Allen campaign reaches out to social conservatives
By JR Hoeft | Friday, April 8th, 2011 | Politics
Then Gov. George Allen signs the Virginia Parental Notification Act in 1997.
Yes. You read that right.
“Conservative Leadership. Proven Results” – that’s what the former governor and U.S. Senator wants you to know and remember about him.
It is not even remotely close to when campaigns send out mailers, but the Allen campaign is “taking nothing for granted,” said Katie Wright, campaign spokeswoman, and is ready to remind voters of Allen’s conservative credentials.
In the mailer, voters are reminded that it was Governor George Allen who ensured the landmark Parental Notification bill passed through the General Assembly 14 years ago and that he has a 100% rating from National Right to Life during his first term in the U.S. Senate.
“As Governor and Senator, George Allen has always stood strong for Virginia families. He has a proven record of defending the rights of the unborn and we need his pro-life leadership in Washington, D.C,” says Kay Cole James in the mailer.
“[George Allen] has consistently supported pro-life issues and always stands up for the unborn. His conservative leadership is needed more than ever in Washington, D.C,” endorsed Louise Hartz, Former President, Virginia Society for Human Life.
And, former Delegate Tom Gear said, “As Governor, George Allen used his veto power to ensure a true Parental Notification bill became law. He stands firm when others may waiver. George Allen will be a champion for Virginia families in the U.S. Senate.”
It is crystal clear that the Allen campaign is reaching out in this mailer to social conservatives to remind them that he has been a strong advocate and results-driven leader on social issues.
As an added bonus, although the campaign downplays the early polling, the mailer also points out that Allen leads amongst his GOP competitors in the primary and is nine points ahead of Kaine in a head-to-head match-up, according to “The Hill.” (he leads by 13 in a recent Roanoke College poll)
Make no mistake, Allen is reaching out to the grassroots to gain their trust. The question is, can he get fiscal and social conservatives on the same page?
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14 Responses to "Allen campaign reaches out to social conservatives"
WTI is at $112.50. U.S. considering sending troops into Libya: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1374736/US-troops-Libya-Army-General-Carter-Ham-opens-door-ground-deployment.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
D’s and R’s quibbling over $30 Billion in a $1,500 Billion deficit.
Leadership: “Let’s talk about abortion.”
http://archive.ontheissues.org/2008/George_Allen_Abortion.htm
Then WTF George?
http://conservativeculture.com/index.php/2006/08/george-allen-owns-stock-in-abortion-pill-company/
So George, did you sell your holdings in Barr Pharma? You know, the abortion pill manufacturer?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801323.html
Ken Blackwell did but you made excuses.. A true social conservative when convenient ey..
JamieJacoby,
I agree. It’s nuts. A misdirection so as not to deal with the real issues – everyone can go back to playing their normal roles. It’s comfortable there.
It’s the fiscal conservatives that Allen would most need to convince except for the fact that he’s running against Kaine. Of course Kaine understands his problem better than Allen if his BD ad on the mast is any indication.
Jamie, Sara: Yep. It is odd.
Turbo: So is Steve Newman — of Marshall-Newman fame — suspect to the Christian Right too? He’s a lobbyist for Barr.
I wonder if Allen got his stock at a good price for the money he gave Barr to locate here.
It is good to see George is focusing on the important fiscal and economic issues.
When does this ’80s nightmarish obsession with social issues eend for the GOP? There is a whole bunch of independent voters out there dying for a reasonable political party to vote for, but the more the GOP focuses on this sort of stuff, the more that group will stay idle/trend leftwards.
Rinolove says
“It is good to see George is focusing on the important fiscal and economic issues.”
Are you paying any attention to the post above or are you just trolling?
What about the leftist obsession with their social/Big Brother control issues? How about their lovefest with sharia law? Is that ok with you? How socially intrusive have Republican Presidents and Congresses been in practice? Not very much as far as I can tell.
I tend to agree that social issues are best left to state and local communities where there presumably are some shared values. However, that is anathema to the leftists but more likely to be persuasive to the conservatives.
If some of you actually think that Allen hasn’t been paying attention to or talking about other issues, then I’m afraid you’re the ones who are ill informed. Follow him on Facebook for a week or so. He’s constantly giving his opinions on energy, no Libya, on the budget.
Abortion not an issue? Are you not paying attention to one of the main reasons Harry Reid is holding up the budget? And even here you’ve got Turbo trotting out the old line about how Allen’s not good enough for the pro-life movement. Still National Right to Life rates him at 100% for his actual voting record.
Perhaps the real issue here is that, unlike other candidates in the race, George Allen can competently talk about more than one issue at a time.
rinolove,
You don’t get it. Failure to address social issues has economic impacts in outlying years. One of the best ways to curb social spending is to legislate a firm moral baseline to try to prevent society from sliding into a moral quagmire.
Yes, Huckabee 2012!
Henry,
IMO you have it exactly backwards. Loose money and the resultant false plenty are the great destructors of morality. They encourage humans to abandon thrift and hard work and embrace sloth and self-indulgence.
In other words, expansive monetary policy and fiscal extravagance make people think life is easier than it really is, that there will always be good times and if not then a safety net to catch you, so you don’t have to be careful, work hard, save money, or be an honest and trustworthy member of your community.
Should I save money against a rainy day and for my own retirement, or should I borrow against my home equity and go to the casino and have fun? If the fruits of my labor are precious to me because they are hard to come by and somewhat scarce, I will pay close attention to how they are used. Otherwise, it’s part time, because the good times will always be here and tomorrow is left for tomorrow.
And if that is true, to whom’s door do we trace the easy-money credit bubble that started in 1981?
*party time
Back to the subject, which was Allen’s pro-life mailer. I guess one could call it a pre-emptive strike on his part against an attack by the pro-lifers. And it’s very early, so it won’t have much legs left by the time of the General election. Still, one reason Allen lost (Macaca Moment notwithstanding) was the hard-right campaign he ran on the very issues that are designed to gin up the hard right but really turn off everyone else: Abortion, guns and gays. While I held my nose and voted for Allen that year (time has proved me right on that one), this same game plan forced me to vote for Kaine for Governor. I explained all this to the VRP and the reply was basically to go f*** myself. I sure as hell hope Allen is not going to run his entire campaign on the same three-legged stool as he did last time.
I guess he’s got to try for social conservatives because he has absolutely NO credibility with honest fiscal conservatives.
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