knowing that the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Secretary of Natural Resources is a member of the Flat Earth Society and is actually swallowing the shit that our esteemed Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is dishing out. (Source for Domenech quote).

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Writes CQ Politics, “As Nye and his party shift to playing defense in a historically challenging midterm election year, CQ is shifting the rating of the 2nd district race to ‘Tossup’ from ‘Leans Democratic.’”

“[H]is party”?????

Oh, that’s right… I remember now. Nye’s a Democrat, for now. That is until Rep. Eric Cantor gets to him.

CQ says they are making the rating change as heir-apparent Scott Rigell with his personal fortune as a car salesman has muscled his way to the top of the crowded pool of Republican nominees.

“And it will be difficult for Republicans to portray him as a lockstep adherent of Democratic leaders because his voting record is among the least liberal in the House Democratic Caucus. Nye voted for the economic stimulus law but bucked his party on the cap-and-trade climate change bill and a Democratic-written health care bill President Obama recently signed into law”, writes CQ.

Ah… silly CQ has forgotten that Republicans lie. Nye will be painted as a liberal Pelosi Democrat no matter what. That is unless Cantor intervenes, shifts course away from Nye, leaving Rigell dangling on his own.

And wouldn’t it be the ultimate kick in the crotch if Glenn somehow manages to gain back Democratic grassroots support, pulls off a win, and then says “fuck it” and jumps parties.

Things would have been so different for Glenn Nye if he had only bothered to listen to the folks that got him elected in 2008. Oh well…. there’s always Tom Perriello’s race to get excited about!

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What zodialogical sign was Glenn Nye born under? Coz damn… the accidental good fortune he keeps getting handed is unbelievable!

“It is disappointing that the former chairman of the Virginia Beach Republican Party no longer feels he has a home in his own party”, writes 2nd district GOPper candidate Scott Taylor to the news that Kenny Golden has dropped out of the Republican nomination race to face Glenn Nye as an Independent. Way to split the Republican vote, Mr. Golden!

According to Virginia News Source, the charming current chairman of the Virginia Beach Republican Party, Gary Byler, is shitting in his pants. “Unglued? The 2nd District GOP is wrangling with bruised egos, defecting candidates, and a district leadership under internal attack”, they write.

There’s also news that former 2nd district GOPper candidate and former chairman of the Virginia Beach Republican Party Chuck Smith has carpet-bagged his way to the 3rd district to wrestle his way into being the GOPper nominee blessed with the good fortune of facing Rep. Bobby Scott in November. Bwaaaaa!!!

(Photo credit: Virginia News Source “Unglued! The Republican political way?”)

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That’s what a reliable source tells me.

Go Tommy Smigiel!

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I’ll have to agree with The Shad Plank on this one. “Maybe McDonnell was sick of Ken Cuccinelli getting so many headlines”, they write. Nothing else explains this irresponsible and egotistical move.

Why, oh, why would Governor McDonnell issue a proclamation declaring April “Confederate History Month”? Our country and the Commonwealth are so heated up and intensely divided over health care, energy, and solutions to our ailing economy. We currently sit at a place in time where people are suffering with unemployment, loss of housing, etc., etc. This resolution does nothing more than fan the flames of division and animosity amongst us. Who and what is gained from this resolution?

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Motion in the court of public opinion

Happy Easter, y’all!

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