Obama coming to ODU for Deeds

2009 Gubernatorial Race, Hampton Roads, Local, Politics, Virginia 1 Minute

According to PilotOnline, the Deeds campaign has confirmed a visit from President Obama next Tuesday, October 27. The event will be held at ODU’s Ted Constant Center. Although the time has not been set, I understand it will be an afternoon rally. You can RSVP for the event by clicking here.  Space is limited.

Today, the Deeds campaign released a new TV ad featuring the president.

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18 thoughts on “Obama coming to ODU for Deeds”

  1. yeah!!!! Obama is doing just a wonderful job in leading this country (sarcasm), if I were Deeds, I would cancel his visit. (My apologies, that is border line racist in what I just said)

  2. I was a volunteer for and organized events for the Obama campaign. Even though I had worked for some Republicans in the past, my view of the Obama campaign was that they actually addressed real issues, while the GOP was nothing but xenophobia and gimmickry (Palin).

    Party labels are less important to me, than what the candidate can offer to enhance our liberty, along with providing economic opportunity for all of our citizens, regardless of one’s gene pool of origin.

    Even if someone is traditionally a Republican, Creigh Deeds is your best bet to help move Virginia back to prosperity.

    Creigh is a regular, working class Virginian who has a record, a mile long, for standing-up for the Virginia working man. He also has the best positions on:

    Jobs
    Energy
    Health care
    Education
    Sensible budgeting

    Plus his record shows that he addresses the tough issues that we all face, instead of denying the problems exist, like Mr. McDonnell.

    Even if you are not a habitual Democratic voter, Creigh Deeds’ close ties to the President will surely be a great asset for Virginia as we dig out of this economic depression. Having Mr. Obama as a friend of Governor Creigh Deeds, along with Tim Kaine, Mark Warner and Jim Webb going to bat for us, will surely help improve Virginia’s position in the funding pecking order.

    If citizens want a positive program for prosperity, the only logical choice, regardless of your prior party affiliation, is Creigh Deeds for Governor.

  5. Our President is a generous-hearted guy given Creigh’s attributing his low polling numbers to “the noise in Washington.”

    After coming out against the public option last night, I’m not sure that I’ll be casting a vote for Governor this year – will be the first time since I’ve been eligible to vote – and I’m a die-hard Albemarle Dem!

  6. The Deeds campaign issued a statement on the public option:

    Like President Obama, Creigh Deeds is committed to reducing health care costs and providing coverage for the 1.1 million Virginians without insurance. If the public option proves to be the best way to reach those objectives, he’d support having Virginia participate. He’ll examine all of the proposals on the table and choose the option that provides Virginians with the most affordable and quality coverage.

    Creigh’s approach is eminently more responsible that Bob McDonnell’s. Last night, McDonnell put ideology ahead of Virginia’s best interests when he said he’d oppose a public option – which he previously said would cause a “government takeover” of health care — even if it’s proven the best way to control health care costs.

    I’m the first to admit that I was taken aback by Deeds’ statements last night. (And trust me – I’ll have plenty to say on this and other campaign issues after Nov 3.) But in the light of day, I remain committed to one important thing: redistricting. For that one issue alone, we would be better off with Deeds as governor.

    So if you can’t find a way to vote for Deeds, find a way to vote for the rest of us. Ten more years of living with Republican-drawn lines and we will find ourselves in a worse predicament than we are now.

    2. Redistricting is definitely something to consider – though I wonder how much weight the Governor carries here?

      I’m struggling to come up with some rationale to vote in the Governor’s race – this does help.

    3. There is no way a “government takeover” of health care is proven to be the best way to control health care costs!

      Deeds, Obama and the rest of the Dems are not be responsible with this claim and in fact they are the ones that putting ideology ahead of commonsense and good leadership

      1. Nonsense — if the government takes over the industry, it will control the costs. It will control who gets care, who gets paid, and probably even where doctors are allowed to practice.

  7. thanks J. tyler for your as usual on topic and smart comments.
    The rest are sarcastic, to the point of hateful.
    We may pull this off, with the help of our President.

  8. For the snide commenter, and just for added rationale:

    I have lived (for brief periods) in fourteen of our states. As a Naval Officer for twenty-two years, I deployed to the Persian Gulf, Africa, Sri lanka and many other Pacific nations, some of which were on a war footing against us during my “visit.”

    I was honored to serve as an exchange officer aboard an Indian Naval Ship (INS Godavari). I also was honored to be the Atlantic Fleet liaison for South American Navies, where I helped strengthen our ties with senior leaders from many of our Southern neighboring countries. I commanded a ship and two shore facilities. After I retired from our Navy, I was hired by our State Department as the Military Liaison for the Ministry of Interior in Iraq.

    While I have worked on behalf of both Republican and Democratic candidates over the years, as a Virginian, I still vote based on each candidate’s character and proven performance.

    If I had to go into battle, I would trust Creigh Deeds to cover my six (backside to you civilians). As our Governor, I trust that he will, when the chips are down, always put the interests of our Virginia citizens, FIRST.

    One of the Republicans I formerly did campaign work for, is Bob McDonnell (back when I was associated with Ralph Reed’s Christian Coalition.)

    I have met both of the candidates several times, long before they were in “campaign mode” and the one who I trust to make decisions, always with our citizens’ interest held paramount, is Creigh Deeds.

    I have seen a lot of politicians since my first campaign as just a kid, back in 1964. In my professional career, working in other countries, and here at home, I have seen what happens to the people when leaders place corporate interests ahead of the welfare of their citizens.

    1. Thank you for your post. It gives me hope that there is real
      thoughtful opinions that are prior military. I am retired
      military and I appreciate your honesty and integrity. It
      is rare.

  9. My comments had two sections. The first comment was about your fine commentary. The second one was for the other posts
    (that would be OTHER POSTERS) that are not as on topic.
    I meant to commend your comment.

    1. Laura:

      I thank you for your original post and the follow-up. I did not intend my follow-up to be directed to you, but was trying to avoid pointing to “rlewis” who posted a rather rude jab at my first post.

      I just wanted readers to understand that I did not reach this point in life through a series of rash decisions based on naivete.

      Thanks again, Laura and sorry that I did not make it clear who I was writing about in that second post.

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