Townhall Magazine Includes McDonnell in “The 100 Americans the Left Hates Most”
By Georgie Gale | Friday, June 25th, 2010 | PoliticsVirginia’s Governor is making a splash across the country in more ways than one. In their July 2010 issue, Townhall Magazine compiled a list of the “100 Americans the Left Hates Most”. And our Governor rings in as #47. He made the top half of the list!
What do you think? Do you agree that Bob McDonnell is so hated? According to the explanation in Townhall Magazine:
After Virginia voted for President Obama during the 2008 election, it was an uphill battle for GOPers to reclaim the traditionally red state. The efficient and effective campaign of Bob McDonnell beat the odds
and rode the wave of political discontent to victory by a huge margin. His gubernatorial victory in Virginia marked the beginning of a conservative political resurgence.
Is this enough to warrant his entry into the top 50 Americans the Left Hates Most? Was it McDonnell’s brilliant campaigning that won the day, or was it a reaction to the growing dissatisfaction with Obama/Pelosi/Reid policies that is returning Virginia to her conservative roots? Does the left so revile him because of the threat he brings to their erstwhile toehold in Virginia’s government?
McDonnell has tried to build a reputation for reaching across the aisle and working in a bipartisan manner to find solutions to Virginia’s problems. Although some may see his priorities as being particularly partisan, he has focused on jobs and economic development – an argument to which it would be difficult to find opposition on either side. He’s for both traditional and renewable sources of energy. He softens his stance on controversial issues. And more than a few rumors are circulating about a potential national run.
So, is Governor McDonnell that controversial and polarizing? Does he split the electorate to the same extreme as our outspoken AG, for instance? What do you think?
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6 Responses to "Townhall Magazine Includes McDonnell in “The 100 Americans the Left Hates Most”"
The governor has a 63% approval rating. Won a good chunk of Democrats and Indpeendents, and hasn’t done much to get them upset at him. How can it be said the left hates him? What is the evidence of their hatred?
Hate or fear?
Congratulations to Virginia’s Governor Bob McDonnell for making the list at #47! A true man of character, who is not afraid to stand up for what is right, and challenge the power of the federal government over the state, when necessary. Congratulations also go to Virginia’s 7th Congressional District representative, and Republican whip, Eric Cantor, for making the top 50!
You have to realize that there doesn’t have to be a logical reason for the left to hate someone. The reason he made the list is simply because they thought they were well into making Virginia a blue state and that his election was a rejection of Obama and the Obama left agenda.
Someday soon, a pundit is going to look behind the curtain and realize the wizard is just all smoke and mirrors. McDonnell has the best press operation I have ever seen. How else could anyone believe that…”he has focused on jobs and economic development….” when in fact his budget requires the firing of some 30,000 or so employees statewide on July 1, and even he admits that economic development is handicapped by the condition of Virginia’s transportation infrastructure, a condition that he and his cohorts in the House of Delegates created by inaction and inattention. Unbelievable.
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