E. Earl Walker Jackson, Sr. is an American
politician, Christian minister and lawyer in Virginia. On May 18, 2013, he was
nominated as the Republican Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
His
thoughtless comments about abortion, homosexuality and the Democratic party as
well as his ridiculous positions i.e., comparing Planned Parenthood to the Ku
Klux Klan and referred to gays in the military as “sexually twisted” have generated
controversy ever since he began to receive national attention as his party’s
nominee for that position. He's in the process of walking back his most recent blunder, claiming that practicing yoga could lead to Satanism.
Asked
if Jackson was trouble, a senior Virginia Republican responded, “Oh. My. God.
Yes.” The danger, the Republican said, is that Jackson will bring Democrats to
the polls who might otherwise stay home. “You just don’t want one candidate to
rile up the base of the other side. That’s what you’re trying to avoid.”
In an interview with The Post the day after the
convention nominated him as the Republican candidate for Va. Governor, Ken
Cuccinelli indicated that he would not be answering for Jackson’s controversial
beliefs.
“I
am just not going to defend my running mates’ statements at every turn,” he
said. “They’ve got to explain those themselves. Part of this process is just
letting Virginia voters get comfortable with us, on an individual basis,
personally.”
After making his own comments suggesting that Planned Parenthood is racist, Cuccinelli will probably be explaining his own inflammatory comments. Democrats are expected to use Cuccinelli’s
comments, coupled with Jackson’s, to motivate their base to vote in November. The Republican War on Women continues.
It won’t be surprising if we rarely see Cuccinelli campaigning with Jackson. In Virginia, the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run separately. Ticket-splitting happens. In VA, a governor and lieutenant governor from separate parties have only been elected twice in the past three decades, but there have been six split tickets since 1969.
It won’t be surprising if we rarely see Cuccinelli campaigning with Jackson. In Virginia, the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run separately. Ticket-splitting happens. In VA, a governor and lieutenant governor from separate parties have only been elected twice in the past three decades, but there have been six split tickets since 1969.
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