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As if he doesn’t have enough trouble, eyewitnesses say Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) got into a nasty battle with the Rev. Michael Dobbins, a Roman Catholic priest, at the Congressman’s parish of Blessed Sacrament in Alexandria, Va., this past Sunday.

Jim Moran is sorry. Not for what he said, really, but for the way it came out. As he put it, "I've got to be more careful in the future to not say things I don't believe." After a series of statements that were insulting and offensive to Jews and that attacked Israel, this seven-term Democratic congressman from the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington managed to top them all. At a March antiwar rally in Reston, Va., he blamed Jews for the impending war with Iraq. As reported by The Connection newspapers of Northern Virginia, Moran said that "if it...

Tempers Flare at Debate Congressional, board candidates trade accusations at League of Women Voters forum. Fighting Words After the debate was over last Thursday, campaign managers for Jim Moran and Scott Tate nearly came to blows outside the Central Library’s auditorium, as an argument over a Moran campaign flier escalated into a partisan shoving match. Republican Mike Lane, head of the Tate campaign, said that Moran had misused a campaign survey, part of what he said was "a long history" of dishonesty from the incumbent Democrat. In turn, Dan Drummond, Moran’s campaign manager, said that Tate’s supporters were just trying...

From Scott Tate's Campaign Manager Hello, Free Republic members: I have read with interest your comments on Scott Tate's endorsement by the Washington Post, both the highly complimentary ones and the critical ones. I understand the nature of your bulleting board, and was entertained by the comments on both sides. First, let me tell you there are damn few people in the 8th District who are more conservative than me. So, why am I working for Scott Tate? Well, about a million reasons, but let me focus on two. First, control of the House. How many of you would give...