tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post5655647150314770067..comments2023-10-23T11:10:05.945-04:00Comments on Karen Duncan: Life in the Time of Coronavirus: Doug Wilder's Non Endorsement of Deeds Says More About Wilder, Less About DeedsKaren Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-1446133565152348132009-10-02T10:24:13.746-04:002009-10-02T10:24:13.746-04:00You might be right that may explain why Deeds is b...You might be right that may explain why Deeds is behind in the polls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-24424625485447284392009-09-28T21:26:47.249-04:002009-09-28T21:26:47.249-04:00I actually don't care what Obama or Kaine thou...I actually don't care what Obama or Kaine thought about Wilder's endorsements. <br /><br />I suspect that Wilder's endorsement isn't as important as it used to be, given the state's demographics. How many new residents have flooded into Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and even Richmond for whom Wilder isn't a factor? <br /><br />That's not to take away from the man's very real accomplishments or his legacy. But for the many people who have moved to our state since the early 1990s, Virginia's past politics is just not that relevant. They are interested in what a candidate can do to help them today.Karen Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-38242989508134811862009-09-28T16:26:17.282-04:002009-09-28T16:26:17.282-04:00Obama and Kaine sure thought it was important for ...Obama and Kaine sure thought it was important for Wilder to endorse Deeds. I will give you a Afor a great spin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-13603889991388561912009-09-25T09:36:14.954-04:002009-09-25T09:36:14.954-04:00This may come as a shock, so brace yourself:
Nobo...This may come as a shock, so brace yourself:<br /><br />Nobody cares what Wilder thinks.<br /><br />Most Virginians don't even know that he used to be the first mulatto Governor in America. If he wasn't our first partly Black Governor, nothing about his term in office would be worthy of note. <br /><br />This is the Twenty-first Century and we are moving beyond the era of racial politics, walking around money and the days when you had to pay-off the Black preachers to get their flocks to fall into line behind a candidate.<br /><br />I strongly suspect that the Deeds campaign refused to pay for the endorsement, because they realize that there is no value in it, so they didn't get it.J. Tyler Ballancehttp://www.fireeatersscv.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-10098972856732791872009-09-25T04:01:32.320-04:002009-09-25T04:01:32.320-04:00It is very unfortunate the Doug Wilder has put his...It is very unfortunate the Doug Wilder has put his own issues ahead of what is best for Virginia. He definitely put his own priorities ahead of anything else as noted by his non-endorsement speaking about himself and what he wants. As I've said before my respect for Creigh has grown even more throughout this whole mess because he didn't change who he is in order to gain Wilder's endorsement.<br /><br />In all, I don't think this is really going to matter as much as Wilder wants it too. People will move on pretty quickly once Barack Obama comes and starts campaigning for him, especially down in Wilder's neck of the woods. The scary this is and I don't think even Shelia Johnson realized this and this is the fact that their actions also hurt both Jody Wagner and Steve Shannon in their races because it's a slap in the face to the entire statewide ticket. Neither of them have vocally came out in support of either of them which could tell a lot of independent voters that they also aren't on board with their candidacies. <br /><br />Hopefully this will put Doug Wilder into his appropriate place in Virginia history which should be completely irrelevant and one who has put his own interests ahead of the citizens he once represented. Clearly he has forgotten what it's like to represent all of Virginia.<br /><br />***And for the record, my previous comments elsewhere have indicated that I could have really cared less on who he endorsed. (I don't see him as very relevant anymore in Virginia politics) My issue is his reasoning, logic and self interests he used in coming to his decision.***Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08981092788498013820noreply@blogger.com