Virginia Democrats Running Scared
By Greg L | 17 July 2009 | Virginia Politics | 8 Comments
Democrats seem to have a rather unusual aversion to having debates lately. First, there’s the challenge by Bob McDonnell to have ten debates across the Commonwealth, which Creigh Deeds refuses to accept. Now Attorney General candidate Steve Shannon is trying to have some kind of strange teleconference thing where he asks questions to no one instead of accepting Ken Cuccinelli’s offer of participating in debates. I can’t recall ever seeing such abject fear demonstrated by candidates in the past, but that fear is driving some rather unusual behavior.
Shannon has now ducked three offers to participate in debates. I don’t get it. Normally when someone is down in the polls like this, they want to have the opportunity to participate in a debate in the hopes it might change the dynamics of the race. The again, seeing that Shannon has recently said that everyone who attended the “tea party” protests decrying the fiscal irresponsibility of the federal government is somehow “divisive and reckless” maybe his reluctance to go on record is understandable. Maybe Joe Biden can get away with saying such things as ‘we have to keep spending money in order to avoid bankruptcy‘, but perhaps Steve Shannon’s ability to avoid being held accountable for his statements is somewhat less refined. That’s about the only explanation here I can come up with for this.
Cuccinelli and McDonnell want to have face-to-face debates where voters get to know where these candidates stand. Shannon wants to debate by fax machine, or perhaps by teleconference, but certainly not in person. Deeds doesn’t want to debate at all, except once near his house. While just about every editorial page in Virginia is saying these debates called for by McDonnell and Cuccinelli should happen, Democrats are still trying to figure out how to evade them. How far we have come from the days when Urkel The Annointed One was willing to perhaps not explain, but at least dance around in soothing tones what the “change” was he meant to impose on the rest of us. Now, we don’t even get the dance. Democrats won’t even get on the stage.
It’s fascinating to see statewide candidates for office from the Democrats exhibiting such fear, and that seems to be how the electorate is viewing this behavior. I’d love to see the polling numbers after this sinks in, because after Shannon and Deeds essentially concede that they can’t compete, this election starts to look like one heck of a wave where Republicans start sweeping races in the House of Delegates all over the place. The utter lack of enthusiasm I saw at the Democrat’s booth on July 4th in Manassas is starting to come into perspective. This is going to be a good election year for Republicans.
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Maybe because they have nothing to say. I sent Bob McDonald an email asking his views on immigration before I would support him financially and as a volunteer. All I got was a ” We will get back to you” response. I’m beginning to think nobody has a clue.
There are 100 million illegals in this country, what are the republicans going to do about them. “NOTHING “the illegals keep wages down and prices high. Before you put any stake in these canidates get there views on illegal immigration in Virginia. That mexicans without border sounds alot like “do what we want or else” terrorism, that crowd should all be deported along with the anchor babies they made to support themselves with. The one law america should have passed a long time ago is , two illegals can not make a legal. These people intend to destroy our system the same way “THEY” destroyed theirs . Unemployment is so high because of the illegals working the jobs US citizens should do, make these canidates voice their views on this. Remeber though, Gilmore promised to abolish the p.p tax on vehicles, what crap that was. This guy is their buddy.
I asked a policy question (nothing anyone here would be interested in) of Bob McDonnell, wound up speaking to a staffer for about 30 minutes, and got the biggest non-answer ever. I actually asked the same question of Creigh Deeds and just didn’t like his answer - at least he took the time to answer the question in a concrete way. So who to vote for?
As an independent for years, I took a chance on “change” last November and have been largely left flat. I am concerned about what I see “the party in charge” coming up with: gitmo detainees coming to VA, paying for DC resident abortions with my - and your - federal taxes, even more of my - and your - tax money for stimulus, and now yet more of my - and your - tax money for health care for people who don’t work. While some of the R’s are a bit weak on issues, I plan on voting for all the R’s this time around!
The Adm. (democrats) will be giving those 100 million + illegals amnesty. They also are counting on this amnesty move as a guarantee to their being in Office for a long time. But, once these illegals have the vote, I would bet that they will begin voting their own candidates into Office. Thus, the current ruling liberal elite will have to change their strategy in order to maintain control and power. Of course, overall, the Country will continue to decline, but it will be interesting to observe the response of the open border liberal elites and their various supporters when the former illegals begin voting them out of Office.
Cynic may well be right. Sort of reminds me of that foolish Roman Emperor who invited the ” barbarians” to settle within the boundaries of the empire. I’m not totally sure about this, but I think those barbarians may have killed him.
The Dems fear of debate demonstrates their weakness. Creigh “Daffy Duck(er)” Deeds hopes to reduce the election to a battle of median strip signs.
http://grovetonsvirginia.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/daffy-ducker-deeds/
The democrats are sure brave when they are in Congress shooting off thier mouth on Obamas extermination reform for Seniors and whoever else they put thier designs on. They should be required to go to the Town Hall meeting and be among the Seniors they have chosen to eliminate after all they are hired by taxpayer money. You should order them to do so Obama oh sorry I mean God.