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Posted on 02/25/2013 6:48:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Bob McDonald is a good friend of Bill Bowling. What do you expect?
“Republicans moving left”, nothing new, Richard Nixon and George Romney, and even George Herbert Walker Bush were doing this in the 1960s.
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Bullshit! You have no idea what you're talking about. Bob McDonnell is and always has been a solid conservative. Hios relationship...if any exists, with Bill Bolling has nothing to do with his conservative principles or the Commonwealth's myriad and deadly serious transportation issues.
Bill Bowling does the dirty work. Stop fooling yourself.
McDonnell wants to run for US Senator. He had better think about what happens when Republicans abandon their principles and the base and the moderates and libs vote for the real Democrats. The GOP also seems to be trying to give back the Virginia House to the Democrats by this vote. Some of the House reps who votes for this mishmash of tax increases will lose their seats because of it IMO.
How in the world are we supposed to pay for transportation otherwise? The demand of transportation funds is HUGE in Virginia. I don’t like tax increases either yet I also know funding is required. It doesn’t magically appear out of thin air. I don’t know how those opposed to this funding plan expect the needs to be met. I’m sure they studied a variety of plans and this was the one they believe is the best.
“Bob McDonnell is and always has been a solid conservative.”
He’s an ineffective conservative, and he blew an opportunity to make an impact - by not pushing his ABC privatization. If he would have even partially succeeded in privatizing state functions (and ABC was obvious) and then went on to a couple more - he’d have established the foundation as a national player (because we’re going to have to do that federally)
He’s another bland status-quo GOP-er, with nothing to offer other than more of the same.
“transportation” is another place that could benefit from privatization in Virginia.
Rather funny because liberals and Democrats are condemning McDonnell’s tax plan.
” I don’t know how those opposed to this funding plan expect the needs to be met.”
Balance the budget, fire enough government employees to accomplish it, cut cut cut.
Transportation problem solved in Virginia.
What was your idea? More taxes? Please. You can move to Maryland anytime if you want that.
No, more taxes isn’t my idea. It’s theirs. I’m simply asking the question. I’d love for them to cut and save the tax increase. I’m assuming they’ve decided there isn’t enough to cut and still meet the transportation demand.
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“I’m assuming they’ve decided there isn’t enough to cut and still meet the transportation demand.”
Well, I usually assume they fudge everything to point to an “obvious” raise taxes solution.
You always have to question the “need” that is used for the basic assumption.
The point is that McDonnell is a plain vanilla political opportunist - and he’s not even that good at it. He thinks he can compromise his way to a national platform. It’s not going to happen.
Pubbies for the most part are the most spineless, gutless, poor excuses for humanity. Bottom line, don’t turn your back on them.
Bob is now in the RINO column...no moola or support from me in the future.
Oh please.
This was all about Bob’s legacy. He was bound and determined to have a transportation deal regardless of how bad it was.
He betrayed his conservative principles and promises and pushed tax increases in a recession. He has accepted MASSIVE increase in medicaid - which will bankrupt us.
He IS implementing obamacare exchanges.
When he could have stood on principle, he caved like cooked spaghetti.
Well that bill isn’t going to do it.
A very small percentage of the total tax increase is actually going to roads.
No more whining NOVA. You wanted this crap sandwich. Savor every last morsel.
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