Terry McAuliffe and Creigh Deeds certainly agree on one thing: Bob McDonnell and his surrogate Mike Huckabee are practicing the "politics of division," pitting one region of Virginia against another. Needless to say (or at least it SHOULD be "needless to say"), McDonnell and Huckabee do not have the kind of attitude that's going to move us "forward, together."First, here's Terry McAuliffe's statement:
Mike Huckabee's comments are not only offensive to the hard-working people of Northern Virginia, but are also just the latest incarnation of the tired 'Northern Virginia vs. the rest of the state' myth that has held up progress in the General Assembly. If we are going to get our economy back on track, we must understand that our fate depends on the ability to get things done as one, unified Virginia.
It's unfortunate that Bob McDonnell stood by silently as Mike Huckabee demeaned Northern Virginia. He continues to show that he will not continue the progress of the Warner and Kaine Administrations and will bring Virginia back to the Gilmore era."
Now, here's what Creigh Deeds had to say:
...Bob McDonnell and Mike Huckabee don't understand that Virginia is a Commonwealth. Whether you live in inner-city Richmond, suburban Northern Virginia, or in Bath County like I do -- we are all in this together.
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Unfortunately this type of rhetoric from the Republicans is all too familiar. During the presidential election last year, the McCain/Palin campaign told MSNBC that President Obama's supporters in Northern Virginia weren't real Virginians.
We can't let Republicans continue to pit one region of Virginia against another. I'm running for Governor to stand up and fight for every Virginian. And I'm the only candidate in this race that has proven he can bring people together from both sides of the aisle and from all parts of the Commonwealth to move Virginia forward.
Thanks to both Terry McAuliffe and Creigh Deeds for their strong statements taking Bob McDonnell and Mike Huckabee rightfully to task.
