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What's an election without a Taliban reference?
Tertium Quids —
Virginia's greatest embarrassment, Rep. Jim Moran , uttered the following: At a get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax County, Moran said: "I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they'd be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can see." It must be because, if the ticket wins, they will ...
Jim Moran: Republicans are "Taliban Ticket"
Blue Virginia —
One thing's for sure, you can always count on Jim Moran to come through the day before an election with an...uh, "interesting" quote! :) ...
The Taliban Ticket
MyDD —
Kudos to Congressman Jim Moran for calling it as it is. From the Washington Post: At a get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax County, Moran said: "I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they'd be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can see." Moran was talking about Republicans Robert F. McDonnell for governor, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and state Sen. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, who is running for attorney general. By some accounts, the three represent the most conservative Republican ticket to run in Virginia in many years. ...
Whipple Clip Dozen: Election Day 2009
Blue Virginia —
Thanks to Tom Whipple for the Election Day 2009 edition of his most excellent "Clips!" 1. RIVALS LAUNCH LAST-MINUTE PUSH TO SECURE VOTERS 2. DEEDS AND MCDONNELL MAKE FINAL PUSHES 3. KAINE STUMPS FOR DEEDS, MCDONNELL SPEAKS IN FINAL RALLIES 5. LANDSLIDE COULD ELEVATE MCDONNELL NATIONALLY, EXPERTS SAY 6. GOP EYES 3-STATE SWEEP OF KEY CONTESTS 7. JIM MORAN CALLS GOP THE "TALIBAN TICKET" 8. KAINE APPEARS ON MSNBC ON ELECTION EVE 9. PALIN, HUCKABEE CALL VIRGINIA VOTERS 10. DEEDS: 'WE GOT 'EM JUST WHERE ...
You stay classy, Jim Moran
Betsy's Page —
Democratic Representative Jim Moran of Virginia opined on Republicans this weekend. Always good copy, U.S. Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) likened the Republican ticket in Virginia this year to Afghanistan's radical Taliban movement in comments broadcast Sunday by WAMU radio. At a get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax County, Moran said: "I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they'd be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can see." Moran was talking about Republicans Robert F. McDonnell for governor, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and state Sen. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, who is running for attorney general. By some accounts, the three represent the most conservative Republican ticket to ...
Jim Moran: If GOP Were Running In Afghanistan, They Would Be On The 'Taliban Ticket'
TPM Election Central —
Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) made a tough accusation against the Republicans at a Sunday get-out-the-vote rally in Virginia -- openly accusing them of being like the Taliban.
"I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they'd be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can see," Moran declared.
The campaign of Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell, who has been attacked by the Democrats for his staunch social conservatism -- and a hard-right college thesis written in his 30s -- called Moran's comments "negative" and "vicious."
After that initial remark, Moran doesn't appear to be keeping this up. My TPM colleague Christina Bellantoni was at last ...
POLITICS: Jim Moran and the "Taliban"
Baseball Crank —
Arlington/Alexandria Democrat Jim Moran is always a reliable source of lunacy and foolishness; examples include blaming the Iraq War on Jews (Moran has an exhaustive rap sheet of anti-Semitism) and pushing to get Guantanamo detainees tried in his district over the objections of local Democrats.
Monday, at a Creigh Deeds rally, Moran was on hand to prove that there is no cause so lost that he won't contribute some crazy to it:
U.S. Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) likened the Republican ticket in Virginia this year to Afghanistan's radical Taliban movement in comments broadcast Sunday by WAMU radio.
At a get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax County, ...
Jim Moran Calls Virginia GOP “Taliban” But Not So Interested In Fighting The Actual Taliban
RedState —
Arlington/Alexanderia Democrat Jim Moran is always a reliable source of lunacy and foolishness; examples include blaming the Iraq War on Jews (Moran has an exhaustive rap sheet of anti-Semitism) and pushing to get Guantanamo detainees tried in his district over the objections of local Democrats.
Monday, at a Creigh Deeds rally, Moran was on hand to prove that there is no cause so lost that he won’t contribute some crazy to it:
U.S. Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) likened the Republican ticket in Virginia this year to Afghanistan’s radical Taliban movement in comments broadcast Sunday by WAMU radio.
At a get-out-the-vote rally in ...
Moran: GOP is the 'Taliban ticket'
News —
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) compared the GOP to the Taliban today in an effort to rally Creigh Deeds's base on election day. "I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they'd be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can see," Moran told a crowd of Deeds's supporters in Fairfax County. Moran was trying to portray GOP candidates--Bob McDonnell for Governor, Ken Cucinelli for Attorney General and Bill Bolling for re-election as Lt. Gov.-- as extreme right-wingers. A McDonnell campaign spokesperson called the comments "vicious." But wait! There's more: This is not the first time McDonnell has been compared to the Taliban; in 2003, a liberal columnist for ...
