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WaTimes: 'Only in a fairy-tale VA are voters more worried about condoms than about years of failed Dem leadership'

Evan McMorris-Santoro | October 21, 2009, 10:56AM

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Last week, Democratic nominee Creigh Deeds was touting the endorsement of his gubernatorial bid from a D.C. news outlet. This morning it was Republican nominee Bob McDonnell's turn. McDonnell earned the glowing praise of the Washington Times, which said McDonnell was "leading with ideas."

From the editorial:

"[T]he only choice for governor of Virginia is Robert F. McDonnell. Dealing with Virginia's recession requires a leader who is willing to take responsibility, not hide behind the soft and fuzzy rhetoric of bipartisanship and commissions."

The notoriously conservative editorial page also took aim at Deeds in the editorial:

Mr. Deeds and his supporters have run a vapid campaign, focused more on a 20-year-old college paper written by Mr. McDonnell than anything happening today. Many of the outrages they've manufactured incite puzzlement more than anger. Purportedly, as one of the other newspapers in town editorialized, in "Mr. McDonnell's Virginia ... information about birth control would be hidden." What a strange quibble to characterize as a crisis. Only in a fairy-tale Virginia are voters more worried about condoms than about years of failed Democratic leadership.

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October 21, 2009 11:44 AM

It is one thing for the Moonie Paper Washington Times to just support McD. But using outright lies to do so is just a page from the Karl Rove playbook. In this case "[T]he only choice" and "years of failed Democratic leadership"; nothing could be further from the truth. The Democrats restored Virginia after the disastrous years of Allen and Gilmore.

What is perhaps most telling is the comment "fuzzy rhetoric of bipartisanship; that speaks volumes as to the complete unwilling of Republicans to act in a bipartisanship manner. They just spilled the beans that they have no intention of being bipartisan, as if we did not know. Which also shows that McD is lying about being a bipartisan.

If McD wins, it will mark the beginning of some of the worst years for women, the environment, and science in Virginia in many years.

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