Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, May 20. Also, rest in peace to Rich Savage, a Virginia Democrat who ran for Lt. Governor in 2009 and who sadly committed suicide this past weekend.
*Poll: Obama approval holds steady (Wait, you mean the ginned-up outrage and overhyped “scandals” by Teapublicans aren’t causing President Obama’s support to collapse or anything? Apparently, the American people are a lot smarter than Republicans think they are!)
*Virginia: The Seppuku Convention of 2013
*Virginia G.O.P. Pleases Crowd With Barbs About I.R.S. (Can we say “demagoguery?” Can we say the head of the IRS was a Bush appointee? Whatever, facts be damned, these are Republicans after all!)
*Va. pick bemoaned ‘slavish devotion’
*Virginia GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood to KKK
*Virginia Republican: ‘Black civil rights leaders’ responsible for ‘genocide’
*The 10 Most Anti-Gay Statements From The Republican Nominee For Lt. Governor Of Virginia
*New Va. GOP Ticket Touring State Monday
*Virginia GOP Candidate Has Questionable Theories on Homosexuality, Planned Parenthood, and the KKK
*Cuccinelli says open gov’t law doesn’t apply to his office (Uhhhhhhhh…)
*Va. GOP candidates campaign together
*Light rail at a crossroads as Virginia Beach nears decision
*Two FBI agents killed in accident off Virginia Beach coast
*Padres trounce Nationals, 13-4 (OK, guys, time to start hitting your stride now!)