yesterday the guy who used to have a shot at the republican s vice presidential nomination, virginia governor bob mcdonnell, signed into law the forced ultrasound state medical procedure against your will law that will now follow him around forever, no matter what else he does in politics. last month, while he and the phrase transvaginal ultrasound were still just becoming nationally famous, governor mcdonnell s neighboring state governor, maryland s martin o malley, appeared with bob mcdonnell at a politico.com event. they were sitting just inches away from each other. and while sitting just inches away from bob mcdonnell, governor martin o malley of maryland just let bob mcdonnell have it. i would also dare to predict
with mark seagraves on wpot radio this week. we actually played some mark seagraves and bob mcdonnell audio speaking on the same subject on last night s show, and when we played that, we thought that audio was from this week. turns out, that was from an earlier interview when it first became clear that this ultrasound thing was going to pass in virginia. and in fact, our mistake only serves as further proof that what bob mcdonnell does as governor now is answer questions like this. you talked and complained earlier in this show about the white house and the federal government placing unfunded mandates on the states. this is an unfunded mandate on women. who is going to pay? what do you support? the idea of having a woman have to take a sonogram before getting an abortion? is that something you would support? when you were here last month, you were in favor of the transvaginal ultrasound. a lot of people believe that this is a decision that should be left to the patient and the doctor
you. that s governor bob mcdonnell of virginia, one-time vice presidential hopeful, talking with mark seagraves on wpot radio this week. we actually played some mark seagraves and bob mcdonnell audio speaking on the same subject on last night s show, and when we played that, we thought that audio was from this week. turns out, that was from an earlier interview when it first became clear that this ultrasound thing was going to pass in virginia. and in fact, our mistake only serves as further proof that what bob mcdonnell does as governor now is answer questions like this. you talked and complained earlier in this show about the white house and the federal government placing unfunded mandates on the states. this is an unfunded mandate on women. who is going to pay? what do you support? the idea of having a woman have to take a sonogram before getting an abortion? is that something you would support? when you were here last month, you were in favor of the transvaginal ultrasound. a lot
support? when you were here last month, you were in favor of the transvaginal ultrasound. a lot of people believe that this is a decision that should be left to the patient and the doctor. not to lawmakers. what is this something that you feel that politicians know better than the patient and the doctor? this is what bob mcdonnell s life is like. this is what it s like this month, this is what it was like last month too, this is what it s likely to be like from here on out. and that s why larry sabita, the acknowledged dean of virginia politics, today told the lynchburg, virginia, paper that bob mcdonnell s vice presidential chances are over. he s been hurt by this. i m of the theory that most things don t matter, but every now and then, something happens that changes people s perceptions for a lengthy period. we just had it. he should have anticipated this. this is not rocket science. do you think his people in advance could not have analyzed that this could have blown up in his
continued to wage on it. they are assisted at what is happening at the state level too. a by was passed to require ultrasounds for women seeking abortions. they have amended it slightly insofar they do not have to have the transvaginal ultrasound, it remains unclear to me do you have to say that? i tried to avoid saying it. but sometimes it s necessary to say. but, you know, the point of the invasive ultimate tra sound is to show the heartbeat and you cannot do that at a certain point in a pregnancy without doing it, why mandate it? why mandate a procedure like that in the first place? what is going on here and when do the republicans get out a calculator and figure out that 55% of people that vote are women and do not want to be told that anything transvaginal will