As we gather today with friends and family to recognize and give thanks for our countless blessings, Maureen and I wanted to take a moment to wish you and your loved ones a very happy Thanksgiving.This is our second Thanksgiving in the Executive Mansion. It is such an incredible honor to serve as Governor of Virginia, and every day Maureen and I are reminded of the historic nature of our responsibility and opportunity, and we never forget that we would not be in this position without you: your hard work, sacrifices, time, commitment and support. We are thankful and blessed for the trust you have placed in us, and every day I work to honor that trust by remaining focused on building a Commonwealth of Opportunity in Virginia, making it the best place in America to live, work and raise a family.

We are also thankful this weekend for an opportunity to spend time with our children….in a unique way. On Saturday, the Executive Mansion will be, like a lot of Virginia homes, a “House Divided!” We will all be in Charlottesville watching Bobby and Sean’s Hoos take on Rachel’s Hokies! While this game will determine who wins the ACC Coastal Division, it also should remind us again how fortunate we are to be Virginians. Here in the Commonwealth, the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech are winning on the field, and off. No matter what side you take in this rivalry, we can all agree that Coaches Mike London and Frank Beamer and their talented student-athletes are tremendous representativesof our state.

We hope you are taking time this weekend, too, to share laughs and good memories with family and friends that you love and care about. In this day and age the time to unwind and enjoy each other’s company is more precious than ever.Before we settled into the long holiday weekend we did ensure that one tradition continued. Below is the official 2011 Thanksgiving Proclamation issued by our office. If you have a moment, you may enjoy reading it. It reminds us that while all Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, only Virginians can take credit for starting the holiday!  Another remarkable fact about our historic Commonwealth.

Again, Maureen and I wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving, and our best wishes for a joyful holiday season.

Bobby and Sean say Go Hoos. Rachel says Go Hokies…

…..and to humor their dad they are letting me add in, as always, Go Irish!

Sincerely,

Bob McDonnell
Governor of Virginia

2011 Thanksgiving Proclamation from Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell

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6 Responses to "From Gov. Bob McDonnell … Happy Thanksgiving!"

1. 

   Oldgeezer November 25, 2011 11:06 am

   “Smaller Government, Stronger Economy” Agenda Focused on Fiscal Responsibility and Job Creation proposed by Governor McDonnell.

   I like that.

   Much better then the Larger Government, Weaker Economy Agenda Focused on Fiscal Diaster and Job Destruction proposed by Barry and the Democrats.

2. 

   LittleDavid November 25, 2011 11:15 am

   Many thanks to our Governor for providing all the new tolls we will be dealing with in the future. They couldn’t have been done without him. (Sarcasm)

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   Oldgeezer November 26, 2011 06:49 am

   Acually I HATE paying tolls and am less then pleased with Virginia Republicans on this one. Perhaps that should be a temporary tax to be replaced by the revenue from off-shore oil. There could well be HUGE amounts of oil off of Virginia’s coast. The sooner that oil revenue start flowing into Richmond, the happier Virginia Politicians will be. What if so much money is flowing into Richmond that the Politicians can not even think of enough ways to spend it and are forced to give $10,000 a year to every Virginia Citizen just to get rid of the excess money.

   Drill, Baby, Drill.

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   LittleDavid November 26, 2011 12:49 pm

   Drill baby drill, but also encourage conservation.

   In my opinion, we need to do both to break our addiction to foreign oil. Raising the price of fuel rewards those who help conserve and penalizes fuel guzzlers. Why not kill multiple birds with one stone? Even the environmentalists will sign up because it motivate less green house gas emissions.

   I think that is where the problem lies. If environmentalists are in favor of it, it automatically must be wrong. They will ignore the benefits to reducing our dependence on foreign oil, helping to balance the behemoth trade imbalance and all the rest just to disagree with the environmentalists.

   Has anyone ever heard about shooting yourself in the foot before you go into battle?

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   Constitutional Reset November 26, 2011 19:48 pm

   Speaking of historic opportunity:

   Virginia has a history that caused her to become the mother of FF presidents.
   That history still shows within the extraordinary beauty of Virginia’s constituion and statutes.
   Virginia’s law is still enables her to save the constitutional republic of the United States if she will first save herself from the custom of cavalier conceits of authority whose toxic culture came to the ‘Old Dominion’ with refugees from the English Civil War.
   Virginia appears to be the only state that has a law equivalent to VA18.2-481(5) where ‘Resisting the execution of the laws under the color of its authority’ is defined as ‘Statutory Treason’.
   In 1619 slavery had no lawful basis under the English common law written upon the hearts of its people – Slavery in Virginia started as no more than the cavalier criminal conceit of ‘Our law will not protect you – as far as you are concerned I am the law’. That purely criminal evil is still with us and is conclusively evidened by EVERY officer of our courts – Yet, if confronted and pardoned by our Governor upon the penitent virtue of toothy parole oath that evil can be removed from Virginia’s future.
   Yes, and even our country’s future because every Virginia federal judge is still a memeber of the Virginia Bar , still an officer of the courts of Virginia, and so deemed by the presumptions of Virginia law to professionally know the law so that they must recognize VA18.2-481(5) felony when it occurs and so are conclusively evidenced as having at LEAST criminally perpetrated felony VA18.2-482 ‘Misprision of Treason’.
   ALL such offiers must plead for pardon or eventually be condemned by our law – under God – that requires that ALL felony, and conditions that foster felony, be presented to a grand jury until the felony is properly judged. Our Governor’s pardon is the best and only way out of the felony condemnation due every lawyer and judge in Virginia, INCLUDING Virginia’s federal judges!

   ‘Constitution Reset’ naturally cascading from Virginia can gently and gracefully save our country.

   The Question that remains is ‘Does Virgina still have the heart to raise leaders ready to face God.’

6. 

   Susan Garnett November 27, 2011 16:07 pm

   Why didn’t Governor Bob mention God in his humble address to
   the Commonwealth? What’s wrong with politicians these days? President Obama didn’t mention God either in his Thanksgiving address. Boys, there’s work to be done. Pass a law that mandates that all elected officials must express their love of God and fear of God in every address to the citizenry.
   I want Governor Bob to stay on good terms with the Lord so he can ask Him how the all powerful Republicans are going to fix our transportation woes out of existing revenue. I do believe the ball is completely within their court to do so.