We are in the middle of a four-day marathon here. While I cannot say that I agree with all of the actions of the president in dealing with Iraq, I will not be supporting H.Con.Res. 63. The eyes of the world are upon this House and there will be commentary from the Middle East to the streets of small town America about what we do here over this four-day period even though this resolution does not carry the weight of law.

  When the commentary begins in the Middle East, in no way do I want to comfort and encourage the radical Muslims who want to destroy our country and who want to wipe the so-called infidels like myself and many of you from the face of the Earth. In no way do I want to aid and assist the Islamic jihadists who want the crescent and star to wave over the Capitol of the United States and over the White House of this country. I fear that radical Muslims who want to control the Middle East and ultimately the world would love to see "In God We Trust" stricken from our money and replaced with "In Muhammad We Trust."

to the stupidity and racism of this man?

He has once again assured that Virginia will be looked upon with scorn, and people will wonder how he got elected last time.

Was he holding all this back during election season?

Ignoramus.

to call someone like Virgil 'my' congressman.

If you think this is great, you must be just like Virgil, huh? Share his viewpoints and all that, do you?

I don't know if I agree with Virgil on every point, but I do recognize a kindred spirit when I see one.  This Congressman and Jim Webb share something in common: their unabashed love of this Country vibrates from every word they utter.

Virgil's passion springs from a legitimate concern about and, yes, disgust for a world view that has no tolerance for the American system of governance.  Virgil has the hutzpah to call it like it is and say what "men without chests" will not: tolerance for those who would destroy you is no virtue.

"We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and then bid the geldings to be fruitful." C.S. Lewis

V. Goode knows about as much about the Middle East and Islam as he does about the Constitution, Jefferson's Letters, or the Federalist Papers.  He clearly knows very little about the nasty American history leading up to the separation of church and state doctrine (you remember back in those days when religious zealots burned old ladies in the Massachusetts colony?). 

If Virgil understood Islam, he'd know that it would be "In Allah We Trust"--not "In Muhammed We Trust" (Muhammed isn't viewed as a God, or even the son of God by Muslims--just the last in a long line of prophets). 

Virgil may very well be an expert in local politics.  But that's about it.  He just pandering.

Everytime there is squawking in the House these days it turns out to be Republican from Virginia. I'm from the South, but don't talk like that. Were on earth did he learn how to speak English?

The shallow reasoning, meanness of spirit, and simplemindedness of these Republicans has to equal. One almost expects to open one's eyes and see them wearing breaches and totin' muskets.

This boy has spent too much time on the farm...

Moohammed?

We were trying to find animal equivalent for Virgil for our zoo of Virginia Republicans. I think he has chosen his animal. He's either a cow or a bull full of BS.

Um, after all the Republican Gaffes in Virginia over the last year or so we shouldn't have a hard time making a good case for why they deserve retirement.

Let's go Virginia Democrats, time to strike back!

I don't know if I agree with Virgil on every point, but I do recognize a kindred spirit when I see one.  This Congressman and Jim Webb share something in common: their unabashed love of this Country vibrates from every word they utter.

Virgil's passion springs from a legitimate concern about and, yes, disgust for a world view that has no tolerance for the American system of governance.  Virgil has the hutzpah to call it like it is and say what "men without chests" will not: tolerance for those who would destroy you is no virtue.

"We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and then bid the geldings to be fruitful." C.S. Lewis

If he loves the country then he should be enraged that we have killed American soldiers because of a lie. Does he care about people in general, or just Americans? Evidently he has bought into the us and them view of the world. Amercans do no wrong and all them Muslims want Mo-o-o-o-hammed to rule the US. This guy is just plain dumb. Who cares what he loves? Dumb people are dangerous.

I take strong exception to the comparison of Jim Webb with Virgil Goode.  Jim Webb has taken a strong stand in favor of tolerance through many of his words and actions.  He married an Asian woman and told the conservative state of Virginia that the government has no right butting into the private lives of gay people (or anyone else).

Read "Born Fighting", Webb's tribute to the Scots-Irish, in which he expands the concept of diversity because "white America is so variegated that it is an ethnic fairy tale."  Read his views on the Scots-Irish tradition of tolerance and of the horrible Southern leaders who turned race against race, knowing "that as long as poor whites and poor blacks were blaming each other for their misery, the prospects were small that they would join together and address their mutual plight along class, rather than racial, lines."

Webb does not bait people based on race or religion.  He and Virgil Goode might as well be living in separate universes because they are as different on the fundamentals as night and day.

A gelded degenerate in dry-rotted crinoline
Told all of his fear of crescents.
A doughboy jumped in,
Stole the mic from him
To halt the rhetorical malfeasance.

Virgil you get, if Virgil you want,
But, my boy, at your best you're a sycophant.
The real Virgil's song
Holds true yet today:
Sunt lacrimae rerum
et mentem mortalia tangunt.

Excellent job, KG!

Thanks!

Steve

Check out the comments on Huffington Post on this speech. It seems like a lot of people are convinced Virgil is the product of inbreeding. To make things worse, it is making Virginia look bad, I mean worse than the macaca incident.

when they say stuff like - what's wrong with those people down in the 5th.

Kathy, don't bait them like that. It's just not fair. Although I know you don't agree with Virgil on much of anything, I don't think you would ever argue that he is somehow intellectually inferior.  Those posts on Huffpo (and some here) are more ignorant than they claim Virgil is. Southerners of every stripe have to stick together. Don't you agree?

We deserve kudos for most frequent use of "geld" in a RaisingKaine discussion.

We have brains for a reason. It's still not universally obvious that the inputs received by many of our rural citizens differ radically from those received by people in other areas - limited internet access, extreme right-wing radio, relative isolation, etc. 

Unfortunately, trying to explain all that given our current set of problems is a futile academic exercise, especially with this coming from the podium of Congress.

Has Virgil succumbed to those fear-mongering influences, is he pandering to those who have, or is he carrying out the bidding of the Kochtopus?  Trying to figure that out right now is a lost cause, as is trying to explain it all to those on the left who are so appalled at what's coming out of this man's mouth that Snuffy Smith stereotypes explain it as well as anything else.

My "what the hell" comment expressed resignation.  Kindler points out the baiting.

Just when I think the 5th can't possibly be embarrassed any more than it already has been....

Virgil reminds me of a frustrated preacher-man whose flock isn't paying attention. Shock value is the only way to wake them up and keep them from dreaming about the pot-luck to come. Not only will we all burn in hell, we will do it under the crescent flag with new money. Perhaps this will be his new career path when we retire him in 2008.

Obviously Virgil thinks his re-election was a free ticket-to-ride. Perhaps  he is worried that his clock is ticking down and is therefore compelled to say everything he ever really wanted to say?

A couple of elocution lessons wouldn't hurt.