Hey Virginia -- Kilgore & McDonnell take VERY dirty money--see link

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Spread this all over the state. This is amazing.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5281562

Thanks to NNN0LHI

NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Sun Nov-06-05 01:43 PM
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The Virginia GOP's Dirty Money - Follow the money from illegal immigration
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5281562


The Nation -- Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore has made illegal immigration a centerpiece of his campaign, promising an aggressive crackdown on day laborers and undocumented immigrants attending state universities. "Will we reward illegal behavior with hard-earned dollars from law-abiding citizens?" he asked a campaign rally crowd this August. "I say the answer to this question should be an easy one: no!" While Kilgore accepts the financial support of an anti-immigrant group with racist ties, he also has taken massive contributions from companies notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrant labor.

Virginia Republican Attorney General candidate Bob McDonnell has declared himself "a drug dealer's worst nightmare," while appearing in ads slamming imaginary crooks behind prison doors and pledging to protect Virginians from sexual predators. McDonnell has not only financed his campaign through a possibly illegal slush fund but has hired three former associates of indicted Republican über-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. One of them, who once served as McDonnell's campaign manager, is now in prison