Comments on: Nye voted no on healthcare

By: dave

dave — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:56:31 +0000

He also told Dave Guill he would get $250,000 for a HOD race from the DNC and Guill took his word for it. Until the money never came and he dropped out.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:49:00 +0000

Mark Brooks remember next year this time that Dave Williams told you Tom Perriello would lose.

By: Mark Brooks

Mark Brooks — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:27:31 +0000

The deal Armstrong made was similar no doubt to the deal he made not to fund Connie Brennan, running against good ol’ boy Watkins Abbitt of the 59th.

Yeah, he’s some Democrat.

By: Mark Brooks

Mark Brooks — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:25:51 +0000

Since you are commenting anonymously, I wouldn’t know either.

I was the obnoxious one ‘discussing’ a few things with Tucker Watkins. Such as whether he agreed with the display of a photo from Dachau prison camp showing hundreds of dead bodies.

His response was first to ask if I had ever been to Dachau. I told him no, I hadn’t.

Then he waved his arms and yelled at me saying President Bush had been called a Nazi. I don’t know why that would be germane, but I told him I didn’t call him one.

He said I most certainly had, to which I asked if he had read every blog post and comment in the last 5 years that I authored.

He only had a wave of his hand and a ‘harumph’, muttering something about blogs.

So, sure, identify yourself. I saw one person I knew from Cumberland County, Joe Topham, Perriello’s representative in Farmville, and the aforementioned purple heart band aid wearing Tucker Watkins.

Of course, he left his purple heart band aids at home that night, saying that ‘this isn’t a purple heart meeting, er, election.”

By: dave

dave — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:03:01 +0000

If the Tea party turnout in Farmville reflects how the votes will be Tom Perriello better start looking for a new job now.Don’t recall seeing you there Mark.

By: vjp

vjp — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:08:12 +0000

If this were the first time that Nye voted against the party, I might agree with you. But it’s not. This is the third major issue – the budget and ACES being the other two – that Nye has voted against the party.

If it’s only about winning elections, then why do we even need two parties, if the result is the same?

By: Steve Vaughan

Steve Vaughan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:07:29 +0000

Scott: Good point. But it seems that the strongly progressive wing of the Democratic Party, particularly as reflected in the Netroots is adopting the same behavior as the strongly conservative wing of the Republican party, which is constantly trying to run people out of the party as RINOs. I’ve seen a lot of this across the blogosphere in the post-mortem of the statewide loss.

By: Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:37:08 +0000

I think that if Dems continue their quest for party purity, then we will not be i nthe majority for long. Thats the the advantage we have over Repubs is that we have a broad spectrum of political beliefs in the Dem party. I think if Nye would have voted yes on both things, he would probably lose this upcoming election. The district’s political beliefs are reflected well in Nye. The less things that the Repubs can attack him on, the better shape he is in. Scott Rigell will be a strong challenger. But I’m sure that Nye will be able to pull this one out.

By: Wally Erb

Wally Erb — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:14:23 +0000

Gee, somehow I thought it was about representing the district constituency and not the speaker of the House. If it is about Republican or Democrat, who represents the Independents? Maybe they don’t matter in getting elected, huh?

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:26:14 +0000

Yeah, but if the vote was tied, and Nye had to vote, I doubt he’d vote the way he did.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:04:30 +0000

Yes, isn’t it horrible how some Democrats actually vote to uphold the Constitution instead of the Party?

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:52:58 +0000

That would scare the heck out of me if I were you

By: T.W. Bonsac

T.W. Bonsac — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:51:30 +0000

There appears to be a plague upon some democrats to turn their backs on the party. Joe Frank, Nye, Ward Armstrong, and the list grows longer and longer. People who claim to be democrats but support republicans and republican causes. I would seem that the people who have been saying, “there isn’t a spits worth of difference between the two parties” are becoming prophets. Joe Frank supported Phil Hamilton in both words and cash. Ward Armstrong made a deal to not fund an opponent of Glenn Oder, and kept that promise. Nye would be more comfortable caucusing with republicans. The lines between the parties are getting blurred and the only people who lose are the voters and taxpayers. No matter who you vote for you get manure!

By: Johnny Longtorso

Johnny Longtorso — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:07:31 +0000

Vivian is correct; in the 2000 redistricting, VA-02 lost several heavily-black precincts in Norfolk (such as Brambleton, Campostella and Berkley), and gained the Republican parts of Hampton and the Eastern Shore instead.

By: Johnny Longtorso

Johnny Longtorso — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:54:23 +0000

Well-said, Vivian. My own, cruder commentary is that with a Republican, at least I know I’m getting stabbed upfront, whereas with Nye I’m getting stabbed in the back over and over.

By: vjp

vjp — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:24:52 +0000

Doesn’t really matter whether it is Rigell or Loyola. Republicans will support the nominee.

Or are you saying that you would vote for Nye over Rigell?

By: John Hart

John Hart — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:06:05 +0000

Lou and Vivian,

I believe you all jump to quickly to annoint Scott Rigell as the Republican nominee. Although you might like having a Republican that the base wouldn’t vote for this time either. Why vote for a Republican that supported Obama for Presidnet when you can just have a Democrat.

I make no bones about it. I support Ben Loyola for the 2nd Congressional District. A great patriot that fought in combat, a great American and a true conservative.

Just my 2 cents worth.

By: Mark Brooks

Mark Brooks — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:44:27 +0000

The wages of doing the right thing are being paid today by my congressman, Tom Perriello.

Why he deserves a teabag party at every office is still mystifying to me. However, I will be at the Farmville ‘party’.

By: vjp

vjp — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:55:03 +0000

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. You cannot compare the 2008 results to anything. That was a once-in-a-lifetime election. Look at the results for any other election and you’ll see what I mean.

Nye will be the top of the ticket in 2010.

By: Wally Erb

Wally Erb — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:50:34 +0000

On the contrary, Vivian. The 2nd and 4th on the last redistricting was made more Democratic friendly at the sacrifice of the 4th and the 1st.

“CD #2 (Green) – “The GOP was too clever by half in it’s 2001 redistricting scheme. Because of demographic and political changes both district 2 and district 4 became politically competitive and were won by Obama in the 2008 election.”

By: spotter

spotter — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:22:42 +0000

I hate it when I agree with Brian Kirwin.

By: vjp

vjp — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:38:22 +0000

Except that the 2nd CD no longer looks like it did when Pickett was in office. The district is much more Republican now. Nye following the Pickett playbook is suicide.

By: Steve Vaughan

Steve Vaughan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:37:09 +0000

Nye is in much worse shape than Perriello. For all the talk about how Republican the 5th is, let’s remember that the ONLY Republican who’s won that seat in recent years was Virgil Goode, who first won it as a Democrat.

By: Wally Erb

Wally Erb — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:58 +0000

I think your right, you need a more liberal candidate to run for the seat. That will assure a win. For who?

By: Wally Erb

Wally Erb — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:54:17 +0000

Gee, The way y’all talk, it’s a wonder how Owen Pickett remained in office until he decided to retire. I think Nye is calling shots by the same playbook.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:50:56 +0000

Sorry, should have been “very few Democrats.” (My defense is that I am being hit by a trifecta of allergies: Mondays, mornings, and work.)

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:38:24 +0000

I think he wanted to vote no all along, and the delay wasn’t his choice. Just my opinion.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:34:02 +0000

Thank God there are still a very Democrats who understand what America is about.

By: Louis Eisenberg

Louis Eisenberg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:32:28 +0000

Vivian, I agree with your analysis. In 2010, when voters in the 2nd Congressional District are given the choice between a strong Republican candidate like Scott Rigell and a Democratic Party candidate who votes like a Republican on issues that truly matter, the voters won’t settle for “Republican Light” when they can get the “Real Thing”.

By: vjp

vjp — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:55:13 +0000

I think he planned to vote no all along. He just delayed announcing it.

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:51:59 +0000

I find it interesting that it was only after the New York congressional seat was picked up, and the abortion compromise was reached (thus enough other votes were gathered) that Nye suddenly decided how he was going to vote.