Posted on 07/04/2012 2:39:41 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Former Virginia congressman Virgil Goode may be looking for a new job: Presidential candidate.
Thats one way to read a fundraising appeal the Constitution Party recently issued:
Former Virginia Congressman, Virgil Goode, has expressed a strong interest in seeking the Constitution Party Presidential nomination in 2012 and at its meeting this past weekend, the Constitution Party National Committee unanimously passed a resolution inviting him to do just that.
Okay, so the party has invited Goode to go for it. The GOP and Democratic Party dont issue similar exhortations when candidates seek their party nominations, but maybe they should test the idea in fundraising to see if it lifts response rates.
But what of Mr. Goode? Followers of Virginia politics will recall that he was a long-time member of the state Senate and a Democrat. He was a big early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. But he wasnt always an obedient Democrat, as he mounted primary challenges to then-incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Robb in 1994 and was part of a power-sharing agreement with state Republicans as they began their ascendancy under then-Gov. George Allen (R).
Elected to Congress in 1996, he became an independent in January 2000 and was re-elected in November. Eventually, Goode became a Republican, and voters in Virginia's 5th congressional district sent him back to Washington five more times. In 2008, he narrowly lost his seat to Democrat Tom Perriello, who was defeated in 2010 by former GOP state Sen. Robert Hurt.
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BTFO buttwipe...
Sure would; the state that was intrumental in our nation's freedom hammering the nail in to kill it; that is why I detest those advocating Virgil Goode's candidacy; he is a stalking horse for Obama.
That is not their goal; all they need is a couple of percent to throw Virginia and the presidency to Obama. Nothing in Romney, nothing, is as bad as Obama. He can do anything he wants to hamstring the military and corrupt the country and they don't lift a finger to stop him.
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