tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post2374555175737761063..comments2024-03-28T04:52:18.318-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall is dumb as a rockBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-73815682939715266392011-01-03T16:20:44.609-05:002011-01-03T16:20:44.609-05:00I have been dealing with Bob Mrsahll ever since I ...I have been dealing with Bob Mrsahll ever since I moved into his 13th House of Delgate's district in 1999.<br /><br />I am a native Virginian although I did live out of state for a period of about 7 or 8 years during upper elementary school and high school.<br /><br />I come from a long line of vrigninas who trace their ancestry back to Colonial Times and before that!<br /><br />Numerous members of my father's family reside in Virginia.<br /><br />I am not happy with anything which Bob Mrsahll says or does when he invovkes his relgious ideology as a reason for his actions.<br /><br />I do not share Bob mrsahll's relgious faith. I thought that separation between Church and state was one of the tenets of the Consitution. In fact, this implied separation is appended to the second amendment.<br /><br /> That is a curious place to put it-- maybe it implies that someone ought to hunt down and shoot Constitutional heretics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-10581308126354380252011-01-03T16:14:02.547-05:002011-01-03T16:14:02.547-05:00I have invited Bob Marsahll to post his IQ or high...I have invited Bob Marsahll to post his IQ or highlest test score on any psycho-educational test deemed suitable for Mensa Eligibiltiy. If Bob would coooperate, we may be abel to resolve whether in fact he operates as a "svant" or that he truely posesses signficant intellectual deficits.<br /><br /> I have been a member fo American mensa , ltd. since 1986. I posess two master's degrees and three undergradaute degrees. I have been unable to obtain any suitabel teaching postion wihtin my field the entire time I have resided in Virginia. So ipso facto!<br /><br /> At any rate, it was a revelation to me that God punsihes women who abort their first berm by causing them to produce chidlren with birth defect. I was born with two clubbed feet; oen foot was not corrected that well; and I presently have knee problems. So, I guess I must blame my mother. Alhtough unbeknownst to me, she must have had an abortion between it was legal because i was born with signficant birthdefects. However, to the best of my knowedge, I am her only child and the only chidl which she was capapble of bearing.<br /><br />So what does Bob Mrsahll know?<br /><br />I guess that Neil Cavuto on Fox News is the product of a woman who must have aborted her first pregancy, too.<br /><br />As for Bob Marshall-- who knows. Pesoanlly, I believe that he is an alien transplant from Area 51 in teh Nevada Desert, but the articel claims that he was born in marland! Is there a difference? Deos having a Marland who ascribeds to strange relgious notions make him right for Vrignina?<br /><br />At any rate, I wish he would disclose his IQ-- and MMPI score too if he has one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-11201855741552647752010-03-04T21:12:41.352-05:002010-03-04T21:12:41.352-05:00Borepatch - I don't insist that anyone entirel...Borepatch - I don't insist that anyone entirely agree with me. I am happy when the cup is half full. Unless we are 80 percent wrong, then we should be pleased with any politician we can agree with 80 percent of the time.<br /><br />Is Marshall right on the science? There is more to it than what he had in that little blurb in his speech. He has a 109 document he wrote on his website. You can read it.<br /><br />My main point, however (and you seem to agree), is that no one is one dimensional. Because he is smart and does his homework, Marshall is one of the most significant political leaders in our state. Yet based on that stupid quote in what passes for news these days, you would never know it. <br /><br />The article that started this mess was written by journalism student. Until they realized it was a "great" hatchet piece, the regular press apparently did not take Marshall's comment that way.Citizen Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090607751638859650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-40963900970736904052010-03-04T19:20:35.700-05:002010-03-04T19:20:35.700-05:00Tom, thanks for stopping by and commenting, and pr...Tom, thanks for stopping by and commenting, and providing some background. I went back and re-read my post, and would like to add this:<br /><br />1. Marshall sounds like a guy that I'd vote for, at least compared to the expected competition in NOVA (I used to live in Silver Spring, MD, and remember the ads around election time).<br /><br />2. The area is indeed not a "redneck backwater", although I'm perfectly comfortable living in places that are described as such. Ideally, when #2 Son graduates from High School, the Mrs. and I will high tail it for one of those backwaters, which I find very comfortable.<br /><br />3. I probably agree with the first two thirds of Marshall's statement, rather than the first half.<br /><br />4. I have to stand by my statement, though - Marshall has to know that the press is out to get him. He <i>has</i> to. This sort of thing (the last third of his statement) lets them paint his as an idiot, and avoid the very substantive comments that preceded it. You know how the press doesn't want to address many issues seriously, because they're pulling for the left. Marshall just made it easy for them to do that again.<br /><br />5. I'm not really a conservative. Or a liberal, <a href="borepatch.blogspot.com/2009/10/im-not-libertarian.html" rel="nofollow">or even libertarian</a>.<br /><br />6. I don't buy his statement on birth defects in pregnancies after an abortion. I'm willing to listen and keep an open mind, but I'm quite tuned in on "junk science", and post frequently on it. While this may in fact be true, it (at least initially) smells like the AMA "you're 43 times more likely to die from your own handgun" study that's garbage. As I said, I'm willing to listen, especially if you have links.<br /><br />Net/net, Marshall seems like a decent guy and a decent Delegate, but he should know better. He should know the press is out to get him.<br /><br />However, if you have a link to a study that actually shows higher incidents of birth defects for pregnancies after an abortion, I'll absolutely post an apology.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-63355209622276719332010-03-04T18:35:54.751-05:002010-03-04T18:35:54.751-05:00Borepatch - Thank you for the link.
I think you ...Borepatch - Thank you for the link. <br /><br />I think you are being too harsh on Delegate Bob Marshall. The reason is obvious. You don' live in Virginia. So you are judging the man based upon one statement. That is unfair, and you are old enough to know better. Based upon what I have had time to read of your blog, I suspect you are also wise enough to know better.<br /><br />Marshall is a solid Conservative. He believes in limited government and is fiscally conservative. Because Marshall also is a Social Conservative, much of Virginia's corporate news media utterly hates his guts. So they constantly use any opportunity to harass him. However, because Marshall speaks thoughtfully and carefully, he rarely gives them any opportunity. <br /><br />Note that Marshall has been in office since 1991. He represent a district in Northern Virginia, not exactly a red necked backwater. Even though his opponents outspend him every two years, he has won reelection every two years. In fact, in our last Senate election (Federal office), he fell only a few votes short of receiving the Republican Party's nomination.<br /><br />Is Marshall perfect? No. That honor belongs to God. <br /><br />Since I rather doubt you would appreciate being judged the same way you judged him, I think it fair to say you owe Marshall an apology.Citizen Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090607751638859650noreply@blogger.com