Republicans celebrate opening of election campaign headquarters
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By Bernard Baker
Published: September 6, 2008
Local Republicans officially fired up their base Saturday, and about 100 supporters cheered as they opened their election campaign headquarters at The Forum on Piney Forest Road.
Single mom Grace Kelly, 24, was one of those who clapped when Republican leaders talked about family values, gun rights and the strength of the local economy. Kelly is against abortion, supports the death penalty and says no to gay rights.
“With as many people having children out of wedlock, this is something everybody has to accept,” Kelly said.
She questions how Democrats can be against the death penalty and support abortion. Kelly believes Democrats should have it the other way around.
While some Republicans are open to same-sex unions and civil unions, Kelly isn’t buying that. She said gays and lesbians don’t have rights.
Delegate Donald Merricks said the race between U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode and Democrat Tom Perriello shouldn’t be close due to Goode’s accomplishments.
Goode said the Danville metro area ranks top in the nation in new job growth.
“No one has worked harder to bring jobs to Southside than Virgil Goode,” state Sen. Robert Hurt, R-Chatham, said.
Jim Scearce supports Goode for putting the area first. He calls himself a conservative, but he votes Republican most of the time. He supports candidates like Goode because they share his values. “I vote for morals over my pay,” Scearce said.
Delegate Danny Marshall said Democrats will work to smear Goode the way they went after him last year. He said that’s why people need to prepare themselves now for the November election.
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Posted by ( iamannillusion ) on September 09, 2008 at 8:58 am
I just noticed something…
<quote>Kelly is against abortion, supports the death penalty and says no to gay rights.
“With as many <B?people having children out of wedlock</B>, this is something everybody has to accept,” Kelly said. </quote>
Isn’t that a contradiction?
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Posted by ( iamannillusion ) on September 09, 2008 at 8:46 am
It’s a shame that any party would willingly affiliate itself with small-minded bigots and holier-than-thou’s. It seems to me that both sides glorify the extreme and the extremist.
Could someone please tell me where the sane go to vote? Because at this point it’s down to choosing the lesser of two weevils. Ugh!
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Posted by ( TaleGator ) on September 08, 2008 at 4:56 pm
As a person who believes in limited government, low taxes, and personal freedom, I used to call myself a conservative. Now, because bigots like Grace Kelly have stolen the name “conservative” and redefined it as (1) someone who wants to hold a gun to pregnant woman’s head and force her to have a baby she doesn’t want (2) someone who frets about the fact that a loving couple wants to get married and (3) although she doesn’t mention it, I’m willing to bet she wants prayers to Jesus in the public schools (hey, that’s great unless you happen to be Jewish, Muslim, ...). George Carlin was right - we are still a very puritanical country and as such, we’re mightily concerned with what our neighbors are up to. I’ll be holding my nose and voting Republican because I believe the tax-raising Democrats will further wreck our already fragile economy. But I’ll only admit my Rebublican tendencies to my closest friends, lest I be grouped with haters like Grace Kelly. I wonder how many limited government fiscal conservatives are so discgusted with the Grace Kellys in the Rebublican party that they’re voting Democratic? It’s high time the Republicans kicked the religious right to the curb and got back to their non-theocratic, low tax, small government, personal freedom roots.
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Posted by ( VaDemocrat ) on September 07, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Ooooooooh. I notice they made comments about Goode’s accomplishements, but neither could site one.
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