Virgil Goode makes presidential ballot in Virginia

The Washington Post ^ | September 4, 2012 | Ben Pershing

[Eagle Forgotten]

Former congressman Virgil Goode Jr. has qualified for the presidential ballot in Virginia, the State Board of Elections ruled Tuesday, adding a potential obstacle to Republican Mitt Romney’s hopes of winning the pivotal state.

The state Republican party has already challenged the eligibility of Goode, who is the Constitution Party’s nominee, and could still get him knocked off the ballot.

[God luvs America]

while i agree the fact is if the GOP w/Bob McDonnell can’t pull a 7-to-8 pt victory for Romney in Virginia then the state should go eff itself...

[Christie at the beach]

....continuing to call out patriotic citizens as to be morons, stupid, or from some as unpatriotic or even resorting to use the word traitor; because they have a different view of thought; only makes the division even further within. All it was from me was to say that anyone of us has the right to run/try to run for any office. I’d rather be on that side versus screaming to people whom I meet due to what or who they want to support. I don’t live in the Commonwealth of Virginia any longer. If I did, I would be voting straight conservative down the ticket. If Mitt is so great, stop worrying about any other candidate for Pete’s sake. From your view, Virgil may get 100 votes from his neighbors and church congregation. This thread proves one thing; it shows why a third party will be hard to build in the future. People shoot down people who at least try to build ground work for others to contribute over time.

[randita]

I just moved to VA - 3 days ago! The scuttlebutt I’m hearing on the local news down here is that Paul Ryan pretty much neutralized Goode. Hope so.

[randita]

VA Ping!

If you want on/off the VA Ping List, please freepmail me. Thanks!

[AuH2ORepublican]

“I just moved to VA - 3 days ago!”

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Good timing!

“The scuttlebutt I’m hearing on the local news down here is that Paul Ryan pretty much neutralized Goode. Hope so.”

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I hope so, too, but if the election is very close, even a 1% for Goode could prop up Obama. I had long assumed that VA would go GOP by 52%-47% or so, but polls stubbornly have shown Obama either ahead or in a virtual tie in the state.

[Tamzee]

Thank you for the Virgil Goode history, it shows how ridiculous the stance is with voting for him based on “principle”.

[Gay State Conservative]

If nothing else, Goode's presence on the ballot will help keep Romney honest. Osama Obama (and,obviously,the Compost) think that this whackjob will win him Virginia and,thus,4 more years of Executive Orders.We'll see who's right.

[paudio]

I like Newt

The question is, would Newt like you back, if he knows you prefer to see Obama reelected to give GOPe a lesson by promoting Goode?

[Repeat Offender]

Sometimes you have to take the lesser of two evils. Obama is evil and is destroying our country. If Obama wins things will be much worse. Romney vs. Obama is the difference between a bad cold and incurable cancer.

The lesser of two evils is still evil. Who would you vote for, Judas Iscariot or Pontius Pilate?

Even if Romney doesn't make things better he won't make things as bad as Obama.

I am actually very afraid of a Romney presidency.....there is still quite a bit of RINO infestation within Congress. I imagine a RINO led Congress would come up with all manner of "great" things like shamnesty. I imagine 0Care will still stand and fully expect our "reach-across-the aisle" friends to stab us in the back and work through some democrat agenda items, you know in the name of bipartisanship. All rubber stamped by Romney.

If you think there is no difference between Obama and Romney then you should add to your gun collection and stack up on ammo. You should probably grow your own food too. Things are going to get bad.

Thanks for the advice......that's what I've been doing. I've been phasing out all non-necessities and working towards going Galt. My goal is to try to teach my kids to be self sufficient.

I believe things are going to be bad no matter who wins. If I'm wrong, I've lost nothing. If I'm right, I'm hopefully prepared. But at least, my conscience will be clear.

[conservaKate]

And, before you ask, I do not believe his recent protestations that he has changed. He has no good track record of telling the truth.

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I agree w/ you. Willard has 0% credibility. ZERO.

[soycd]

Let me guess...you also think akin is the best GOP candidate for the MO senate too.

[Williams]

Well said.

[longtermmemmory]

so a vote splitter in favor of obama makes the ticket.

He has ZERO chance of doing anything but helping obama and it is VERY suspect that of all the states to get onto the ballot is where the rules were adjusted to favor less worthy.

There is no substantive third party effort just an effort to remake the existing party. With more people self identifying as republican we now have a real opportunity.

Goode is just a joke and the useful idiots are the punchline.

[Ann Archy]

IDIOCY.....he;s an IDIOT!!!

[Nifster]

And if Obama is reelected you will most certainly do so

[Nifster]

You are so delusional. Reagan was a democrat decades before he began in politics. PLUS he endorsed and then true conservative at the 1964 convention. What has Goode done? CRICKETS

[PhilCollins]

In 2004 and ‘08, I voted for the Constitution Party presidential candidates. I thought that Bush and McCain were too liberal, and I knew that Kerry and Obama would easily win my state, Illinois.

I think that, this year, IL will be a swing state, along with KY, MO, WV, NC, ME, and MT. I hope that all anti-Obama voters, who live in those states, will cooperate and vote for Romney.

[Gene Eric]

Voting for the Republican Houses doesn’t mean one is supporting the GOP-e or abortion. If Republicans win the White House, it’s a shared victory, not one owned by the GOP.

We don’t win the battles of reform at this level, it’s done at the grass roots which is inevitably responsible for feeding the GOP-e machine and the Liberal candidates it promotes.

I understand the contempt for Romney, but Life and Liberty have better odds with three Republican Houses than two.

If you were to vote for POTUS (R), Romney would be hitching a ride on your choice for a Republican White House.

[Longbow1969]

The third party is here now.

There is always third party's. They aren't going to be any more successful this year than any other. The Constitution Party will get some tiny fraction of the vote and be a insignificant footnote in history like all the others. The most it can do is take a point or two away from Romney in VA. For those here that are actively rooting against Romney (and for Obama), I guess that's something.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I’ve cast symbolic votes myself when the outcome was a foregone conclusion, but never if I thought that it could result in the most dangerous candidate winning. I agree with you that IL was safely Democrat in the 2004 and 2008 presidential races and that voting for Randy Shufflebeam (wasn’t that the 2004 candidate’s name) or whomever would have no effect on the election in IL. And I’m glad to hear not only that someone like you with your ears on the ground in the Chicago suburbs thinks that IL will be very close this November, but that you will do your part to try to give Obama the biggest embarrassment of his political life by defeating him in IL in a presidential election.