We are continuing to focus on the upcoming Republican Convention.
In that light, we have uncovered more disturbing facts regarding one of our statewide candidates.
Our Lieutenant Governor, Bill Bolling has a reputation as a pro-family, pro-life, anti-government conservative, and we have no reason to question his heart, beliefs or motivation.
We have, however, discovered information that appears to reveal another side of the Bolling campaign versus the imagery and slogans used in campaign season.
We are sure you have seen the back and forth between the campaigns of Bolling and Muldoon, and we are confident in your ability to sort through the information and make the right decision given all the information.
Our incident has it's genesis at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis last year, where the Bolling campaign purchased guidebooks to Minneapolis nightlife to give as gifts to Virginia's delegation to the National Convention.
The campaign ordered an advance copy of the guidebook, only for the staffer to discover page after page of pornographic homosexual advertisement.
Bill's political director was the staffer to place the order for the books and receive the advance copy.
She rightly returned the copy, cancelled the order, explaining to the publisher that..."Having a section dedicated solely to GLBT (gay, lesbian, bi-sexual transgender) will be a BIG problem for many of our folks. We simply can't hand them out,"
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The publisher conveniently went to the local ABC affiliate in Minneapolis with the story, Bolling's campaign was contacted and asked for comment, and here is the only official statement ever issued from the Bolling campaign on this topic.
From Bolling's Chief of Staff, Randy Marcus;
"Here is the background on the guidebooks situation. The guidebooks had not been ordered by the Virginia delegation to the Republican National Convention. The guidebooks had been ordered by our campaign and were going to be presented as a gift to Virginia delegates from the Lieutenant Governor. After receiving and reviewing a sample of the guidebook a staff member decided to cancel the order and order a different guidebook. The Lieutenant Governor was not aware of the decision. Frankly, the Lieutenant Governor has not seen the guidebook and it would have made no difference to him."
We are sorry that this has occurred and wish it had not happened. We have contacted the publisher of the guidebook and extended an apology for the cancellation of the order. We have also agreed to reimburse the publisher for any expenses they incurred as a result of the cancellation. "
Despite numerous calls from GOP leaders to repudiate the official Marcus statement and defend Busse, Bolling has refused to do so. As a reward, the campaign's statement was praised by gayagenda.com as follows:
"I greatly appreciate Mr. Marcus' sincerity in speaking with me about the issue and am grateful for his time. I realize many times discrimination against the LGBT community is a very serious problem, but I am certain, that is not the case here."
We are predictably shocked that the campaign refuses to stand behind the staffer, as if she did something wrong returning the materials.
We are more shocked at the admission that it " would have made no difference to him"!
If Mr. Bolling considers it a risk to defend the correct staff decision to return the offensive material, it begs the question will he consider it a risk to do what it takes to protect Virginia's marriage amendment from rogue courts in other states?
Under the Faith and Credit Clause of the US Constitution, states are required to recognize "marriages" from other states.
We must have conservatives in office who are willing to do anything it takes to defend it.
Not to mention, if we allow our own elected leaders to so blur the line between us and the Democrats that it is barely distinguishable, we have only ourselves to blame when the people of Virginia no longer believe us when we say we are the party of values
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Just as the national Republicans lost all respect with the American people by protecting such hypocritical behavior as Ted Stevens, David Vitter, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, the list goes on, so we Virginia Republicans will lose all respect with our voter base if we claim to be for family values, but knuckle under at the first sign of controversy.
To do what is right often causes controversy, and if our values are even not worth weathering a little controversy, are they worth having at all?
We believe that family values are worth fighting for, that they contributed greatly to the foundation upon which our great Republic was constructed, and that the family is the training ground for successful, law-abiding, moral and virtuous citizens, reflecting the great moral values and traditions of our nation.
The family is where our kids develop their worldview, and where values are passed on from generation to generation.
We believe that we adults must set the example for our children, not with rhetoric and speeches only, but with our actions, and living out our values before them on a daily basis.
We believe that our elected leaders bear a great responsibility to set an example for those who follow, and that we Republicans should take pride in leading the way for moral values and holding ourselves to the very highest of standards.
We understand that our elected leaders are ultimately a reflection of us, and we believe that reflection should show a party that loves, respects and reveres those values that set us apart from all other nations of the world.
This issue may not be a problem for some of you, and if not, that is certainly your right;
We just want to make sure you have all the information necessary for an informed decision.
Regardless, we deserve the truth about those whom we will be nominating to carry the public standard of OUR party, and more importantly preserve our freedom and liberty, and as such we will continue to serve you as best we can, and get you as much information as we can provide in the remaining days before the convention.
As always, you can go to our blog for more information on the candidates and their positions and actions, most of which they have seen fit not to advertise for obvious political reasons.
Mr. Muldoon's proposals to defend traditional marriage can be seen here
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