December 12, 2009 – 7:50 pm
This afternoon the business as usual Republican unit chairs of the 5th district chose to ignore the outcry from the grassroots and majority of congressional candidates and voted for a primary to decide the 5th district GOP congressional candidate. The vote was not even close with 19 voting for a primary and 13 against. With [...]
December 11, 2009 – 9:31 am
Congressman Perriello is spreading untruths concerning a CBO report on stimulus spending. Perriello tweeted: “encouraged by CBO report that says stimulus has created(emphasis mine) btw 600k and 1.6M jobs, raised GDP by 1.2-3.2%” When in actuality the report stated: “The Congressional Budget Office late Monday said it estimates that the federal stimulus package sustained between [...]
December 11, 2009 – 9:10 am
There used to be a popular children’s show on PBS called “Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego?” This quiz show asked questions to help locate the cartoon crook Carmen Sandiego. Based on the blank events page on Congressman Perriello’s website we should be asking Where in the World is Tom Perriello? I am in [...]
December 10, 2009 – 3:09 pm
State Senator Robert Hurt was in Washington DC yesterday for two reasons. I was told one of those reasons was to meet with party officials to see how to do damage control concerning the perception that he is a tax and spend Republican. The other reason was to attend a fundraiser that was being held [...]
December 10, 2009 – 1:17 pm
Press Release from the Rutherford Institute 12/10/2009 Rutherford Institute Urges Congressman Perriello to Relocate Offices to Accommodate Constituents’ First Amendment Rights CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.– In a letter to Congressman Tom Perriello, John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, has voiced the concern that the location of Perriello’s Charlottesville office is interfering with his constituents’ First [...]
December 10, 2009 – 10:32 am
From the December 10th article “GOP 5th Hopefuls Seek Convention” in the Daily Progress: “ Andy Seré, a regional press secretary with the national committee, said it is untrue that his organization has endorsed any candidate in the race. The committee has promoted Hurt’s candidacy but has not formally endorsed him.” We keep hearing how [...]
By blueridgeguy
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Posted in Perriello, Virginia, Washington
| Tags: 5th District, Campaigns, CongressmanTom Perriello, Feda Morton, Jim McKelvey, Ken Boyd, Laurence Verga, McPadden, NRCC, Robert Hurt, Ron Ferrin |
December 10, 2009 – 8:47 am
After attending the Fluvanna Republican Committee meeting this week in which six of the seven candidates were represented it was obvious that there was a united front for a convention with Robert Hurt being the lone holdout.* Two days later a statement by the six candidates vying for the GOP congressional nomination in favor of [...]
By blueridgeguy
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Posted in Perriello, Virginia, Washington
| Tags: 5th District, Campaigns, Creigh Deeds, Feda Morton, Jim McKelvey, Ken Boyd, Laurence Verga, McPadden, Robert Hurt, Ron Ferrin |
December 9, 2009 – 2:12 pm
Six of the seven Republican candidates for the congressional nomination of the 5th district have endorsed a convention. The six Republican candidates that have signed a statement which is being sent to the unit chairs in the district are Feda Morton, Ken Boyd, Laurence Verga, Michael McPadden Ron Ferrin and Jim McKelvey. Text of statement [...]
By blueridgeguy
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Posted in Perriello, Virginia, Washington
| Tags: 5th District, Campaigns, CongressmanTom Perriello, Feda Morton, Jim McKelvey, Ken Boyd, Laurence Verga, McPadden, Robert Hurt, Ron Ferrin |
December 9, 2009 – 8:37 am
Congressman Perriello’s dance card will be full with far left partners at his December 9th fundraiser. If the people attending this fund raiser are any indication of how he will be voting in the future the 5th district is in serious trouble. Ivan Frishberg, Political Director of Environment America, a global warming alarmist group that [...]
December 7, 2009 – 3:36 pm
A recent Rasmussen survey using a generic three-way ballot shows running under the Tea Party Banner may be more beneficial in congressional races then running as a Republican. The survey’s generic ballot has Democrats with 36% of the vote, a Tea Party candidate with 23% and Republicans with 18% with 22% undecided. There obviously is [...]
