Rep Frank Wolf (R-VA)-- The Mirror Image Of Ashley Todd

The McCain campaign made a big production out of some unfortunate-looking campaign worker of theirs, a demented Texan named Ashley Todd, who claimed to have been attacked and beaten and mutilated by a great big BLACK man. The primitive drums of racism were being pounded on by McCain, Palin and everyone remotely connected to the campaign. "Violent Negroes attacking our women" was the message. Then it turned out that the McCain campaign worker was... well exactly like everyone involved with the McCain campaign at all levels: a congenital liar. After a lie-detector test, she admitted that she made the whole thing up-- and badly, having carved a "B" (for Barack we were told by another McCain spokesperson in Pennsylvania) in a mirror... backwards. Neither McCain nor Palin has apologized for this outrageous, divisive and racist stunt perpetrated on the electorate by their campaign. Instead McCain supporters are still trying to cover up the fact that it was nothing but another discredited McCain gimmick.

Last night there was more campaign violence. But this time it involved a demented old Republican congressman, Frank Wolf, from northern Virginia's 10th CD. Wolf's startling rubber stamp voting record has finally caught up to him in a year when Virginia voters are sick of the GOP and in a year when he has a spectacular opponent (Judy Feder) who is well-financed and running an exemplary campaign. Wolf is freaking out and hysterical. With McCain trailing and Wolf's pal/extreme right Senate candidate James Gilmore III down by 30 points-- even higher in VA-10-- Virginia could well see 4 red congressional districts turn blue, career-ending cataclysms for Virgil Goode, Thelma Drake, and Wolf. (The 4th GOP likely loser is extremist new-comer Keith Fimian, given up by the GOP as road kill 6 weeks ago.)

Wolf is especially concerned this year because he stands out as the worst member of Congress on veterans issues. Not a single member has a worse voting record when it comes to America's military vets. Since November, 2002, Wolf has participated in 24 roll call votes concerning our military vets. He voted against them all 24 times. Hard to believe from someone who voted with Bush and Cheney on every single Iraq-related item. Even when other Republicans were looking for common ground with Democrats on behalf of peace and for the safety of our fighting men and women, Wolf was blindly agreeing to every failed policy Bush and Cheney spewed out. There are very few members of Congress as completely worthless as Wolf. Since the October 10, 2002 bill authorizing the use of force in Iraq, there have been 64 roll calls on Iraq. Wolf was with Bush on every single one of them.

With a record like Wolf's, it's no wonder he doesn't like answering questions from his constituents or from the press. And it helps put into perspective his campaign's violent fascistic reaction to a man asking questions. Frank Wolf is not part of the political mainstream. It's time for him to retire. The folks in McLean, Winchester, Chantilly, Manassas, Front Royal and way out in Frederick County are lucky that just when Wolf has finally gone off the deep end-- along with Michele Bachmann, Robin Hayes, Scott Garrett, Steve King, and some of the other extremists-- Judy Feder is making a case about how she will be a far better representative for northern Virginians than Wolf has been.

Please consider making a donation to Judy's campaign, while you watch Congressman Wolf's version of democracy: