Andrea Miller on 10,000 new military jobs at Fort Lee: "Disastrous initiative and proposal"

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What does Andrea Miller think about the 10,000 new jobs that Congressman Forbes delivered to the Fort Lee area as a result of the BRAC process?

"Disastrous initiative and proposal"

source: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2008/05/no-safe-republican-seats-and-that-means.html

BREAKING....4th District Democrats try to deny Andrea Miller the nomination to run for Congress

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In Andrea Miller's own words:

At the last minute my home [Chesterfield] Democratic Committee put up a candidate... One person asked if I would be perceived as a radical

source: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2008/05/no-safe-republican-seats-and-that-means.html

Meet Andrea Miller, the Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginia's 4th Congressional District

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You read it here first. The Democrats in VA-4 nominated uber liberal Andrea Miller to run against incumbent Congressman Randy Forbes this November in Virginia's 4th Congressional District.

Lets have some Q and A about Andrea Miller.

Who is Andrea Miller? She was the head of Dennis Kucinich's Presidential Campaign in VA. She is a Virgina regional coordinator for MoveOn.org. For those wanting a refresher about her utter incompetency, check out this post that your beloved MAXIMUS wrote a few months ago:
http://thecontemporaryconservative.blogspot.com/2008/04/democrats-in-virginias-4th.html

Is Andrea Miller a Socialist in the mold of Che Guvera and Dennis Kucinich? Yes. She supports entitlement growth in the form of free on demand health care for able bodied adults. Cost to the American Taxpayer be dammed!
source: http://andreamiller.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=46

What does Andrea Miller think about the 10,000 new jobs that Congressman Forbes delivered to the Fort Lee area as a result of the BRAC process?
"Disastrous initiative and proposal"
source: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2008/05/no-safe-republican-seats-and-that-means.html

Does Andrea Miller support expanded G.I. Bill benefits for all combat veterans along with G.I. Bill student loan debt relief? No. Andrea Miller does NOT support expanding new G.I. Bill benefits to combat veterans of Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Operation Provide Comfort. In another broadsided swipe at our nations finest, Andrea Miller does not support allowing the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs to assume student loan debts burdens of combat veterans that have served since 1990.
source:
http://andreamiller.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=10&id=49&Itemid=41

Does Andrea Miller support draining the U.S. Treasury to give physically fit, able bodied adults more spending money when they are looking for a job? Yes. 20 more weeks of unemployment insurance benefits to those who exhausted their benefits within the past year and are still unemployed. In states with exceptionally high unemployment, it would provide for an additional 13 weeks of benefits. It would also increase all individual benefits by $50 per week.
source: http://andreamiller.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=82

Did Democrats in the 4th Congressional District try to block Andrea Miller from receiving the Democratic nomination to run for Congress? If so, why?
Yes. In Andrea's own words: "At the last minute my home Democratic Committee put up a "fake" candidate. One person asked if I thought it would be a problem being perceived as a radical."
source: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2008/05/no-safe-republican-seats-and-that-means.html

Oh, did I mention that Andrea Miller is going to be Barrack Hussein Obama's running mate in 2008? Game. On.

GOV. KAINE Designates May and June as TAX INCREASE PREPAREDNESS MONTHS in Virginia

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Well, that didn't take long. Governor "NEVER TELL A LIE" Tim Kaine has designated the months of May and June 2008, as TAX INCREASE PREPAREDNESS MONTHS.

To wit: over the next two months, Timmy Kaine is conducting taxpayer financed townhall meetings across Virginia to demand that us backwater Virginians surrender more of our free flowing recessionary spare change to finance his pet transportation projects in Virginia's inner cities and across the urban crescent.

The Governor is going to travel to places like Hopewell, Danville, Radford, Staunton, and Marion to try and convince folks that they should subsidize the mistakes associated with poor land use planning decisions that has caused unprecidented suburban sprawl in places like Fairfax, Alexandria, Norfolk, Arlington, Falls Church, Reston, Newport News, and Hampton.

During Tim Kaine's TAX INCREASE PREPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN, he will demand that the rest of Virginia bail out sprawl infected areas that have been victimized by dreadful land use planning associated with Wealthy Developers who, over the last three decades, have pirated millions of acres of pristine land for residential development. In advocating for a statewide tax increase, Governor Kaine is asking us to bail out the congested areas of our state whose failed land use planning decisions of yesterday makes for today's transportation gridlock in places Prince William, Arlington, and Fairfax.

Items in the Governor's tax increase preparedness kit include: five ten dollar bills ($50.00) to be spent on folks in far away places (this represents our new tax burden under his plan); a DVD of Robin Hood to remind us that we are being robbed to support traffic choked areas in NOVA and Tidewater--areas that elected him Governor in 2005; a few tootsie roll lolly pops to remind us that we are all suckers for believing him when he said that he would not raise our taxes; and lastly he will leave us with a few babysitter vouchers to remind us that he diverted $30 million from transportation projects into a dramatic expansion of his pre-kindergarten programs to provide early morning daycare for the children of illegal immigrants.

The winds that are blowing aren't from a hurricane. Rather, they emit from the bellies of these mouth breathing Democrats who demand that the rest of the Virginia subsidize transportation improvements in ONLY their areas.

Please choose one of the locations below to tell Timmy Kaine your thoughts on his proposal to increase your taxes to subsidize transportation projects in areas are hundreds of miles from your home. When you do, ask the Governor why he selected May and June as TAX INCREASE PREPAREDNESS MONTHS in Virginia.


Tuesday, May 13 — Woodbridge
(Note: No Unclaimed Property Division.)
When: 7:00 P.M – 8:30 P.M.
Where: Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building Auditorium
15941 Donald Curtis DriveWoodbridge, Virginia

Thursday, May 15 — Peninsula
When: 7:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
Where: Hampton Roads Convention Center,
Conference Rooms A&B
1610 Coliseum Drive Hampton, Virginia

Tuesday, May 20 — Marion
When: 6:00 P.M – 7:30 PM
Where: Hemlock Haven Conference Center
Hungry Mother State Park
2854 Park Boulevard Marion, Virginia

Thursday, May 22 — Staunton
When: 6:30 P.M – 8:00 P.M.
Where: James D. Francis Auditorium Pearce Science Center,
Third Floor
227 E. Frederick Street Mary Baldwin College
Staunton, Virginia

Tuesday, June 3 — South Hampton Roads
When: 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
Where: Virginia Beach Convention Center
Suite One, Second Floor
1000 19th StreetVirginia Beach, Virginia

Wednesday, June 4 — Radford
When: 6:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.
Where: Hurlburt Student Center Auditorium
Radford University
Radford, Virginia

Saturday, June 7 — Danville
(Note: No Unclaimed Property Division.)
When: 3:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Where: Executive Auditorium at The Institute Conference Center
The Institute for Advanced Learning & Research
150 Slayton AvenueDanville, Virginia

Wednesday, June 11 — Leesburg
When: 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Where: Harper Parker Middle School Auditorium
701 Potomac Station Drive Northeast Leesburg, Virginia

Monday, June 16 — Hopewell
When: 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M Where: The Beacon Theatr
eFlannagan Family Grand Ballroom, Third Floor401
North Main Street Hopewell, Virginia

Thursday, June 19 — Fredericksburg
When: 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Where: Jepson Alumni Executive Center Ballroom
1119 Hanover Street Fredericksburg, Virginia

Results from the 4th Congressional District GOP Convention

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Below are the results from yesterday's 4th Congressional District Republican Convention in Windsor (Isle of Wight County). These folks are dangerously effective. They set the benchmark.

CHAIRMAN's ELECTION:

Jack Wilson, former Chesterfield County GOP Chairman 2000-02, was elected to the position of Chairman without opposition. Jason Gray, the immediate past Chair, decided not to run for a full term so that he can focus on new professional commitments. Congressman Forbes loves to put the Chesterfield County consigliari to work for him. First there was Chesterfield resident Chris LaCavita whom Forbes hired as the Executive Director of RPV. Second, Congressman Forbes has tapped the following Chester (a village in Chesterfield County) residents to run the 4th District Republican Committee in consecutive terms: Wayne Ozmore, Jason Gray, and now Jack Wilson. The Chesterfield/Great Bridge connection worked great at RPV and now it's working great at the Congressional District level.

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS:

No big news here, all conservatives were re-elected to their State Central Committee seats to include: Delegate John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Irene Hurst (Chesapeake), Bill Flanagan (Colonial Heights and a legislative aide to House Whip Del. Kirk Cox), and Linas Kojelas (Petersburg GOP Chairman). The 4th District is returning a strong conservative contingent to the RPV State Central Committee.

DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION:

(Note to Gary Byler in the 2nd District, No Ron Paulites were elected to anything in the 4th)
Names include: Jason Gray as Delegate and Shirley Forbes as alternate Delegate. The other names were not reported into me in time for this article, but I have been assured they are not PAULITES.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR:

Wayne Ozmore, a resident of Chester and 4th District Chairman from 2002-2007, was elected to this position without opposition. Linas Kojelas, the current Petersburg GOP Chairman, initially filed to run for this office, but withdrew and threw his support to Ozmore.

BEST OF THE REST: SPEECHIFYING:

Former RPV Chairman and Nixon Administration Official Pat McSweeney gave a barn burner on behalf of Delegate Bob Marshall for the Senate nomination over Jim Gilmore. McSweeney noted that Marshall is the only 100% pro-life candidate in this race that believes in protecting life from inception to delivery. Of significant interest, McSweeney said that the government of the United States has ladeled $200,000.00 of debt onto every man, woman and child in this country--WE NOW HAVE A TEN TRILLION DOLLAR NATIONAL DEBT. What's worse is that if the Communist Chinese and or the Mullah's in Saudi Arabia (among other "friendly" nations), decided to demand a debt payment from our Government, every man woman and child in the United States would be forced to pay $200,000.00. Forget mortgage crisis folks, the nanny state masquerading as the United States wants you to believe they are "bailing out" citizens who signed on with sub-prime mortgages! The the nanny state can't even control spending to balance her own books, but we're gonna save idiots who should have never pre-qualified for a home in the first place? Go figure....another sop to the Mortgage Lender/Real Estate industry...free money for them for illegally granting loans to folks who couldn't afford them in the first place. There is no doubt that Bob Marshall is THE conservative candidate in the GOP nomination for Senate.

Delegate John Cosgrove spoke on behalf of Attorney General Bob McDonnell, John Hager for RPV Chairman, and Gilmore for Senate. Cosgrove, a Navy man, withstood a withering barrage of bad humor attacks from various Army vets in attendance. As usual, Annapolis beat West Point--even during a political convention. Though he did an admirable job for all of the candidates that he spoke for, his passion was evident as he spoke about McDonnell's run for Governor in 2009 and the crowd responded in kind. Delegate Cosgrove's speech on behalf of McDonnell was the best of the convention.

McSweeney delivered the 2nd best speech at this convention for Bob Marshall for Senate. McDonnell lapel stickers were every where, outpacing those of Gilmore, Frederick, and Hager combined. For the record, Congressman Forbes won the sticker war (duh), and McDonnell's show of support took a close second place--this was incredible since 2008 is a federal election year and McDonnell's race to reclaim the Governor's Office from occupied territory is well over a year away.

A speaker for Delegate Jeff Frederick was there and did a good job speaking about the positive message from Frederick. This is a welcome change from the negative campaign I've been bombarded with by the Frederick campaign. Speaker Bill Howell's wife also attended this convention and spoke about her support of John Hager for Chairman. She did a good job advocating for Hager. Then she broke some serious news: she told us that there is a high degree of probability that Delegate Frederick will only have one committee assignment in 2009, and it's a newly created one: The Toliet Reclaimation Subcommittee of the Police and Militia Committee. This subcommittee was set up in response from a request by the Virginia Department of Corrections. Somebody has got to figure out what to do with thousands of fine, albeit slighly used, repositories of high quality nutrition (just kidding, the Speaker's wife was not there, but the forshadowed committee assignment for Frederick just might become reality).

Speakers were also there for KC4AG and John Brownlee for AG. Powhatan Commonwealth's Attorney Bob Beasley spoke on behalf of Brownlee and did a great job. KC4AG's designated speaker did good as well. This will be an interesting race to watch.

Of the candidates for RPV Chairman, John Hager's supporters won the lapel sticker war, but the donuts from Camp Frederick were very well received and just may have bought some support. Note to Hager: have a breakfast buffet on Friday and Saturday morning at the state convention to get back into our good graces. Hager has the clear momentum and is leading in support from the 4th District Delegates that are heading into the State GOP Convention.

Congressman J. Randy Forbes arrived and provided folks with box lunches (Chik-Fil-A, awesome!) and he gave a great speech that focused on thanking the grassroots conservative activists for all of their hard work. Additionally, Congressman Forbes touched on national security, the desperate need for energy independence and the need for a "Manhattan Project" that focuses our nation's immense R&D capabilities to achieve that purpose. Forbes also told the convention about how the Democrats and other DC bureaucrats are trying to remove all inscriptions related to God, such as their attempt to remove the religious notes that are inscribed on the Washington Monument. Thank God for Congressman Forbes. We will see him in the future friends, not a moment too soon. His timeless rhetoric served as balm to the conservative faithful who have been chaffed by a party that has abandoned them at the Federal level. Keep the faith Congressman Forbes. The pendulum will again swing the conservative way and Congressman Forbes will there to guide it towards a rightful apex in the political debate.

Forbes' leadership and support of the grassroots in the 4th District has created a positive environment and has fostered esprit de corps---this synergy is presently unequaled on the Virginia Political scene. To wit: As other Congressional Districts seem to be trending downward in parts of Virginia and throughout the nation, the 4th District folks keep all wings of the GOP flapping in the same direction with remarkable results that defy current conventional wisdom. Since 2001, the 4th Congressional District is one of only two Congressional District Republican Committees in Virginia to not lose an incumbent member of the House of Delegates or Senate (during a primary or general election) while also winning the District for George Allen for Senate, Kilgore for Governor, Bolling for Lt. Governor, and McDonnell for Attorney General. The other Congressional District that matches this performance is the 9th Congressional District Republican Committee, but they have a Democratic Congressman, go figure. Thus, the 4th District stands alone. The party apparatus in the 4th District continues to exceed expectations when compared to other Congressional Districts. For example, in the 1st District Patricia Stall lost the Senate race for the seat being vacated by Marty Williams, the 2nd District went for Kaine in 05 and two Dems picked up HOD seats in 07, the 3rd District is....the 3rd--Mike Wade, the present District Chairman, seems to be all smoke and no fire, the 5th District went for Kaine in 05 and many fully expect Tucker Watkins to turn things around in Southside (he does have an excellent track record in Legislatvie races), In the 6th District, former Delegate Preston Bryant's HOD seat switched over to the dems whe Democratic Delegate Sharon Valentine won that race, In the 7th Congressional District, Bard Marrs' HOD seat switched to Independent Katherine Waddell (though Manoli Loupassi regained it in 07), the 8th is the 8th, In the 10th Congressional District, a GOP Senate seat and a HOD seat were lost to Dems and the District went for Webb. Same story in the 11th District. Clearly, the Republican activsts in the 4th District have proven themselves as an elite fighting force in Virginia politics. BZ.

Spitzer refunding money to supporters...at least he has a little integrity

From N.Y. Post:

"Spitzer's Amends - Eliot Spitzer is doing the right thing - at least for the folks who contributed $2.9 million to Spitzer 2010. E-mails have been sent to supporters of the disgraced former governor, saying, 'We intend to re-distribute the campaign's remaining funds on a pro-rata basis.' The contributors have until June 15 to send in their official requests for refunds. 'Believe it or not, this is real,' one amazed Democrat told Page Six. 'When have you ever heard of getting a refund from a politician?' Most pols give such funds to their friends in office."

Karl Rove's insights on DEMS and Obama's general election problems

From Karl Rove article in The Wall Street Journal:

"Democrats shouldn't be complacent after Tuesday. Their problems start with Mr. Obama's 41-point loss to Hillary Clinton in West Virginia. Mr. Obama lost the primary because the rejection of him by blue-collar voters is hardening. The last Democrat to win the presidency without carrying the Mountain State was Woodrow Wilson in 1916. ..."Barely half of Mrs. Clinton's supporters in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia say they're ready to support Mr. Obama against Mr. McCain today. Without solid support from these voters, Mr. Obama will be in trouble in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Wisconsin and other battlegrounds. So far, Mr. Obama owes his success to elites captivated by his personality. But in the general election, most folks will care more about a candidate's philosophy and stand on the issues. And what's considered mainstream values in a general election is different than in a primary. ..."Mr. Obama knows this, which is why he peppered his North Carolina primary night speech with culturally conservative language. And it is also why he is reaching out to Jewish voters."