Tag: VA-Gov

McDonnell Decides Slavery Was Significant After All

Filed in National by on April 8, 2010 17 Comments

Virginia governor Bob McDonnell fueled a huge controversy when he resurrected “Confederate History Month” after an 8-year hiatus. Just to make things extra controversial he included absolutely no statement about slavery and when asked said slavery wasn’t significant enough to be included in the declaration. After much criticism, including from many Republicans, McDonnell is changing […]

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McDonnell: Slavery Wasn’t Significant

Filed in National by on April 7, 2010 26 Comments

You’ve probably already heard that Virginia proclaimed the month of April as “Confederate History Month” but have you read the actual proclamation? WHEREAS, April is the month in which the people of Virginia joined the Confederate States of America in a four year war between the states for independence that concluded at Appomattox Courthouse; and […]

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2009 Election Results: Mixed Night For Teabaggers

Filed in National by on November 4, 2009 56 Comments

Here’s yesterday’s election results, as they stand right now: VA-Gov Bob McDonnell (R) 59% Creigh Deeds (D) 41% 99% counted A big win for Republicans in VA-Gov. This result was no surprise, Deeds was a crappy candidate. His problem was that he tried to run against President Obama, at one point even saying he would […]

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Election Results Thread

Filed in National by on November 3, 2009 50 Comments

We’ll be watching the results and updating you here. VA polls close at 7 pm, Maine and NJ close at 8 pm and NY polls close at 9 pm. We could actually be in for a long election if the votes are close, because then we’ll have to wait for absentee and provisional ballots to […]

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