Ken Cuccinelli: Protecting The 10th Amendment

[OakRidgeStars]

All concerned Virginia Voters,

I hate to sound like a broken record by only discussing the Attorney
Generals race so far - but then no one else has an opponent as
uninformed, or afraid, as the man running against VCDL PAC's Endorsed
Candidate for Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli.

The VCDL PAC is grateful to have Ken Cuccinelli, as Virginia's next
Attorney General, stand with us in defending Virginia gun owners'
Tenth Amendment rights.

Below you will find a link to the coverage on the final Attorney
General Debate held in Richmond on October 22nd. Ken's opponent,
Steve Shannon, is trying desperately to make Ken Cuccinelli's defense
of state sovereignty somehow a racial issue (!) - what Ken's position
reflects is the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of
Rights. Maybe Mr. Shannon should read them some time.

Here is where Shannon twisted the phrase "state rights" and gave it
racial overtones:

From the Roanoke Times:

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/223456

...Shannon, a delegate from Fairfax County, charged that Cuccinelli
wants to be a "states’ rights attorney general." Shannon took note of
the Republican’s emphasis on fighting the federal government and his
fondness for the motto "Don’t Tread on Me," the legend on the yellow
Gadsden flag that has become an unofficial symbol of state senator’s
campaign. The symbol also has been embraced by conservative "tea
party" activists.

"He’s talking about states’ rights," Shannon said. "What does it mean
to be states’ rights? You have to understand what our history is in
order to make sure we don’t make the same mistakes again. States’
rights has a very dark meaning in a lot of what we’ve done with regard
to our unwillingness to integrate our schools, with regard to the
issue of slavery."

Cuccinelli fired back, accusing Shannon of "race baiting" and calling
the Democrat’s remarks "a very unfortunate form of campaigning."

"That is truly desperate and it is over the line and it isn’t
substantive," Cuccinelli said after the debate. "He wasn’t talking
about the issues that bring the question of federal-state relations up
today, like right to work. He was literally just trying to throw a
grenade in that frankly is terribly inappropriate and not very
constructive to the debate."

"I’ve talked about the 10th amendment," Cuccinelli said. "I’ve talked
about state sovereignty. I have worn a ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ pin on
occasion."

Shannon stood by his comments after the debate, saying, "I don’t know
of any other person who runs for attorney general talking about being
a states’ rights attorney general. And that’s what I call dog whistle
politics. It’s very dangerous when people who have a history of being
an ideological or cultural crusader talk about being a states’ rights
candidate."...

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Here is a link to the debate coverage that was on the Lee Brothers
talk show (WRVA AM 1140 in Richmond). Audio of Shannon's remarks on
racism being tied to the Tenth Amendment can be heard on the web site
as well:

http://theleebrothers.wordpress.com/200 ... ts-racist/

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Support someone who will work to restore the Tenth Amendment back to
all Virginians.
Support someone who understands the importance of the Tenth Amendment
to all freedom-loving Americans.
Support Ken Cuccinelli tomorrow November 3, 2009!


Kenneth M. "Mack" Elliott, Jr.
Chairman, VCDL-PAC

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[zephyp]

These liberal democrats are going to destroy our country if they arent stopped and made to simply shut up. I hate to say that and this is America but this is getting old. All twits need to be held accountable for the vile stuff they say. We've been talking about campaign spending reform. I'd even be willing to take it a step further and say limit how they can present their views. Maybe make them write a document so many pages long, publish so many copies, post it on the net, and thats it. Campaign over. No speeches, no commercials, no rhetoric, no lies.

[VBshooter]

Yeah man! They are an ignorant bunch aren't they.. The childish games are definitely getting old, Some will be taken in with that garbage but those that do were looking for garbage in the first place..They are destroying the country for sure..Too much government, too many social programs, and far too much arrogance and dirty politics. Tommorow hopefully will be a day to remember as the start of the return to a Virginia that the people can be proud of and alos the start of retaking the country and putting it back on the right track.