MAVERICK POW McCain re-defines Virginia: It's now Virginia, West Virginia, and REAL Virginia

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Aide: McCain's Strong In "Real" Virginia

October 18, 2008 04:57 PM EST | AP

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/18/aide-mccains-strong-in-re_n_135853.html



WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A top aide to John McCain said Saturday the Republican presidential nominee still has a strong chance of winning the state because of his support in "real Virginia," the downstate areas far removed in distance and political philosophy from the more liberal areas of the north.

"As a proud resident of Oakton, Va., I can tell you that the Democrats have just come in from the District of Columbia and moved into northern Virginia," McCain senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer said on MSNBC. "And that's really what you see there. But the rest of the state, real Virginia, if you will, I think will be very responsive to Sen. McCain's message."

Program host Kevin Corke asked Pfotenhauer if she wanted to retract the comment, prompting her to reply, "I mean 'real Virginia' because northern Virginia is where I've always been, but 'real Virginia' I take to be the _ this part of the state that is more Southern in nature, if you will. Northern Virginia is really metro D.C."

Earlier this month, McCain's brother, Joe, told those at an event for the Republican nominee that two Democratic-leaning areas in Northern Virginia, Arlington and Alexandria, were "communist country." He quickly apologized and called the remark a joke.

The senator's campaign headquarters is in Arlington, as is the home he uses while in Washington. McCain also attended high school in Alexandria.

Democrats not only control the Virginia governor's office, but Democrat Jim Webb succeeded in 2006 in ousting Republican Sen. George Allen. Veteran Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is retiring this year and former Democratic Gov. Mark Warner is vying with former Republican Gov. Jim Gilmore to succeed him.

The popularity of Warner has led some to suggest he may boost Obama's chances, rather than the opposite.

One recent poll showed McCain trailing Democrat Barack Obama by up to 8 percentage points in the Old Dominion, but political analysts believe the race may be closer. McCain was making a push to hold onto Virginia, which President Bush won in 2004.

[ncgrits]

1. I was raised in SW Virginia (the "real" part) and guess what!?! I voted for Obama!

And my family still lives in the mountains of southwestern Virginia (Ralph Stanley country) and EVERYONE LAST ONE OF THEM IS VOTING FOR OBAMA.


Hillbillies for Obama!!!!

[Happyhippychick]

2. Pfotenhauer is such a Pfucking ijit.

[trof]

3. So, northern VA is just a buncha carpetbaggers?

uh oh

[No Elephants]

4. LOL. I cannot wait until everyone in the "fake" Virginia gets hold of this remark. Can we possibly

chip in for a few skywriters to make sure the early voters see it ASAP?

[Faygo Kid]

5. "Real Virginia," and the "real" meaning of her comments.

Is there any doubt?

How could the Old Dominion - the "real Virginia" - vote for a Nigra?

Geez. How transparent. Here's the "real Virginia" she is using code words to speak of.

Proposals Adopted by the Virginia Convention of 1861:

“The first resolution asserted states’ rights per se; the second was for retention of slavery; the third opposed sectional parties; the fourth called for equal recognition of slavery in both territories and non-slave states; the fifth demanded the removal of federal forts and troops from seceded states; the sixth hoped for a peaceable adjustment of grievances and maintaining the Union; the seventh called for Constitutional amendments to remedy federal and state disputes; the eighth recognized the right of secession; the ninth said the federal government had no authority over seceded states since it refused to recognize their withdrawal; the tenth said the federal government was empowered to recognize the Confederate States; the eleventh was an appeal to Virginia’s sister states; the twelfth asserted Virginia’s willingness to wait a reasonable period of time for an answer to its propositions, providing no one resorted to force against the seceded states; the thirteenth asked United States and Confederate States governments to remain peaceful; and the fourteenth asked the border slave states to meet in conference to consider Virginia’s resolutions and to join in Virginia’s appeal to the North."