Is there anyone running in Virginia that I can support? Because Terry & Cuckoo are both nonstarters

[peacebird]

[spooky3]

1. Unfortunately, it is a "lesser of evils" year, with one

Evil considerably worse than the other. We must support McAuliffe with our votes this fall IMHO.

[peacebird]

2. You may be right, but have you MET Terry? He has a totally slimey, used car salesman vibe

He showed up sporting two sweet young things at the Albemarle picnic a few years back. A total scummy whanker....

[spooky3]

3. Would you prefer the odious Cuccinelli

Whose political positions are outrageous?

That appears to be our choice this year.

[peacebird]

4. No, but I would prefer a third choice.... Both of the mainstream are so totally odious...

[spooky3]

6. Yes but unfortunately, this year that would

Hand the office to Cuccinelli.

[MADem]

5. Yeah, but he'll work on getting rid of the "Virginia is for Haters" vibe. nt

[peacebird]

7. Not sure, but it feels like you are slamming me for not being thrilled by the chance of voting for T

If so, can you tell me why you love him? Aside from the D beside his name?

[MADem]

8. A bit sensitive, aren't you? Why do you presume to know what I think about YOU?

I don't even know you.

Go vote for a Republican if you'd like. Don't cry when you get what you get.

[peacebird]

10. Me, no, YOU on the other hand... perhaps yes. After all, you replied to my question.

[MADem]

11. My reply talked about a key issue and the candidate.

After all, that was the OP topic. A candidate, and his issues.

Your response focused on ME and your "suspicions" about my attitude towards YOU.

See how that kind of thing ruins good conversation?

[peacebird]

12. I posted the OP, perhaps I know what is on topic or not... Your response was NOT. Thanks 4 playing!

[MADem]

13. Excuse me? You're the one that "got personal" -- not me. I think you know it, too. nt

[peacebird]

15. "Yeah, but he'll work on getting rid of the "Virginia is for Haters" vibe." I misunderstood you

I wondered if you were saying I was a hater, but was not sure. I assume now that you were not, I apologize if you felt my asking was rude.

[MADem]

18. "Virginia is for Lovers" is a tourism motto for the state.

"Virginia is for Haters" is how the state treats gay people. There's a pushback campaign for equal rights that is centered around that theme.

It had nothing to do with you--it had everything to do with VA's policy on equality.

See: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/is-virginia-for-haters/?_r=0

Is Virginia for Haters?
By THOMAS B. EDSALL

....Virginia is a state moving steadily from red to purple – from “reliably Republican” to “presidential battleground.” Republican activists with majority control of the state Party nominating process have come down with a vengeance on the side of the hard right.

At the May 17-18 Virginia Republican Party convention, the nomination of Cuccinelli, the Rev. E. W. Jackson for lieutenant governor, and State Senator Mark D. Obenshain for attorney general amounted to a declaration of “no retreat” from conservative orthodoxy, a thumb in the eye of the establishment.

“This is the most conservative Republican ticket in the history of Virginia,” Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, told me in a telephone interview.

On the Democratic side, the Virginia election will be the first off-year test of Obama campaign techniques without Obama actually on the ballot. It will help determine whether the deployment of innovative microtechnology, data analysis and IT-enhanced voter lists, combined with a large network of volunteers to boost turnout, can be successfully replicated under very different and more adverse circumstances.

McAuliffe has hired technology and turn-out staff from the Obama campaign, and he has also acquired that campaign’s 2012 Virginia voter files, including names of local organizers and neighborhood volunteers, information that proved critical to Obama’s victory last year....

And this: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginia-is-for-haters/174827907899

(That's worth a look...)


I wasn't calling you a 'hater.' That's not how I roll, ever--and particularly to a DUer. I was calling the state's policy on equality hateful.

[peacebird]

20. Speaking of equality, have you heard this song - just beautiful!

http://m.

&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhlVBg7_08n0

It has become one of my favorites!

[MADem]

21. Virginia should make that their state song! nt

[Heather MC]

16. or Not support Coochie Nelly

I wouldn't trust Terry to sell my Dead Grandmother a car.
But at least I know Terry wouldn't try to cement my crotch

Tough choice

[elleng]

9. Maybe not.

Fortunately I'm in Maryland.
Sorry.

[Heather MC]

17. So Lucky you guys Got Martin O'Malley, hopefully he will make a presidential run

Fingers crossex

[elleng]

19. Kind of wish he'd keep Gov. job,

Dems have a deep Presidential field, imo, but I understand your comment. Thanks

[blkmusclmachine]

14. When it's a choice between 2 evils, you still wind up with evil.

IMO

[JPZenger]

22. Please remember the 2000 Race, where people who thought Gore was imperfect helped elect Bush

Please remember the 2000 Presidential race. Thousands of voters in some swing states thought Gore was not quite liberal enough. The end result was that we had My Pet Goat while the US was being attacked, a useless war in Iraq, trillions of unnecessary debt, Dick Cheney being the powerful person in the World, and a world economy that went down the crapper.

Instead, we could have had the most pro-environment President in US history.

If the Republican candidate was a reasonable moderate, then Terry's personality might come into play. However, Cucci is an ultra-conservative homophobe who wants to drag Virginia back into the 19th Century. His Lt. Guv literally believes that a Democrat cannot possibly be a Christian.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

23. McAuliffe, Cuccinelli race drips with venom

McAuliffe, Cuccinelli race drips with venom
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/mcauliffe-cuccinelli-race-drips-with-venom/2013/08/06/e7dadc78-fae5-11e2-9bde-7ddaa186b751_story.html

Our first governor was Patrick Henry. Our second was Thomas Jefferson (who detested Patrick Henry, for Henry's attempt to make Virginia taxpayers pay the salaries of clergymen).

How did it come to this?

By Paul Schwartzman

On an otherwise serene Sunday recently, Virginia’s gubernatorial candidates were embroiled in the kind of needling and jabbing that is defining their race to lead the commonwealth.

The subject: whether Democrat Terry McAuliffe proved that he’s masquerading as a Virginian when he said a highway along the southern edge of the state — Route 58 — needs to be widened to four lanes.
....

Even by the standards of modern political combat, the race to succeed Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) is an ugly contest between two candidates who are devoting vast resources to disparaging each other as unsuited for the job.
....

Time magazine proclaimed the race “The Dirtiest, Nastiest, Low-Down Campaign in America,” one that has drawn comparisons to the polarization of the U.S. Congress and the 2012 presidential contest.

“The Dirtiest, Nastiest, Low-Down Campaign in America?” There's always this:

Anthony Weiner Calls Rival "Grandpa" At Forum Hosted By The AARP
http://www.joemygod.blogspot.com/2013/08/anthony-weiner-calls-rival-grandpa-at.html

&feature=player_embedded

[JPZenger]

24. Hey Weiner, maybe its a good thing most Grandpas don't know how to Tweet