So, coming off a monumental failure to comply to even the most basic of campaign requirements the Perry campaign filed a lawsuit to stop Virginia from printing a ballot without his name on it.  One would find this an abyssal low for a candidate who has kicked his “State’s rights” credo up and down the street more times than there were hideous debate performances, but there are some in this entire show who are even more disgusting.

On Friday it was indicated that four other Candidates: New Gingrich, Michelle Bachman, Rick Santorum, and John Huntsman, have tossed their hats in with the Perry lawsuit in an attempt to get their names on the ballot.  Gingrich, as it has become known, submitted signatures, however a lone individual was apparently responsible for 1500 bad signatures.  While I doubt the veracity of this lone corrupt signature gatherer, issues like this arise when there is a mad dash for signatures in the final hour and financial incentives are offered for signatures.   The other three….well, they didn’t even bother to submit petitions in Virginia.

Three ‘candidates’ who were ‘serious’ about running for President of the United States did not even attempt to file to be on the primary ballot in Virginia.  this isn’t sad, this isn’t an oversight, this is pathetic and possibly the most miserable excuse of riding the coattails of someone else I have ever seen.  Three sniveling wretches who didn’t even have the time or decency to come to Virginia and petition the voters who are supposed to chose them as the candidate to beat the President want to jump on the bandwagon with Rick Perry and be hoisted up as a candidate that spent the time and effort in Virginia to meet the requirements.  They are a picture perfect example of what the Republican Party is trying to remove in this country, a notion that because they participated, because they happen to be competing for the same thing that they should be entitled to the same benefits that those who put in the time and effort to gather the needed signatures.

Forget laws that have been in place for over a decade, forget that dozens of other candidates who have run for statewide elections have fulfilled this requirement, and go ahead and ignore the fact that Perry only turned in around 6,000 instead of something closer to the required 10,000 signatures.  No, forget the requirements and rule of law.  Now the campaigns of those who were found wanting are filling a lawsuit because they had to follow the rules.

There are several dozen insults I could fling at them but to be frank, they’re not worth the time.  If the campaigns of Bachman, Huntsman, and Santorum cannot even bother an attempt at coming to Virginia and seeking out the support of the republican base then they have no legal basis to be added to the lawsuit.  No harm has fallen to them since there was no effort expended.  For the Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to stand up for these political failures is a disturbing note.

The AG is responsible for ensuring that the laws of Virginia are enforced.  Kowtowing to candidates, some who didn’t even bother to file in his state, by submitting emergency legislation to the general assembly is not only a poor decision, it is indicative of the AG, who will be running for Governor in the upcoming election, is already playing politics for the individuals at the national level who he believes can do more for him than the constituents of hist state.  He’s selling out his state’s sovereignty and failing in his duties so that he can put himself in some imperceptibly better position to fail Virginia further.

the laws of the state are just that, the law.  If the Republican party is going to claim they are the party of laws and personal responsibility then we need to elect individuals who are willing to stand up and recognize those laws.  Trying to circumvent those laws, which dozens of other individuals running for office have been able to meet to move on to public office, is indicative of an individual who is not willing to live to the standard needed, and indicative of an individual who, under no circumstances whatsoever, should be given the unwarranted opportunity to be on the ballot in Virginia’s Primary.