Are you glad Frank Wolf is gone

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Anonymous wrote:No. He is an honest, hardworking Member of Congress. Not flashy, just solid.

OTOH, I hope the Dems win the seat.

John Faust was a total do-nothing as the Dranesville Supervisor, who sucked up to wealthy real estate developers. I would be happy if he were gone from the BOS although I expect Comstock will win. Wolf is a decent human being.

Agree with your thoughts on Faust. Comstock is the best candidates for one who will serve in the style of Wolf. She and her family grew up in my church and so I have run into them in many occasions. She will serve us well. Let's just get her elected first!

If you like Comstock, then you must have been right at home with the Bush/Cheney/Scooter/Rumsfeld crowd. It is amazing looking back to see how incompetent they were, Biggest Recession in history, with a banking crisis of epic proportions, after 12 years of economic growth. Add in the optional war on Iraq and the mis-management of Afghanistan. Obama inherited an economic disaster. 2008 was not that long ago.

Comstock has occupied a variety of political roles, including lead investigator for the House Government Reform Committee in the 1990s, opposition researcher, crisis manager, and chairwoman of Scooter Libby's legal defense fund. While chairing Scooter Libby's legal defense fund, she leaked several bits of partisan nonsense to the press, allegedly attempting to taint the jury pool. The judge was very upset with Barbara Comstock and threatened her with a gag order.

http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/13/about-time/

Barbara Comstock said the supporters would serve on an advisory committee for a private group organized to aid in Mr. Libby’s defense, to be known as the Libby Legal Defense Trust.The supporters are most likely to assist in both organizing the fund-raising drive and providing money themselves. Among others who have committed to the effort are Howard Leach and the lobbyist Wayne Berman, who were fund-raisers for President Bush’s political campaigns; Bill Paxon, the former Republican congressman from New York; former Ambassadors Mel Sembler and Dennis Roth; Richard Carlson, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 1992 to 1997; the magazine publisher Philip Merrill, who is also a former president and ex-chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Well, then just vote for Foust and be done with it. You sound like you are not from this area anyway so therefore you must love his sell-outs to real estate developers so you can afford to live here. Good luck to you and, again, Mr. Wolf, now I am speaking to you: thanks for your steadfast service for VA-10 over the years. You will be missed.

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Anonymous wrote:No comparison with the incompetence of our current administration. Leaking the Chief of Station in Afghanistan? Wow.

Right? That blows my mind.

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Anonymous wrote:No. He is an honest, hardworking Member of Congress. Not flashy, just solid.

OTOH, I hope the Dems win the seat.

John Faust was a total do-nothing as the Dranesville Supervisor, who sucked up to wealthy real estate developers. I would be happy if he were gone from the BOS although I expect Comstock will win. Wolf is a decent human being.

Agree with your thoughts on Faust. Comstock is the best candidates for one who will serve in the style of Wolf. She and her family grew up in my church and so I have run into them in many occasions. She will serve us well. Let's just get her elected first!

If you like Comstock, then you must have been right at home with the Bush/Cheney/Scooter/Rumsfeld crowd. It is amazing looking back to see how incompetent they were, Biggest Recession in history, with a banking crisis of epic proportions, after 12 years of economic growth. Add in the optional war on Iraq and the mis-management of Afghanistan. Obama inherited an economic disaster. 2008 was not that long ago.

Comstock has occupied a variety of political roles, including lead investigator for the House Government Reform Committee in the 1990s, opposition researcher, crisis manager, and chairwoman of Scooter Libby's legal defense fund. While chairing Scooter Libby's legal defense fund, she leaked several bits of partisan nonsense to the press, allegedly attempting to taint the jury pool. The judge was very upset with Barbara Comstock and threatened her with a gag order.

http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/13/about-time/

Barbara Comstock said the supporters would serve on an advisory committee for a private group organized to aid in Mr. Libby’s defense, to be known as the Libby Legal Defense Trust.The supporters are most likely to assist in both organizing the fund-raising drive and providing money themselves. Among others who have committed to the effort are Howard Leach and the lobbyist Wayne Berman, who were fund-raisers for President Bush’s political campaigns; Bill Paxon, the former Republican congressman from New York; former Ambassadors Mel Sembler and Dennis Roth; Richard Carlson, president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 1992 to 1997; the magazine publisher Philip Merrill, who is also a former president and ex-chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Well, then just vote for Foust and be done with it. You sound like you are not from this area anyway so therefore you must love his sell-outs to real estate developers so you can afford to live here. Good luck to you and, again, Mr. Wolf, now I am speaking to you: thanks for your steadfast service for VA-10 over the years. You will be missed.

The one MAJOR issue to the area is transportation and Comstock voted against improving transportation, trying to get in good with the tea party types.

Who was the other republican from mclean to hit the big time? was a stand up guy, oh yeh, Bob , that was his name. I think he is in the news recently.

McConnell, another great decent human being, another fine republican from the VA10 area. The Republican and his wife are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 from Jonnie Williams, the former CEO of dietary supplements maker Star Scientific Inc. In exchange, they would help promote his products, according to prosecutors. Those gifts include shopping sprees for designer clothes and accessories, a Rolex watch, $15,000 in catering expenses for a daughter's wedding, golf outings and a lake-house vacation stay that included use of Williams' Ferrari, according to the indictment.

Comstock and McConnell, what a team. They are so much better than Foust.

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McConnell, another great decent human being, another fine republican from the VA10 area. The Republican and his wife are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 from Jonnie Williams, the former CEO of dietary supplements maker Star Scientific Inc. In exchange, they would help promote his products, according to prosecutors. Those gifts include shopping sprees for designer clothes and accessories, a Rolex watch, $15,000 in catering expenses for a daughter's wedding, golf outings and a lake-house vacation stay that included use of Williams' Ferrari, according to the indictment.

Suggest you learn a little more about who is in charge. We did not have a Governor McConnell.
However, we do have a Governor McAulifee who vetoed the ethics bill. What do you expect from someone who sold visas?

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McConnell, another great decent human being, another fine republican from the VA10 area. The Republican and his wife are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 from Jonnie Williams, the former CEO of dietary supplements maker Star Scientific Inc. In exchange, they would help promote his products, according to prosecutors. Those gifts include shopping sprees for designer clothes and accessories, a Rolex watch, $15,000 in catering expenses for a daughter's wedding, golf outings and a lake-house vacation stay that included use of Williams' Ferrari, according to the indictment.

Suggest you learn a little more about who is in charge. We did not have a Governor McConnell.
However, we do have a Governor McAulifee who vetoed the ethics bill. What do you expect from someone who sold visas?

I think she was talking about Bob McDonnell. HOWEVER, Bob McD. was not from McLean. I don't know where she got that idea. He was born in Philadelphia and then grew up in ALEXANDRIA.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are "embarrassed " by a moderate republican. You are a fringe loonatic.

Elected in the Reagan revolution of 1980, Mr. Wolf has been a steadfast advocate for many conservative causes. He has opposed abortion, same-sex marriage, adoptions by gay couples and many gun-control measures.

time for Frank Wolf to get a real job and have to go to work. given he has been in office for over 30 years, he will probably not have to work again and live off the lard of the great falls/mclean types.

another true republican for the ages.

I guess you don't care about all of the principled work he has done on human rights in China and other countries over the years?

A humble, intelligent, articulate man who is deeply committed to his faith.

He makes himself available to his constituents and has a passion for helping and affecting change. He's been on several mission trips to Haiti as a church member, not as a politician.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are "embarrassed " by a moderate republican. You are a fringe loonatic.

Elected in the Reagan revolution of 1980, Mr. Wolf has been a steadfast advocate for many conservative causes. He has opposed abortion, same-sex marriage, adoptions by gay couples and many gun-control measures.

time for Frank Wolf to get a real job and have to go to work. given he has been in office for over 30 years, he will probably not have to work again and live off the lard of the great falls/mclean types.

another true republican for the ages.

I guess you don't care about all of the principled work he has done on human rights in China and other countries over the years?

A humble, intelligent, articulate man who is deeply committed to his faith.

He makes himself available to his constituents and has a passion for helping and affecting change. He's been on several mission trips to Haiti as a church member, not as a politician.

+100

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Just noticed this quote.

Wolf is another professional fraud, a 34 year politician. He was part of the Nixon Reefer Madness War on Drugs that resulted in a DEA with 50Billion budget. That money could be spent on educating our youth or fighting for human rights not paying the retirement of a bunch of DEA agents playing al capone.

While several questions from Republican members of the committee referred to Obama's marijuana comments, as well as to Attorney General Eric Holder's decision in August to allow marijuana regulation to proceed largely unchallenged, Leonhart's answers tiptoed around any direct criticism of her bosses. But Leonhart did say that DEA's issues with the legalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado were "well known" within the Justice Department and the White House before DOJ made its decision. She noted that there was "a lot of confusion in that 296 days while they were reviewing it and deciding how to proceed."

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) said he thought that the attorney general would come to regret his decision to allow legalization in Washington and Colorado to move forward. "This being a legacy for Eric Holder, when he looks back on it and sees the devastation it will have on this country, he will live to regret it," Wolf said. "He will wish he could get these years back." Wolf then asked Leonhart whether DEA agents have been feeling demoralized as a result of the legalization.

"Actually, it makes us fight harder," Leonhart replied.

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Anonymous wrote:Just noticed this quote.

Wolf is another professional fraud, a 34 year politician. He was part of the Nixon Reefer Madness War on Drugs that resulted in a DEA with 50Billion budget. That money could be spent on educating our youth or fighting for human rights not paying the retirement of a bunch of DEA agents playing al capone.

While several questions from Republican members of the committee referred to Obama's marijuana comments, as well as to Attorney General Eric Holder's decision in August to allow marijuana regulation to proceed largely unchallenged, Leonhart's answers tiptoed around any direct criticism of her bosses. But Leonhart did say that DEA's issues with the legalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado were "well known" within the Justice Department and the White House before DOJ made its decision. She noted that there was "a lot of confusion in that 296 days while they were reviewing it and deciding how to proceed."

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) said he thought that the attorney general would come to regret his decision to allow legalization in Washington and Colorado to move forward. "This being a legacy for Eric Holder, when he looks back on it and sees the devastation it will have on this country, he will live to regret it," Wolf said. "He will wish he could get these years back." Wolf then asked Leonhart whether DEA agents have been feeling demoralized as a result of the legalization.

"Actually, it makes us fight harder," Leonhart replied.

Dan Riffle, director of federal policies for the Marijuana Policy Project, said after the hearing that Leonhart was obstructing the Obama administration's policy and should be forced out.

"Publicly criticizing and questioning the competence of your supervisor would get anyone fired in the private sector," Riffle said in a statement. "It's frankly astounding to me that Ms. Leonhart is still employed and American taxpayers continue to foot her $165,000 salary to publicly campaign against the president's policies."

Leonhart declined to take questions from reporters after her testimony.

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Anonymous wrote:No. He is an honest, hardworking Member of Congress. Not flashy, just solid.

OTOH, I hope the Dems win the seat.

John Faust was a total do-nothing as the Dranesville Supervisor, who sucked up to wealthy real estate developers. I would be happy if he were gone from the BOS although I expect Comstock will win. Wolf is a decent human being.

Agree with your thoughts on Faust. Comstock is the best candidates for one who will serve in the style of Wolf. She and her family grew up in my church and so I have run into them in many occasions. She will serve us well. Let's just get her elected first!

She seems nice, but she signs off on every right-wing, tea-party initiative that comes along. Is that her true nature or is she just ruining right to secure the Republican Party base?

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^^^ running right to secure the Republican Party base. ^^^

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Anonymous wrote:No. He is a terrific Congressman who stands for what he thinks is right.

I agree. I love Frank Wolf and voted for him many times. I do support term limits, though, so am glad to see Barbara Comstock in that seat soon. She represents me in the House of Delegates and she's great.

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"Dan Riffle, director of federal policies for the Marijuana Policy Project, said after the hearing that Leonhart was obstructing the Obama administration's policy and should be forced out."

Oh, dear. The potheads don't like Frank Wolf.

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Anonymous wrote:No. He is a terrific Congressman who stands for what he thinks is right.

I agree. I love Frank Wolf and voted for him many times. I do support term limits, though, so am glad to see Barbara Comstock in that seat soon. She represents me in the House of Delegates and she's great.

are you another NRA supporter.

another right wing conservative from the bush era. Scooter Libby will be proud.

NORTHERN VIRGINIA’S 10th Congressional District is a swing district, won by Barack Obama in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012, each time by a narrow margin. Taking in McLean and other wealthy precincts of Fairfax County, all of Loudoun County and other points west past Winchester and Front Royal, it is full of moderate voters. So it’s curious that the half dozen Republicans vying to succeed the district’s longtime Republican representative, Frank Wolf, are engaged in a venomous primary contest to prove which of them is the most hard-line conservative. And it verges on the bizarre when the apparent front-runner, Del. Barbara Comstock (Fairfax), makes a truth-stretching attempt to wrap herself in the mantle of Rush Limbaugh.

Ms. Comstock is among the most conservative lawmakers in Richmond. A lawyer and prolific fundraiser, she represents thousands of commuters in a traffic-clogged district badly in need of road improvements; nonetheless, last year she voted against the first bill in more than a quarter century to provide fresh money for the state’s crumbling highways, even though it was backed by her own party’s top leaders.

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Ms. Comstock also supported legislation that would have required women seeking abortions to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. She backed a measure intended to outlaw abortion by granting individual rights to an embryo from the moment of conception. She voted to repeal a law limiting handgun purchases to one per month. And she opposes expanding Medicaid, which would provide health coverage for up to 400,000 uninsured Virginians.

Despite those stances, and a long record as a Republican lobbyist and loyalist before entering the legislature, she is under attack by GOP primary opponents who consider her insufficiently doctrinaire. Among the criticisms is that, strangely, she voted in Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary in 2008 — for none other than Mr. Obama.