Virginia Right!

In terry’s own words. Talk about a war on women, this guy takes the cake. If he abandons his wife and child just when they are the most vulnerable and need him the most, what would he do as Virginia Governor? We already suffered through an Absentee Governor in Tim Kaine. Let’s not make the [...]

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Say it ain’t so. Apparently, my recent criticisms of Hanover Board of Supervisors Member Angela Kelly-Wiecek and her recently un-closeted Liberal Tax and Spend ways has not set well with the little lady. And I happen to know (and there are witnesses) that Kelly-Wiecek and Hanover GOP Chairman Nancy Russell and others are seeking to [...]

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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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“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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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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This is pretty big. Former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor decided not to extend his endorsement of Barack Obama for his reelection. According to the Times Dispatch: Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who backed Democrat Barack Obama for president in 2008, did not endorse Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in [...]

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Thanks to a patriot ‘s email, I found out that the United Nations Organization of the United States is seeking to have all the state governors issue a proclamation in support of the United Nations on October 24, UN day!  (October 23 just happens to be my anniversary – whew that was close!)  Here‘s the [...]

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Politifact has published their verdict of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s campaign promise to establish an entity to oversee ethics issues and violations and concluded that McDonnell has broken that promise.

So when it comes to policing state government, McDonnell has opted for an inspector general’s office instead of an ethics commission. Then governor’s office said there’s no need to have two groups that overlap.

But during his campaign, McDonnell pledged to establish both entities. So we rate this a Promise Broken.

PolitiFact has, as is their pattern, distorted and twisted the facts to fit their left wing partisan agenda.

The last sentence is the kicker. McDonnell did not promise to create two separate entities. PolitiFact even quoted the Campaign Promise in their post, but failed to comprehend the statement:

Independent state ethics commission - Virginia is one of only 10 states without an independent ethics commission. Bob McDonnell will establish a permanent, statewide independent agency that will provide advice and research as well as evaluate complaints concerning elected officials and appointees to boards, commissions and other public bodies.

There is nothing in this statement that in any way lays claim that there will be an agency created that is solely responsible for ethics investigation and only ethics investigation. Indeed, additional responsibilities are clearly stated in this promise “that will provide advice and research as well as evaluate complaint”.

Governor McDonnell created an Inspector General office that fulfilled both his promise to create such an office and this office has been granted broad powers to investigate ethics complaints as well. PolitiFact has previously acknowledged McDonnell fulfilled his promise to create the IG office.

Taylor Thornley, a spokeswoman for the governor, said the scope of the new inspector’s office will be “much broader and more comprehensive than anything we’ve ever had before.”

“The new inspector general has the ability to search anywhere in state government for fraud, waste and abuse,” Thornley said in an e-mail. “Previously, only a few, select agencies had IGs that only covered those specific agencies. The IG can now receive complaints from citizens, not just state employees like in the past.”

But Governor McDonnell did what the liberals at PolitiFact cannot comprehend. He managed to kill two birds with one stone. By combining the two promises into one office, he has managed to both fulfill his promise and maintain the efficiency that has turned the massive Tim Kaine deficits into a surplus.

Instead of an unfulfilled promise, the Governor has actually kept two promises and saved the taxpayers a lot of money.

We rate this PolitiFact rating as a LIE.

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Politifact has come out with another example of their left wing bias with this one. First and foremost, the statement made by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is correct. The ObamaCare law does, in fact, take more the $700 Billion from MediCare and move it to ObamaCare because the president promised to not sign the bill [...]

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It is a fair question to ask, and frankly, one that needs to be discussed. Over the last few days I have published several posts written by others expressing concern, disappointment and a lot of frustration at the behavior of Governor McDonnell, a man that these people worked so hard to put in office. No [...]

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Republican Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall has decided to throw his hat into the US Senate primary race to see which Republican will face off against Obama’s favorite son Tim Kaine in November. If you don’t know the name Bob Marshall, you probably don’t live in Virginia. Delegate Marshall has been fighting the good fight for [...]

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We hope not, but given the fact that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is often named on everyone’s short list for Vice President, and his strong support for Virginia’s anointed Republican candidate Mitt Romney, it is a question that is being raised often in Pro-life circles. And we all know about the abortion flip-flops that Mitt [...]

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Former Virginia Governor and Senator George Allen released the following statement today concerning Tim Kaine’s support of President Obama’s decision to kill the Keystone XL pipeline.   Tim Kaine Still Putting the Obama Agenda Ahead of Jobs and Affordable Energy Henrico, VA – After months of silence, yesterday Tim Kaine predictably sided with President Obama [...]

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I wrote on this some time ago:  How Newt Gingrich is actually resident of Virginia.  When he set up his campaign, Georgia is his base of operations but he is legally a resident of Virginia.This ought to cause some soul searching among Virginia GOPers.  But it begs the question: Who might be Speaker Gingrich’s running [...]

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Yesterday, I posted my thoughts on the Virginia US Senate race in light of the Press Release from George Allen announcing endorsements from members of various TEA Party and Patriot groups. Some of the comments, emails and even phone calls have been both interesting and curious. And there has been a lot of talk around [...]

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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced his support of former Virginia Governor and US Senator George Allen in his bid to replace retiring Democrat Jim Webb to represent Virginia in the US Senate. Governor McDonnell joins a long list of prominent Virginian’s who have announced their support for George Allen. The list also includes Lt. Governor [...]

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Well, here we go again with another debate controversy in the race for the US Senate seat to replace the retiring incumbent Democrat Jim Webb. First, the Associated Press decided to hold a debate in December and set the minimum participation bar such that the only candidates able to qualify are former Virginia Governor and [...]

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US Senate Candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen had an Op-Ed in the Daily Press on Sunday calling out Tim Kaine and his big spending, budget busting ways.Americans do not see things getting any better as the Washington Democrats are going all in on the very policies that got us to the crisis we [...]

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You remember Tim Kaine, the former Virginia Governor who left the Commonwealth in debt up to our eyeballs with a plan for massive tax increases, right? Then you should also remember that his replacement, Governor Bob McDonnell politely showed Kaine and the Democrats that a bit of mostly painless fiscal conservatism and common sense could [...]

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