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Drake had her turn

Oct 08

8:05 AM

When you run as an incumbent, you have no choice but to run on your record. Rep. Thelma Drake has been one of the biggest supporters of President Bush and has faithfully preached his policies.These policies have failed miserably, and Bush is leaving office as a failed president, already judged by some to be among the worst in the history of the country.

It is indeed difficult to find any Bush policy over the eight years that has been successful. In my book, this makes Thelma Drake a failed representative. It is almost comical to watch her try to run away from Bush and from her own record during the current campaign, desperately trying to keep the subject on something else. It is time for her to go home. She had her turn in Washington and failed us.

Gale Day

Virginia Beach

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Actually we were attacked

Submitted by am81430 on Sat, 10/11/2008 at 1:26 am.

An embassy counts. No child left behind had one problem -- the funding was left behind. But to assert that "we haven't been attacked so we are doing something right" is extremely bad logic.

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I guess not being attacked

Submitted by vbsteel on Fri, 10/10/2008 at 1:16 pm.

I guess not being attacked again and no child left behind are two big faluers in your book.

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Re: The real Barack Obama

Submitted by mmactor on Fri, 10/10/2008 at 12:45 pm.

I fully disagree with Rudy O'Berry's poor assesment of the real Barack Obama. I don't agree with the facts that Mr. O'Berry comes up with, especially the one regarding the media and Democrats...Obama is no one's creation, he is his own, something orginial, new and fresh. He breathes new life into an archacic system that's existed in DC; a system that includes the current administration and one in which the current administration continues with. Mr. O'Berry predisposes that liberalism is an ugly destructive thing. Hardly the case when you have conservatives that wiretap, secretly spy on, and otherwise approve dishonest activities in the name of homeland security..not only is such behavior ugly and destructive, it's smacks of Big Brother and paranoia. Oh, and by the way, I am educated and don't mind bearing the responsibility of electing someone that I think, is better qualified in the sense of bringing change to this country, and I don't mind if he is liberal. I think it's the better choice.

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Well said...

Submitted by MilitaryFamily on Fri, 10/10/2008 at 8:55 am.

Gayle, nicely written... surely there will be the angry Republicans who will respond on this site and say you are a liberal who just wants free handouts from the government. That's the same canned response they always give. That's all they have. Because you know, expecting your representative to act like one is absurd, right? Like Bush, Thelma Drake has little to show for her time in Washington. And the Republicans who respond on here will surely try to disagree. Of course they will because they are desperate. Both Thelma Drake and John McCain are losing ground in Virginia, and for good reason.

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thelma drake

Submitted by justanotheruser on Fri, 10/10/2008 at 8:32 am.

Thelma Drake should run on her record. It reveals strong support of our military and veterans, despite the liberal spin. She sticks to her convictions and can justify any vote. I will proudly vote for her on November 4th.

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