Commonsense semantics
Talk about a flip-flop! Backers of the Republican and Democratic candidates for Virginia governor are waging a Web site war over the use of the term “common sense.”
At 12:03 p.m. Thursday, we received a release touting the formation of a new independent group called “Common Sense Virginia,” which serves to attack Republican candidate Bob McDonnell. It started a Web site called therealbobmcdonnell.com.
Not four minutes later, another release arrived. It announced the formation of a Web site paid for by the Republican Governors Association to defend McDonnell. Its name: virginiacommonsense.com.
RGA spokesman Mike Schrimpf said his group heard the Democrats were launching their site earlier in the week, and the RGA launched its site Thursday as a reaction. “What kind of common sense they’re trying to tout, I’m at a loss,” Schrimpf said.
