Rigell, Loyola and Taylor announce endorsements
By JR Hoeft | Friday, January 22nd, 2010 | PoliticsScott Rigell, Ben Loyola, and Scott Taylor all picked up endorsements this week, which each candidate touted in press releases….
Loyola – Major General Tommy Thompson and Paul Galanti. Thompson retired from the Virginia Army National Guard after 36 years of service and Galanti flew 97 combat missions in his A-4C Skyhawk before being shot down and captured on June 17, 1966. He remained a prisoner of war in North Vietnam’s infamous Hanoi Hilton complex for nearly seven years and was released on February 12, 1973.
Taylor – Tangier Island’s Mayor (unnamed) James Eskridge and the community. Taylor said, “Tangier Island is a tight-knit community with high morals. I’m honored to receive this endorsement.”
Rigell – Kay Cole James and Rev. Louis Sheldon – both leaders in the life and family movement. This announcement was made today to coincide with the March for Life and anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. James, who also endorsed Gov. Bob McDonnell, said of Rigell:
“On this, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I can think of few leaders more committed to the sanctity of human life and building a culture of life than Scott Rigell. He is the type of man that the voters of Hampton Roads, where I was born and raised, can count on to stand up for our values of life and liberty in the United States Congress. I am proud to endorse Scott Rigell for Congress.”
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18 Responses to "Rigell, Loyola and Taylor announce endorsements"
Kay Cole James is an amazing person; I remember her when she was at Regent and her amazing life story when she served under Governor Allen. She is one of the leading African-American conservatives in the country. Congrats to Rigell for being the only candidate for Congress to point out the anniversary of Roe v Wade; truly one of the worst Supreme Court rulings.
Rigell seems to have the support of both wings of the party; social conservatives and those in the business community. Great race!
Scott Rigell has the clear backing of the hard working, conservative and justice seeking indivduals in this district. Combined with his business acumen, he is formidable and up to the task. GO SCOTT!
Here we go again, Rigell’s paid staff and family. blah blah blah
These endorsements are great for Rigell. He is a strong social conservative and these endorsements help solidify that for people who don’t know him personally. I’m glad to see he’s brought up Roe v. Wade as well.
Go Scott (Taylor) Go!!
Kay Cole James is an impressive leader in American politics today. She has been at the forefront of the Pro-Life movement for 15+ years and will continue well after the 2nd District Primary.
Politically speaking this is an important endorsement. James’s relevance in politics today can’t be minimized by categorizing her as merely representing a demographic. For those who don’t know, James is a primary leader in the conservative right to life movement, the conservative African American movement and obviously conservative women. Her accomplishments as founder of the Gloucester Institute should be an example to anyone looking to establish a conservative activist movement.(Look it up on Google-it’s an awesome project). She is committed to advancing principles in government and not individual personalities. Aside from this key endorsement every republican reading this should thank God that we have strong leaders like Kay Cole James working in the conservative movement.
I’m not a member of Kay Cole James family or staff, or Rigell’s for that matter, I’m just a an activist who recognizes the relevance of this endorsement. That said endorsements are usually meaningless, but there are a few that carry something behind them. They bolster the reputations and positions of the people endorsed; however, endorsements only are meaningful if they bring supporters to the contest. Seldom do they pan out for more than just another name on a flier or web site. occasionally they carry weight. Kay Cole James endorsement carries weight in the 2nd. Congratulations to Scott Rigell on this important endorsement.
It is important that we have a candidate who understands pro-life issues, business issues, and national security issues. I think Scott Rigell puts it all together.
Integrity,
is this a joke? Aren’t all the candidates Pro-life? Yes Rigell is a good businessman. Nation Security? listen to his audio- He said he has traveled and watches the history channel. This is what I think of when I think a candidate has national security experience. Please, don’t insult the other candidates again. You have got to be joking us.
Richard-
I think James is impressive, but the other two endorsements are impressive too. Thompson is a hero and Tangier went over 250 votes to 4 to the Governor. I don’t think James will bring Rigell that many votes.
Jared,
No, all the candidates are not pro-life. I’ll leave it to you to sort out who is and isn’t, but they are not all pro-life.
Jared, none of these candidates have experience developing national security or foreign policy. None. And by the way members of Congress don’t execute national security or foreign policy, except Pelosi in Syria which is another story. Congress is an oversight body. Yes, they do weigh in with laws impacting countries like doing business with Iran or North Korea, but this legislation is typically no-brainers.
Do you really think Loyola as a Navy reservist or Taylor as a former SEAL or Golden as a former Navy captain has real experience in developing national security or foreign policy – they don’t. They execute someone else’s policies, and by the way they were all good at it. But I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we’re not electing an admiral from the Second District.
We are hoping to elect someone with good thinking skills and a well-rounded background on the hope that they they, and their like-minded colleagues in Congress, get it right in their oversight abilities.
Any of these candidates would do a fine job on national security or foreign policy issues.
If your argument held water, than it would be the same for a businessman. It’s not the Government’s job to create them.
Jared,
Not one of these candidates thinks that the government is the creator of jobs. Government does, however, determine if a business will be allowed to thrive or be suffocated with regulation and taxes. A businessman knows first hand the environment needed to help small businesses thrive and what kills our businesses. It is indeed a relevant qualification.
Ron & Jared, I notice that neither of you have mentioned Brigadier General Bert Mizusawa.
“none of these candidates have experience developing national security or foreign policy” – Ron Mexico
Well, maybe those other candidates don’t. Brigadier General Bert Mizusawa does.
From 1995 to 1998, Bert was appointed to the Professional Staff of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee where he assisted the Republican Chairman with oversight of national defense. In 1996, he authored the national security platform adopted at the Republican National Convention.
He also was head of the Department of the Army’s interagency and international affairs.
The fact that Bert has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, has a Harvard Law Degree and is the President/Founder of Paxcentric as additional credentials doesn’t hurt either.
No, I’m not pulling for Bert yet. (thinking about it) Just pointing out the glaring omission.
Yes Reid,
you are right. Everyone in the field has “business” experience and the common sense to fight to lower taxes and regulations. Well rounded, is the right description I think. With your definition, it really doesn’t matter who has been in business the longest. It’s pretty easy to see what needs to be done.
Kenny Golden served as deputy director and director in J5 and J8 commands at Joint Forces Command. He oversaw national security strategy planning, force deployments, and tons of other things. He was trusted by the Navy and the US government to represent US foreign policy at Oxford University as a Hudson Fellow and hes been the commanding officer of ships that lead numerous exercises with foreign navy’s. Kenny served more time commanding ships and task forces than Bert spent on active duty in the army. Kenny spent 31 years in the navy, everyone else boasts about long careers, but they are all in the reserves which is totally different and less demanding. Bert certainly has foreign policy experience, I just think Kenny has far more, and to say that neither of them have experience is a total insult to the careers and service of both these patriots.
Ron, you don’t have a clue about the candidates or their experience with foreign policy and to assume so is ignorant. Some the candidates have experience that goes far beyond their Reserve or Active Duty service.
As a government contractor I recently attended a briefing by Loyola’s company and the national security work they are doing overseas.
Loyola has a team currently in Saudi Arabia providing advisory support to the Saudi Government. They have an upcoming contract to support the Georgian Government to provide training services and assist the Gorgia in working with NATO. Loyola just had a team return from Basra and Oman to provide consulting and advisory services for the US State Department and an Intelligence agency.
Loyola has over the past several years worked in Tajikistan, Estonia, Poland, Serbia, and Uzbekistan, Serbia, Taiwan, Jordan, and Azerbaijan providing policy liaison and national security support to these governments at the request of the US Government.
Loyola, when asked questions about this support indicated that the work was via contracts with the Program Executive Office for Simulation Training and Instrumentation. Apparently this is a fairly large component of his business.
My brother Ron would rather elect candidates who campaign over a house in DC.
Erm… the potential congressfolks won’t be legislating abortion. The relevance of their positions on it is debatable.
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