Comments on: Scapegoats http://www.redstate.com/normleahy/2008/11/23/scapegoats/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DONTREADONME http://www.redstate.com/normleahy/2008/11/23/scapegoats/#comment-12 DONTREADONME Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:59:43 +0000 #comment-12 <p>I am a little late commenting on the status of Virginia turning to the blue side. I have been down here for eight years now, and I have seen this state turn with every New Englander and Blue State transient that has come to enjoy the prosperity that Virginia used to have. They have brought their blue cancer with them and it has spread beyond my control and belief.</p> <p>Now, VA has enjoyed many years of an out of control housing boom/inflation. This has led many people to believe that this out of control housing inflation was actually a realistic reflection of the true value of their home. Unfortunately, the housing values in VA have suffered intense swings up and down for the las 20 years. I avoided this knowing that history is to repeat and just bought my home at rock bottom prices. Unlike my fellow constituents, I bought with the standard one income family on the front/rear 27/32% criteria. My fellow constituents decided that an interest only loan was acceptable, and 40% of loans in the last 4 years prior to 2007 were these types. </p> <p>The market tanked and the people of VA are hoping for some sort of bailout as foreclosures rise to high levels. This vision of a collapse has led people to lean on the Democrats for help, w/o the knowing that the Democrats got us into this mess.</p> <p>I live in PWC VA and now my property taxes just went up another 16%. There is a clear line that needs to be drawn between Republicans and Democrats, unfortunately, a clear disaster in the VA economy may be needed to turn people towards voting Republican. Regretfully, I do not see VA turning red for at least the next 16 years.</p> <p>Once the blue has come from the outside their is little to no hope of changing back. The NE transients will leave the state permanently blue with dependent voters reliant upon the govenment hand-out to survive and surely will never vote differently. </p> <p>Sorry, about the sad state of things in VA; however, if VA-11 district and the seat discussed in the comment from Scope can be turned back RED in 2010 then I will lighten up my impression of VA. I do not see this happening in my lifetime.</p> <p>Mark Warner was no spectacular Governor for VA, he spent along with RINOs and Democrats in our State Legislatures like tax and spend liberals when the economy in VA was booming which started under Jim Gilmore not Mark Warner. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine road the coat-tails of Jim Gilmore and the booming economy of VA with the events of September 11th, war in Iraq and Afghanistan (increased Government Defense Spending) and the economic boom that happened after the tax cuts of 2003.</p> <p>I thought I could count on the people of VA to deliver Mccain the votes; sadly, I was proven to be horribly wrong and I have completely lost faith in the state of Virginia. VA used to be such a beautiful and friendly state to live in. Now sadly it is now part of the Mid-Atlantic Super-State DELMARVA which is a guaranteed 26 EV and 4 Senators to the Democrats. </p> I am a little late commenting on the status of Virginia turning to the blue side. I have been down here for eight years now, and I have seen this state turn with every New Englander and Blue State transient that has come to enjoy the prosperity that Virginia used to have. They have brought their blue cancer with them and it has spread beyond my control and belief.

Now, VA has enjoyed many years of an out of control housing boom/inflation. This has led many people to believe that this out of control housing inflation was actually a realistic reflection of the true value of their home. Unfortunately, the housing values in VA have suffered intense swings up and down for the las 20 years. I avoided this knowing that history is to repeat and just bought my home at rock bottom prices. Unlike my fellow constituents, I bought with the standard one income family on the front/rear 27/32% criteria. My fellow constituents decided that an interest only loan was acceptable, and 40% of loans in the last 4 years prior to 2007 were these types.

The market tanked and the people of VA are hoping for some sort of bailout as foreclosures rise to high levels. This vision of a collapse has led people to lean on the Democrats for help, w/o the knowing that the Democrats got us into this mess.

I live in PWC VA and now my property taxes just went up another 16%. There is a clear line that needs to be drawn between Republicans and Democrats, unfortunately, a clear disaster in the VA economy may be needed to turn people towards voting Republican. Regretfully, I do not see VA turning red for at least the next 16 years.

Once the blue has come from the outside their is little to no hope of changing back. The NE transients will leave the state permanently blue with dependent voters reliant upon the govenment hand-out to survive and surely will never vote differently.

Sorry, about the sad state of things in VA; however, if VA-11 district and the seat discussed in the comment from Scope can be turned back RED in 2010 then I will lighten up my impression of VA. I do not see this happening in my lifetime.

Mark Warner was no spectacular Governor for VA, he spent along with RINOs and Democrats in our State Legislatures like tax and spend liberals when the economy in VA was booming which started under Jim Gilmore not Mark Warner. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine road the coat-tails of Jim Gilmore and the booming economy of VA with the events of September 11th, war in Iraq and Afghanistan (increased Government Defense Spending) and the economic boom that happened after the tax cuts of 2003.

I thought I could count on the people of VA to deliver Mccain the votes; sadly, I was proven to be horribly wrong and I have completely lost faith in the state of Virginia. VA used to be such a beautiful and friendly state to live in. Now sadly it is now part of the Mid-Atlantic Super-State DELMARVA which is a guaranteed 26 EV and 4 Senators to the Democrats.

]]> By: Scope http://www.redstate.com/normleahy/2008/11/23/scapegoats/#comment-11 Scope Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:18:10 +0000 #comment-11 <p>The BOE today certified the vote for Periello. There is little doubt that Virgil Goode will file for a recount, as he should, now that the election is certified. What a disastrous mess the whole ordeal has been. It is too reminicent of what is happening with Coleman in Michigan. Votes keep showing up for Periello. Raising Kane, a website devoted to Democrats, found 20 more votes for Periello within a 35 min. time period with their postings. It stands at Periello with a 745 vote lead. That's less than the 1% required for the recount.</p> <p>On my local VA news this morning, it was said that the DNC (aka Soros) dumped $24 million into advertising for periello in the last 2 weeks before the election. One of those ads was a 527 group that had an old man saying that the most Goode has done for VA was to get a Fed. building renamed. He nicely neglects to bring up that Goode has done alot to help the Police and Veterans in his district. He also had the guts to vote against the bailout.</p> The BOE today certified the vote for Periello. There is little doubt that Virgil Goode will file for a recount, as he should, now that the election is certified. What a disastrous mess the whole ordeal has been. It is too reminicent of what is happening with Coleman in Michigan. Votes keep showing up for Periello. Raising Kane, a website devoted to Democrats, found 20 more votes for Periello within a 35 min. time period with their postings. It stands at Periello with a 745 vote lead. That’s less than the 1% required for the recount.

On my local VA news this morning, it was said that the DNC (aka Soros) dumped $24 million into advertising for periello in the last 2 weeks before the election. One of those ads was a 527 group that had an old man saying that the most Goode has done for VA was to get a Fed. building renamed. He nicely neglects to bring up that Goode has done alot to help the Police and Veterans in his district. He also had the guts to vote against the bailout.

]]> By: indym http://www.redstate.com/normleahy/2008/11/23/scapegoats/#comment-10 indym Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:46:43 +0000 #comment-10 <p>I will be honest about the Virginia GOP. They have just put up bad candidates for office. I don't mean bad people, or bad republicans, just bad candidates for all of the reasons stated above. Calling the other party Marxists or the like does not win elections. Also the demographics have changed in Virgina a lot but also times have changed. Here is where it may get a little tough for people to hear. The Virginia GOP is has insulted just about every group of potential voters that do not look like or reflect the same values they do. There is very little effort to attract women, or non-whites or the younger voters many of whom voted for Obama and Warner. The win by Obama was expected and close, but the margin of the win by Warner was crushing. When almost half of the GOP votes for a democrat for the Senate a serious discussion needs to be done. </p> I will be honest about the Virginia GOP. They have just put up bad candidates for office. I don’t mean bad people, or bad republicans, just bad candidates for all of the reasons stated above. Calling the other party Marxists or the like does not win elections. Also the demographics have changed in Virgina a lot but also times have changed. Here is where it may get a little tough for people to hear. The Virginia GOP is has insulted just about every group of potential voters that do not look like or reflect the same values they do. There is very little effort to attract women, or non-whites or the younger voters many of whom voted for Obama and Warner. The win by Obama was expected and close, but the margin of the win by Warner was crushing. When almost half of the GOP votes for a democrat for the Senate a serious discussion needs to be done.

]]> By: E_Pluribus_Unum http://www.redstate.com/normleahy/2008/11/23/scapegoats/#comment-9 E_Pluribus_Unum Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:19:00 +0000 #comment-9 <p>But I am familiar with the ritual. Over here in TX at the county level we are doing a little ritual bloodletting ourselves.</p> But I am familiar with the ritual. Over here in TX at the county level we are doing a little ritual bloodletting ourselves.

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