Ken Cuccinelli for Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

March 22, 2012

Dear Fellow Virginians,

I wanted to let you know that today I formally announced my candidacy to be the next Governor of Virginia. Here is the entire announcement:

       This morning my campaign filed with the State Board of Elections to formally establish a campaign committee to seek the office of the Governor of Virginia. Serving as Attorney General of Virginia has been the most rewarding and fulfilling position I have ever held. As legal counsel to every state agency of government, the Office of the Attorney General gives you tremendous insight and perspective on the inner workings of state government that no other job can provide.
       I am running for Governor to continue the work I have undertaken during my tenure as Attorney General and as a State Senator. I will continue my work to strengthen our economy and preserve our liberty, and to promote the principles of smaller, more efficient state government, accountable to the people it serves. I look forward to sharing my vision for the Commonwealth following the November elections.
       During 2012, I will be pushing hard to retake Virginia for our GOP Presidential nominee, as I believe that this year's election is the most important that I will ever live through. And here in Virginia, we will also be part of the battle to retake the U.S. Senate—I intend to be aggressively engaged in that effort as well. And I hope I see all of you out there on the 2012 campaign trail!
       Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of waiting until 2013 to start running for Governor. So this year, I'll also be asking my fellow conservatives, Republicans and other Virginians to support me in this race... starting with you! If you're willing to commit to supporting my campaign for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2013, I'd really appreciate it if you would let us know by replying to this email and letting us know! Also, if you can do it, we could sure use your help to help us fund this effort by donating today! We'll need it!
       Finally, at the outset of this campaign, I'd like to ask each of you Compass readers to forward this Compass on to a few friends that you think might be interested in keeping up with my race. Or you can tell them that they can go to www.Cuccinelli.com and sign up for the Compass right on my website.

More to come, but please get on board today!

Sincerely,





Ken Cuccinelli, II

Attorney General of Virginia

98% of Catholic women use contraception? See the lie brought to light below.

98% of Obama Supporters Do Not Understand Statistics

The Lie: The Obama administration said, “…most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception.”

The Truth: According to their own study it can only legitimately claim: “at least 24 percent of Catholic women have used contraception”.

Ever since President Obama came out with his HHS Mandate “compromise” I’ve seen the “98% of Catholics use contraception” statistic everywhere. Here are some of my favorites:

“Nearly 99 percent of all women have relied on contraception at some point in their lives –- 99 percent.”  - President Obama (source)
“According to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception.”- Cecilia Muñoz,  director of the White House Domestic Policy Council (source)
“In fact, 98 percent of Catholic women use birth control at some point in their lifetimes.” – NPR (source)

And this one from “ghoti” is very typical of what you will find in the comments section of Facebook, YouTube and random news articles:

“Who gives a rats %$$ what the church says. 98% of Catholics don’t… they use contraception. #@*% those child molesters. Their time has passed… irrelevant.” (source)

This lie has spread rapidly. It is a blatant misrepresentation of Catholic women.

Revelation #1

The study that the Obama administration is citing is from the Guttmacher Institute (source). The Guttmacher Institute was founded by Planned Parenthood, and takes it’s name from a former Planned Parenthood president (source). Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of contraception and abortion in this country. They have a vested interest in making the HHS Mandate come to fruition.
Using statistics from the Guttmacher Institute when trying to increase access to contraception, is like using statistics from the tobacco industry when trying to increase access to cigarettes.

Revelation #2

The term “Catholic” is loosely applied in the study. Only 30% of the Catholic women interviewed attended mass on a weekly basis. What is more revealing though, is that the study only includes:

• Women between the ages of 15 and 44
• Women who had sex within 3 months of the survey
• Women who did not want to get pregnant <–read that one again

So, the study which, according to the Obama administration, speaks for “all Catholic women” does not include:

• Women who were abstaining from sex until they were married
• Women who were married and wanted children
• Women who were pregnant or post-partum
• Women who were open to the possibility of getting pregnant

I think Lydia McGrew said it best: “A statistic based on a study that explicitly excluded those who have no use for contraception is obviously irrelevant to a question about the percentage of Catholic women who have a use for contraception.”

Nevertheless, the study is being used by The Obama administration as a study that represents all Catholic women.  In reality, less than 28% of Catholic women would actually qualify for this study to begin with(see the footnote data).

Revelation #3

The study doesn’t actually say 98%. That number was arrived at by subtracting the 2% of women who use Natural Family Planning, a method approved by the Church. The 98% number completely ignores the 11% of respondents who answered “no method of sterilization”. So, if we subtract the 2% and the 11%, it equals only 87% of the women studied actually used a form of contraception.
Finally, it comes down to simple math. 87 percent of the 28 percent of Catholic women this study actually applies to, equals only 24 percent of all Catholic women.

From www.phatmass.com

The Lie:

The Obama administration said, “…most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception.”

The Truth:

According to their own study they can only legitimately claim: “at least 24 percent of Catholic women have used contraception”.

How we arrived at the “less than 28% of Catholic women would actually qualify”:

• According to the 2010 U.S. Census (source), only about 41% of females are between the ages of 15 and 44.
• Using the birth rate of the U.S. (source) we can assume that about 4% of women are pregnant at any one time.
• According to Indiana University’s  2010 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (source), about 27% of women between the ages of 15 and 44 did not have sex within that past year (this percentage would be much higher if we had data from only the last 3 months).

HHS Mandate - Not about Contraception!!!

       "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution...
      The hot topic of the day is the continuous debate concerning the HHS mandate for employers of religiously affiliated institutions to supply their employees with insurance for contraceptives. I am absolutely disgusted, frustrated, and damnably mad at the way in which this debate is being framed... at times I consciously have to remove myself from such conversations because the stupidity, illogicality, and utter ignorance about the issue makes my blood boil; I'm trying to remain a somewhat charitable, practicing Christian. So please bear with me as I go on my tirade about the imbecility of the populace, the media outlets, and the pro-HHS mandate legislators. Most fundamentally this issue is an issue of Religious Freedom and the violation of the first amendment. Let me be very clear, "THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF CONTRACEPTION!"

The New Racism

     The presidential election of 2008 was perhaps one of the most disturbing manifestations of a racism that is still deeply rooted and widespread in the United States of America. I say this not because more people did not vote for the African American candidate, but rather because so many did. Now before consigning me to forever burn with the likes of the Ku Klux Klan, I ask that you  put aside that initial emotional response and read what I have to say. I hope that you come to understand and at least respect my point of view... which of course is the true understanding of the situation at hand.

State of the Dis-Union

       Political pundits and the news anchors on the various media outlets have been having a field day as the Republican Presidential candidates duke it out in the political ring, reaching for their party's nomination. All of the candidates have different backgrounds, a variety of experiences, and at times conflicting personalities yet they all agree that the direction in which the United States is headed is not favorable and needs to be stopped. While the plans of action to right the sinking ship vary from one candidate to another, they all basically agree that the national economy is in dire straits and the current administration's dealing with the outside world is frightening if not downright dangerous.
       It seems to me however, that all of these theories about what is wrong with our country and how it ought to be fixed are quite lacking.

Discussion about Rick Santorum

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  The first post is my original post on my facebook page hoping to drum up support for Rick Santorum.

  
  

  Patrick 

  
  

  On Being A Consistent Conservative and Winning:
  
  "This is not about what you say at the debate. In 1994, I was not supporting an individual mandate. I authored Medical Savings Accounts because I believe in a bottom up approach and I have never strayed. The record is important and what the question is was who is a consistent conservative. I would agree with Michele, but she's been fighting and losing. I have been fighting and won. I won and passed Welfare Reform. I was the leader on pro-life and pro-family issues. I went out and fought on national security, and imposed sanctions on Iran. I was there in good times and in bad. I was there, I led, and I won... I was in the minority and along with Jim Nussle we formed the Gang of Seven, and we won. We exposed the House Banking scandal and sent the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee to jail. We figured out how to win, even though we were in the minority."
  
  On Fidelity: