Ken Cuccinelli is losing to a guy who has all the charisma and star-quality of a handful of wet dryer lint.
Here's a taste of how easy it's been so far for the McCauliffe campaign's 'creative' team:
Let's review:
First
Some say The Kooch was in on it from the start, but at minimum, Cucchinelli got splashed with the scandal of Gov (Vaginal Bob) McDonnell's dealings with "arch-fiend" Jonnie Williams. (and the scramble is on to avoid an indictment, or at least to postpone it til after the election)
Second
The negative ad above points out that Cuccinelli pushed hard for funding for these "crisis centers", which are little more than places to thump your bible at taxpayer expense. I think it's odd that most people don't see what's wrong with spending tax dollars to push an agenda item that's obviously religious, but it's just flat-out crazy for people to accept spending tax dollars on an effort that actually raises the probability that a young mother and her baby will require years of taxpayer provided assistance because she went to one these stoopid "clinics" and got talked out of using effective birth control. Go figure.
Third
We had a major dust-up last year at UVa when (McDonnell appointee) Helen Dragas manipulated the Board of Visitors into firing President Terry Sullivan (Sullivan was re-instated after a very ugly and really-fun-to-watch dog fight). The story line everybody insisted on sticking with was that Dragas had it in for Sullivan - because Sullivan was dragging her feet when it came to mapping out a good strategy for future blah blah blah. Bullshit. It's never about what they tell us it's about. Very soon after Sullivan was installed, Kenny the Kooch started his campaign against Michael Mann. Sullivan defended against two major efforts coming from the AG's office, and eventually won in the Va Supreme Court. That kinda thing always makes a politician look bad, and when that politician decides to run for Governor, one of the first orders of business is to shit on anybody he thinks needs a little payback. Taking a big important scalp sends a big important message - Don't Fuck With The Kooch. Unfortunately (for Kenny), none of it worked the way he needed it to work. If you're stomping around trying to show everybody you've got the big dick and you intend to knock things over with it, you damn sure better make it happen. The Kooch couldn't pull it off, so he's been shown up as a paper tiger. And that's bad enough when it comes to the voters, but it's really really really bad when the big-dollar donors - who've been paying very large amounts expecting Mr Super Hard-Ass Authoritarian - end up with nothing but a cloud of smoke and ash instead.
Of course, anything can happen - so I have to remember to hedge my bets a little. But something special has to happen for Kooch to get back in this race.
Oh yeah - do we even have to mention the negative effects of Cucchinelli's "running mates"?
EW Jackson - GOP candidate for Lt Gov
Mark Obenshain - GOP candidate for AG
I just don't know where we get these chumps in a state that gave us 4 out of the first 5 presidents. And I'm not fond of seeing the bottom of the barrel from way down inside like this.
Here's a taste of how easy it's been so far for the McCauliffe campaign's 'creative' team:
Let's review:
First
Some say The Kooch was in on it from the start, but at minimum, Cucchinelli got splashed with the scandal of Gov (Vaginal Bob) McDonnell's dealings with "arch-fiend" Jonnie Williams. (and the scramble is on to avoid an indictment, or at least to postpone it til after the election)
Second
The negative ad above points out that Cuccinelli pushed hard for funding for these "crisis centers", which are little more than places to thump your bible at taxpayer expense. I think it's odd that most people don't see what's wrong with spending tax dollars to push an agenda item that's obviously religious, but it's just flat-out crazy for people to accept spending tax dollars on an effort that actually raises the probability that a young mother and her baby will require years of taxpayer provided assistance because she went to one these stoopid "clinics" and got talked out of using effective birth control. Go figure.
Third
We had a major dust-up last year at UVa when (McDonnell appointee) Helen Dragas manipulated the Board of Visitors into firing President Terry Sullivan (Sullivan was re-instated after a very ugly and really-fun-to-watch dog fight). The story line everybody insisted on sticking with was that Dragas had it in for Sullivan - because Sullivan was dragging her feet when it came to mapping out a good strategy for future blah blah blah. Bullshit. It's never about what they tell us it's about. Very soon after Sullivan was installed, Kenny the Kooch started his campaign against Michael Mann. Sullivan defended against two major efforts coming from the AG's office, and eventually won in the Va Supreme Court. That kinda thing always makes a politician look bad, and when that politician decides to run for Governor, one of the first orders of business is to shit on anybody he thinks needs a little payback. Taking a big important scalp sends a big important message - Don't Fuck With The Kooch. Unfortunately (for Kenny), none of it worked the way he needed it to work. If you're stomping around trying to show everybody you've got the big dick and you intend to knock things over with it, you damn sure better make it happen. The Kooch couldn't pull it off, so he's been shown up as a paper tiger. And that's bad enough when it comes to the voters, but it's really really really bad when the big-dollar donors - who've been paying very large amounts expecting Mr Super Hard-Ass Authoritarian - end up with nothing but a cloud of smoke and ash instead.
Of course, anything can happen - so I have to remember to hedge my bets a little. But something special has to happen for Kooch to get back in this race.
Oh yeah - do we even have to mention the negative effects of Cucchinelli's "running mates"?
EW Jackson - GOP candidate for Lt Gov
Mark Obenshain - GOP candidate for AG
I just don't know where we get these chumps in a state that gave us 4 out of the first 5 presidents. And I'm not fond of seeing the bottom of the barrel from way down inside like this.
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