On Saturday, McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer said McCain would do well in the “real Virginia” which, by her definition, means anyplace south of NoVa. Which would seem to include the heavily Obama-leaning Charlottesville, no?
It’s been five months since Satellite Ballroom closed, yet the Facebook group, “Coran Capshaw, Save Satellite Ballroom!” still has 1,000 members, says Cavalier Daily columnist Isaac Wood, which just shows how urgently Charlottesville needs a mid-sized music venue. Wood’s solution: Get the University Programs Council (UPC) involved.
I am sorry to report that I have not yet received my McCain robocall informing me of Obama’s terrorist-lovin’ ways. In the leadup to the Virginia primary several months ago, Mr. McCain contacted me twice, robotically, to tell me that he is a proud Republican in the mold of Ronald Reagan (heavy emphasis on the mold).
For 58 minutes, the University of Virginia football team appeared doomed to lose on a chilly, overcast afternoon in Scott Stadium. Though they were only down 10-3 and about to get the ball,
A wee roundup of favorite green reads from the recent world of cyber. Greywater systems, urban bears, and a local no-buy pledge.
In its latest edition, “Recruiting Success,†Diverse magazine pays homage to UVA’s efforts to create a diverse community.
A lot of people, myself included, were taken aback by McCain’s mockery of concern for the “health of the mother” as an “extreme pro-abortion position” in the debate the other night. But if McCain’s actual record on reproductive rights were more widely discussed in this election, his comment might not have come as such a big surprise.
And you thought that great big “A.M.” image to the right had to do with time. Shame on you.
Senator Jim Webb told a Roanoke crowd Friday that Virginians and Americans will welcome the 14th U.S. president whose lineage reaches to the Appalachian mountains when Barack Obama is elected, according to a CBS News post.
If you have already chosen an outfit for Election Day that shows your support for either candidate, alas, put it back in your closet.