From the Daily Progress comes news that "Sen. Robert Hurt, a Republican from Chatham, is expected to file papers this morning with the Federal Elections Commission to launch his candidacy for the 5th Congressional District, which runs from the Charlottesville region down to the North Carolina border." Also according to the Daily Progress article, "Hurt is the sixth Republican to jump into the race to win the GOP nomination to challenge Perriello, a freshman Democrat who will be among the Republican Party’s top targets in 2010."Meanwhile, in (very much) related news, WPCVA.COM reports that Hurt will speak at a "TEA Party" in Danville on Saturday at 1 pm. Joining Hurt will be noted Islamophobe, xenophobe, homophobe, and just-about-everything-ophobe Virgil Goode. It's nice to see where Sen. Hurt's values lie, with Virgil Goode and with a group that just finished participating in raving demagogue Glenn Beck's infamous "9/12" march on Washington, DC. What was it that George "Felix Macacawitz" Allen said about "You can tell a lot about someone by those they keep company with?" Hmmmmm.
UPDATE: Hahahaha, the right-wing bloggers aren't happy. Check this out (bolding added by me for emphasis):
What we have in Hurt is a person whose life long goal seems to be a political career. I have heard that because he has paid his dues it is now his turn. This is unacceptable it is supposed to be the people not the party that selects their representatives. I do not want or support a third party but the Republicans are making that very difficult.And this:
In the middle of a heated election for Governor, Rob Hurt decided to announce his run for Congress knowing that it would bring up his support for the 2004 tax increase. This tax increase has become a defining issue in the Gubernatorial race. And yet Hurt is defending it and undermining the nominee of his own party less than a month before the election! Instead of admitting he cast the wrong vote, Hurt is throwing his own party's nominee for Governor under the bus!
The Southside establishment is a good old boy network that only cares that Hurt is "one of us." They are not offering the principled and conservative leadership this district needs. I can only hope that the grassroots movement of conservatives rising up in opposition to Obama and the Democrat Congress will be strong enough to block Hurt's nomination and ensure a true conservative defeats Tom Perriello.
But here's my question for the Hurt fans. How can Hurt claim to be a Pittsylvania native if he was born in New York City?
