Is there a full video of the forum anywhere?

I saw a portion of it in a Kennedy ad, so I would think it'd be out there somewhere.

10/14/2010 7:29:05 PM

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"Billy Kennedy's Hands Win Another Battle with Incumbent Virginia Foxx BOONE -- The audience was stunned tonight when Congresswoman Virginia Foxx tried to imply that Billy Kennedy isn't the working man he says he is. She smirked as she held up her own hands as proof that she works. The audience in the Watauga County Courthouse gasped. Billy Kennedy lost the tip of his index finger in a workplace carpentry accident almost four years ago. Virginia Foxx apparently didn't know that."

I'm not sure if this was from that debate or not, the last e-mail said they've had several encounters recently. I haven't seen any full debate video coverage though.

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"Foxx said she supported no federal assistance for education -- zero. Kennedy in response defended the many lower-income students who had benefited from federal loans -- which Foxx has voted against -- and the importance of the Federal School Lunch Program which made learning a possibility for many kids in public school, and which Foxx also voted against."

10/14/2010 10:03:25 PM

Kennedy is doing a TV & Radio ad buy (3 diff ads that I saw on their site). I had always assumed they'd be limited to radio ad buys, and social networking to share any videos. Here's an example:



Between the tv & radio ad buys, the Winston-Salem Journal endorsement, and the debates, I think Kennedy is actually going to make a respectable showing on election day. And they've got tons of events planned between now & election day, including:

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"Friday, October 22, 2010 @ noon – 1 p.m. Rally with Elaine Marshall Forsyth Board of Elections 201 North Chestnut Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 "

10/19/2010 4:44:53 PM

^ The cut to Foxx's expression in that video is hilarious although probably deceptive.

10/19/2010 8:19:12 PM

^Her face always look like that. And given how low budget his campaign is I'm not sure they had lots of alternate angles and editing they could do. I had thought the same thing you said at first, but really, her face always looks a little off. Pulling from her own website & official facebook group:

10/19/2010 9:21:35 PM

^

That is enough to vote her out right there.

10/19/2010 10:01:21 PM

I was up in Boone this past weekend and had to see her signs which promptly made me want to kick them over.

10/20/2010 2:10:32 AM

Just got this e-mail:

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"Dear Friends, Neighbors and Supporters, We've just had a senior-level campaign meeting and the bottom line is we need $10,000 to keep our ads on the air. Can you help with an on-line contribution right now. If everyone on this list contributes just $2, we will make our goal. We are adding our last TV spot tomorrow because the greatest thing at stake in this election is your child's education. Only one candidate will stick up for our kids and that's Billy Kennedy. Click here to see the new ad. One week from right now, the polls will be closing and we will be waiting for the results. Billy has often said that on the day after the election, he wants to feel like he has done everything he could do to win. Won't you help us see our plan through by contributing what you can? Thanks for everything so far. We only have a short time to go. All best, Jaret Glazer Billy Kennedy for Congress Finance Director"

http://www.billykennedyforcongress.com/pages/contribute.htm

10/26/2010 7:23:20 PM

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"Several bits of news for our wonderful facebook followers: Yesterday Billy was endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy, an environmental attorney and activist who is the son of former United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of President John Kennedy and Zach Galifianakis, stand up comedian and actor in "The Hangover". "

11/2/2010 3:26:01 PM

She is right to want to cut the coorporate tax rates. imo

11/2/2010 4:28:16 PM

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"A deather paneler, compares opposition political position to terrorism, calls a son’s murder a hoax in front of his mom for political points, voted against relief for victims of Katrina, she took credit for civil rights legislation, she spends time doing stuff like cosponsoring a resolution stating religion is necessary for freedom, she was in on the attempted constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, she voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, she voted against kids health insurance, she cosponsored a bill to repeal DC’s marriage equality & tried a US constitutional amendment to ban it, she has horrible environmental rankings, she’s anti-choice, she’s voted against stem cell research, she voted against repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and has stated that “I'm misunderstood in the same way Jesse Helms was.”"

This message won 2 to 1 on the votes. It was a blow out in her favor.

11/2/2010 11:09:15 PM

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""A deather paneler, compares opposition political position to terrorism, calls a son’s murder a hoax in front of his mom for political points, voted against relief for victims of Katrina, she took credit for civil rights legislation, she spends time doing stuff like cosponsoring a resolution stating religion is necessary for freedom, she was in on the attempted constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, she voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, she voted against kids health insurance, she cosponsored a bill to repeal DC’s marriage equality & tried a US constitutional amendment to ban it, she has horrible environmental rankings, she’s anti-choice, she’s voted against stem cell research, she voted against repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and has stated that “I'm misunderstood in the same way Jesse Helms was.”""

You dont consider ANY of that misleading? Voted against stem cell research? Or federal funding of embryonic stem cell research?

Which kids health insurance?

11/3/2010 12:49:19 AM

Unfortunately this nutjob won again. Way to go Western NC

11/3/2010 6:29:29 AM

Dude, I've been up there a bunch. It isn't surprising. App State is a mixed bag and even then most are too busy or too apathetic to make a meaningful difference.

11/3/2010 6:54:14 AM

I just heard that Foxx has now been put in charge of the House subcommittee on higher education. I remember hearing discussions of the republican who apologized to BP as being in charge of some environment/energy committee. I think this has just about the same ring to it. This past election not only put Boehner in power, it is giving a lot of these wingnuts power too.

1/4/2011 9:26:01 PM

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/gop-rep-loughners-beliefs-the-liberals-of-liberals.php

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"GOP Rep: Loughner's Beliefs 'The Liberal Of Liberals' Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) says political rhetoric doesn't really incite violent behavior at all -- but not before describing Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner as a "communist" and "the liberal of liberals." "This guy appears to be a communist," Foxx told the Winston-Salem Journal. "His beliefs are the liberal of the liberals [sic]."

1/11/2011 9:36:04 PM

http://www.bluenc.com/virginia-foxx-tragedy-japan-gods-work

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"It is a sign that God is still in charge."

-Foxx

3/14/2011 2:21:09 PM

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST!

3/14/2011 2:46:40 PM

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