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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,557 posts)
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 04:53 PM Oct 2013

Cuccinelli's convervative heritage is preserved in his newsletters

For Cuccinelli, a conservative heritage preserved in writing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/for-cuccinelli-a-conservative-heritage-preserved-in-writing/2013/10/30/33c512fc-3c45-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html

By Paul Schwartzman, Published: October 30

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Throughout Virginia’s gubernatorial race, Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate, has cast Cuccinelli as a tea party extremist, incapable of forging the centrist consensus necessary to manage the commonwealth. The portrait has stuck, according to recent polls; McAuliffe appears to be ahead in the race — and Cuccinelli’s conservatism is a leading reason.

For years, he articulated that conservatism in the Cuccinelli Compass, honing a combative political persona and providing opponents with material that has now driven up his negative poll ratings and lifted McAuliffe. At the same time, Cuccinelli has accused Democrats of turning him into a caricature, seeking to scare off voters by distorting and lying about his record as a state senator and Virginia’s attorney general.
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A Cuccinelli spokesman, when asked to furnish all the newsletters that the candidate wrote over the years, said such a compilation was not available. However, Democrats provided nearly three dozen issues. Others can be found on the Internet.
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Del. Robert H. Brink (D-Arlington) said he was struck by the Compass’s tone, which he described as “hard-edged” and “so mocking and dismissive” of fellow legislators. “My concern is that it gives you an idea of what kind of governor Cuccinelli would be,” he said. “Kind of inward-directed and no effort to be the governor of all Virginians — just to appeal to his core supporters.”

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Cuccinelli's convervative heritage is preserved in his newsletters (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2013 OP
Again, Dems don't have to lie about repugs. louis-t Oct 2013 #1
"Turning him into a caricature..."??!! JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #2
The Pukes never like their words used against them. Bwaaaaa!!! blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #3

louis-t

(23,296 posts)
1. Again, Dems don't have to lie about repugs.
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 05:04 PM
Oct 2013

Just expose them for what they are. I love how Rachel Maddow plays video of these idiots saying one thing, then denying it or saying the exact opposite. We don't have to edit video of them.

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