Tag: Bob McDonnell

Here’s yet another example of how Republicans are great at winning elections but absolutely suck when it comes to governing. A jury on Thursday found former Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) and his wife guilty on multiple counts of conspiracy and honest services wire fraud. The pair were indicted in January…

Yesterday former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife were indicted in federal court on 14 counts of fraud, conspiracy and obstructing federal investigators, charges stemming from a gift-giving scandal Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell were indicted in federal court Tuesday on 14…

Well isn’t this rich… Governor ‘Transvaginal Ultrasound’ McDonnell is learning what karma is and it’s going to hurt.  MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show obtained financial disclosurestatements filed by Virginia GOP Governor Bob McDonnell for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Mr. ‘fiscally Conservative’ has been spending taxpayer dollars on himself…

Politico brought together Governor O’Malley (D-MD) and Governor McDonnell, the heads of the Democratic and Republican Gubernatorial Associations. Governor O’Malley does a great job of contrasting the negative impact of Republican Governor’s including referencing Wisconsin’s 49th ranking in job creation since Walker was put in office with the unheralded successes that have resulted due to President Obama being in office.

Comes from Jud @ Uppity Wisconsin: Detailing how Scott Walker met with the Koch brothers secretly last year in Colorado. The swashbuckling 61-year-old was the main attraction in an hour-and-a-half conversation with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson along with four other governors: New Mexico’s Susana Martinez, South Carolina’s…

Thanks to an executive order issued by newly elected Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on February 5, gay and lesbian state workers in that state are no longer specifically protected against discrimination. Prior to issuing his executive order, Gov. McDonnell rescinded an executive order signed by former Gov. Tim Kaine on…