Quoth now-former Representative Ed Schrock (R. VA-02), in the leaked recording (MP3) of him calling a gay singles line, seeking sex with strangers: Uh, hi, I weigh 200 pounds, uh, six-foot-four, hazel eyes, blond hair, very muscular, very buffed-up, uh, very tanned, um, I’d just like to get together with a guy from time to …
Category Archives: Virginia Politics
Rep. Schrock…he likes the penis.
Very, very conservative Republican Rep. Ed Schrock (VA-02) withdrew from his reelection race today, citing allegations that he wouldn’t specify. Those allegations? It turns out that this co-sponsor of the “Family Marriage Amendment” and vocal anti-gay representative of Virginia Beach has been soliciting gay sex on telephone dating services. It turns out that those conversations …
Bush barely leading in Virginia.
Zogby‘s new numbers for Virginia are in: Kerry 48%, Bush 49%, Nader 4%. (With rounding, obviously; MOE disclaimers apply.) John Zogby writes: This reliably Republican state is within striking distance for Dems, the latest Zogby Interactive poll shows. Partly on the strength of senior voters and those in major cities sprinkled around the state, Mr. …
Blogger Boucher.
My representative in the House, Rick Boucher (VA-9), is guestblogging for Larry Lessig this week, and it seems that the whole of the ‘net is abuzz about it. Yesterday he blogged about the Induce Act, and today the DMCA and fair use. He’s not only writing up entries, but then engaging in discussion with the …
Kilgore’s magic-computer warning.
Writes Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore (PDF), in his and his fellow attorneys general new fight against computer-to-computer communication: P2P file-sharing technology can allow its users to access the files of other users, even when the computer is ‘off’ if the computer itself is connected to the Internet via broadband. Shoo-whee! That must be some …
Virginia is for haters.
After last week’s ban on civil unions in Virginia, a website has sprung up supporting a boycott on Virginia-based businesses. Virginia is for Haters (the name is a play on Virginia’s well-known and no-longer-accurate “Virginia is for Lovers” tourism slogan) proposes starting the boycott with J. Crew. Why boycott J. Crew? Well, Virginia seems to …
Matricardi fingers Republican leadership.
Former executive director of the Virginia Republican Party Ed Matricardi has fingered Republican leaders in the ongoing eavesdropping scandal. Matricardi didn’t just name former party chairman Gary Thompson, but also House Speaker Vance Wilkins (who resigned in disgrace earlier this year), Wilkins’ chief of staff Claudia Tucker (resigned in disgrace; pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor), …
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Suggested changes to the Charlottesville Democratic Party.
Be Welcoming It is the great lament of the Charlottesville Democrats — as well it ought to be — that minority involvement in the party is far from representational of the city’s population. Many methods of determining the source of this problem have been suggested, though few of them have been attempted. A glance around …
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