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Related: About this forumCuccinelli's convervative heritage is preserved in his newsletters
For Cuccinelli, a conservative heritage preserved in writinghttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/for-cuccinelli-a-conservative-heritage-preserved-in-writing/2013/10/30/33c512fc-3c45-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html
By Paul Schwartzman, Published: October 30
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Throughout Virginias gubernatorial race, Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate, has cast Cuccinelli as a tea party extremist, incapable of forging the centrist consensus necessary to manage the commonwealth. The portrait has stuck, according to recent polls; McAuliffe appears to be ahead in the race and Cuccinellis conservatism is a leading reason.
For years, he articulated that conservatism in the Cuccinelli Compass, honing a combative political persona and providing opponents with material that has now driven up his negative poll ratings and lifted McAuliffe. At the same time, Cuccinelli has accused Democrats of turning him into a caricature, seeking to scare off voters by distorting and lying about his record as a state senator and Virginias attorney general.
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A Cuccinelli spokesman, when asked to furnish all the newsletters that the candidate wrote over the years, said such a compilation was not available. However, Democrats provided nearly three dozen issues. Others can be found on the Internet.
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Del. Robert H. Brink (D-Arlington) said he was struck by the Compasss tone, which he described as hard-edged and so mocking and dismissive of fellow legislators. My concern is that it gives you an idea of what kind of governor Cuccinelli would be, he said. Kind of inward-directed and no effort to be the governor of all Virginians just to appeal to his core supporters.
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Cuccinelli's convervative heritage is preserved in his newsletters (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2013
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louis-t
(23,296 posts)1. Again, Dems don't have to lie about repugs.
Just expose them for what they are. I love how Rachel Maddow plays video of these idiots saying one thing, then denying it or saying the exact opposite. We don't have to edit video of them.
JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)2. "Turning him into a caricature..."??!!
Bitch....................please.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)3. The Pukes never like their words used against them. Bwaaaaa!!!