Tom Perriello is on the attack.
In a statement released today, Perriello, Democratic candidate for the Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District, slammed opponent and incumbent Republican Virgil Goode for the current economic crisis, more specifically the news of Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy and the imminent sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America.
“The failed economic policies of the Bush-Goode years rear their ugly head yet again," said Perriello in his press release. "This is another financial crisis that Virginia’s middle class families cannot afford.”
On the jobs front, Perriello attributes the loss of jobs in Southside to Congressman Goode’s attention to corporate interests, “Southside has lost over 10,000 jobs on Congressman Goode’s watch. It’s not surprising that when you take $1.5 million in campaign contributions from the special interests, you protect giant corporations again and again while middle class families pay the price.”
The last time Tom Perriello faced Goode was on September 3, at the Danville debate, where he criticized the Republican incumbent on national security and immigration.
