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Is Anything about Romney Real??

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Elaine in Roanoke
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When Willard “Mitt” Romney and his campaign made a decision to turn a partisan event on Tuesday in Ohio into a “storm relief effort,” all was not as portrayed by the op ed photos released to the press. As reported on Buzzfeed, a political rally in Dayton was quickly turned into a “storm relief effort” that was meant to portray Romney as caring and a leader during a crisis.

“The plan was for supporters to bring hurricane relief supplies to the event and then deliver the bags of canned goods, packages of diapers, and cases of water bottles to the candidate, who would be perched behind a table…To complete the project and photo op, Romney would lead his crew in carrying the goods out of the gymnasium and into the Penske rental truck parked outside.”

Campaign aides became worried that donations wouldn’t be large enough to fill up the truck. So, the night before the event Romney campaign workers took $5,000 to a Dayton Walmart and bought bottled water, canned goods, etc. When people showed up without donations, they were told to “just grab something” from the purchased pile.

It’s bad enough that a “storm relief” event used bogus donations, but let’s not forget that the Red Cross expressly asks people NOT to donate goods. Donated money can be used to buy what’s needed at the site of a disaster. Donated goods simply use up resources transporting and distributing them. If Romney wants to help, I would suggest he pull out his checkbook and write a multi-million-dollar donation to the Red Cross, earning himself yet another tax deduction.

This scam ranks right up there with Paul Ryan showing up long after dinner at a shelter, but insisting on washing already clean dishes in order to get his photo taken. There’s no way Americans can trust those guys.

Video: Gov. Christie Says Pres. Obama “Sprung Into Action Immediately” to Help New Jersey

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lowkell
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More Slimeball Election Tactics by a Virginia Republican: Jason Flanary Edition

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lowkell
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What is it about Virginia Republicans and their slimeball election tactics? First the Harrisonburg/Republican Party voter fraud situation, now this.

The spate of unsolicited anti-Obama text messages that have hit hundreds of cellphones in recent days appears to be the work of conservative activist Jason Flanary and his Virginia-based communications firm, ccAdvertising.

Neither Flanary, a failed 2011 candidate for Virginia’s state Senate, nor anyone at ccAdvertising immediately returned telephone calls seeking comment on Wednesday. The firm’s website lists clients including Grover Norquist’s powerhouse advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform, as well as Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Rep. Kay Granger, (R-Texas)…

The company has posted a letter of praise on its site from Quest Fore Inc. Chairman Ken Cuccinelli, father of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II, a GOP candidate for governor next year.

Gotta love that last little detail, a Ken Kookinelli connection. Heh. Also, quite the shocker that Flanary’s involved with one of the most heinous Republicans around, Grover “drown government in the bathtub” Norquist. Not. Anyway, I eagerly await a denunciation – or ANY comment, for that matter – from the Republican Party of Virginia, the Fairfax County Republican Committee, Ken Cuccinelli, etc. So far, it’s basically been the soft sound of crickets chirping…

P.S. Back in October 2011, NLS wrote, “Let’s see… Jason Flanary does texting and phone calls for a living… who could be behind this?  I just can’t figure it out!”

P.P.S. Check out that video about Jason Flanary’s slimy record. How bad was it? Heck, even Mitt Romney (!!!) filed a formal complaint against Flanary’s company for deceptive practices! Wow.

Video: Vice President Biden Says Romney’s Ads Outrageous and Deceptive, Raise Questions of Trust

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lowkell
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Love it: Joe Biden, at his straight-shooting best, calling out Willard “Mitt” Romney, at his pathological lying worst!

John Douglass Continues Virginia Families GOTV Tour

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lowkell
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From the John Douglass for Congress campaign:

 

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**ALERT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 31, 2012**

Douglass Continues Virginia Families GOTV Tour

Join Congressional Challenger Brigadier General John Douglass for a Virginia Families “Get Out The Vote” stop near you. This final tour of all 23 jurisdictions in the 5th District culminates our campaign to help Virginia families, which includes more than 500 public events, more than 100,000 voter contacts and more than 1 million dollars contributed, mostly by fellow Virginians. During this Tour, General Douglass will rally supporters to get involved by making phone calls and knocking on doors to get out the vote for his campaign to help Virginia families get a fair chance at a better future. 

GOTV Tour Schedule:

October 31

  • Appomattox at 5:30pm: Stop at Democratic County Office on 174 Main St.
  • Cumberland at 7:30pm: Stop at Bright Hope Center on 3883 Cumberland

 

November 1 

  • Rappahannock at 5:30 pm: Stop at Kramer Building on 311 Gay St. in Little Washington
  • Greene at 7:30 pm: Stop at 48 Flintstone Court in Barboursville

 

November 2

  • Danville at 3:30pm: Kaine, Douglass Rally with Senator Louise Lucas on 212 N Union St.

November 3

  • Charlottesville at 3:30pm: Douglass Rally with Tom Perriello, Sen. Creigh Deeds, and Del. David Toscano at the First Amendment Monument on the Downtown Mall
  • Campbell at 6:00pm: Stop at NAACP Banquet, Rustburg High School on 1671 Village Highway
  • Charlotte at 7:30pm: Stop at Gethsemane United Presbyterian Church on junction of Hwy 59 & Hwy, Drakes Branch

November 4

  • Farmville at 2:00pm: Douglass Rally with DPVA Chair Brian Moran, First Baptist Church on 100 S. Main Street
  • Pittsylvania at 4:15pm: Stop at Pino's Pizza Italian Restaurant on 14 S. Main St. in Chatham
  • Smith Mountain Lake at 5:30pm: Douglass Rally with DPVA Chair Brian Moran and Martinsville Mayor Philip R. Deckard at the Democratic Office on 16483 Moneta Rd in Moneta
  • Buckingham at 7:30pm: Stop at Buckingham Arts Council on Administration Lane (off hwy 60) in Dillwyn

November 5

  • Fauquier at 5:30 pm: Douglass Rally with Sen. Mark Herring, Democratic Office on 251 W. Lee Hwy, Suite 705 in Warrenton 

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For more information or to request an interview, email press@johndouglassforcongress.com,call 434-906-2022 and follow us on Twitter @JWDouglass

Gen. John Douglass is running for Congress in the 5th District to help Virginia families get a fair chance at a better future after serving our country on President Reagan’s National Security Council and then as President Clinton’s Assistant Secretary of the Navy, before going on to promote air and space policies that grow our economy by creating manufacturing jobs and keeping our skies safe.

 

Romney University 103: What Mitt Romney’s Medicare changes mean for Virginia

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ProgressVA
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Today’s Romney University video from former Congressman Tom Perriello is What Mitt Romney’s Medicare changes mean for Virginia. It is based our joint report with the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

  • Seniors in Virginia would lose health care benefits and pay more. Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan would force seniors in the state to pay at least $639 more for their prescription drugs each year. At the same time, the Romney-Ryan plan to turn Medicare into a voucher would cost current seniors at least $11,000 more out of pocket.

  • Romney’s plan is even worse for the future seniors. Because of cost shifting and increases in system-wide health care costs, Medicare costs for future seniors who become eligible for Medicare after 2022 will increase dramatically under the Romney-Ryan plan. Specifically, upon retirement:  

    • Today’s 54-year-old will have to pay increased Medicare costs of $59,450
    • Today’s 49-year-old will have to pay $124,626 more/li>
    • Today’s 39-year-old will have to pay $216,631 more
    • Today’s 29-year-old will have to pay $331,170 more

  • Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan claim that no one over 55 will be affected by their plan to turn Medicare into a voucher. But that’s simply not true. The reason: Seniors across our country are already benefiting from changes to Medicare because of Obamacare.

  • In Virginia more than 559,753 seniors who rely on their Medicare benefits receive one or more preventive services–such as cancer screenings, diabetes testing, and bone density scans–free of charge through their Medicare plan. This is saving Virginia seniors money each year and also providing them with the care needed to protect their health.

Flaccavento Proposes Higher Pay for First Responders

By
For the Ninth
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(I’d love to see Flaccavento pull a huge upset and boot the abysmal Morgan Griffith out of Congress. – promoted by lowkell)

“We need to take better care of the folks on the front lines,” says candidate

ABINGDON, Va., Oct. 30, 2012 – Anthony Flaccavento, candidate for Congress from Virginia’s Ninth District, today called for higher pay for southwest Virginia’s first responders. Citing a recent conversation with area sheriffs, Mr. Flaccavento pointed out that many deputies and dispatchers are living at or near the poverty line. He also called for greater job opportunities for veterans, which dovetails with the need for more and better-paid first responders.

“We should take care of the people who take care of us,” said Mr. Flaccavento. “In a predominately rural district like the Ninth, sheriff’s deputies are almost always the first responders to an emergency. They put their lives on the line to keep us safe or help us get to safety. Especially in light of the risks they take and the sacrifices they make, we need to be sure to pay sheriff’s deputies a livable wage they can raise a family on.

“And we must also ensure that the counties and independent cities of southwest Virginia have the resources they need to keep the public safe,” added Mr. Flaccavento. “As Congressman, I will introduce legislation to increase salaries for sheriff’s deputies and hire more of them. And as we’re hiring more first responders, we’ll look at veterans first, so that folks who have gotten the job done overseas are better able to find a job back home.”

Mr. Flaccavento recently met with a group of Ninth District sheriffs to discuss public safety and what Congress can do to better support them. The sheriffs’ primary concern was a lack of resources to adequately staff their departments and pay their deputies. Mr. Flaccavento will introduce legislation in the House that mirrors Senate Bill 3457, which establishes a veterans jobs corps. He will also add language to that legislation to provide supplemental federal funding for underpaid sheriff’s deputies.

“Some of my deputies are paid so little, they qualify for food stamps,” said Washington County Sheriff Fred Newman. “These men and women are our first line of defense against domestic disasters, including terrorist attacks, tornadoes, and any other tragedy where you want trained professionals helping to keep people safe. They also investigate more than 95 percent of all serious crimes. We ask so much of them, yet many of our deputies and the dispatchers they rely on for information make less than $30,000 a year.”

Montgomery Sheriff Tommy Whitt added, “I fully support Anthony’s draft legislation and his position on first responders.”

Anthony Flaccavento is a candidate for Congress from Virginia’s Ninth District. He is a family farmer and small business owner from Abingdon, in the heart of the district. Anthony has spent the last three decades working to promote economic development and sustainable farming practices in southwest Virginia. Please visit www.afor9.com for more information.

Two New Kaine Ads Epitomize Why He’s Going to Win

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lowkell
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Watch these two Kaine for Senate ads and it’s crystal clear why he’s going to win. First, Kaine’s far more likable than George “shove their soft teeth down their whiny throats” Allen. That’s just glaringly obvious to anyone, even to those who are only casually following the race. It’s also why over-the-top negative attacks on Kaine, like Jerry Kilgore’s infamous “Hitler” ads in 2005, and George Allen’s…well, all his ads in 2012, either don’t work or actually backfire. Second, Kaine’s message of one nation, indivisible, and of Democrats and Republicans working together to get stuff done, is infinitely more appealing than Allen’s “Democrats are evil, my way or the highway” approach. I mean, we’ll see what happens in 6 days, but my guess is that Virginians are going to choose the likable, bipartisan Kaine over the snarling, ultra-partisan Allen by a significant margin.

Virginia News Headlines: Wednesday Morning

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lowkell
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(UPDATE: A new Q-poll has President Obama leading in Virginia, 49%-47%. Tight race, GOTV and let’s win this thing! – promoted by lowkell)

Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, October 31. Happy Halloween! (Note: According to Dominion Virginia Power, only 20,918 customers in Virginia are now without power, out of nearly 2.5 million customers. Great job, guys!)

*Kaine for Senate (Kaine “embodies the personal decency that is a proud Virginia trait. His principles, which are quietly faith-based, preclude the meanness that nowadays poisons our politics.” In stark contrast, “No less an icon of the right than William F. Buckley Jr. rebuked Mr. Allen for his slimework against a man who helped interpret the agonies of the Vietnam grunt to an uncomprehending public–loftier work than anything George Allen wrought in six lackluster years in the Senate.”)

*Romney’s ‘Storm Relief Event’ Is a Campaign Stop with Soup Cans (Hahahahahahahahahahaha. What a joke.)

*Romney runs over the truth (“His new Jeep ad is just the latest attempt to mislead voters.”)

*Q Poll: Kaine Leads, But Race Narrows (“Kaine has 50 percent support in the poll, while Allen has 46 percent, with 4 percent of respondents undecided.”)

*Hybrid hurricane/nor’easter blamed for 51 deaths up and down East Coast

*D.C. region returns to normal after heavy rains

*Campaigns’ ground game goes into hyperdrive in Virginia

*The long reach of historic storm

*Editorial: The force of two Romneys (“Gov. Romney said states and the private sector could handle disasters, until one hit in the waning days of the campaign. Grab the Etch A Sketch.”)

*Sandy caused problems for Virginia but could have been worse

*Schapiro: It’s fourth and long for George Allen (Fourth quarter, time running out…)

*Allen pushes jobs to carry him across finish line in Virginia (Talk about a Hail Mary pass! George Allen, who supported and/or voted for many of the policies that caused the huge budget deficits under George W. Bush, that let Wall Street run amok, etc., now has the chutzpah to claim that he knows absolutely anything about how to create jobs?!? If I had a basketfull of penalty flags, I’d throw ’em all at George Allen! LOL)

*Social issues highlight wide gap between Allen, Kaine

*Kaine, Allen get a little rest out of Hurricane Sandy

*Officials give early voters an extension (“Early and absentee voting will proceed Wednesday in the District, Maryland and Virginia after being disrupted by Hurricane Sandy Monday and Tuesday, and all three jurisdictions have extended voting hours to make up for time lost.”)

*Analysis: Goodlatte-Schmookler race tightening at all? (“Somebody in campaign headquarters needs to get an intern on backdating a narrative so that it looks like they took 2012 at least somewhat seriously.”)

*Andy Schmookler: That’s Bob Goodlatte’s story, and he’s sticking to it

*Chincoteague battered, damaged (“Hurricane Sandy dealt a heavy blow to Chincoteague Island, but its wild ponies were thought to be safe.”)

*Editorial: Be prepared when you vote (“Without a paper trail, even the most cautious voters must trust the machines.”)

*Storm style, McDonnell edition

*Mitt Romney to visit Virginia Beach on Thursday (What’s he going to lie about there, that President Obama’s shipping the sand to China? Pathological…)

*Michelle Obama to campaign at Hampton University Friday

*McDonnell: Virginia ‘very blessed’ that storm damage was not worse

Video – Strickland: Romney’s False Auto Claim Is A “Desperate Act”

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lowkell
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