Jeff Frederick's Innocent, but Hang him Anyway

Here is yet another excellent article by James Bowden a state central member from the 1st cd.

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Two of my Republican Conservative buddies contacted me about my latest letter on L’affaire Frederick.   Real, trusted Conservative friends and allies.

One said that Jeff should take the fall for losing Virginia in the national election.

One said, essentially, that too many Republican party and public officials were against Jeff - now.  The bad feelings  just couldn’t be undone.

Okay.  If we, the State Central Committee, aren’t going to throw Jeff out for the charges placed against him, then let those with other grievances follow The Party Plan and charge him with their gripes.

Either Jeff Frederick is guilty of the charges cooked against him - and they are sufficient and necessary for removal, or not.

Using the convenience of the SCC cabal’s opportunistic attack as the opportunity to attack and remove the Chairman for other reasons is simply unbelievable to me.  I understand the legal defense used in Southern states - “He needed killin” (dunno how to say that in Latin) - but that is in self-defense for a person accused of justifiable homicide.  It doesn’t fit here.

I’m incapable of penetrating a mind that is made up.  But, perhaps, you - dear reader - can reach members of SCC and convince them in lovingkindness of their error.

President Bill Clinton deserved impeachment for many reasons.  But, deserving it and being legally impeached are two different things.  If I recall correctly there were several counts of conspiracy.  But, the single count of the President of the United States of America lying to a grand jury was the necessary, sufficient and completely compelling reason to impeach him in the House and try him in the Senate.  But, Senators, like Virginia Republican John Warner, were unwilling to do their duty under the Constitution.  There was no trial.  What a shameful disgrace - the Senators more than the President.

When the Chief Executive can commit perjury and laugh - game it politically - because the Legislature doesn’t do its duty under the supreme law of the land, the 1787 Constitution, then the Rule of Law is a lie.  The legal system from the top down is just power politics - and a lie.

When the State Central Committee, RPV, can convict for causes or strong feelings other than the charges actually made against the Chairman, then The Party Plan, for an organization adhering the Virginia Republican Creed and based on Fair Play as well as the Rule of Law is a lie.  The party organization from the top down is just power politics.

Who are we, SCC, that we would remove a Chairman for other than the reasons he faced as accusations?

What are we, SCC, if we don’t confront him with the actual charges in our hearts instead of the petty, personal accusations he successfully answered?  And offer those new, real accusations (we don’t like you, Politicians don’t like you, you made mistakes, we lost elections, etc. ) by the letter and spirit of The Party Plan?

Why should any Virginian ever believe what any elected Republican Party of Virginia official or any elected Republican public official says - if we don’t say what we mean and mean what we say when we dismiss our own Chairman?  When a committee of few score throws out the Chairman elected by thousands, shouldn’t we, at least, do so with the real charges, the right charges, the truthful charges?

Where do we stand on any issue of merit - when our integrity is challenged as to the truthfulness of our statements on any future position - taxes, spending, entitlements, oversight, managment, etc. - if we don’t act in this moment with complete and utter truth?

It’s one thing to hang a fellow because he killed someone.  It’s quite another accuse him of making a stern face at someone and then hang him because you don’t like him, or a lot of elected politicians don’t like him.   Should you do something you want to do just because you can - you have the power and opportunity to do it?

If you would like to get involved in the We Support Chairman Jeff Frederick movement, please join us on facebook, or the RPVNetwork, sign the petition, and contact your state central members and theMcDonnell campaign.

Warner is Leaving the Senate

On January 3rd, John Warner will retire from the U.S. Senate after thirty years in office. He will be the second longest serving Virginian senator. In light of this fact, the Richmond Times Dispatch published two articles about John Warner's service as a senator. One of the great commonalities between the two articles was John Warner's "independence," i.e. willingness to break with his own party.

One of the articles had a classic Larry Sabato quote.

Warner says he has no regrets about stands that put him at odds with the state Republican Party, such as his opposition to the 1987 Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork and to Oliver North's Senate candidacy in 1994.

University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato, who has followed Warner's career, said Warner's model of the Republican Party is the only one that can win long term.

"He's been vindicated by history. He's been more successful for longer than any Republican in Virginia history."

I know that Larry Sabato enjoys bashing conservatives, but please... Warner has been vindicated by history? The Republican party has definately fallen on hard times since 2005. However has John Warner won an election since then? How do we know he could have been elected in a state that seems to be unfriendly to Republicans? Also it was not Warner's brand of Republicanism that brought about the resurgence of the Republican Party in Virginia which began in 1993. It was the leadership of George Allen which lead to this parties gubernatorial victories in the nineties and its success in the state legislature as well.

A major part of John Warner's legacy is as someone who undermined the Republican Party at every turn. He successfully worked to block the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, opposed Michael Farris for Lieutenant Governor (1993) and Oliver North for Senate (1994) even after they were the Republican nominees. More recently he was part of the "Gang of 14," opposed the Bush administration when it attempted to be conservative, and has been invisible when Republican candidates in Virginia could use his support. In all honesty Warner did make token appearances in the final weeks of the campaigns these past couple years.

Imagine if Robert Bork had been on the Supreme Court instead of Anthony Kennedy. Imagine if Mike Farris and Oliver North had been elected. Imagine if the nuclear option had been exercised. Imagine what this could have done for the causes of limited government, preserving the constitution, and building the Republican Party in Virginia. Imagine all these things, and then realize that John Warner stopped those dreams from becoming a reality. This is John Warner's legacy. It is not one of being a voice of moderation within the Republican Party, but of undermining the party. This is why I am happy John Warner will no longer be my senator.

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Links to the two Richmond Times Dispatch articles.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/JWAR21S_20081220-191415/158995/

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/JWAR21_20081220-211318/159097/

UAW Bailout

While I am taking a blogging sabatical, I received this issue of the Cuccinelli Comapss and I figured I had to pass it on.

December 15, 2008

Dear Fellow Republican:

You're all aware of this week's bailout news. But things still hang in the balance on the UAW/GM/Chrysler bailout, and I wanted to ask all of you to act now to slow down our slide to government ownership of another sector of our economy.

I guess some people think that if you're going to abandon principles, you might as well do it BIG!

I hope all of you believe, as I do, in free market capitalism, and I hope you further agree with me that all of the bailouts and talk of new bailouts are a complete abandonment of that concept. We have an update and a way for you to act in this issue of The Compass.

Bailout Status

This past week, the House of Representatives voted for a NEW $15 billion bailout of the UAW, GM and Chrysler (a German, not American, company as I recall). I am happy to say that no Virginia Republicans voted for this bailout.

Be aware that if this bailout ever gets through, it will have enormous strings attached. Namely, all of the regulatory burdens that the Dems couldn't get through as legislation, they'll get instead as conditions of these loans/chairitable gifts. As someone that believes that such burdens on business reduce competitiveness and freedom, that will only make this proposal 50 times worse.

The short-term good news is that the bailout, part deux, failed in the Senate. They couldn't get to 60 votes on the cloture vote (the vote to break a filibuster). The embarassment for Virginia is that both of our Senators, Warner and Webb, voted FOR the second bailout. Sad.

What's Next

It would be nice if this chapter were over, but it's not.

Here's a quote from http://www.opinionjournal.com/ on the Senate's rejection of the bailout, part deux, without concessions from the UAW. It rings particularly true for a father of small children:

"You have to hand it to Ron Gettelfinger, president of the United Auto
Workers union, and his colleagues. Negotiating for a living is, you know, what
they do. And they're good, very good. They know when somebody's about to
blink.

So it was last Thursday night that Mr. Gettelfinger rejected the deal
offered by Senate Republicans for interim bailout money to keep General Motors
and Chrysler alive for a few more months. The UAW chief was betting that the
Bush administration would blink, and that the union would get a better deal from
the politicians than it would get from the marketplace or from a bankruptcy
judge. It's a ploy we all learned in childhood. When dad won't give you what you
want, turn to mom."

As depressingly astonishing as it may be, President Bush is considering using money from the first bailout bill as a slush fund to lend or give money to GM and Chrysler - without any concessions from the unions. You remember, that was the bill to bailout the financial sector?!?

So, President George ("Herbert Hoover"?) Bush is seriously considering breaking the bounds (what bounds?) of the first bailout bill to just go spend the money on whatever the heck he wants to spend it on... even when that has already been defeated in the Senate!

Incredible.

What Can You Do To Stop This Insanity?

Given that the President has not yet decided whether to bail out the UAW and automakers, there is still time to let them know what you think. Please send them an email to comments@whitehouse.gov AND call their comments line at 202-456-1111.

Let's try not to fall farther down this horrible path to unrecoverable debt and an abandonment of capitalism. Please send them an email and call today!

Sincerely,

Senator Ken Cuccinelli

Virginia 37^th District

Is it really inevitable?

WSLS and Jay Warren once again proved they were very balance journalists. For someone who was thinking that it is almost inevitable that Mark Warner will become sentaor, this stry realy made me smile.

Warner to Announce Decision on Senate Run Thursday

Jay Warren

WSLS NewsChannel 10

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Will he or won't he? Mark Warner can stop sweating it, as he will announce his decision about his future political career Thursday morning in an e-mail to supporters.

And, what a tough decision Mark Warner has! On the one hand he can run in 2008 to replace John Warner in the US Senate. On the other hand he can run in 2009 for another term as governor. Either option is viable because Warner left the governor’s mansion with some of the highest approval ratings in Virginia history.

And, that’s a rating that appears to have stuck with him. A recent poll by Rasmussen Research shows Warner’s favorability rating at 68%. The same poll has Warner beating the two most likely Republican senate challengers by 20 and 27 points.

Governor Tim Kaine, the Democrat who succeeded Warner, gave no hint on his friend’s decision other than to say, “Virginia will be lucky either way.”

WSLS Political Analyst Dr.Bob Denton says it is likely Warner will pick the Senate and calls him the favorite.

“He's one of the most popular politicians in the commonwealth of Virginia. He has some campaign experience now,” Denton said.

But not so fast. Do you remember the last guy we thought had a lock an election: Senator George Allen. At one point he was 30 points ahead in his 2006 re-election bid. He went on to lose to Democrat Jim Webb.

Allen was in Moneta Wednesday campaigning for a local Republican running for the House of Delegates. He said he won’t run for the Senate in ’08, but said, “I think Mark's going to run for the US Senate.”

Allen was brought down in part thanks to a campaign misstep that ended up on YouTube. The Internet has changed the game for politicians, meaning Warner shouldn't take anything for granted.

“He does have to campaign and campaign hard,” Dr. Denton said. “He has to earn the position. But, at the same time I would say it's as much his to lose and his to win.”

Open Fire, Let Him Have It

Senator John Warner says he believes the military should approve the acceptance of homosexuals because he doesn't consider homosexual acts
immoral. Senator Warner was responding to comments by Marine General Peter Pace's denouncing the abolition of the military's "don't ask,
don't tell" policy regarding homosexuals serving in the military.

General Pace said, "I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not
believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.

"I would not want acceptance of overt homosexual behavior to be our policy, just like I would not want it to be our policy that if we were
to find out that so-and-so was sleeping with somebody else's wife, that we would just look the other way, which we do not. We prosecute
that kind of immoral behavior."

Military law, which Gen. Pace was defending, prohibits homosexual acts.

Senator Warner responded to General Pace's comments saying, "I respectfully, but strongly, disagree with the chairman's (Gen. Pace)
view that homosexuality is immoral." Sen. Warner is the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and is seeking to
overturn the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy instituted by former President Bill Clinton.

Members of the military cannot speak on this issue because it is political. They are depending on family and friends to speak on their
behalf. 

Warner's office number is (202)224-2023.

Have Fun!!

Suport the Troops

Currently Virginia's senior senator, John Warner, is working on a non binding resolution to oppose the president's troops surge.

No matter what happens, the troops surge will take place. Warner's non binding resolution will simply tell the soldiers who are a part of the surge, we don't support you.

On the concept of a troop surge, Lindsey Grahm accurately said the following.

“I believe General Petraeus’s new strategy of sending more troops and more economic aid, and improving the political climate in Iraq is our best chance for success, and I support his new effort. To my colleagues who believe Iraq is a lost cause, I urge you to have the courage of your convictions and vote to stop sending more troops into Iraq by cutting off funding."

“A resolution declaring the new strategy a failure before it is implemented is the worst of all worlds. It is a vote of no confidence in General Petraeus, will empower our enemies, and be demoralizing to our own troops.”

http://www.senate.gov/~lgraham/index.cfm?mode=presspage&id=267917

If you also want to see the U.S. Senate support our troops in combat, please go to http://www.thenrscpledge.com/ sign up, and call your senators. No matter who you are, how old you are, or what your age, your voice and activism will help.