A new record: We got our quite hysterical Quote of the Day at exactly 8:08 this morning, the fastest time ever. It comes courtesy of Delegate Bob Marshall (R-13, Manasas), with an unintended assist from WRVA’s Jimmy Barrett on Richmond’s Morning News.
Barrett had Marshall on to discuss the on-campus William and Mary “sex industry show” (paid for by us taxpayers) as well as one at VCU (but which is off campus).
Barrett introduced the topic by listing the “industry types” who will attend: strippers, prositutes and porn stars when Marshall, without Barrett yet introducing him, stepped right in and said:
“You forgot the dominatrixes, Jimmy.”
Then, when discussing how to reign in William and Mary President Gene Nichol, who also removed the Cross from the Wrenn Chapel “because some might find it offensive” (a Cross in a chapel offensive?), Delegate Marshall said that:
“Last year I offered a budget amendment that got 37 votes on a recorded vote to strip him of his salary. . . pardon the use of the verb.”
A great way to begin the end of the week.
In another joke (of sorts) the rumor since mid-week has been the House would meet Saturday afternoon and into the night to catch up on bills before the “crossover” deadline early next week. The breaking news is that apparently there was no truth to it. But the House Republicans wanted to make the Dems sweat a bit. Saturday, you see, is their big Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, and an evening session would have meant all those $1,000 tickets gone to waste — also, not a bad way to end the week.
It’s amazing how Democrats regard Thomas Jefferson as the founder of their party. I’m sure he would be in full-support of their current tax-and-spending liberal ways.
Anyone who tries to tell you “what the Founding Fathers would say” about a current issue should be taken with a grain of salt…
That said, it bears reminding that the Founding Fathers are a group of folks who decided to go to war over a 1-penny tax increase on their favorite breakfast beverage. One can imagine how they would feel about citizens paying 30% of their income to big-government coffers.
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Every issue that Bob Marshall addresses, is well researched by him and he always takes a principled stand. He will gladly stand and discuss his positions with any opponents, and he will always be well mannered and considerate in his discourse.
I saw Bob Marshall appear before a mostly hostile crowd at the University of Richmond to discuss the marriage amendment. In the face of sneering legions of those from various homosexual groups, he remained the model of good statesmanship; a true Virginia gentleman.
I am a great deal more libertarian in my views than Delegate Marshall, but I admire his unwavering honesty and the example he sets for open, civil discourse with friends and foes, alike.
We need more men like Bob Marshall on both sides of the political aisle. Men who will address issues with real ideas for real solutions that have been thoughtfully researched.
On the issue of the Sex Worker show, my view is that our Universities must remain open forums where all ideas are free to be heard, including issues about the world’s oldest profession. the legislature must insist that our colleges restrain the urge to censor ideas and stifle debate.
The problem is that schools like W&M and the University of Richmond practice institutionalized censorship, promoting everything on the Left, while acting maliciously to stifle all ideas from the conservative side.
I want our universities to welcome honest discussions of all diverse issues, whether the issues be prostitution or the mass murder of babies that is currently ongoing in the United States and other countries.