Bob McDonnell’s GOP Response to the State of the Union

Two weeks into his tenure as Governor of Virginia
and Bob McDonnell has already been tapped by The National Republican party
to criticize President Obama in the aftermath of the president's
1st State of The Union Address.



McDonnell claims it was The Democratic Party
who drove America into "unsustainable debt"
coveniently omitting The Fact it was George W. Bush
who squandered a surplus of funds he inherited from
a Democratic administration and replaced it with
a trillion dollar deficit. It was Republicans,
not The Democratic party,
who trashed the U.S. economy.

He claims The Federal Government is "trying to do too much"
which wasn't the case when Bush was president,
according to McDonnell. Virginians can rest assured
McDonnell won't try to do too much for them.

As a matter of fact, like so many Republican apologists,
McDonnell is in denial. He is still pushing the same
failed policies of The Bush/Cheney Administration.

"Backwards" Bob professes to feel the pain of struggling Virginians,
but in truth he is nothing but a ruthless defender of The Status Quo.
He is a puppet for The Oil corporations and the major focus of his agenda
is to allow "drilling" for oil off the Virginia coast.
McDonnell can be trusted by Republicans to push the "privatization"
of The Commonwealth. Virginians needed to remember the fiscal mess
created by the state's last Republican governor before McDonnell was elected,
but residents of The Old Dominion are stuck with him now.

Indeed, Virginians need to apply the same standards to The New Governor
which have been applied to the president, and if all Virginia's problems
haven't been solved by the end of the month, Virginia Democrats need to immediately
call for his impeachment and spend the remainder of his term indulging in ad hominem attacks and unite to oppose every measure of his ultra -conservative agenda.

Its Already Started

The price Virginians will have to pay
for allowing The Republicans to establish
a "Bush" style corporate fiefdom
in Richmond is already clear
via the cabinet appointments made
by Governor -elect Bob McDonnell.

Bob McDonnell says there is no "conflict of interest"
in Virginia Commerce Secretary-designate Robert Sledd's refusal
to step down from the boards of three large corporations.

Add to that McDonnell's appointment of former Bush Official
Doug Domenech to be placed in charge of Virginia's "natural resources"
and what emerges is the expected contempt for public interest
one should come to expect from G.O.P. governments.

These developments should be no surprise to any astute voter
who preferred even the most "lukewarm" Democratic candidates
to G.O.P. extremists who will insist on trying to "drill" there way
to prosperity which will supposedly "trickle" down to the public at large.

Of course The Republicans will keep Virginia business "friendly"
by making sure wages for workers are low while expecting "stimulus"
from the federal government to make up the difference.

If the economy in Virginia does improve,
McDonnell & The Republicans will no doubt be quick to claim the credit,
but if Virginians continue to struggle against the negitive economic trends,
one can bet McDonnell & The Republicans will be quick to blame
The Obama Administration for failing to revive the economy.

It remains to be seen if Virginians will blame themselves
for allowing these opportunists to seize control of The State Government
and be awakened from a misguided sense of complacency ,
or if The Democratic Party in Virginia will provide
the electorate with truly viable candidates
who do more than simply parrot the Republican agenda.

NRA Ad in Virginia

The NRA is airing a political ad in Virginia
which more resembles a "sit-com" than serious political campaigning.
Could this be a sign Republicans are getting desperate in Virginia?

The "ad" is hysterical in more ways than one.
It would be funny except it is no joke.
The Republicans are serious, and the McDonnell campaign,
which has praised George W. Bush and wants to continue
the failed economic policies which have ruined The U.S.
for many working Americans, is the latest example of
McDonnell's contempt
for the intelligence of the Virginia voters.

Apparently McDonnell was critical of undercover investigators
working for the City of New York,
who bought guns in violation of existing regulations
fromVirginia gun dealers.
Here is an excerpt from the ad:
"When Mayor Bloomberg got down here [to Virginia],
your guy, Bob McDonnell,
kicked him out of Virginia,
and it was very disrespectful.
[Perhaps it was.]
When you vote I strongly suggest
you forget about your freedoms
and your Mr. Second Amendment Bob McDonnell."
It is a clear case of conservative fear mongering
which has become so prevalent in Republican campaigns.
It also shows how out of touch McDonnell is because
many Virginia residents moved from New York to Virginia.
It is just one more example of the bigoted attitude Republican politicians
have toward working Virginians, whom McDonnell has been recorded as saying prefer
"welfare" to work.

It is time for Virginians to let Richmond know
they are serious about the mounting problems facing the state
as well as the nation, and if McDonnell and The Republicans are truly concerned
with "outsiders" influencing Virginia's elections,
indeed, they need to take a hard look at the list their own list of contributors.

McDonnell critical of Democratic Agenda

Virginia Beach conservative Bob McDonnell has been critical of Democratic party nominee Creigh Deeds for his support of President Obama's agenda , which figures heavily in the Virginia Gubernatorial Race.

The National Republican Party hopes the elections in Virginia will be
a referendum on Obama and the Democratic Congress.
It is a race already awash in cash from both national parties,
yet McDonell fails to admit Republicans from the outside of have poured more into his own campaign.

"You can't separate Creigh Deeds from the national Democratic agenda."
claims McDonnell.

The Qusetion is can one seperate Bob McDonnell from the national Republican agenda ?
How is he any different ? McDonnell wholeheartedly endorses and supports the usual Republican Agenda, namely surrendering public lands to private corporations, drilling for oil ( in this case off the coast of Virginia ), tax -cuts for the rich, and a disregard for struggling Americans ( in this case, Virginians ).
In other words -- The Same Old Republican politics.

Even now, McDonnell approves of the Bush economic policies which ruined the economy.
The Hypocrisy is monumental in this case, but McDonnell is hoping Tea Bag activists along with lackluster support from "Obama" Democrats in Virginia will amount to victory in November.

He may be right.

Deeds is attacking McDonnell as an acolyte of former President George W. Bush's economic policies. McDonnell, in an effort to tie Deeds to Obama, prods him to commit himself to such Democratic priorities as health care reform and clean energy legislation. Oddly, so do some of the Democrats' most committed constituencies.