From the Washington Post Virginia Politics blog, Rosalind Helderman in the Washington Post (with videos),  Politico (with video):

DisAbility Votes, a Northern Virginia political action committee, is calling for an apology from GOP gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell after video captured one one of his surrogates mocking an opponent’s speech impediment at a rally. The National Stuttering Foundation also condemned the campaign attack.

Sheila Johnson, the billionaire co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, criticized state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds as being unable to communicate effectively, mimicking Deeds’ stutter as she did so.

“The other people I talk to, especially his op-op-op-op-op-op-op-op-ponent, di-di-did this all through my interview with him,” Johnson said. “He could not articulate what needed to be done,” Johnson apologized after video of her remarks went viral on the Internet, but McDonnell has declined to do so.

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