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Gubernatorial candidates debate in Richmond Date published: 10/13/2009
BY CHELYEN DAVIS
RICHMOND --Virginia's two candidates for governor met in their first televised debate last night, an exchange that broke little new ground three weeks out from the election.Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds took questions from moderator Judy Woodruff of PBS and four panelists in the hour-long debate, sponsored by the AARP and the League of Women Voters. It was their third debate of the campaign. Deeds, down in the polls, accused McDonnell of lying to voters in ads that accuse Deeds of supporting higher taxes and federal legislation that could hurt businesses. "Bob continues to talk about the cap-and-trade bill and he's spending literally millions of dollars lying to Virginians about it," Deeds said at one point. "He wants this campaign to be decided on issues he's going to lie about. I can't control him." McDonnell said a number of newspaper editorials have said Deeds' own ads are misleading. "So I'm going to let the people and the editorial boards decide who's being honest," McDonnell said. McDonnell criticized Deeds as focused on the past--on the tenures of governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, and McDonnell's own grad-school thesis--and accused Deeds of proposing tax increases. Deeds portrayed himself as plain-speaking and honest, bringing up several times his own halting speaking style. "I'm not the most eloquent speaker, but like Harry Truman, I'll tell the truth and work hard to get things done," Deeds said. The debate, which included some questions from voters submitted online, covered a range of issues. Prompted perhaps by McDonnell's 1989 thesis, in which he was critical of working women, the candidates were asked wheth-er they would renew an executive order that prohibits pay discrimination for state workers. Both said they would. "Women constitute about 54 percent of our population. Government should look like people my administration will be the most diverse in our country's history," Deeds said. "I can't imagine that my cabinet would be less than 50 percent women. I want the best people that I can hire." McDonnell said equal pay is already federal law, but that he would extend that governor's executive order. "Of course I will support that and I will enforce that," McDonnell said. "They ought to be getting equal pay for the equal work that they do."
into the "Patrick Deets" campaign? Because he is losing and they don't want no stinkin' Republican in the white house backyard that's why...but they will lose because Deets lies and distorts the facts about McDonnell, Republicans and Independents. We don't need another liar managing Virginians' affairs....
The only thing that could save his campaign is a boost from ACORN and/or the SEIU. Distancing himself from the Obama Administration may have eliminated the possibility of their help. Election officials will need to ensure that neither "Happy Gilmore" nor "Billy Madison" casts a ballot in Virginia in November.
Virginians have been selling their private property, without government permission, since there has been a Virginia. How is this, a “loophole”? The background checks are for registering what firearms people have and who they are. That is what the background checks are really for. Background checks with no fee and no records kept of successful checks is what would work and be accepted. That is not what Deeds proposes.
If you want a proven LIAR in the Goveners Mansion
Because the way I hear it is that Deeds will not discriminate
against rich people he plans on raising all of our taxes!
Deeds refuses to take a stand on a single issue he is merely
running a campaign of I am not McDonnell and therefore you
should vote for me! His ads are nothing but lies and as
proven in the debates he continues to lie at every turn. Go
ahead and vote for the anti candidate or you can choose a
leader who may not always be right but at least he's trying to
do something!
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