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From the mantle of party potential savior. he doubled down on his latest public relations disaster backtrack. last night we reported governor mcdonnell's indirect, somewhat fekless denial that he had instituted an essay question, a sort of literacy test for ex-felons trying to get their voting rights back in virginia. the denial sounded like this. >> there's no essay. we've asked for just a simple statement of what the person has done in order to be reintegrated into society. a little bit about their crime, what they've done to get back into society, any community activities, and we're still i...

Before he changed his mind and offered a nonbinding suggestion that people please not discriminate even though he was declaring the law said you could. thanks for that. more recently, he declared april confederate history month in virginia and failed to mention the institution of slavery in that proclamation. then he sort of changed his mind and apologized and re-declared with a recognition that slavery was a bad thing. appreciate that. and now this, the institution of a de facto literacy test of people seeking to regain their voting rights followed by this morning's extra flimsy walk-back. a ...

Even though he was declaring that the law said you could. thanks for that. more recently, he declared april confederate history month in virginia and failed to mention the institution of slavery in that proclamation. then he sort of changed his mind and apologized and redeclared confederate history month with a recognition that slavery was a bad thing. appreciate that. and now this, the institution of a de facto literacy test of people seeking to regain their voting rights followed by this morning's extra flimsy walk-back. a walk-back almost disproven entirely by the "washington post." do you ...

Voting rights restored. what had been a relatively perfunctory process would include a test about his or her literacy about his or her merit as a citizen of virginia. in another day that might have been called a literacy test. and in another day, literacy tests were used to keep african-americans from voting in the south. this policy change was greeted the way a lot of governor mcdonnell's governing ideas have been greeted so far. much of the reaction could be described as horrified. and so today, governor bob mcdonnell went on the radio in norfolk, virginia, acting as if his voting tests wasn...

Profunk toir process would include a test about literacy about his or her merit as a citizen of virginia. in another day that might have been called a literacy test. and in another day, literacy tests were used to keep african-americans from voting in the south. this policy change was greeted the way a lot of governor mcdonnell's governing ideas have been greeted so far. much of the reaction could be described as horrified. and so today, governor bob mcdonnell went on the radio in norfolk, virginia, acting as if his voting tests wasn't really what his administration said it would be. and maybe...