by Taylor Marsh
Tacky. Tacky. Tacky.
That's Brian Moran.
For those of you who don't know, he's running in the Virginia gubernatorial primary against Terry McAuliffe and state Sen. Creigh Deeds. Moran is trailing McAuliffe, who is leading, according to the latest PPP polling, done on May 5. So now Moran's desperate and it's showing.
I hope McAuliffe trounces him. Hey, but if you don't like Terry McAuliffe, give your vote to Creigh Deeds. Call it a vote for the underdog. Just don't vote for Brian Moran.
That wasn't my feeling until today, because I rarely weigh in on state races (Webb and Sestak were my two exceptions in the last years), which aren't my thing. But when reading in the Washington Post a report that Moran took his campaign for governor to a new low, basically saying that Terry McAuliffe shouldn't be elected because he supported Hillary Clinton in the primaries, that was it. But if that isn't bad enough, Moran's running targeted ads in African American communities that are really low considering Hillary Clinton has one of the top spots in President Obama's cabinet. But that's not good enough for Mr. Moran, who would rather dredge up primary battles.
In a fundraising appeal to supporters yesterday, McAuliffe's campaign called Moran's ads "a new low," and said they were "deliberately designed to deceive voters into believing Terry opposed Barack Obama's candidacy last November." It released a video of McAuliffe campaigning for Obama before the general election and a radio ad with McAuliffe saying he worked as hard for Obama in the general election as he had for Clinton during the primaries. ... "He is rewriting history," Moran said yesterday. "There's some audacity with him taking credit for helping elect Barack Obama when there were so many volunteers who worked diligently over many, many months to get him elected."
No one and I mean no one wants to rehash the primaries. Something that Scott Surovell, chairman of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, reminded Mr. Moran today. But with his latest campaigning, Moran also proved he doesn't have the gray matter to be governor. Because he's an idiot if he believes McAuliffe and all the other Hillary Clinton supporters, including Clinton herself, didn't help elect Barack Obama president, with no Clinton supporter believing he or she played a bigger role than the die hard Obama fans who took him across the finish line. But a short memory and primary desperation has led Moran to a tacky, stupid campaign mistake that deserve to cost him with Virginians.
You likely know a lot about Terry McAuliffe. For the record, I've met McAuliffe, who's got more energy than any ten people, and who has finally turned from supporting the Clintons to his own campaign. But it's unlikely you know much about Creigh Deeds. So here's a bit about him, someone I do not know, nor have ever met, but who has a solid record in fighting for Virginia.
Senator Deeds has spent the last two decades serving constituents from all walks of life--from his start as Bath County prosecutor to his current position as a State Senator representing the City of Charlottesville and a district that stretches to the West Virginia border. Whether he was working to clean up one of Virginia's largest Superfund sites, fighting for economic development, or writing some of the toughest legislation to keep our families safe and secure, Deeds has built his career as a consensus builder who delivers results.
He wrote Megan's Law, which allows public access to the state sex offender registry, and sponsored the Amber Alert Program to keep our children safe. Using his relationships with law enforcement officers and his experience as a prosecutor, Deeds wrote the state law that has turned the tide against homegrown illegal methamphetamine drug labs.In addition to his work to cleanup the Kim-Stan landfill Superfund site, Senator Deeds also wrote one of the most progressive laws to preserve open space and protect the environment. For his leadership and advocacy, he received the Leadership in Public Policy Award from The Nature Conservancy and the Preservation Alliance of Virginia named him Delegate of the Year.
Tom Daschle, Obama's presidential campaign co-chairmen, just endorsed McAuliffe yesterday. Of course, that doesn't surprise anyone, because insiders stick together, especially ones in the Democratic elite. However, will.i.am has also endorsed McAuliffe.
Moran's moves to make Hillary Clinton the scapegoat for his inability to catch McAuliffe are despicable. Note to Brian Moran: Mrs. Clinton is now Secretary of State, doing a good job by anyone's objective standard, serving President Obama well, no looking back.
Let's hope Moran's cheap shot doesn't influence Virginia Democratic primary voters. He's proven he doesn't have the class to represent such a great state.
So if you're a Virginia Democrat, vote for Terry McAuliffe or Creigh Deeds. They at least have their eyes on what's important. Brian Moran does not.
Taylor Marsh now reports from D.C. You can also follow her on Twitter.
Virginia Notebook: Deeds, Moran vs. McAuliffe - Virginia Politics -
Deeds, McAuliffe, Moran hold last primary debate - Examiner.com
Taylor Marsh is the author of the post to which my comments below are directed.
March says "But if that isn't bad enough, Moran's running targeted ads in African American communities that are really low considering Hillary Clinton has one of the top spots in President Obama's cabinet." Hillary Cinton was nominated, vetting, and confirmed as SoS to neurtralize the Clintons as politcial rivals to President Obama. I do not admire the use of the position of SoS as a pacitification polticial appointment, but I admit it is working.
No one who understand the Clintons and their record over three decades in public live, trusts or respexts them.
On the day that Barack Obama secured the number of delegates required to win the nomination, McAuliffe said:
"She’s gonna win this thing. She’s going to the White House."
"If Barack Obama’s good, we may put him on the ticket tonight."
"Kiss my a**, Barack."
I'm a proud Virginia Democrat who helped elect Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, Jim Webb and Tom Periello; and on June 9, I'm proudly and enthusiastically voting for Brian Moran.
And for those of you sharks schooling to attack Taylor Marsh, you are boring and boorish. Grow up and learn from Barack Obama, who needs you to get the hell over the primary already and join forces with Clinton and her supporters. We've got serious work to do.
Obama doesn't want to forgive the Bushes and the Clintons, just the Bushes. He's smart enough to realize the Clintons need no forgiveness, since they did nothing wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdyEPGiM7o
So not only is Terry tacky, he is tacky in his waste and pollution of the environment.
Im telling you, the Maryland governors seat is up in 2010, O'Malley has embaressed Maryland and the DNC to no end.
At least Terry is funny, he should come here. No love will be lost since OMalley is the VP of the DLC board with Harold Ford.
Maryland is so weak, noone has even talked about the primary for Mikulski's seat.
Too all you newbies I challenge you to google "Taylor Marsh Barack Obama"
This is a dirty and embaressing segment to our party, basically the teabaggers of our party (in that they are silly and embaressing).
Funny how Democrats forget how hard the DLC worked against for these years, we win an election and then sit back while Harold Ford and his buddies smear us on TV with no repercussions.
But, I guess we should all move on, now that he is on the other side of the Attack ad. Seriously? Back away from the KoolAid.
Hilary Clinton is doing a great job as Secretary of State and it seems as if McAuliffe was wrong about President Obama's ability to deal with a crisis. Let's not change the rules that were used by McAuliffe, as a Campaign Director. If it was fair then, it is fair now.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5908281.ece
BTW - An article from Rupert Murdoch's London Times citing two unnamed analysts from an unnamed think tank is your "objective assessment"?
Hahahahaha......
BBTW - Interesting emphasis on the word "MEN" while 'do the REAL work". Careful, ... your true colors are showing.
Brian is the one candidate who will keep moving Virginia forward. Creigh is a nice enough person but he is one of those ConservaDems who won't take bold steps. Terry is a showman who has never run for any public office nor worked in govt. What will he do when it's time to produce something real and stop huckstering?
Vote Brian Moran.
Terry symbolizes all that was wrong with the DNC, from strategy to fundraising (how many personal donations has Terry gotten?) to politics.
Terry is a DLC hardliner, he will try to decimate the new atmosphere in Virginia, as all the candidates won without the help of the DLC or Mark Penn. With DLC cespool Maryland(my state), Virginia is high on the targets of the DLC.
We almost killed their powerbase, their Chariman is Harold Ford for godsakes.
We must stop Terry from giving VA back to the Republicans.
You folks realize that the history has been written, and you can't blame gender for Hillary losing the Primary at the Chesapeake primaries.
Its over.
The sexism in the Dem primary was real. The "faux tirade" was the false allegations of raci$m.