The Tea Party strike again!

[rightwinger]

The Virginia GOP actually blew the gubernatorial race a year and a half ago - The Week

Democrat Terry McAuliffe is poised on Tuesday to win Virginia's gubernatorial election — even though a plurality of voters there don't like him. the state GOP shot itself in the foot by nominating the Tea Party-aligned Cuccinelli in the first place. Outgoing Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling (R) could have been hours away from being elected the commonwealth's next chief executive. Under a widely-known deal struck back in 2009, Bolling agreed to not challenge Gov. Bob McDonnell, then the state's AG, in a primary, instead deferring to him with the understanding he would serve as the Virginia GOP's next standard-bearer

Ahead of the Virginia GOP's June 2012 convention, Cuccinelli's "Tea Party supporters quietly took control of the state GOP leadership," according to the American Prospect's Abby Rapoport and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux. Then, despite protests from Bolling and McDonnell, the new party leaders voted to reverse course and nominate candidates for statewide office not through a primary, but through a closed convention "where the extreme wing of the party was more likely to be in attendance."

In June, convention attendees handed Cuccinelli the nomination. They also nominated far-right firebrand preacher E. W. Jackson — a man who likened yoga to Satanism and warned against Obama's "Muslim sensibilities" — to run as the party's Lieutenant Governor nominee.

In short, convention participants sacrificed bipartisan appeal for ideological purity, leaving the party with two dyed-in-the-wool conservatives whose views no longer represented a majority of voters in the increasingly purple state.

 

[TakeAStepBack]

I still have my money on the "teatard" winning.

 

[HenryBHough]

If he wanted to enhance the electability of his acolyte, Obummer shoulda stayed home and tidied up the WH sharecropper garden.

 

[TheOldSchool]

I think Bolling would have won in a landslide.

I cast my vote against Cuccinelli first thing before work this morning. I hope he goes down.

 

[rightwinger]

I think Bolling would have won in a landslide.

I cast my vote against Cuccinelli first thing before work this morning. I hope he goes down.

Guy is actually pretty high on the creepiness factor

 

[Sawbriars]

I still have my money on the "teatard" winning.

Exactly...and it no doubt will shock the morons who are very visible on this board........no political savy at all.....I am talking primarily about the pc repukes who I have been trying to educate for several years now....it is not that they are stupid...you can't fix stupid...the pc repukes are just ignorant....too lazy to study and analyze the political scene...most of them let the talking heads do their thinking for them...pathetic.

 

[Sawbriars]

If cuccenelli loses I will resign from this board in utter disgrace.

 

[Katzndogz]

Turn out is said to be very low but it was low in the Colorado recall until late in the day.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

If cuccenelli loses I will resign from this board in utter disgrace.

Well??

 

[hjmick]

If cuccenelli loses I will resign from this board in utter disgrace.

CYA...


I'd like to say you'll be missed, but to be honest, this is the first time I've ever seen any of your posts...

 

[TheOldSchool]

If cuccenelli loses I will resign from this board in utter disgrace.

Well??

Don't resign just chill out a bit

 

[Luddly Neddite]

If cuccenelli loses I will resign from this board in utter disgrace.

CYA...


I'd like to say you'll be missed, but to be honest, this is the first time I've ever seen any of your posts...

Same here.

**shrug**

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

In short, convention participants sacrificed bipartisan appeal for ideological purity, leaving the party with two dyed-in-the-wool conservatives whose views no longer represented a majority of voters in the increasingly purple state.

Or a majority of voters across the country, for that matter.

 

[Sawbriars]

If cuccenelli loses I will resign from this board in utter disgrace.

Well??

heh heh I just posted that to see how many morons were reading my posts.....irregardless---


Most public polls leading up to Election Day had Democrat Terry McAuliffe coasting to victory, some by double digits, in the Virginia governor’s race. Instead he squeaked by, beating Republican Ken Cuccinelli by less than 3 percentage points mainly due to the outgrageous amount of money he spent on the race.

All this race proved was that the fatcat east coast elitists were not willing to fund a candidate that could have won if he had been supported .....the wealthy republicans demonstrate once again they would rather have a democrat win rather than a true conservative.


Unfortunately...this democratic victory will boost the confusion in the Republican Party....a party that appears destined for the dustbin of history.

The White Working Class seems unable to shake its apathy and unless it comes to grips with the threats it is confronted with will continue on it's downward spiral of lower wages, increased unemployment and less representation.

 

[Sawbriars]

Yep....just like I said..............................Cuccinelli Campaign Says National GOP Abandoned Them: 'We Were on Our Own'

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Yep....just like I said..............................Cuccinelli Campaign Says National GOP Abandoned Them: 'We Were on Our Own'

Sure would be nice if the t-potties would grow up and take responsibility for what they say and do.

Instead, all they do is whine.

 

[Kathy58]

Yep....just like I said..............................Cuccinelli Campaign Says National GOP Abandoned Them: 'We Were on Our Own'

Sure would be nice if the t-potties would grow up and take responsibility for what they say and do.

Instead, all they do is whine.

Ummm, you mean liberals, right? Go Ted Go!!! Ted held his ground ....

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/sen-ted-cruz-and-jay-leno-first-peek.html/

 

[smileandmobile]

are these guys still relevant?

 

[Sawbriars]

Yep....just like I said..............................Cuccinelli Campaign Says National GOP Abandoned Them: 'We Were on Our Own'

Sure would be nice if the t-potties would grow up and take responsibility for what they say and do.

Instead, all they do is whine.

Ummm, you mean liberals, right? Go Ted Go!!! Ted held his ground ....

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/sen-ted-cruz-and-jay-leno-first-peek.html/

MLK was a plagiarizing butthole.

What's the Problem?

For starters, his own university admits that his doctoral thesis, the very foundation of his career, was plagiarized. Seriously. They had an official inquiry and everything.

"We had many of the same professors, we worked in the same atmosphere during our graduate studies," said John Cartwright, an MLK scholar and member of the committee that investigated his plagiarism allegations, "under no circumstances would the atmosphere under which he did his work condone what Doctor King did. It's incredible. He was not unaware of the correct procedure. This wasn't just done out of ignorance."


Despite clear findings of plagiarism, the committee did not recommend he be posthumously stripped of his title, due to due to their extreme fear of being beaten and castrated by hordes of angry MLK groupies.



The first allegations of King's plagiarism were hushed up, denied, or 'excused' by academia. However, the accusations continued to flow in. Not only was his dissertation plagiarized, but many of his student papers and sermons were stolen in whole or in part from other writers.

The staff of the King Paper's Project at Stanford even admits that, "King's plagiarism was a general pattern evident in nearly all of his academic writings."

Is That All?

Perhaps the most notable example of King's plagiarism was the general tone, and several select lines from his famous "I Have a Dream," speech. Theodore Pappas presents a detailed accusation in his book, Plagiarism and the Culture War.

Here's how King's speech ended;



"This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, 'My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.' And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring."

Compare that to a much earlier speech by another Civil Rights activist, Archibald Carey:

"We, Negro Americans, sing with all loyal Americans: My country 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, Land of the Pilgrims' pride From every mountainside Let freedom ring!

That's exactly what we mean--from every mountain side, let freedom ring. Not only from the Green Mountains and White Mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire; not only from the Catskills of New York; but from the Ozarks in Arkansas, from the Stone Mountain in Georgia, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia--let it ring not only for the minorities of the United States, but for the disinherited of all the earth--may the Republican Party, under God, from every mountainside, LET FREEDOM RING!"






Read more: 5 Great Men Who Built Their Careers on Plagiarism | Cracked.com

 

[Kathy58]

Sure would be nice if the t-potties would grow up and take responsibility for what they say and do.

Instead, all they do is whine.

Ummm, you mean liberals, right? Go Ted Go!!! Ted held his ground ....

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/sen-ted-cruz-and-jay-leno-first-peek.html/

MLK was a plagiarizing butthole.

What's the Problem?

For starters, his own university admits that his doctoral thesis, the very foundation of his career, was plagiarized. Seriously. They had an official inquiry and everything.

"We had many of the same professors, we worked in the same atmosphere during our graduate studies," said John Cartwright, an MLK scholar and member of the committee that investigated his plagiarism allegations, "under no circumstances would the atmosphere under which he did his work condone what Doctor King did. It's incredible. He was not unaware of the correct procedure. This wasn't just done out of ignorance."


Despite clear findings of plagiarism, the committee did not recommend he be posthumously stripped of his title, due to due to their extreme fear of being beaten and castrated by hordes of angry MLK groupies.



The first allegations of King's plagiarism were hushed up, denied, or 'excused' by academia. However, the accusations continued to flow in. Not only was his dissertation plagiarized, but many of his student papers and sermons were stolen in whole or in part from other writers.

The staff of the King Paper's Project at Stanford even admits that, "King's plagiarism was a general pattern evident in nearly all of his academic writings."

Is That All?

Perhaps the most notable example of King's plagiarism was the general tone, and several select lines from his famous "I Have a Dream," speech. Theodore Pappas presents a detailed accusation in his book, Plagiarism and the Culture War.

Here's how King's speech ended;



"This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, 'My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.' And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring."

Compare that to a much earlier speech by another Civil Rights activist, Archibald Carey:

"We, Negro Americans, sing with all loyal Americans: My country 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, Land of the Pilgrims' pride From every mountainside Let freedom ring!

That's exactly what we mean--from every mountain side, let freedom ring. Not only from the Green Mountains and White Mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire; not only from the Catskills of New York; but from the Ozarks in Arkansas, from the Stone Mountain in Georgia, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia--let it ring not only for the minorities of the United States, but for the disinherited of all the earth--may the Republican Party, under God, from every mountainside, LET FREEDOM RING!"






Read more: 5 Great Men Who Built Their Careers on Plagiarism | Cracked.com

What does that have to do with Ted Cruz?