Some call it chutzpah. Some call it cahoones. I like to call
it arrogance on a massive judicial scale. I’m referring of course to Virginia’s
Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, and the manner in which he has continuously
brushed aside real concerns expressed by Virginians about his ties to
troubled Star Scientific CEO, Jonnie Williams.
Cuccinelli has stuck to a strategy of what I’ll call the “distracted
voter conclusion” in the face of questions regarding his knowledge of Gov. Bob
McDonnell’s extensive gift receipts from Jonnie Williams as well as his own
gift receipts from Mr. Williams.
In one response, Cuccinelli decried, "More than anything it's a distraction. I'm
trying to run a race and we're talking about jobs and the middle class here."
Who doesn’t agree that jobs and protecting Virginia’s middle class are among
the highest policy issues in this campaign for Virginia’s governorship? But
political corruption is also a big deal, as well.
The bottom-line is that Cuccinelli is making one of the
biggest political mistakes any politician can make: ignoring a nuclear
political issue that is mushrooming around involved politicians instead of
addressing it head-on and putting it in the past. And with the election for
Virginia governor scheduled in November, the sooner Cuccinelli can put the Star
Scientific debacle behind him, the better it will be for his chances at
victory.
With that said, I want Cuccinelli to win Virginia’s
governorship about as much as I’d like to see Godzilla trample through the
streets of Richmond. In fact, both events may cause equal damage to the city of
Richmond and beyond!
Cuccinelli is the type of politician that lends his ear, his
time, and his energy to well-established (and generous campaign donors) sector
monopolists like Alpha Natural Resources who hand-craft ideas that Virginia’s
attorney general can sell to the people of Virginia as his own. That is,
Cuccinelli is a corporate tool, par excellence, who has fewer bright ideas than
the Three Stooges.
Thus, not only is Cuccinelli insincere, arrogant, and a
corporate tool, he’s not even shy about any of these personal attributes. I ask
again, why would Virginia want an individual like this at the top of the
executive food chain?
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