Dear colleagues:
I hope all is well with you. I am writing to provide a reminder
that there are petitioning opportunities tomorrow (Tuesday, May 1) at
polling stations in certain towns and cities. Specifically, municipal
elections are scheduled to take place in Chesapeake, Fairfax,
Fredericksburg, Hampton, Roanoke, and other locations. A list of
these municipalities is available at
www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/CityCncl12-16%20May%20and%20November.pdf;
additional helpful information is available at
http://virginia.onpolitix.com/races.
Thanks for your work for liberty. For more information about the
LPVa petition drive, please visit
http://lpva.com/HTML/2012petitionDrive.php.
Take care,
Jim
James W. Lark, III
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
University of Virginia
Vice Chair, Libertarian Party of Virginia
#############################################################
Have an announcement you'd like to post? SCC members & many
committee heads are all authorized to post; or you may send
your announcements to the List Master: <Moderator@LPVA.com>
<mailto:Moderator@LPVA.com?subject=Announcement>.
#############################################################
Unsubscribe: Send an email to STServ@LPVA.com with no subject
and "Unsubscribe Announce" as the text.
#############################################################
Libertarian Party of Virginia http://www.LPVA.com
Phone: 703-715-6230
#############################################################
Want to see past messages? Check the Archive:
http://www.Mail-Archive.com/announce@lpva.com/
#############################################################
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Numbers game
| Robert -- This Saturday and Sunday, we're organizing a big weekend of action in Hampton and across the country. Before you decide whether or not to join, hear me out. No matter what you're thinking, or what the polls say, this race is going to be neck and neck. In a lot of states, the margin of victory or defeat could be just a handful of votes. It's a numbers game. But we've got something the other guy doesn't: a whole lot of passion and a whole lot of boots on the ground. So this weekend, your fellow supporters are taking to the streets for a massive voter registration effort. It's going to be bigger than any we've had so far -- and Barack and I need you out there. Can you help register voters in Hampton on Saturday, April 28th? What: Voter registration weekend of action in Hampton Where: 2845 N. Armstead Avene Hampton, VA 23666 When: Saturday, April 28th 10:00 am  Every vote is important, and there are currently still too many people whose voices will not be heard on Election Day unless we get them registered and ready. We can't wait on this one. Say you'll make it out to the voter registration weekend of action in Hampton this Saturday: http://my.barackobama.com/Voter-Registration-Weekend-of-Action Barack and I are working hard to make this country better -- from reforming health care to strengthening our economy -- and millions of Americans are counting on us to continue this work. But we can't do it alone. Together, we'll win this thing. Joe |
 |
| This email was sent to: alexander@yorkteaparty.org |
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
A Letter
The Independent voter asserts a desire to vote for the candidate and not necessarily the accompanying party political philosophy. One must ask; "Does this make sense?" Unfortunately, it does.
Many of the changes in our political structure were created in the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century and were done for perceived good purpose. The problem is that buried in the good intentions were the elements of the Big Government political power that surface today. Because we are today ruled by an elite Oligarchy, there is little difference between the Big Government political philosophies of the parties only the personalities of the candidates. Obama was a charismatic candidate. Were it not for Sarah Palin, McCain would have been slaughtered not just defeated.
The Founders created a model of government that had two political power points; the sovereign states and the central government. There was no third position. Legislation considered in the Congress was to be debated from two political positions; the Senate to advocate for the sovereign states and the House to advocate for the central government. That is why we traditionally have had two political parties. There were two competing political power points. While it can be said that direct election of the several Senators by the citizens at large was good, it also allowed the national political parties to directly influence the senatorial elections for their purposes and not for the benefit of the citizens of the state.
Today, the choice for the independent voter is simple. You are either an advocate for the Oligarchy or embrace the call of the anti-establishment Tea Party.
Bob Dewey
Wintergreen
Friday, April 20, 2012
Delegate Mike Watson Newsletter
|
| This message was sent to alexanderofyork@ofva.us from: Mike Watson | P.O. Box 6628 | Williamsburg, Virginia 23188 | Email Marketing by |
| Unsubscribe | Forward To a Friend |
PTP contact infromation
Hello Patriots,
Just wanted to send one last email before I turn this over to Brian Evans. My understanding is that Brian has volunteered take over leadership. I have not heard from CarlAnderson or Lynda Fairman as to their plans for the Tea Party.
I did transfer all of your addresses into my Leedom1773@gmail.com
I will contact you from that address about an Agenda 21 meeting coming up in May with Rosa Koire.
Thank you again from all of you that you do and being such a great committed group of patriots. It has been an honor to keep company with YOU!
InVictory
Mary Leedom
I did receive the following notice from Lynda.
Appears that she and Carl are making plans for for all of us.
Appears she is setting up a new committee, and conducting business ex parte!
In spite of the following quote: (While I occupy the YCRC Chair, routine business of the YCRC will be conducted at scheduled meetings with the approval of the membership as appropriate. Your requests fit into this category of routine business. Please bring these matters up at the next YCRC meeting under "New Business" on the agenda. I do not intend to conduct YCRC business ex parte (outside the knowledge of the entire membership).
Spring Greetings, Everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter/Passover and are enjoying the spring weather (in spite of the pollen)!
Exciting news continues for the YCRC! Re-elected Hampton City Republican Committee (HCRC) Chairman Carl Anderson thought of coordinating all Chairmen of the Peninsula Republican Committees to create a coalition to work together for victory. Since the different legislative districts cross over several of our communities, it makes perfect sense to work together to win elections and get to know our fellow Republicans around the Peninsula. There's strength and victory in numbers!
With this coordination in mind, we've come up with an idea: a monthly "Saturday Republican Fellowship Breakfast" to highlight guest speakers on important issues and winning campaign techniques. The organization and location for these events would rotate among the participating Peninsula Committees so no one is "stuck" with planning this every month. (The HCRC has been hosting successful Saturday information/fellowship breakfasts for 30 years!) These breakfast gatherings would be focused on the topic and guest speaker for everyone's interest, leaving Committee business during our regular monthly meetings with shorter programs during those times. These Republican Fellowship Breakfasts will be a great way to invite others to join us, too!
I'm looking forward to working with the other Chairmen on this endeavor. If you would like to volunteer to be on the YCRC's special committee to organize our dates & speakers for these breakfast events or if you have speaker contacts, please let me know.
Also - keep an eye out for informational emails from me regarding upcoming events on important issues and campaign training in the area sponsored by other conservative groups (i.e. The Leadership Institute, Peninsula Tea Party, Middle Resolution PAC, etc.) We're all working for the same goal in November and to restore our Constitutional Republic! I'll pass along the information so you can attend the trainings as you choose.
Take care, and see you at our YCRC meeting on May 3rd !
For God and Country,
Lynda Fairman
Chairman, York County Republican Committee
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A Letter to Mr. Romney
Dear Mr. Romney,
In 1913 with the ratification of the 16th and 17th Amendments, the two national political parties aided by the apathy of the American people, destroyed the basic concept of governance put forth by the Founding Fathers. From this beginning, we are now being ruled by an elite intellectual, financial and political Oligarchy. One more election and the telescreen will reveal the true face of Big Brother.
The Oligarchy is glued together by the "K Street Boys'" tax code. Therefore, I offer you, Mr. Romney, the following easy, no smoke and mirrors, corrective measures.
Abolish the tax code and the IRS. Levy the tax burden upon the several states based upon the same census that apportions the distribution of the several Congressional Districts. The states can determine how the levied tax burdens are to be collected in their respective states. I wonder what happens when people understand that current annual federal expenditures cost every man, woman and child $12,000 each and the tax man cometh.
Repealing the 17th Amendment will some take time. However, an overt advocacy by you focusing upon the Senate's role of representing the several states in approving a Federal Budget would begin to cause the several Senators to remember that they were elected to the Congress to represent their state not their political party.
OK, Mr. Romney, there it is; a way for you to demonstrate to the Tea Party and conservatives that you are not an establishment Republican. Bring the power of the purse and the political responsibility of Senators back to "We the people".
Bob Dewey
Wintergreen
[Peninsula-Patriots] Fw: RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - BOB MARSHALL
The great protector of freedom for Virginia can become the great protector of freedom for all Americans if we elect him as a US Senator. Find out what Bob's voting record says about him.
DeWitt Edwards
"DUTY to my God, Family and Country - HONOR to myself and others - RESPECT to all, who deserve it"
----- Forwarded Message -----
Subject: RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - BOB MARSHALL
IMPORTANT: FORWARD TO EVERYPONE YOU KNOW!Marshall: 'My first obligation is to the people'By: BOB MARSHALL | Times-Dispatch
Published: April 17, 2012Editor's note: The Times-Dispatch Editorial Pages have invited the candidates for retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Webb's seat to write for our pages. All candidates, both Republican and Democratic, have accepted the invitation, and their columns will appear on the Op/Ed within the next couple of weeks.Tim Kaine has already decided on a strategy against his presumed Republican opponent. But, a Bob Marshall June 12 primary win would mean Kaine will have wasted valuable time and $3 million aiming at the wrong target. In my 21 years in the General Assembly, I never supported tax increases or deficits and don't need to run from my record.As congressional aide for six years I learned parliamentary procedure in depth. I don't wait for things to happen, I make them happen. I don't go along to get along because my first obligation is to the people.I put Democrats on record. I put Republicans on record. I have helped override governors four times to pass bills without the governor's recommended changes. My votes and actions reflect an awareness of issues and problems that is guided by permanent principles, not the latest polls. I am candid, I don't pull punches, and I'm the only Republican Senate candidate who has clashed with Tim Kaine and won.In 2007, I sued Richmond's entire political establishment, including then-Gov. Kaine, the Republican attorney general and the Republican speaker of the House, because they supported a law establishing unelected taxing authorities in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. In 2008, the Virginia Supreme Court decided 7-0 that the 14 taxes in the law were illegal and unconstitutional.America fought a revolution opposing "taxation without representation." I sued. The people won.I wrote Virginia's law challenging Obamacare in federal court because no one should be forced into a contract to buy anything. Kaine defends this nightmare. I authored the 2006 voter-approved Constitutional Marriage Amendment, which Kaine opposed.When Kaine's appointees tried to compel church agencies to place children for adoption with homosexual couples or close, I exposed and helped block his plan. It is not bigotry to have the laws of Virginia reflect 2000 years of Judeo-Christian moral teaching.In 2009, Kaine supported the addition of federal "stimulus" money to Virginia's budget. I voted no. In 2010, I voted against the budget when Republicans underfunded Virginia's Retirement System by $620 million. Retirement funds should go to retirees, not be used for general government expenses.In 2009, Kaine opposed my HB 1685, which had bipartisan support, to prevent anonymous cash card campaign contributions. Barack Obama raised many tens of millions in this manner in 2008. I support transparency and accountability in all government activities.In 1976, I helped devise the federal Hyde Amendment cutting off tax-paid abortions. This year I introduced HB 1, similar to Rep. Hyde's 1983 Respect Human Life Act supported by Ronald Reagan, which affirmed that children have constitutional rights from conception. Virginia teaches third-graders that life begins at conception.Kaine criticized HB 1, which passed the House of Delegates and, for the first time, the Senate Health Committee. It was killed when moderate Republicans supported Democratic efforts to return HB 1 to committee. Caving on social issues is suicide for Republicans.I am suing the University of Virginia with the American Traditions Institute for the research papers of Michael Mann, the intellectual "global warming" godfather behind Barack Obama's crusade to cripple America's manufacturing and energy production with arbitrary regulations and hundreds of billions if not trillions in unnecessary taxes. Kaine supports "cap and trade."This year I introduced HB 1160 to prevent Virginia from cooperating in the federal indefinite "preventive detention" of American citizens accused of suspicious activity, without trial, legal counsel, presentment of charges, or the ability to face an accuser. Gov. Bob McDonnell offered amendments that I accepted.In 1993, as a freshman delegate I successfully opposed building an expensive lottery building in downtown Richmond, costing several Democrats their seats.In 1998, I led a floor fight for several hours when House Democrats refused to swear in three new Republican members, which tied the body 50-50. Every Republican delegate eventually stood up in the chamber protesting this naked power grab. Three days later Democrats agreed to share power in committees.Developing our oil shale, coal and natural gas resources will require parliamentary savvy and uncompromising leadership. Exploring energy will bring jobs, help our economy, enhance national security and keep us out of wars.Although Barack Obama won my district in 2008, I won 12 elections in Northern Virginia, nearly always being outspent. My 21-year record shows that I have been tried, tested and remained true to Virginians and our Constitution.Virginians can trust that I will fight for them in Congress as hard as I have fought for them in the General Assembly. I know that our inalienable rights come from God, not man, and that the Constitution and the liberties of the people of Virginia are worth defending.I ask for your vote, and would be honored to serve you.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - BOB MARSHALL
IMPORTANT: FORWARD TO EVERYPONE YOU KNOW!
RSSText SizePrint Share This
Marshall: 'My first obligation is to the people'
By: BOB MARSHALL | Times-Dispatch
Published: April 17, 2012
Editor's note: The Times-Dispatch Editorial Pages have invited the candidates for retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Webb's seat to write for our pages. All candidates, both Republican and Democratic, have accepted the invitation, and their columns will appear on the Op/Ed within the next couple of weeks.
Tim Kaine has already decided on a strategy against his presumed Republican opponent. But, a Bob Marshall June 12 primary win would mean Kaine will have wasted valuable time and $3 million aiming at the wrong target. In my 21 years in the General Assembly, I never supported tax increases or deficits and don't need to run from my record.
As congressional aide for six years I learned parliamentary procedure in depth. I don't wait for things to happen, I make them happen. I don't go along to get along because my first obligation is to the people.
I put Democrats on record. I put Republicans on record. I have helped override governors four times to pass bills without the governor's recommended changes. My votes and actions reflect an awareness of issues and problems that is guided by permanent principles, not the latest polls. I am candid, I don't pull punches, and I'm the only Republican Senate candidate who has clashed with Tim Kaine and won.
In 2007, I sued Richmond's entire political establishment, including then-Gov. Kaine, the Republican attorney general and the Republican speaker of the House, because they supported a law establishing unelected taxing authorities in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. In 2008, the Virginia Supreme Court decided 7-0 that the 14 taxes in the law were illegal and unconstitutional.
America fought a revolution opposing "taxation without representation." I sued. The people won.
I wrote Virginia's law challenging Obamacare in federal court because no one should be forced into a contract to buy anything. Kaine defends this nightmare. I authored the 2006 voter-approved Constitutional Marriage Amendment, which Kaine opposed.
When Kaine's appointees tried to compel church agencies to place children for adoption with homosexual couples or close, I exposed and helped block his plan. It is not bigotry to have the laws of Virginia reflect 2000 years of Judeo-Christian moral teaching.
In 2009, Kaine supported the addition of federal "stimulus" money to Virginia's budget. I voted no. In 2010, I voted against the budget when Republicans underfunded Virginia's Retirement System by $620 million. Retirement funds should go to retirees, not be used for general government expenses.
In 2009, Kaine opposed my HB 1685, which had bipartisan support, to prevent anonymous cash card campaign contributions. Barack Obama raised many tens of millions in this manner in 2008. I support transparency and accountability in all government activities.
In 1976, I helped devise the federal Hyde Amendment cutting off tax-paid abortions. This year I introduced HB 1, similar to Rep. Hyde's 1983 Respect Human Life Act supported by Ronald Reagan, which affirmed that children have constitutional rights from conception. Virginia teaches third-graders that life begins at conception.
Kaine criticized HB 1, which passed the House of Delegates and, for the first time, the Senate Health Committee. It was killed when moderate Republicans supported Democratic efforts to return HB 1 to committee. Caving on social issues is suicide for Republicans.
I am suing the University of Virginia with the American Traditions Institute for the research papers of Michael Mann, the intellectual "global warming" godfather behind Barack Obama's crusade to cripple America's manufacturing and energy production with arbitrary regulations and hundreds of billions if not trillions in unnecessary taxes. Kaine supports "cap and trade."
This year I introduced HB 1160 to prevent Virginia from cooperating in the federal indefinite "preventive detention" of American citizens accused of suspicious activity, without trial, legal counsel, presentment of charges, or the ability to face an accuser. Gov. Bob McDonnell offered amendments that I accepted.
In 1993, as a freshman delegate I successfully opposed building an expensive lottery building in downtown Richmond, costing several Democrats their seats.
In 1998, I led a floor fight for several hours when House Democrats refused to swear in three new Republican members, which tied the body 50-50. Every Republican delegate eventually stood up in the chamber protesting this naked power grab. Three days later Democrats agreed to share power in committees.
Developing our oil shale, coal and natural gas resources will require parliamentary savvy and uncompromising leadership. Exploring energy will bring jobs, help our economy, enhance national security and keep us out of wars.
Although Barack Obama won my district in 2008, I won 12 elections in Northern Virginia, nearly always being outspent. My 21-year record shows that I have been tried, tested and remained true to Virginians and our Constitution.
Virginians can trust that I will fight for them in Congress as hard as I have fought for them in the General Assembly. I know that our inalienable rights come from God, not man, and that the Constitution and the liberties of the people of Virginia are worth defending.
I ask for your vote, and would be honored to serve you.
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - BOB MARSHALL
IMPORTANT: FORWARD TO EVERYPONE YOU KNOW!
RSSText SizePrint Share This
Marshall: 'My first obligation is to the people'
By: BOB MARSHALL | Times-Dispatch
Published: April 17, 2012
Editor's note: The Times-Dispatch Editorial Pages have invited the candidates for retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Webb's seat to write for our pages. All candidates, both Republican and Democratic, have accepted the invitation, and their columns will appear on the Op/Ed within the next couple of weeks.
Tim Kaine has already decided on a strategy against his presumed Republican opponent. But, a Bob Marshall June 12 primary win would mean Kaine will have wasted valuable time and $3 million aiming at the wrong target. In my 21 years in the General Assembly, I never supported tax increases or deficits and don't need to run from my record.
As congressional aide for six years I learned parliamentary procedure in depth. I don't wait for things to happen, I make them happen. I don't go along to get along because my first obligation is to the people.
I put Democrats on record. I put Republicans on record. I have helped override governors four times to pass bills without the governor's recommended changes. My votes and actions reflect an awareness of issues and problems that is guided by permanent principles, not the latest polls. I am candid, I don't pull punches, and I'm the only Republican Senate candidate who has clashed with Tim Kaine and won.
In 2007, I sued Richmond's entire political establishment, including then-Gov. Kaine, the Republican attorney general and the Republican speaker of the House, because they supported a law establishing unelected taxing authorities in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. In 2008, the Virginia Supreme Court decided 7-0 that the 14 taxes in the law were illegal and unconstitutional.
America fought a revolution opposing "taxation without representation." I sued. The people won.
I wrote Virginia's law challenging Obamacare in federal court because no one should be forced into a contract to buy anything. Kaine defends this nightmare. I authored the 2006 voter-approved Constitutional Marriage Amendment, which Kaine opposed.
When Kaine's appointees tried to compel church agencies to place children for adoption with homosexual couples or close, I exposed and helped block his plan. It is not bigotry to have the laws of Virginia reflect 2000 years of Judeo-Christian moral teaching.
In 2009, Kaine supported the addition of federal "stimulus" money to Virginia's budget. I voted no. In 2010, I voted against the budget when Republicans underfunded Virginia's Retirement System by $620 million. Retirement funds should go to retirees, not be used for general government expenses.
In 2009, Kaine opposed my HB 1685, which had bipartisan support, to prevent anonymous cash card campaign contributions. Barack Obama raised many tens of millions in this manner in 2008. I support transparency and accountability in all government activities.
In 1976, I helped devise the federal Hyde Amendment cutting off tax-paid abortions. This year I introduced HB 1, similar to Rep. Hyde's 1983 Respect Human Life Act supported by Ronald Reagan, which affirmed that children have constitutional rights from conception. Virginia teaches third-graders that life begins at conception.
Kaine criticized HB 1, which passed the House of Delegates and, for the first time, the Senate Health Committee. It was killed when moderate Republicans supported Democratic efforts to return HB 1 to committee. Caving on social issues is suicide for Republicans.
I am suing the University of Virginia with the American Traditions Institute for the research papers of Michael Mann, the intellectual "global warming" godfather behind Barack Obama's crusade to cripple America's manufacturing and energy production with arbitrary regulations and hundreds of billions if not trillions in unnecessary taxes. Kaine supports "cap and trade."
This year I introduced HB 1160 to prevent Virginia from cooperating in the federal indefinite "preventive detention" of American citizens accused of suspicious activity, without trial, legal counsel, presentment of charges, or the ability to face an accuser. Gov. Bob McDonnell offered amendments that I accepted.
In 1993, as a freshman delegate I successfully opposed building an expensive lottery building in downtown Richmond, costing several Democrats their seats.
In 1998, I led a floor fight for several hours when House Democrats refused to swear in three new Republican members, which tied the body 50-50. Every Republican delegate eventually stood up in the chamber protesting this naked power grab. Three days later Democrats agreed to share power in committees.
Developing our oil shale, coal and natural gas resources will require parliamentary savvy and uncompromising leadership. Exploring energy will bring jobs, help our economy, enhance national security and keep us out of wars.
Although Barack Obama won my district in 2008, I won 12 elections in Northern Virginia, nearly always being outspent. My 21-year record shows that I have been tried, tested and remained true to Virginians and our Constitution.
Virginians can trust that I will fight for them in Congress as hard as I have fought for them in the General Assembly. I know that our inalienable rights come from God, not man, and that the Constitution and the liberties of the people of Virginia are worth defending.
I ask for your vote, and would be honored to serve you.
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - BOB MARSHALL
IMPORTANT: FORWARD TO EVERYPONE YOU KNOW!
RSSText SizePrint Share This
Marshall: 'My first obligation is to the people'
By: BOB MARSHALL | Times-Dispatch
Published: April 17, 2012
Editor's note: The Times-Dispatch Editorial Pages have invited the candidates for retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Webb's seat to write for our pages. All candidates, both Republican and Democratic, have accepted the invitation, and their columns will appear on the Op/Ed within the next couple of weeks.
Tim Kaine has already decided on a strategy against his presumed Republican opponent. But, a Bob Marshall June 12 primary win would mean Kaine will have wasted valuable time and $3 million aiming at the wrong target. In my 21 years in the General Assembly, I never supported tax increases or deficits and don't need to run from my record.
As congressional aide for six years I learned parliamentary procedure in depth. I don't wait for things to happen, I make them happen. I don't go along to get along because my first obligation is to the people.
I put Democrats on record. I put Republicans on record. I have helped override governors four times to pass bills without the governor's recommended changes. My votes and actions reflect an awareness of issues and problems that is guided by permanent principles, not the latest polls. I am candid, I don't pull punches, and I'm the only Republican Senate candidate who has clashed with Tim Kaine and won.
In 2007, I sued Richmond's entire political establishment, including then-Gov. Kaine, the Republican attorney general and the Republican speaker of the House, because they supported a law establishing unelected taxing authorities in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. In 2008, the Virginia Supreme Court decided 7-0 that the 14 taxes in the law were illegal and unconstitutional.
America fought a revolution opposing "taxation without representation." I sued. The people won.
I wrote Virginia's law challenging Obamacare in federal court because no one should be forced into a contract to buy anything. Kaine defends this nightmare. I authored the 2006 voter-approved Constitutional Marriage Amendment, which Kaine opposed.
When Kaine's appointees tried to compel church agencies to place children for adoption with homosexual couples or close, I exposed and helped block his plan. It is not bigotry to have the laws of Virginia reflect 2000 years of Judeo-Christian moral teaching.
In 2009, Kaine supported the addition of federal "stimulus" money to Virginia's budget. I voted no. In 2010, I voted against the budget when Republicans underfunded Virginia's Retirement System by $620 million. Retirement funds should go to retirees, not be used for general government expenses.
In 2009, Kaine opposed my HB 1685, which had bipartisan support, to prevent anonymous cash card campaign contributions. Barack Obama raised many tens of millions in this manner in 2008. I support transparency and accountability in all government activities.
In 1976, I helped devise the federal Hyde Amendment cutting off tax-paid abortions. This year I introduced HB 1, similar to Rep. Hyde's 1983 Respect Human Life Act supported by Ronald Reagan, which affirmed that children have constitutional rights from conception. Virginia teaches third-graders that life begins at conception.
Kaine criticized HB 1, which passed the House of Delegates and, for the first time, the Senate Health Committee. It was killed when moderate Republicans supported Democratic efforts to return HB 1 to committee. Caving on social issues is suicide for Republicans.
I am suing the University of Virginia with the American Traditions Institute for the research papers of Michael Mann, the intellectual "global warming" godfather behind Barack Obama's crusade to cripple America's manufacturing and energy production with arbitrary regulations and hundreds of billions if not trillions in unnecessary taxes. Kaine supports "cap and trade."
This year I introduced HB 1160 to prevent Virginia from cooperating in the federal indefinite "preventive detention" of American citizens accused of suspicious activity, without trial, legal counsel, presentment of charges, or the ability to face an accuser. Gov. Bob McDonnell offered amendments that I accepted.
In 1993, as a freshman delegate I successfully opposed building an expensive lottery building in downtown Richmond, costing several Democrats their seats.
In 1998, I led a floor fight for several hours when House Democrats refused to swear in three new Republican members, which tied the body 50-50. Every Republican delegate eventually stood up in the chamber protesting this naked power grab. Three days later Democrats agreed to share power in committees.
Developing our oil shale, coal and natural gas resources will require parliamentary savvy and uncompromising leadership. Exploring energy will bring jobs, help our economy, enhance national security and keep us out of wars.
Although Barack Obama won my district in 2008, I won 12 elections in Northern Virginia, nearly always being outspent. My 21-year record shows that I have been tried, tested and remained true to Virginians and our Constitution.
Virginians can trust that I will fight for them in Congress as hard as I have fought for them in the General Assembly. I know that our inalienable rights come from God, not man, and that the Constitution and the liberties of the people of Virginia are worth defending.
I ask for your vote, and would be honored to serve you.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)