State of the Union response: How Bob McDonnell chose his venue

This use of the state house of delegates was completely inappropriate. The house should look into disciplinary action against the governor. It was use of public property for a partisan agenda, and it was misleading. It made it look like these were lawmakers instead of paid political hacks.

Also, the military person in uniform should be disciplined for taking part in a televised, partisan event and applauding--implying approval of the military.

Here’s a tag cloud of Obama’s 2010 State of the Union Address.
http://robvstate.com/2010/01/27/tag-cloud-of-obamas-2010-state-of-the-union-address/

As a retired member of the U. S. Navy, I was disconcerted to see, siting behind the Governor of Virginia during the rebuttal to the President's speech, an Army sergeant in uniform. We were always told that while on active duty you never appear in uniform at a political event, as the military must not actively participate in politics. Obviously the Joint Chiefs must appear in uniform at the State of the Union, but they did not applaud after any political comments, as did the Army sergeant following the Republican Governor's comments.

Does anyone else think that this looks suspiciously like a paid infomercial? If I order now, do I get a free Cap Snaffler?

The GOP has not only hired crews from FOX News to "produce" tonight's Republican response -- including special lighting, hair styling and makeup -- but they have actually trucked (bussed) in a fake audience, mainly from the Virginia Beach area (howdy, Pat!) to applaud wildly, maybe touch hands like Jay Leno's creepy crowd, and perform standing ovations where the script, and the FOX director, commands.

Who pays for this use of the statehouse chambers is anyone's guess.

But I imagine it won't be Fox News.

All McDonnell will do is make a fool of himself on national TV and tick off the tea party base. He's a moderate. They'll never stand for that...

http://www.political-buzz.com/