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Partners In Slime Cuccinelli And Jackson: Extreme Attacks On President Obama

Extreme and conspiratorial attacks accusing President Obama of tyranny and lying about his birthplace and religion are usually found in angry, anonymous Internet comments and tea party message boards. But now, thanks to ‘Partners in Slime’ Ken Cuccinelli and EW Jackson, Virginians can find fringe attacks on the president at the top of the GOP ticket.

The verdict is in: Virginia GOP ticket is a disaster

Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli did not get to choose his running mate. But E.W. Jackson is everything – short of experience, competency, and electability – Cuccinelli could have hoped for in a Lieutenant Governor.

With the spate of recent headlines, one might question why Cuccinelli would say of Jackson “I’m glad he’s on this ticket”:

Todd Akin, Virginia Style (Roll Call)

Virginia Republicans Panicking Over Their Choice for Lieutenant Governor (National Journal)

Bill Bolling: GOP pick E.W. Jackson’s remarks ‘indefensible’ (POLITICO)

Virginia Republicans Aren’t Flocking To Anti-Gay Lieutenant Governor Hopeful (BuzzFeed)

But Cuccinelli and Jackson share a radical conservative worldview that is too extreme for Virginia. Jackson’s sudden emergence has caused his comments to draw the majority of the attention of late. Don’t forget that the man Republicans have nominated at the top of the ticket has his own history of outrageous comments that make Cuccinelli and Jackson a perfect match.

VIDEO: Cuccinelli-Jackson: Too Extreme for Virginia

After praising EW Jackson as a “committed devotee” and “a powerful voice,” Ken Cuccinelli fully embraced his new running mate yesterday, saying, “I’m glad he’s on this ticket.“

VIDEO: Cuccinelli praises EW Jackson as “committed devotee” & “a powerful voice”

Over the weekend, Virginia Republicans nominated the extreme activist EW Jackson. Let’s see what Ken has to say about him.

CUCCINELLI: You all have heard the powerful voice of EW. He’s a committed devotee of first principles and a great speaker about them and how they apply in our lives and what it means for government whether we follow them or not.