Marc Fisher’s Feb. 1 column in the WashPo this year provides ample fodder to use against newly-minted Dem nominee Creigh “Dirty” Deeds in Northern Virginia and suburbia elsewhere. First up, a snapshot of just how removed Deeds is from having a first-hand understanding of the day-to-day challenges of those of us who live in Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Alexandria, Arlington and Falls Church not to mention the Richmond and Hampton Roads areas:
home is in rural Bath County, population 4,814 and shrinking. Bath, which is closer to Charleston, W.Va., and Greensboro, N.C., than it is to Washington, is where you’ll find The Homestead, the grand resort in the Allegheny Mountains. Deeds lives in a house his ancestors built in 1740. There is not a single traffic light in the entire county.
Most of us can’t even get out of our own communities on our way to work without first passing through a traffic light. And my community, of which I’m the HOA president, has a larger population than all of Bath County.
But here is the quote sure to come back to haunt Deeds:
“Most of the state is suburbia now. It’s like ‘Of Mice and Men,’ where you have this big mentally handicapped guy who didn’t realize all the power he really had. Fairfax has 14 percent of Virginia’s population but pays 28 percent of the state’s income tax.”
Remember the firestorm of criticism that The Teleprompted One got when he made a joke about the Special Olympics? Well, Creigh Deeds referred to Fairfax County (and Northern Virginia by extension) as “this big mentally handicapped guy.” Yes, Creigh Deeds, using PC terminology, called Fairfax County morons at best and retarded at worst. Deeds now faces Bob McDonnell, who was raised in Fairfax County, in November.
Moving right along, Deeds in his own words (no pun intended) has given lie to the notion that he is a moderate of any sort:
Deeds, who contends that he will not be outflanked as “the most progressive candidate in this race”
Progressive = liberal. You know that. I know that. Deeds knows that. So, he is more liberal than Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran? Wow. Go ahead and embrace that, Creigh. I’m sure that will do wonders for you all around the Commonwealth this November.
Going right along with his self-proclaimed liberalism is this gem:
Deeds barely pauses for breath when he says that, no, he will never make a no-tax-increase pledge.
While Virginia’s families struggle to make ends meet and live within their own means, Creigh Deeds comes down squarely on the side of government largesse.
On all these issues, Creigh Deeds shows that he just doesn’t get it and is not in sync with the vast majority of Virginians. So, to all the Democrats who went out and voted for Deeds yesterday, we offer you a hearty “THANK YOU!”
Filed under: 2009 Elections, Creigh "What's In Your Wallet?" Deeds, Fairfax Politics, Liberals, NOVA Politics
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