'real' Virginian only if you vote McCain

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Registered: 10-12-2008
'real' Virginian only if you vote McCain
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Sat, 10-18-2008 - 6:16pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjY8A5IFYbg

So we are anti-American if we don't live in the right place and now only pro McCain supporters are 'real' Virginians? What will be next?

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Registered: 10-14-2008
As good as that was, I have to say, there was nothing like watching Ms. Pfotenhauer (German for "hired mouthpiece") squirm under Rachel Maddow's questioning. Ouch. It's gotta suck for a glib, high-paid media flack to have to be confronted with someone who actually knows their crap. Nancy Pfotenhauer must have had to change underwear after that one.

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Registered: 09-08-2008

I had to edit this post, because I launched an offensive against Sarah instead of my other favorite McCain surrogate (eye roll) Nancy P. She wears turtle necks now that she realizes that her long neck flashes crimson when "under fire" by the media. lol. So, not surprising that Nancy says such stupid things about voters. That's bipartisan, huh? lol. Whatever, Nancy...keep wearing those scarves and turtlenecks, hun. lol.


And even though she didn't spew this goofiness, I meant what I said about Sarah, in regards to her compass being broken. It looks as if Nancy's is broken, too. The more they talk, the less we want to listen.


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Registered: 10-12-2008

And McCain's brother called Northern Virgina communist - fits with the new McCarthy spin they've got going.

"WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) — A top aide to John McCain said Saturday the Republican presidential nominee still has a strong chance of winning the state because of his support in "real Virginia," the downstate areas far removed in distance and political philosophy from the more liberal areas of the north.

"As a proud resident of Oakton, Va., I can tell you that the Democrats have just come in from the District of Columbia and moved into northern Virginia," McCain senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer said on MSNBC. "And that's really what you see there. But the rest of the state, real Virginia, if you will, I think will be very responsive to Sen. McCain's message."

Program host Kevin Corke asked Pfotenhauer if she wanted to retract the comment, prompting her to reply, "I mean 'real Virginia' because northern Virginia is where I've always been, but 'real Virginia' I take to be the — this part of the state that is more Southern in nature, if you will. Northern Virginia is really metro D.C."

Earlier this month, McCain's brother, Joe, told those at an event for the Republican nominee that two Democratic-leaning areas in Northern Virginia, Arlington and Alexandria, were "communist country." He quickly apologized and called the remark a joke.

The senator's campaign headquarters is in Arlington, as is the home he uses while in Washington. McCain also attended high school in Alexandria.

Democrats not only control the Virginia governor's office, but Democrat Jim Webb succeeded in 2006 in ousting Republican Sen. George Allen. Veteran Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is retiring this year and former Democratic Gov. Mark Warner is vying with former Republican Gov. Jim Gilmore to succeed him.

The popularity of Warner has led some to suggest he may boost Obama's chances, rather than the opposite.

One recent poll showed McCain trailing Democrat Barack Obama by up to 8 percentage points in the Old Dominion, but political analysts believe the race may be closer. McCain was making a push to hold onto Virginia, which President Bush won in 2004.

McCain held a rally Saturday in northern Virginia, and his campaign was launching a downstate bus tour on Sunday with Todd Palin, the husband of his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

One of those attending McCain's rally in the Washington suburb of Woodbridge said she wasn't sure about the geographical split of the state.

"I just hope that the state of Virginia will continue to support and continue to be a red state," said 45-year-old Diane Fuller of Manassas.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
It wasn't Sarah, it was McCain's senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer. I am no fan of Sarah but I can't blame this one on her. So that makes 3 of the campaign insiders now that are willing to denounce Americans who don't support them. Makes you wonder what would happen if the do win.

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Registered: 06-05-2008
Sat, 10-18-2008 - 11:01pm

Democrats not only control the Virginia governor's office, but Democrat Jim Webb succeeded in 2006 in ousting Republican Sen. George Allen. Veteran Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is retiring this year and former Democratic Gov. Mark Warner is vying with former Republican Gov. Jim Gilmore to succeed him.


The popularity of Warner has led some to suggest he may boost Obama's chances, rather than the opposite.


Warner is popular, alright.