In Leaked Audio, Cuccinelli Affirms Support For E.W. Jackson

Homeschool Tele-Townhall from Jack Hertzfedlt on Vimeo.

E.W. Jackson has to be one of the most insane and delusional nominees for statewide office in Virginia's history.  One would think that anyone who hopes to come across as rational and of sound mind would be running screaming away from Jackson.  But not Ken Cuccinelli, the GOP's gubernatorial nominee.  In a leaked audio, Cuccinelli has affirmed his support for Jackson.  This event confirms what I have long maintained: Cuccinelli is a crazy and as much of a religious extremist as Jackson who clearly wants a theocracy.  Talking Points Memo looks at Cuccinelli's lapse in what he thought was a private conference call with home school extremists.  Here are highlights:

Ken Cuccinelli, the attorney general and Republican nominee for governor in Virginia, told supporters recently they should have no question about his support for E.W. Jackson, the GOP's polarizing nominee for lieutenant governor in that state.

Cuccinelli made his comments over the weekend in private conference call with a group called Homeschoolers for Ken after a woman asked why he hadn't "linked up" with Jackson or made a formal endorsement. TPM obtained audio of that call.

"I am calling to find out why so far you have not linked up with E.W. Jackson for lieutenant governor. I'm really excited about him," the woman said. "I'm very encouraged by his pro-life stance. I feel like the two of you are on the same page and I'm wildly excited that you could both be elected, but I'm not sure what will happen if you don't endorse him and I just want to know why there hasn't been a linkup."

Cuccinelli responded by disputing the notion there was any split between him and Jackson, and promising they will spend more time campaigning together in the final weeks of the election.

Of course I'm supporting both Mark and E.W.," Cuccinelli said. "I don't think there's ever been any question about that. And there shouldn't be on this call."

Cuccinelli previously made attempts to distance himself from Jackson, including during a radio interview in June where he said he "absolutely" wants to be judged separately from Jackson and added, "E.W.’s going to have to introduce himself individually to the rest of Virginia.

Since winning the lieutenant governor nomination in May, Jackson has made negative, national headlines for past statements criticizing gays, accusing President Barack Obama of harboring “Muslim sensibilities,” comparing Planned Parenthood to the KKK, praising the Constitution's original clause to count blacks as three-fifths of a person, and for his efforts in the late 1980's to fight desegregation in Boston.

Listen to the audio of the conference call below, which was posted on Vimeo under an account using the name "Jack Hertzfedlt." Cuccinelli begins discussing his support for Jackson at about 26:50.