Rep. Tom Perriello -- How Can Democrats Pull Off Huge Upsets?

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[hhubble]

wanna pull off upsets, do the complete opposite of what republicans say and want to do. There you have it, victory, and common sense.

[baddmanaz]

go tommy go

[1971freestyle]

@Gilgamesh387 Virgil Goode used the old photo with the beard. Wanted to align Perriello with the sterotypical beleif that all Muslims are terrorist. Basicly another racist move from a racist man.

[Gilgamesh387]

hey i looked it up. i saw the photo from Lynchburg news and yeah your right, he does have a beard. but he still looked Caucasian in the photo. in the campaign ad, everything was darkened and as a result he looked like an arab. im pretty sure that was intentional.

if it wasn't intentional, then why use such an old photo of him with a beard?

[crazychrisva]

Sorry to keep bothering you but I just wanted to clear up this bogus lie about Virgil Goode trying to make Tom Perriello appear to be a Arabic man (which would be fine if true but this is a lie created by the Young Turks)

The photo that you'er talking about was published in the Lynchburg News and Advance and was released by Perriello's campaign in the early stage. No one in the Republican circles that I know in the 5th district ever said anything about him being of Mid Eastern orgin.

[crazychrisva]

No, this is a lie. Tom had a beard much like I have, (my anscestors were English and Dutch, not Arab). In the picture, Tom looked like any other white guy (we are not all tall, blond, and have blue eyes.Why is it a big deal for a Rep. Pres. or senator to have a beard? I am sure there's more whites with beards than any other race. I am from his district and lots of men, white, black, and Hispanic, (but guess what, we have very few Arabic or Middle Easterns around), down here have facial hair.

[crazychrisva]

You must be a brainless idiot to think that way about Goode. Virgil Goode was a man of character. Remember he was a Democrate and changed sides instead of being all yes sir, I agree with the Democratic Party.

[crazychrisva]

Are you on drugs?

[bravesfanforever31]

Aint that the TRUTH!!!!!!!

[bravesfanforever31]

I met him at Uncle Billy's Day in Altavista last year and I thought he had no chance against Goode. I believed that if he stayed away the cultural issues. The national ticket of Obama and Mark Warner helped him out a lot.

[drinkthatcoffee]

Tom is great :)

[seesnookrun]

he's not married...he's been too busy saving the world