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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 11:31 AM
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VA-Gov: Bob McDonnell Embraces Bush Nostalgia
Edited on Tue Jun-30-09 11:32 AM by ccharles000
Hard to believe we're seeing any Republican anywhere pining for the good ol' Bush days, but Bob McDonnell went there:

Many of you probably remember after 9/11 we did something to stimulate the economy then, too. You know what we did? We cut taxes. President Bush put in a ten-year tax-cut on everything from the death tax to capital gains tax, and it was followed by an unprecedented period of economic recovery and economic growth. In fact, it almost overheated the economy through about 2006. So, I think that's the way you stimulate business. And that's the kind of governor that I'm going to be - to reduce those impediments to entrepreneurship, to let small businesses grow and thrive and create some opportunity.

Maybe tax cuts have tested well in McDonnell's internal polling. But I refuse to believe that Bush nostalgia sells well to anyone but the most hardcore bitter-enders.

http://swingstateproject.com/diary/5195/vagov-bob-mcdonnell-embraces-bush-nostalgia
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 12:19 PM
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1. bullsh*t ... "followed by an unprecedented period of economic recovery and economic growth"
obviously, the man banks on memories being shorter than the attention span of a fruit fly ... Clinton years, anyone?

And don't forget ... after Bush took office, there was an UNPRECEDENTED period of economic failure and regression ... which took a historic surplus and turned it into deficits ...
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 01:32 PM
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2. Rommel McDonnell's ads have already been running
where is Deeds??
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dtotire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 01:51 PM
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3. What's he smoking? n/t
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 02:33 PM
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4. "economy recovery" is the same as "economy in the toilet" in Republican World.
What a delusional, lying piece of crap.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 02:34 PM
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5. Well, so much for McDonnell's campaign.
Virginia went blue primarily because Obama was the Dem candidate, and I bet he's still pretty popular there. I'll bet this won't play well anywhere outside of "REAL Virginia".
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