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Bob Mcdonnell
racism
Aug. 17, 2019
Two More Neo-Confederate School Names Challenged in Virginia
School officials resisting the NAACP suit tout history, but they’re the ones whitewashing the adoption of Confederate symbols to oppose civil rights.
By
Ed Kilgore
Nov. 6, 2017
What’s Up With Those Wild Polls in Virginia?
Non-presidential polling is always tougher.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 27, 2016
SCOTUS Overturns McDonnell Corruption Conviction
For Bob McDonnell, this means a new trial or maybe even freedom. For the country’s prosecutors, it means a tougher job going after corruption.
By
Ed Kilgore
crimes and misdemeanors
Jan. 15, 2016
Bob McDonnell Heads to the Supreme Court for a Second Opinion
The former Virginia governor doesn’t have to go to jail while his case is considered.
By
Jaime Fuller
crimes and misdemeanors
Jan. 6, 2015
Corrupt Former Virginia Governor Gets Two Years in Prison
His lawyers argued that the spectacle of his trial was punishment enough.
By
Caroline Bankoff
crimes and misdemeanors
Sept. 4, 2014
Super-Sad Couple Shtick Fails Miserably for Bob McDonnell and Scapegoat Wife
Both were convicted on a combined 20 counts of corruption today.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the national interest
June 19, 2014
Republican Presidential Candidates Keep Getting Prosecuted
McDonnell, Christie, now Scott Walker.
By
Jonathan Chait
stuck in the mittle
Apr. 22, 2014
Mitt Romney Gave Ex-Virginia Governor a Little Something for His Legal Defense
$10,000.
By
Caroline Bankoff
the national circus
Jan. 22, 2014
Frank Rich on the National Circus: McDonnell and Christie Rise and Fall Together
The great Republican Establishment’s hopes are dead on arrival.
By
Frank Rich
crimes and misdemeanors
Jan. 21, 2014
Ex–Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Charged With Really Loving the Good Life
He and his wife are accused of accepting a lot of gifts from a donor.
By
Joe Coscarelli
Apr. 30, 2013
Bob McDonnell’s Daughter’s Wedding Dinner Now a Matter for the F.B.I.
So much for 2016.
By
Adam Martin
the post-racial world
Apr. 11, 2010
Haley Barbour Defends Virginia’s Confederate History Month Proclamation
It “doesn’t amount to diddly,” Barbour said.
By
Adam K. Raymond
the post-racial world
Apr. 7, 2010
Virginia Governor Admits That Slavery and Civil War Are Related
The proclamation declaring April “Confederate History Month” will now contain a passage acknowledging slavery.
By
Adam K. Raymond
the post-racial world
Apr. 7, 2010
Virginia Governor Pretends Civil War Had Nothing to Do With Slavery
He issues a Confederate History Month proclamation that never once mentions slavery.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
Jan. 27, 2010
The GOP Has Clearly Learned Some Things From Bobby Jindal
By
Chris Rovzar
early and often
Jan. 21, 2010
Bob McDonnell Is This Year’s Bobby Jindal
The Virginia governor will deliver the GOP response to the President’s State of the Union.
By
Adam K. Raymond
early and often
Oct. 7, 2009
Candidate for Governor of Virginia Targets Bloomberg’s Yankee-Mobster Meddling
Of course mobsters are involved. That’s what all New Yorkers are like, after all!
By
Dan Amira