Letters for Oct. 8: Jay Jones’ Texts Have ‘No Place in Politics’

Letters for Oct. 8: Jay Jones’ texts have ‘no place in politics’

Letter writers discuss the Virginia attorney general race, Virginia Beach referendum, a divided U.S. and the government shutdown.

SURPRISE! ABC, CBS, NBC And PBS Are Completely Ignoring the Scandal Engulfing Virginia Democrat Jay Jones

Virginia Democrat Jay Jones is imploding under a scandal of his own making over texts he sent indicating that he was fantasizing about the murder of his Republican opponent and his children.

Democrat Jay Jones’ Heinous Texts Get a Scant 63 Seconds on NBC, 0 on ABC/CBS/PBS

If Jay Jones were a Republican, he’d probably be a household name by now.  Imagine if there was a Republican candidate in a hotly contested race that was convicted of reckless driving, caught wishing death on a politician and his family in texts, accused of wanting to see police officers shot, and was called to drop out of the race by the sitting President of the United States?  That candidate’s face would be plastered all over ABC, CBS, NBC, an…

SURPRISE! ABC, CBS, NBC And PBS Are Completely Ignoring the Scandal Engulfing Virginia Democrat Jay Jones - Politics, Policy, Political Views

Virginia Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones speaks during a campaign rally in Fairfax City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Virginia Democrat Jay Jones is imploding under a scandal of his own making over texts he sent indicating that he was fantasizing about the murder of his Republican opponent and his children. It’s so shocking that even Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s Morning Joe called on Jones to drop out of the race. That’s how bad it is. But if yo…