Can Virginia afford a Liar as Attorney General?
In his attack ad, which his campaign labels Ken Cuccinelli's Crony Politics, Democrat Attorney General nominee Steve Shannon claims "Cuccinelli said Hamilton should stay in Office" and cites the Washington Post 8/24/09 and the Daily Press 9/18/09 as sources for his allegation. In fact, Shannon's claim is a lie, and therefore Shannon is a liar. Here is what the Washington Post actually said:
Del. Steve Shannon of Fairfax County, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, called on Hamilton to resign from the legislature.
Shannon's Republican opponent, state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, weighed in
too with a comment about wishing the events had unfolded differently.
But like other Republicans who said they were disappointed with
Hamilton, Cuccinelli stopped short of a call for Hamilton's ouster. Hamilton
said he considered resigning but decided against it, and he spent the
weekend knocking on doors, apologizing and otherwise battened down in the interest of weathering the darkest storm of his 21-year career in the House.
Just where in the Washington Post's quote does Sen. Cuccinelli call for Hamilton to stay in office?
and this is what the Daily Press actually reported:
So far, Republican attorney general nominee Ken Cuccinelli is the only
statewide candidate who hasn't called for Hamilton to step down from
the House. But this week while discussing Hamilton's ODU ties,
Cuccinelli said it would be appropriate for Hamilton to be removed from
appropriations because of the pending probes.
Just where in this Daily Press piece is Sen. Cuccinelli quoted as saying Hamilton should stay?
As we noted in our earlier post, it appears that Hamilton's opponent paid Shannon $50,000 to attack Hamilton. The only way to respond to Steve Shannon is to use the words made famous by Rep. Joe Wilson: You Lie.
Virginia cannot afford to elect a liar (and perhaps a hired liar) to be the senior officer of the court for the Commonwealth. If his ads were made as statements in court Shannon would be found to be a perjurer. Shannon should be disqualified from any post of trust or responsibility. Virginia beware.
Watch the Shannon ad for yourself taken directly from Shannon's website. Remember the tag line, I'm Steve Shannon, candidate for Attorney General, and I am a liar.
1 comments:
Had Shannon been a true champion for civil liberties and Equal Justice under the law, like we would expect of a Democratic candidate, he might have provided a logical alternative to Mr. Cuccinelli.
Instead, Shannon came out with the tired old, scare Sally Soccermom with stories of "predators" (an extremely rare, though horrible crime). Shannon then went on to basically echo whatever Cuccinelli said about tossing more of our citizens in jail.
Neither candidate has uttered a word about ensuring fair treatment of our citizens; they both see tossing people in jail as some sort of game, where whoever jails more people for the longest, wins, while real justice be damned.
Both Cuccinelli and Shannon are wildly ambitious. Neither has the temperament or the devotion to our citizens that one should have in order to serve in elected office, at any level.
On November 3rd: NONE OF THE ABOVE for AG!
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