Ken Cuccinelli

Susan B. Anthony List Inaugurates Pro-Cuccinelli Campaign With a Blatant Lie

Submitted by Miranda Blue on Wednesday, 5/1/2013 2:11 pm

The anti-choice Susan B. Anthony List made headlines in Virginia last week when it released the first paid advertisement in the gubernatorial battle between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. The problem is that the centerpiece of the ad, the first in what SBA List promises will be a $1.5 million campaign to support Cuccinelli, is a blatant lie.

The SBA List ad discusses new “TRAP” regulations passed by the Virginia Department of Health and aggressively pushed by Cuccinelli, which burden abortion clinics with unneccessary restrictions in order to shut them down. The ad claims that McAuliffe, by opposing the new regulations, “refuses to require women’s health clinics to provide the same sanitary environment we expect of dental offices and hospitals.”

Politifact Virginia discovers that not only is this claim blatantly false, but Susan B. Anthony List doesn’t even try to back it up with evidence:

We asked Mallory Quigley, a spokeswoman for the PAC and the Susan B. Anthony List, for proof of the ad’s claim. She provided no facts. “We — meaning Virginia women — expect a safe, sanitary environment inside abortion clinics, places that should be regulated at least as strict as dental offices and in fact, even stricter — like hospitals — which are mentioned immediately after that,” she wrote in an email.

The ad implies that prior to the new regulations, abortion clinics were allowed to operate at lower sanitary standards than dental offices. There’s no evidence to support that. They were treated pretty much the same.

Not that this is a huge surprise coming from the Susan B. Anthony list, which has never bothered itself too much with the truth. After all, even the organization’s name is based on a gross distortion of American history.

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Cuccinelli Removes Web Pages to Hide Record On Immigration

Submitted by Libby on Thursday, 3/21/2013 12:43 pm

With Republicans in Washington looking to moderate the party’s rhetoric on immigration, Virginia Attorney General – and gubernatorial candidate – Ken Cuccinelli is attempting to airbrush his anti-immigration record by removing material from his website. Unfortunately for Cuccinelli, the Internet just doesn’t work that way.

A cached version of his site from February 25th highlights his right-wing record and views. It boasts of his votes against in-state tuition for undocumented students and his crackdowns on hiring undocumented workers. That page is now gone, as are pages opposing gun control and abortion. It seems Cuccinelli thinks he can sidestep his extreme record by simply removing it from his website, or as the Washington Post put it, "Mr. Cuccinelli hasn’t shifted his position; he’s just removed it from public view."

Of course, even the amazing vanishing web pages didn’t include some of Cuccinelli’s most extreme views on immigration, such as his support for Arizona’s SB 1070 and his comparison of immigration policy to pest control. Cuccinelli can play with his website all he likes, but he can’t hide from his extreme, far-right record.

Right Wing Round-Up - 3/20/13

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Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Tuesday, 11/27/2012 6:33 pm

Sex, Lies, and Bloodlust: What the Values Voter Summit Tells us About the Religious Right and the Republican Party

Submitted by Peter Montgomery on Monday, 9/17/2012 1:18 pm
During this past weekend’s Values Voter Summit, the annual family reunion of the far right, RWW posted many memorable video highlights. What does it all tell us about the Religious Right and today’s Republican Party? First are foremost, Republican leaders are unwilling to distance themselves from the far-right fringes of their base, especially in an election year in which conservative evangelical voters are not tremendously excited about Mitt Romney. Romney took a pass this year, and it’s not hard to understand why. Last year, organizers maliciously put him on stage right before the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer, who had ridiculed Romney’s Mormonism. A supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry denounced Mormonism as a cult, and the flap over Romney’s faith was the dominant story coming out of the gathering. It was much safer to let Paul Ryan represent the ticket this year, and to have other speakers like Rick Santorum and Rick Scarborough ensure evangelicals that voting for Romney was in fact a good thing. Romney did send a tepidly-received video, which seemed almost an afterthought. What is motivating these activists is not enthusiasm for Romney but their hostility toward the Obama administration.

Ken Cuccinelli Praises Far-Right 'LifeSiteNews,' says Website is 'the Homepage for one of the Computers in our House'

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Wednesday, 5/9/2012 12:15 pm

The ultraconservative website LifeSiteNews today is boasting that Ken Cuccinelli, the Attorney General of Virginia and a leading candidate for Governor, told a gathering of activists from groups such as the American Life League and the Campaign Life Coalition, which founded LifeSiteNews, that he uses the website as part of his anti-choice activism:

Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is one of the rising stars on the national pro-life stage – and he reads and supports LifeSiteNews.com.

LifeSiteNews.com is “the homepage for one of the computers in our house,” the eloquent lawyer and former Virginia state senator told a gathering of influential members of the pro-life movement at the website’s 15 anniversary gala in Herndon, Virginia, on April 28. During his 20-minute speech to a special VIP event before the banquet dinner, he said to advocates for the unborn, “You’ve got to have the tools, the information. That’s what you get from LifeSiteNews.”

He said that often when reading the website’s stories he says to himself, “I haven’t read this anywhere else.”

“I’m very appreciative of that fact,” he said. “And we use it. And we’ve learned from it.”

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He closed by thanking LifeSiteNews.com founder Steve Jalsevac by name and “all the reporters…for the work you all do to give us that ammunition to convert the other side in the battle we’re in for life.”

This is the same website that demanded the Catholic Church excommunicate Democratic politicians, maintained that feminists were to blame for the Costa Concordia disaster, compares gays and lesbians to pagans and fervently supports ex-gay ‘reparative’ therapy. Jalsevac even asked for donations to promote “freedom from the homosexual lifestyle”:

With the enthusiastic help of the rich, the powerful, and the famous, and the all-too-willing mainstream media, the tactics of the “gay pride” agenda are proving to be frighteningly successful - to the detriment of the family, traditional sexual ethics…and our freedoms.

Have no doubt about it. Many gay rights activists are not satisfied with mere “tolerance” - they want acceptance, even if it tramples on our basic rights. Already we are seeing devout Christians losing jobs, being fined, and being ostracized, simply for speaking up in defense of the family.

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As I was standing watching Sunday’s Gay Pride parade, I was filled with sadness for all the lost, confused souls who were participating in it.

The fact is, despite the unprecedented levels of social acceptance for homosexuality, the gay community continues to be plagued by soaring levels of deadly sexually transmitted diseases, drug abuse, depression, and suicide. And no wonder!

We know that only God can provide the peace and happiness for which we all crave. What could be more opposed to this than the promiscuous gay lifestyle?

As our editor-in-chief, John-Henry Westen, wrote last week, it isn’t acceptance that homosexuals need. It’s freedom from the homosexual lifestyle, and all its dangers and miseries.

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So please, for our culture, our children, and for the homosexuals themselves, who are in need of God’s love and freedom from the homosexual lifestyle, please consider making a donation to LSN today.
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Susan B. Anthony List Inaugurates Pro-Cuccinelli Campaign With a Blatant Lie
SUBMITTED BY: Miranda Blue, Wednesday 05/01/2013, 2:11pm
The anti-choice Susan B. Anthony List made headlines in Virginia last week when it released the first paid advertisement in the gubernatorial battle between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. The problem is that the centerpiece of the ad, the first in what SBA List promises will be a $1.5 million campaign to support Cuccinelli, is a blatant lie. The SBA List ad discusses new “TRAP” regulations passed by the Virginia Department of Health and aggressively pushed by Cuccinelli, which burden abortion clinics with unneccessary restrictions in... MORE >
Right Wing Round-Up - 4/4/13
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Thursday 04/04/2013, 5:33pm
Jeremy Hooper: NOM's Ruth Institute claimed it had Chicago Bears' support; was intercepted; fumbled. Matt Gertz @ Media Matters: NY Times Hides Extremism Of Fringe Gun Lobby Group. Rob Boston @ Wall of Separation: Profiting The Prophet?: Tenn. Legislators Fear Voucher Bill Will Subsidize Islamic Schools. Adam Serwer @ Mother Jones: Cuccinelli Campaign Won't Say If He's Committed Any Crimes Against Nature. Warren Throckmorton: Author endorsed by David Barton claims founding of America was prophesied in Genesis. Aviva Shen @ Think Progress: Head Of Gun... MORE >
Right Wing Round-Up - 4/3/13
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Wednesday 04/03/2013, 5:35pm
Michael B. Keegan @ Huffington Post: Mark Sanford: No Gays on the Appalachian Trail. Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Arms Treaty creates strange bedfellows. Joseph L. Conn @ Wall of Separation: States’ Rights And Religion: North Carolina Legislators Say U.S. Constitution Doesn’t Apply To Them. Lou Chibbaro Jr. @ The Washington Blade: Cuccinelli challenges Va. sodomy ruling. Timothy Johnson @ Media Matters: Huckabee Suggests Gun Violence Prevention Efforts Could Be A Step Towards A Nazi-Style Dictatorship. Josh Feldman @ Mediaite: Bill O’Reilly Blows Up... MORE >
Cuccinelli Removes Web Pages to Hide Record On Immigration
SUBMITTED BY: Libby, Thursday 03/21/2013, 12:43pm
With Republicans in Washington looking to moderate the party’s rhetoric on immigration, Virginia Attorney General – and gubernatorial candidate – Ken Cuccinelli is attempting to airbrush his anti-immigration record by removing material from his website. Unfortunately for Cuccinelli, the Internet just doesn’t work that way. A cached version of his site from February 25th highlights his right-wing record and views. It boasts of his votes against in-state tuition for undocumented students and his crackdowns on hiring undocumented workers. That page is now gone, as are... MORE >
Right Wing Round-Up - 3/20/13
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Wednesday 03/20/2013, 5:33pm
Alex Seitz-Wald @ Salon: Michele Bachmann runs away from reporter. Josh Israel @ Think Progress: Assassination ‘Joke’ Sheriff Doubles Down, Compares Critics To Nazis. Noah Rothman @ Mediaite: Michael Steele Claims He Can Beat Up ‘Numb Nuts’ RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. Justin Berrier @ Media Matters: Fox Guest Pushes Debunked Link Between Abortion, Mental Issues. Benjy Sarlin @ TPM: Ken Cuccinelli Takes Down His ‘Immigration’ Issues Page. David Weigel @ Slate: The Tea Party Caucus is Dead and That's Okay. MORE >
Right Wing Round-Up - 1/23/13
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Wednesday 01/23/2013, 6:36pm
PFAW: PFAW Urges Congress to Pass Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act. Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Cuccinelli claims King legacy in fight against contraception. Ian Millhiser @ Think Progress: House GOP To Supreme Court: Gay People Are Too Powerful To Get Equal Rights. McKay Coppins  & Benny Johnson @ BuzzFeed: Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton Planned To Get Emotional To Evade Questions. Eric Lach @ TPM: The History Of The Prepper Paradise Known As The Citadel. Tim Murphy @ Mother Jones: Steve Stockman is the Nuttiest Freshman in Congress—Again. MORE >
Right Wing Round-Up - 12/3/12
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Monday 12/03/2012, 6:37pm
Noah Rothman @ Mediaite: Grover Norquist: ‘Tea Party 2 Is Going To Dwarf Tea Party 1 If Obama Pushes Us Off The Cliff.’ Josh Israel @ Think Progress: Meet Gubernatorial Candidate Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s Todd Akin. Alan Colmes: Soon-To-Be-Former Rep. Allen West Compares Himself To Abraham Lincoln. Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Jan Brewer struggles to draw a crowd. TFN Insider: Is This One of David Barton’s Favorite Winger Websites? MORE >
Right Wing Round-Up - 11/27/12
SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Tuesday 11/27/2012, 6:33pm
TFN Insider: David Barton Repeats Zombie Lie about President Obama and Thanksgiving. Leah Nelson @ Hatewatch: In New Novel, Glenn Beck Warns of Squirrel-Worshipping Socialists. Joe.My.God: Scott Lively: God Totally Exploded A Strip Club Because I Prayed For It To Happen. Jeremy Hooper: Chick-fil-A sticks with 'holiday', understandably; AFA continues to ignore it, hypocritically. Jim Burroway @ Box Turtle Bulletin: U.S. State Dept. Envoy Meets With Ugandan Leaders on Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Josh Israel @ Think Progress: Virginia Attorney General... MORE >