Tag Archive | "Bob McDonnell"
Posted on 20 May 2013. Tags: Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Eric Cantor, Fiscal Conservatives, Fiscal Restraint, Gop Convention, Government Hands, John Boehner, Ken Cuccinelli, Lower Taxes, Nancy Pelosi, Party Groups, Patriot Groups, Republican Establishment, Republican Machine, Republican Ticket, Rising Tide, Us Senate, Virginia Republican, Voice In My Head
What a historic weekend! The Virginia Republican Convention of 2013 is one for the history books! Four years ago, after suffering a most humiliating defeat in 2008 that saw Democrats grab both houses of Congress and the White House, Conservatives, the newly formed TEA Party groups and Patriot groups, Libertarians and anyone else who saw [...]
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Posted on 08 May 2013. Tags: Attorney General Of Virginia, Bank Accounts, Bob McDonnell, Business Tax, Government Growth, Income Tax Rate, Incursion, Individual Income Tax, Individual Income Tax Rate, Ken Cuccinelli, Lower Taxes, Oath Of Office, Tax Hike, Tax Relief, Terry Mcauliffe, Tim Kaine, Transportation Bill, True Conservative, Virginians, Wallets
Bob “The Tax Governor” McDonnell has earned the nickname of Governor McTax for his massive $6 Billion incursion into the wallets and bank accounts of Virginians. As Tim Kaine left office, he tossed out a $2 Billion tax hike budget that even Democrats refused to vote for. And in less than four years under Governor [...]
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Posted on 02 May 2013. Tags: Blogger, Bob McDonnell, Budget Bills, Fiscal Conservatives, Grease, Lt Governor, Progressives, Proponent, Republican Convention, S Endorsement, Sandy Sanders, Shenanigans, Skids, Spider Sense, Stab, Steward, Tea Party, Vetting Process, Virginia Constitution, Voting Record
I can’t speak for my fellow Virginia Right! Blogger Sandy Sanders, but I will not personally endorse nor support Corey Stewart in the Republican Convention. Although I was a part of the Virginia TEA Party Federation / Middle Resolution vetting process over 2 days last week, and this process concluded by endorsing Stewart, I have [...]
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Posted on 06 April 2013. Tags: Belief, Better Luck, Bob McDonnell, Budgets, Creativity, Family Structures, Federal Government, Government Investments, Governments, History Of Virginia, Hope Kansas, Kansas Governor, Republican Governors, Republican Message, Sam Brownback, State Governors, Strong Family, Topeka Ks, United States Senator, Virginia Governor
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback delivers the weekly Republican Address. In this video he sounds a lot like Virginia Governor McDonnell early on. “We faced a huge deficit when we took office and now have a surplus – and did it all without raising taxes.” That was a statement McDonnell used many times, but can no [...]
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Posted on 23 March 2013. Tags: Best Solution, Bob Marshall, Bob McDonnell, Campaign Promise, Cheer Girl, Deals With The Devil, Delegate, Embarassment, Half A Century, History Of The Commonwealth, Ken Cuccinelli, Legal Opinion, Lt Governor, Massive Tax Increase, No Doubt, Public Outcry, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate, State Supreme Court, Transportation Bill, Virginia Attorney General
Delegate Bob Marshall has asked Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (and the Republican Gubernatorial Candidate-in-Waiting) for a legal opinion on the massive tax increase bill pushed by Bob McDonnell and masquerading as a Transportation Bill (43% goes to grow government) as well as McDonnell’s plan to advance ObamaCare in the Commonwealth. BOTH ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL according [...]
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Posted on 22 March 2013. Tags: 1 Billion, Bob McDonnell, Economy, Email, Friends, Tax Hike, Transportation Bill, Wallets
Bob McDonnell has until tomorrow – Saturday March 23, 2013 to either sign, veto or amend the massive $6.1 Billion tax hike called the Transportation Bill. CLICK HERE NOW TO EMAIL HIM AND TELL HIM TO VETO THE BILL! The pressure is immense and every email gets us closer to stopping this tax hike that [...]
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Posted on 19 March 2013. Tags: Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Constitutionalists, Eric Cantor, Gubernatorial Elections, John Boehner, Ken Cuccinelli, Lt Governor, Majority Party, Minions, Minority Status, Nancy Pelosi, Nasty Habit, Partisan Vote, Republican Establishment, Republican Machine, Republican Sweep, State Senators, Yard Signs
There was some good news coming out of CPAC this year. The younger, more Libertarian leaning Republicans rose to the moment and gave some stirring speeches. At least a few are trying to buck the trend of the RINO Republican Establishment Machine. But the Machine is fighting back. In a big way. The Old Guard [...]
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Posted on 15 March 2013. Tags: Advisory Role, Attorney General S Office, Attorneys Office, Augusta County, Authorities, Bob McDonnell, Btw, Capital Case, Capital Litigation, Commonwealth, Crimes, Criminal Case, Delegate, Governor Bob, Grand Juries, Human Trafficking, Initiative, Jurisdictions, Media Sources, Nbsp, New Hope, Northern Virginia, Prosecutors, Rob Bell, Romero, Runaway
In two developments, I am pleased as a supporter of Del. Bell for AG, to report two items: First, Delegate Bell’s bill to authorize multijurisdictional grand juries for human trafficking cases was signed by the governor. “Working with the attorney general’s office, I introduced HB 1870 to allow multijurisdictional grand juries to investigate additional types [...]
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Posted on 14 March 2013. Tags: 1 Billion, Aspirations, Barack Obama, Bob McDonnell, Campaign Promise, Candidacy, Economic Activity, Email, Midst, Monstrosity, Recession, Shovel, State House, State Senate, stimulus, Surprise Virginia, Transportation Bill, Virginia Republicans, Virginians, Vote
Wow. They call this monstrosity of a tax increase – $6.1 billion – the “Transportation Bill”. But only 57% is supposed to go to transportation. And we all know how “secure” that spending will be. There is no lock box. So as Bob McDonnell sends email after email trying to convince people that bigger government [...]
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Posted on 14 March 2013. Tags: Alaska Bridge To Nowhere, April Fool, April Fools Day, Bob McDonnell, Bridge To Nowhere, Gasoline Tax, George H W Bush, Interstate Highway System, Management Reforms, Pet Projects, President George W Bush, Rail Freight, Special Interest Groups, Terry Mcauliffe, Tim Kaine, Transportation Equity Act, Transportation Infrastructure, Virginia Department Of Transportation, Virginia Governor, Virginia Taxpayers
“April Fools’ Day” came early this year. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, a professed conservative Republican, together with the Republican-controlled House of Delegates, betrayed their loyal Republican constituents as “Fools of Deception.” In the waning hours of the legislative session they produced a transportation bill praised in the press by Democrats Tim Kaine and wannabe- governor [...]
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Posted on 07 March 2013. Tags: Bell Creek, Bob McDonnell, Facebook, General Assembly, Mechanicsville Va 23116, Nbsp, Patriot Movement, Pole Green, Reminder, Republican Party, Tea Party, Travesties
— REMINDER — Mechanicsville TEA Party Meeting Thursday, March 7, 2013, 7:00 pm The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! For the next MTP meeting we will present a review of the 2013 session of Virginia’s General Assembly. Come and learn the good, the bad and the ugly news of what travesties Virginia’s [...]
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Posted on 28 February 2013. Tags: Amp, Bob McDonnell, Host Mark, Mark Levin, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Presidential Candidate, Talk Show Host, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Talk Show host Mark Levin rips Bob McDonnell a new one over his mega tax increase and Medicaid expansion. Even the Wall Street Journal said that the name of McDonnell comes up from time to time as a Presidential Candidate in 2016 – “well, that (tax increase) erases that”. Well said, Mark! Listen:
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Posted on 26 February 2013. Tags: Alcoholic Beverage Control, Billion Dollars, Bob McDonnell, Budget Surplus, CPAC, Creigh Deeds, Department Of Transportation, Freedom Coalition, Governor Bob, Liberal Republican, Medicaid, Monopoly, Noses, Opponent, Prayer Breakfast, Rino, Taxpayers, Vdot, Virginia Department Of Transportation, Virginia History
The Progressive Liberal Republican in Name Only – RINO – Governor Bob McDonnell, who just pushed through the largest tax increase in Virginia history, was invited to the 2013 CPAC Convention. McDonnell has been asked to speak at the Faith & Freedom Coalition Prayer Breakfast. Now if you don’t know who Bob McDonnell is, this [...]
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Posted on 26 February 2013. Tags: Bob McDonnell, Congestion Relief, Constitutional Problems, Food Items, Hampton Roads, Leahy, Legal Challenge, Local Taxation, Massive Tax Increase, Northern Virginia, Paul Goldman, Plain Language, S Sales, Senate Conference Committee, Tax Article, Territorial Limits, Tier System, Transportation Projects, Virginia General Assembly, Washington Post
My friend and Bearing Drift contributor Norm Leahy has penned an editorial for the Washington Post along with Paul Goldman in which they discuss the constitutional problems with the new Transportation Tax Increase. Those praising the Virginia General Assembly’s transportation compromise may not realize that the bill runs afoul of the plain language in the [...]
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Posted on 25 February 2013. Tags: Amp, Audiences, Bob McDonnell, CPAC, Exemplar, Fiscal Conservatives, Freedom Coalition, Good Game, Government Liberalism, Government Liberals, Governor Bob, Liar, Martin O Malley, Prayer Breakfast, Stature, Tax Hike, Terry Mcauliffe, Tim Kaine, Virginia Legislature, Whole Lot
This is from RedState. I will have more to say later today. Much more. On Friday, March 15, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. Bob McDonnell will go to CPAC and address the Faith & Freedom Coalition Prayer Breakfast. For those of you who attend this event, you will be sitting staring at a liar. If [...]
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Posted on 08 February 2013. Tags: Amin, Blog, Blogger, Blurry Photo, Bob McDonnell, Bobby Jindal, Cabinet Officer, Campaign Manager, Canter, Cantor, Congressman, Congressman Eric Cantor, Eric Cantor, GOP, Gop Governors, Governor Bob, Health Care Expert, Hero, Hospitals, Income Tax, Innovator, Introductory Remarks, Louisiana Flag, Louisiana Governor, Medicaid, Met, National Debt, Photos, Ryall, Saints, Sandy, Staff Person, State Cabinet, White House
Thanks to Tom White, I was able to attend the Cantor/Jindal breakfast this am! (In fact I am here – already I have been a few feet from my hero, Governor Bobby Jindal) I have gotten a solid, if blurry photo that should be in an update for this blog post. I was invited up [...]
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Posted on 16 January 2013. Tags: 10 Gallon Hat, Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Carpetbagger, Democrats And Republicans, Gop Nomination, Head Honcho, Ken Cuccinelli, Lot Of Wind, Lt Governor, Magnanimous Gesture, Republican Nomination, Snowball In Hell, State Senate, Stay In Line, Straight Losses, Terry Mcauliffe, Ton Of Bricks, Virginia Governor, War Chest
Say it ain’t so! Speculation abounds and tongues are wagging that Bill Bolling, the current Republican Lt. Governor of Virginia, bitter about Attorney General Cuccinelli’s decision to run for Governor may run as an Independent. After assuming that the Republican Nomination was all locked up after his magnanimous gesture to seek a second term as Lt. [...]
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Posted on 10 January 2013. Tags: 1 Billion, Bob McDonnell, Candidate Bob, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Economic Growth, Gallon Of Gasoline, Gallon Tax, Gasoline Increases, Governor Bob, Grocery Store, Price Of Gasoline, Retail Outlet, Revenue Model, S Sales, Sales Tax, State Legislators, Tax Burden, Transportation Leaders, Virginians, Volatile Markets
Remember when Candidate Bob McDonnell promised to balance the budget and solve the transportation funding problems without raising taxes? Apparently McDonnell, now Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia has forgotten his promise to voters. In a Press Release, Governor McDonnell announced his scheme to add an additional $3.1 Billion tax burden on the backs of [...]
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Posted on 28 November 2012. Tags: Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Challengers, Coal Miner, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Governor Of Virginia, Governorship, Initial Decision, Ken Cuccinelli, Lt Gov, Lt Governor, Northern Virginia, Personal Ambition, Primary Election, Registered Voters, Republican Nominee, Republican Party, Republican State Central, State Central Committee, Steep Hill
Bill Bolling, Virginia’s two term Lt. Governor has done some rethinking about his run for Governor of Virginia in 2013. After making a deal to allow Bob McDonnell to take the top spot on the ticket in 2009, with the intent of running for the state’s highest office in 2013, the Republicans opted for a [...]
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