News that Republican Attorney General candidate Robert Francis ?Bob? McDonnell, aka "Taliban Bob," has an 8-point lead in the latest Mason-Dixon poll over Creigh Deeds, has me thinking this has to be a bad joke or something. This must be a Halloween "trick" because it's certainly no "treat!" Or maybe my colleague Dan is right and we ARE living on the set of the movie Halloween III!For those of you who are not famliar with McDonnell, this guy is quite a character. First of all, McDonnell's former campaign manager is a convicted child molester tied in with the ongoing Tom DeLay/Jack Abramoff scandals.
Second, believe it or not, McDonnell is a man who -- while obsessed with condemning sodomy and homosexuality in particular -- can?t remember if he?s personally ever had oral sex. To quote Barnie Day:
Bob McDonnell, running for attorney general, the man who sits in judgment of our judges. The man who cannot remember if he himself has ever engaged in sodomy. Think about it. He can?t remember. He can?t recall. Think about that one for a minute.
Now, here?s Jim Spencer of the Hampton Roads Daily Press on ol? Robert Francis McDonnell:
McDonnell, a man considering a run for Virginia attorney general, apparently has decided to warm up by appointing himself head of Virginia?s new Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.If you thought such overbearing minions of morality existed only among Afghan extremists, think again. Taliban Bob says Newport News Circuit Judge Verbena Askew may not be fit for reappointment to the bench if she ever violated the state?s crimes-against-nature law?.
Taliban Bob, a graduate of Pat Robertson?s Regent University Law School and a darling of Robertson?s Christian Coalition, assumes that the harassment claim might mean that [Newport News Circuit Judge Verbena] Askew might be a lesbian. And if she is, McDonnell says, she may not be judicial material. Then, he defends his bigotry by hiding behind the crimes-against-nature law.
Now, here?s what the Virginia Family Values PAC has to say about ?Taliban Bob?:
The idea of McDonnell being Virginia?s attorney general should terrify Virginia families?.When asked by a reporter if he had ever engaged in sodomy, McDonnell declared: ?Not that I can recall.? Confidential to McDonnell: Either you?re a liar, or you?re really, really pathetic. Which is it??McDonnell is another RINO (Republican In Name Only) ? he wants to shrink government until it?s small enough to fit into the keyhole of your bedroom door. Electing McDonnell to attorney general would be a huge victory for anti-freedom, anti-privacy, and anti-family forces in Virginia.
Finally, McDonnell is tightly tied to Rev. Pat Robertson, a man who believes that ?out-of-control federal judges are the most serious threat to America?s survival in its history ? more dangerous even than Islamic terrorism, Nazi Germany and the Civil War.? A man who recently suggested assassinating the President of Venezuela. A man who believes Muslims are ?worse than the Nazis.? McDonnell graduated from Robertson?s Regent Law School prior to the school receiving accreditation from the American Bar Association and is now a partner in Robertson?s law firm, Huff, Poole & Mahoney. For good measure, McDonnell also serves on the Regent University Law School Board of Visitors.
Heard enough? Then vote for Creigh Deeds this November!