OBAMA NOMINEE THROWS CHOICE UNDER THE BUS

So why is NARAL so upset that the Governor of Virginia/DNC Chair Tim Kainedecided to sign legislation funding misleading and innacurate crises pregnancy centers in Virginia? Is anyone really surprised Obama isn’t someone of his word? Frankly, NARAL threw Hillary Clinton under the bus and endorsed Obama in ‘08, now a Obama nominee has thrown their agenda under the bus. Maybe they should have stuck with someone they could trust.

I wish I could say Hillary Clinton ‘12, but I guess it probably won’t happen.

Terry McAuliffe Op-Ed

Republished from the Daily Press “How the stimulus bill can realize a vision for Virginia.“

No issue is more pressing this year, either in Virginia or nationwide, than creating jobs and getting our economy back on track. 

To generate economic growth and ensure that we provide opportunities for all Virginians, we need to invest in high- value, high-growth industries for the future, building the infrastructure and work force we need to attract them. 

While growing the economy is a long-term project, we have a unique opportunity to start moving forward right now, thanks to the economic stimulus program that President Barack Obama has proposed. The president’s plan is projected to create or save nearly 3 million jobs nationwide — almost 100,000 jobs in Virginia — with one-quarter of those jobs coming in energy and infrastructure. Virginia is well-positioned to put federal stimulus dollars to good use in both areas, creating new, high-paying, high-growth jobs throughout our state, not just in the urban centers. But we need to make sure that we are directing our investments with an eye toward the future. 

Today, the nation’s future rests on finding cleaner, cheaper and U.S.-based energy alternatives. Obama has made new energy alternatives a focus for his stimulus program — there’s no better place to start than Virginia. 

New technologies mean new jobs. Virginia has a chance to be on the leading edge in a new green energy revolution, and we should grab it. New factories building the latest in wind and solar equipment can put thousands of Virginians to work in high-paying, high-tech manufacturing jobs. New, clean biofuels create new markets for Virginia crops and livestock waste. We can even generate energy from our gas-producing landfills. And retrofitting existing buildings also creates immediate jobs for carpenters, electricians, installers and other contractors.

Better conservation technologies also mean more money in Virginians’ pockets. Any opportunities to save money on heating and electric bills in this economy will benefit everyone. And all of these approaches mean we’re taking better care of our environment, leaving a cleaner, healthier planet for our children and grandchildren.

Virginia’s transportation infrastructure also desperately needs an infusion of funding with a healthy dose of innovation. Virginia operates the nation’s third-largest road network. According to one estimate, Virginia has more than $100 billion in unmet transportation infrastructure needs — which we try to meet with a state transportation budget of only about $3 billion. 

As a vital part of the nation’s capital region, site of many important military installations, and home to what should soon be the largest port on the East Coast, Virginia’s infrastructure — and its connections to the rest of the country — should be of central concern to the Congress and the president. And we can’t just keep doing things the same old way.

We need to focus our infrastructure investments on getting more cars off the roads in our worst traffic-clogged areas, utilizing rail and even our ports, instead of trucks. This means securing a federal commitment to high-speed rail and to improving existing rail lines across the commonwealth to move people and goods. Central Virginia has the capacity to retrofit its rail corridor to double-stack and expand it, which is the future of intermodal and global shipping. We also need additional federal funding to upgrade existing road infrastructure in areas where better transportation is vital for economic growth — like making improvements to Interstate 81 and the Coalfields Expressway in Southwest Virginia.

But our investments shouldn’t focus on infrastructure alone — we also need to build up a well-trained work force. In addition to educating the next-generation work force, we need to invest in worker retraining programs to help the thousands of Virginians who have lost their jobs. Virginians have the drive and dedication to succeed. We just need to arm them with the scientific, technological and innovative know-how to lead the world in the 21st century.

I see a Virginia that is a national and world leader in such industries of the future as alternative energy, new transportation technologies like high-speed rail, smart roads and smart cars, while maintaining our pre-eminence in IT and becoming the East Coast’s leading port and transshipment center. All this is possible with vision, business acumen and creativity — all of which I hope to bring to Richmond, as Mark Warner and Tim Kaine did before me. But, in the short term, properly directed federal stimulus would be a great first step.

McAuliffe is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for governor of Virginia. For information about his positions, go to terrymcauliffe.com.

NYT EXPOSED! ECHOES CLINTON STATEMENT ONCE ATTACKED!

Shocking, New York Times has lost a bit more credibility in my mind, if it ever had any.

In a world of hypocrites, Bob Herbert of the New York Times is one of the most transparent.

Last year in a FOX interview with Major Garrett on January 7, 2008 Hillary Clinton said:

“I would point to the fact that that Dr. King’s dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when he was able to get through Congress something that President Kennedy was hopeful to do, the President before had not even tried, but it took a president to get it done. That dream became a reality, the power of that dream became a real in people’s lives because we had a president who said we are going to do it, and actually got it accomplished.”

The New York Times and other media outlets responded by helping the Obama campaign twist these statements and others to successfully portray the Clintons as racists. Bob Herbert wrote in the Times on January 12, 2008: “And there was Mrs. Clinton telling the country we don’t need ‘false hopes,’ and taking cheap shots at, of all people, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

Now, over one year later, Herbert wrote on January 19, 2009:

“Johnson’s contributions to the betterment of American life were nothing short of monumental. For blacks, he opened the door to the American mainstream with a herculean effort that resulted in the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He followed up that bit of mastery with the Voting Rights Act of 1965…Without Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama and so many others would have traveled a much more circumscribed path. I wish Johnson could be there, his commitment to civil rights so publicly vindicated, his eyes no doubt misting as the oath of office is administered.”

Oh really? So was Herbert, the Times, and the rest of the media wrong last year for castigating Mrs. Clinton when she acknowledged Johnson’s indelible role in the civil rights movement? Incredibly, Herbert does not even acknowledge Mrs. Clintons sentiments from last year, which appalled him.

If Herbert were a person of integrity, he would write a column apologizing to Mrs. Clinton. I don’t know how so-called ‘journalists’ sleep at night knowing how they wrongly tried to assassinate the Clintons’ character with abuse of the race card, but I do know why New York Times stock is now worth less than a roll of toilet paper.

Reposted from DONE (Democrats Over Nominating Elitists) article One Year Later, NY Times Echoes Hillary’s Once “Racist” MLK/LBJ Quote 

Terry McAuliffe facebook

Terry’s facebook is here… hope everyone joins in to help make his candidacy a grass roots success.

Note his very democratic spirit, while the Democratic Primary was still on he posed with some people in Washington state with a Obama sign, while he himself wore a Clinton sign.

That’s Leadership. That’s Warner style leadership.

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