 |  McDonnell Running Strong
by Human Events
Human
Events Editors Tom Winter, Jed Babbin and John Gizzi interviewed
Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Atty. Gen. Bob McDonnell on
October 6. Here are excerpts from the interview:
Q:
Your good friends at the Washington Post have tried to "macaca" you,
and it seems to have fallen flat. Are you getting past the media and
connecting with the people?
McDONNELL:
Well, we're in the phase of the campaign right now where most of the
message will come through millions of dollars in paid media, and we've
been fortunate to raise about $16-$17 million. We've had millions of
additional dollars that the RNC and the RGA are putting into the race.
We're heavily invested in Northern Virginia, and so despite what the
editorial boards of the local media may write or even their news folks
on the front page of the Washington Post, it really is going
to be much more important what the message each candidate delivers. And
as long as he's talking about divisive social issues that are not
factual, and I'm talking about jobs and the economy and energy and
transportation, we're going to win. The Washington Times
wrote an interesting editorial two days ago to basically say that my
opponent has done something no other politician has done in recent
history and that is to unite all the editorial boards in Virginia
around a common belief that he is running a negative, dishonest
campaign. I've tried to run a campaign that is mostly positive and
absolutely factual. If we make claims about his record, we've got
detailed facts to prove exactly where those came from and the other
side I think can't rise to that standard.
|  This Week's Top Human Events Articles |  5. Chicago's 2nd Amendment Chokehold
by A.W.R. Hawkins
Down here in West Texas, I keep a handgun in my car and usually one
somewhere on my person. My habits are not novel: For I live among
people who understand and value our inherent right to keep and bear
arms, as well as our right to self-defense.
Yet in many parts of the country, like Chicago, where handgun ownership was banned in 1982, the norm is quite different.
by Reps. Tom Price and Mike Coffman
Right now, as commander-in-chief, President Obama must lead on
Afghanistan, or we risk losing what he has described as the "central
front" in our battle against al Qaeda
by Bay Buchanan
Between the town hall meetings and the tea party rallies, millions of
Americans are taking to the streets to protest a government gone
berserk. They are angry and determined to take their country back. But
there are snakes in the grass intent on using this movement to return
to power, not the people, but the Republican establishment. If this
happens we lose everything, including our country.
2. Holder's Witch Hunt
by Rep. Dan Burton
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute CIA personnel is
an outrageous act of political theater that has the potential to
significantly damage our nation's long-term intelligence gathering
capabilities. Despite the Administration's subtle attempts to distance
itself from the Justice Department's investigation, anyone in touch
with reality knows that the Attorney General could not pursue this
destructive end without the President's unmitigated support. President
Obama has turned a deaf ear to the pleas of seven former CIA directors
while using Mr. Holder to oblige the left's political base.
The worst possible strategy is "McChrystal Lite."
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