Al Weed has sent a letter to Virgil Goode asking him to pull his ad that tries to say that accusations against him (Virgil) about the tainted money and what he did for it are false. This in effect calls Al and all of us who supporft him liars.

Al's letter is on the flip side.

In one day, the Media General-owned newspaper printed both an article and an editorial. The article has to do with Virgil's wife sitting on the board of the North Theatre Group, while at the same time, Virgil was busy doing what he does best.

The Danville Register Bee:

Goode's wife, Lucy, served on the board of directors of the North Theatre as the congressman was securing $150,000 in federal funds for the project. Linwood Duncan, Goode's press secretary, continues to serve on the board.

The editorial was not kind, to put it nicely. Join me over the transom for more corruption.

Rep. Virgil Goode, R-5th, said based on what he knows now, he does not think Hastert should step down.

"He [Hastert] said in his statement he was glad Foley resigned and if he hadn't resigned then he would have asked him to."

"He [Clinton] lied under oath and should have been impeached," Goode said. "I don't have any evidence that anyone committed a felony. Foley may have. I'm not sure of the law in Florida, but he's already gone."

(Register-Bee sidebar, not online)

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The Memorial itself is a beautiful place, up on a hill overlooking the surrounding area and the mountains. The picture at right is of some of the flags of nations involved that day 52 years ago when forces crashed the beaches at Normandy and started the Allied invasion of German-held territory in Europe.

Paul Galanti has earned the nation's respect. He graduated the U.S. Naval Academy in 1962 and entered Naval flight training, where he became an instructor. In 1965 he was assigned to the USS Hancock, a carrier off Vietnam, and flew 97 combat missions before being shot down on June 17, 1966.  He was captured and kept as a POW for almost seven years, released February 12, 1973. There are good write-ups describing some of his time as a POW and later career available online here, here and here, and the text of a Virginia Senate and Assembly Joint Resolution commending him is available here.

Washington, D.C. - Nearly one year after the U.S. Supreme Court's shocking Kelo v. New London decision touched off a firestorm of bipartisan support for stronger property rights protections, some anti-property rights groups are receiving support from a surprising source:  Senator George Allen (R-VA).

Senator Allen is the chief sponsor of legislation that would create a massive federal "National Heritage Area" that would stretch from Charlottesville, VA, through Frederick County, MD, and end in Gettysburg, PA.  Such areas are best described as heavily regulated corridors where property rights may be strictly curtailed.

Allen's bill would deputize special interest groups -- many with clear anti-property rights agendas -- and federal employees to oversee land use policy in the corridor.

It gets better; join me, won't you?

Al Weed released this staement today on the foiled airliner terror plot overseas. Al is running against the clueless and dense Virgil "I didn't know that money was illegal!" Goode (R-MZM)

A largely partisan and divided crowd of about 300 people at the Senior Center of Charlottesville heard Weed attack Goode as a career politician who takes questionable contributions and supports Bush more than 80 percent of the time, including on the war in Iraq.

Weed, who has a son about to serve a second tour as a surgeon in Iraq, said Goode "follows the Republican lead at every turn" and has never questioned Bush on his war policy in "the failed occupation of Iraq."

Al Weed Shares a Moment with Judy Feder at the July Unity Rally in Charlottesville

This has been incredibly difficult for me to write, partly due to my grief, and partly due to rolling words around in my head for the past week, not really knowing what to choose to say.

'Rep. Goode Has 'The Highest Character'

Editor, The Herald:

I write in amazement that Congressman Virgil Goode's potential opponents in this fall's election have made the following statements regarding Mitchell Wade and his company:

I love camping. I was taken camping by my parents when I was literally weeks old. Growing up in Colorado, I got used to being in the outdoors, going hiking, camping and sometimes just daytrips to the mountains to escape the oppressive heat of Denver in the summertime.

One of the types of camping or daytrips I remember well is when we would go to one of our favorite campgrounds, Cold Creek, a National Forest Campground, and eat breakfast.  Cold Creek is outside Denver in the mountains, about 8,000 feet above sea level. All of us would get up really early and get in the car or truck, depending on which we had. We used to have a 1959 Ford station wagon that we would take everywhere. If it wasn't for the fact that transmissions kept being eaten up by that car, it might still have been around today. When running, that car could go places no ordinary car could go. We also had a 1965 Chevy Suburban (in the days of 39-cent gas) that I wish I had to this day. I did end up with a later model of a Suburban, but that's another story.

In this diary, I will be discussing Virginia's 5^th Congressional District race.There are two Democratic candidates running, Al Weed and Bern Ewert. Al, a pioneering wine grape grower, ran two years ago and was trounced by Virgil Goode. (Goode was implicated today again in MZM dealings with Mitchell Wade.) Bern has been a City Manager among other things.

Today I am focusing on Bern Ewert, because certain facts have come to light in my research on this contest. I want to make sure that we have the best chance at beating Virgil in the fall. Unfortunately, Bern does not look like the person to do that.

This is disappointing, but as I have said many times recently, the fact that a Democrat stood for what he believed in a recount is a very important fact. Other candidates will hopefully feel emboldened to do the same thing if they are in a close race or voter problems surface, or for any reason that is worthwhile.

Acording to the Richmond Times Dispatch article published Sunday, the City of Richmond has resisted efforts by the State Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA) to certify their polling places.

You would be right.

As Tim Tagaris at SSP (Swing State Project) noted earlier this morning, the response made him want to 'throw up in his mouth.'  Strong language, but in this case I think it is completely warranted.  If you visit Kaine's website (in my sig line) you will find the response that has worried residents and watchers of this election alike.

What I haven't seen in these diaries and articles is that Kaine has another ad, one in which he talks about Jerry's 'sugar daddy'.