Comments on: What’s the only difference between the Washington Post and Dickie Cranwell?

By: G. Stone

G. Stone — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:10:45 +0000

Yes he has, Dip Shits of America has endorsed him. You might want to ask Not John S. Mosby, he is the president of that organization.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:46:49 +0000

Seriously, has Stevens Miller received any endorsements at all.

I think Rust has every major media outlet and organizations.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:32:44 +0000

For the Post to endorse you, the candidate must believe in a liberal statist agenda where the ruling elite dictates who gets what — The candidate that wins the WaPo endorsement is the candidate I will never support, regardless of party affiliation.

By: NoVA Scout

NoVA Scout — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:07:59 +0000

All other things being equal, the Post will go liberal Democrat. However, things are rarely equal. You get a wide range of competencies, particularly in local and statewide candidates. The Post endorses Republicans, even socially conservative Republicans, when their editorial board thinks they know how to run a government. A lot of the “anti=Republican” bias of the Post goes back many years and includes a time when the Republican Party repeatedly, at all levels of government, has placed a premium on ideologues with no track record of governmental competence. Every one of our statewide candidates this year played that game in years past. This year they’re trying something radically different and it seems to be working. But Mcdonnell, Bolling and Cuccinelli all carry considerable baggage from the past, and it’s asking a great deal for the Post to forget that. In the delegate races, the Post seems to be willing to back Republican candidates who have shown themselves capable of more than a slogan.

By: Barbara Munsey

Barbara Munsey — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:43:28 +0000

Elder Berry, that’s a fair dig from anyone who believes I’m Satan, and no doubt many do!

However, the difference may be that I never lobbied or voted for anything that would directly financially benefit me. I also showed up ready to work when it was time to do so; no public hearing was ever cancelled because of my unscheduled lack of attendance. I also recused myself from voting on the CPAMs, which I did not HAVE to do, but did in order to calm those who thought I’d only been appointed to punch them through. Some people still say I voted on them, but the record proves otherwise.

View the history of some of Miller’s and pals deals. The personal stamp is pretty breathtaking.

By: Bwana

Bwana — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:42:02 +0000

“Because the only way that the Post will consider endorsing a Republican is if they are socially moderate AND if they routinely buck their party.”

I assume you mean this is their criteria for the HOD races, and not necessarily for the congressional races, as I don’t exactly see how Frank Wolf typically fits this description.

By: Elder Berry

Elder Berry — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:37:37 +0000

Fancy that. The Post thinks that social moderates make better candidates. Maybe that’s because most of the nation is sick and tired of a preaching and hypocritically moralizing theocracy looming on the horizon.

Barbara Munsey, since when have you had an aversion to political cronies being appointed to positions? Sour grapes?

By: Lovettsville Lady

Lovettsville Lady — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:50:52 +0000

In the WaPo’s endorsement of Tom Rust, this is all they could think of to say about Stevens Miller: “His Democratic opponent, Stevens Miller, is a capable lawyer who’s served for two years on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.<<< Wow. Damning with (very) faint praise.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:43:09 +0000

James, I suspect the Post didn’t endorse Kaye Kory because she comes across as amazingly shallow, and will freely admit she knows next to nothing about state government. It’s almost as if she hasn’t done any homework on this position because she knows she doesn’t have much competition. Frankly, when I met her I was shocked at how space-cadetish she was.

By: kelley in virginia

kelley in virginia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:03:06 +0000

No matter your political persuasion, there is good news in the land. The Washington Redskins did not lose today. well, sure, they didn’t play, but hey, we’re looking for a positive here!