Anonymous wrote:This is shameful. For all the posters claiming Youngkin is good for the economy and for him to willfully not put in the effort to help Virginia get the new FBI headquarters is horrible. Wouldn't winning this project bring millions of dollars into the economy (in construction and employment, plus supporting services), as well as thousands of jobs.

From WaPo: "Because of the governor’s irresponsible behavior, now Virginia is going to lose out on potentially millions of dollars of economic activity. It’s really sad that the governor chose to attack the FBI as opposed to doing his job and looking out for the commonwealth of Virginia. He chose to protect MAGA Republicans and Trump’s agenda."

The three personal panel that made the decision unanimously picked Virginia, and then one GSA person overruled them (which is unheard of) and picked Maryland instead. Screw Youngkin. He panders to the national audience and Virginians get ignored.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/10/greenbelt-fbi-maryland-wray/

This is awful.

Anonymous wrote:This is shameful. For all the posters claiming Youngkin is good for the economy and for him to willfully not put in the effort to help Virginia get the new FBI headquarters is horrible. Wouldn't winning this project bring millions of dollars into the economy (in construction and employment, plus supporting services), as well as thousands of jobs.

From WaPo: "Because of the governor’s irresponsible behavior, now Virginia is going to lose out on potentially millions of dollars of economic activity. It’s really sad that the governor chose to attack the FBI as opposed to doing his job and looking out for the commonwealth of Virginia. He chose to protect MAGA Republicans and Trump’s agenda."

The three personal panel that made the decision unanimously picked Virginia, and then one GSA person overruled them (which is unheard of) and picked Maryland instead. Screw Youngkin. He panders to the national audience and Virginians get ignored.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/10/greenbelt-fbi-maryland-wray/

This is awful.

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Anonymous wrote:IMO, Youngkin clearly had higher aspirations and made some sort of faustian bargain that if he could deliver a republican victory and get an abortion ban passed in Virginia, he would run for president and the evangelical base would line up behind him.

He repeated, ad naseum, that Virginians wanted to be a national leader in showing the country what "reasonable abortion restrictions" are. I can't think of anyone who says: "you know what keeps me up at night, not the economy, or housing costs, or school issues, or my kids, or the job market, but whether or not my state of Virginian can be a national leader on reasonable abortion restrictions! I can't sleep." Youngkin acted as if this was THE only issue Virginians cared about, that it was a statewide concern. I suspect his same strategists from the campaign carefully crafted these talking points, and he stuck to them like flies on $hit.

From my online research only about 20% of Virginians claim to be evangelical, leaving 80% not. His claims made no sense, and his "disappointment" is insincere. Politico did a short podcast with his gubernatorial strategists right after the 2021 election that I found fascinating into his "branding". And this latest 15 week shenanigans plays right into it. Here is the link. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/05/glenn-youngkin-republican-strategists-519609

Weird that you would say that. Abortion seems to be very much the ONE issue that Democrats obsess over.

Wrong. Virginians aren't thinking about setting a national standard of "reasonable abortion restrictions" because the current law works just fine and nothing needs to change. So no, Virginia democrats (or Republicans for that matter) are not sitting around obsessing about how Virginia needs more restrictions to be a national trailblazer in setting what Youngkin has coined as "reasonable abortion restrictions" when the current status quo works. Period. End of story. And to talk to us like he was giving us what we wanted, is treating Virginians like we are stupid. Nothing needs to change, it's fine as is. But acting like all these "focus groups" told the governor in fact that is a top priority for Virginian (adding restrictions) is from another planet.

Abortion after 12 weeks is an outdated procedure as everyone can have access to birth control and it's not needed. It's the same reason labodomy is outlawed now that we have new meds and technology.

How fortunate for you, that you, your family, or your friends don't have personal experience with hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, placental abruption, sepsis, or any of the other myriad causes of terminal diagnoses of the fetus or dangers to the health of the mother that can and do take place during a pregnancy after 12 weeks. Pregnancy isn't always sunshine and rainbows and healthy, living babies and moms at the end. Things can and do go horribly wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:screw you and your dumb abortion restrictions and "just use birth control" nonsense

anyone with a brain knows the overwhelming majority of terminations past the first trimester are done for medical reasons - either the life of the mother is in danger OR the fetus has some horrible abnormality/something incompatible with life

Stop stepping into decisions that should be made ONLY between the mother (and partner) and their medical team.

Life isn't black and white. It just isn't. The parents should not have the choice to end an ill-fated pregnancy taken away from them. It might preserve future fertility for that couple, and it certainly will lessen the pain and trauma that family faces if they are forced to go forward with a pregnancy like that.

Seriously, I am so tired of you bible thumpers who just refuse to see the human side of the draconian laws you want to pass to "save the babies" or some BS.

Not only all of this, PP, but then once the babies are born, those same "pro-lifers" couldn't give two hoots what happens to those kids.

Bootstraps and all that.

Total hypocrites. They disgust me.

Anonymous wrote:Uh
more misinfo
do keep up
That CCP factory that you’re referring to which Big G pushed for? the town council was voted out in its entirety this past Tuesday and the newly elected town council has put the plans on hold

Anonymous wrote:I don't care about Youngkin's presidential aspirations, I'm just glad he's my governor, especially if the alternative was Terry McAuliffe. The Democrats screwed up royally with that pick, and I'm hoping for another self-own in 2025.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care about Youngkin's presidential aspirations, I'm just glad he's my governor, especially if the alternative was Terry McAuliffe. The Democrats screwed up royally with that pick, and I'm hoping for another self-own in 2025.

I certainly care when he’s pushing for legislation that appeals to a national audience but not state specific (such as claiming Virginians want a compromise/reasonable abortion restrictions when polling shows around 74% do not want more restrictions). He’s speaking to nonVirginians. He needs to have that laser focus on his home turf and what Virginians want. Not what will give him national votes in a national election. You should care.

Depends if he will actually help or do harm. I was relieved when Trump was so incompetent - it reduced the damage.

I’m not willing to be some social experiment for him.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care about Youngkin's presidential aspirations, I'm just glad he's my governor, especially if the alternative was Terry McAuliffe. The Democrats screwed up royally with that pick, and I'm hoping for another self-own in 2025.

I certainly care when he’s pushing for legislation that appeals to a national audience but not state specific (such as claiming Virginians want a compromise/reasonable abortion restrictions when polling shows around 74% do not want more restrictions). He’s speaking to nonVirginians. He needs to have that laser focus on his home turf and what Virginians want. Not what will give him national votes in a national election. You should care.

Depends if he will actually help or do harm. I was relieved when Trump was so incompetent - it reduced the damage.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care about Youngkin's presidential aspirations, I'm just glad he's my governor, especially if the alternative was Terry McAuliffe. The Democrats screwed up royally with that pick, and I'm hoping for another self-own in 2025.

I certainly care when he’s pushing for legislation that appeals to a national audience but not state specific (such as claiming Virginians want a compromise/reasonable abortion restrictions when polling shows around 74% do not want more restrictions). He’s speaking to nonVirginians. He needs to have that laser focus on his home turf and what Virginians want. Not what will give him national votes in a national election. You should care.

Anonymous wrote:I don't care about Youngkin's presidential aspirations, I'm just glad he's my governor, especially if the alternative was Terry McAuliffe. The Democrats screwed up royally with that pick, and I'm hoping for another self-own in 2025.