Posted: 1/20/2014 3:21:07 PM EDT
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http://www.vcdl.org/node/514
Get out in the snow and vote at all costs. A R win here flips the senate away from Terry's control. If you live there and don't vote tomorrow then you are pedophile. It's science. |
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Voted at 6:30, I was 23rd vote, so a few are going to make a difference, especially if the weather turns bad.
If you cannot get out because of weather, Email me or post up and the we can figure something out. No excuses, no snow yet and most employers and schools are off, including the Fed. |
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Done and voted about 0630 and then back to sleep for a while. Sent in email to my mom last night reminding her to vote and who to vote for.
Just heard from her. She's was inclined to vote for Wexton since she does work for Wexton's law office.  My mom said all the flyers she had been getting were really off-putting. Told her all that's coming from all the Obama supporter money. Nuff said to get the point across. 
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Looks like polls close at 7:00, now the waiting begins.
ETA: Results here: http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SEN&map=CTY |
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What's the likelyhood of an R win? It is currently a D seat. It's not Arlington or Falls Church, though. The right R could win. One that appealed to more than just social conservatives and pro-lifers. Maybe....one that was picked via a primary and not a closed meeting or convention? Hoping for a win tonight but standing by for the VA GOP to learn ZERO lessons and do ZERO self-assessment if we lose. |
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Not looking good right now.
http://www.vpap.org/?display=list&race=S33 |
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36/51 D: Wexton - 9402 R: Whitbeck - 6615 I: May - 1834 Write In - 1 McAuliffe, Northampton, Herring and now Wexton. Thank you very much VA Tea Party for shutting republicans out of the legislative process in our state for the next four years. Hopefully you'll jettison your bullshit social agenda and start to concentrate on what your acronym stands for. You've basically handed the progressive agenda to Democrats gift wrapped. I hope you're proud of yourselves. |
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McAuliffe, Northampton, Herring and now Wexton. Thank you very much VA Tea Party for shutting republicans out of the legislative process in our state for the next four years. Hopefully you'll jettison your bullshit social agenda and start to concentrate on what your acronym stands for. You've basically handed the progressive agenda to Democrats gift wrapped. I hope you're proud of yourselves. Quoted:
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36/51 D: Wexton - 9402 R: Whitbeck - 6615 I: May - 1834 Write In - 1 McAuliffe, Northampton, Herring and now Wexton. Thank you very much VA Tea Party for shutting republicans out of the legislative process in our state for the next four years. Hopefully you'll jettison your bullshit social agenda and start to concentrate on what your acronym stands for. You've basically handed the progressive agenda to Democrats gift wrapped. I hope you're proud of yourselves. The Democrats don't even have to make up new ads - they can just recycle the same old ones about abortion. Time for social conservatives to get the message - they have lost the battle on abortion and gay marriage. Unless they want to lose the battle on everything else as well, its time to radically change course on gay marriage and abortion. |
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The Democrats don't even have to make up new ads - they can just recycle the same old ones about abortion. Time for social conservatives to get the message - they have lost the battle on abortion and gay marriage. Unless they want to lose the battle on everything else as well, its time to radically change course on gay marriage and abortion. They'll never get it. They'll cling to those social agendas as tight as they can, and with every election lost point the finger at the increasing number of folks who don't follow along. Why accept fault and realize they're losing, when they can blame the ever-increasing number of 3rd party voters? (Never mind addressing why those 3rd party voters exist in the first place). Why put increased importance on The Constitution, when instead they can place top-priority on [their interpretation of] the Bible? They can't put forth an electable candidate... and can't seem to counter all of the attack ads. Democrats are more than happy to recycle those same ads every time... especially since Republicans stay silent about them. I think the only chance we have of not continuing the path towards losing EVERY election... is for the Republican party to simply NOT run a candidate in NOVA elections. Put in a moderate-conservative (I) candidate to run against the (D). If Republicans can't wake the F up to figure out how to WIN up here, then at the very least step aside to give someone else a damned chance. Stop gift-wrapping every election for the democratic candidate! Yeah, it'd be nice if Fairfax/Arlington/Loudoun was still part of the "South". But they're not... so ADAPT AND OVERCOME! Think a Republican is gonna stand a chance of picking up Moron's seat? After witnessing all of the recent elections... I don't. Not even close. Damned fools hand the elections off to the (D) candidate every time. Might as well concede before polls open. 
The only thing more maddening than seeing progressive Ds continue to gain seats... is knowing that they're gaining seats largely due to the incompetence of thumper Rs. |
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While I agree with the need for a change in strategy, be careful about saying give up on issues. The Pro life groups are consistent voters with the Pro gun groups. Not because they support firearm rights which I bet many dont. The Pro life groups may also be saying we need to jettison the gunners. The Republicans need a better message and fundraising apparatus. They need to get back to focusing on investing in america, and that means spending some money raised from taxes, but owning efficiency and cost reductions to get more for the tax payer dollar. They need to own making this state good for business and good for families. They need money to sell that message and that is terribly lacking more because the tea party brand is dominating the Republican brand. The Tea party brand is no government is good, no tax is good. Businesses need government investing in roads and infrastructure to grow. No one wants waste, but to get donations for elections you need to be seen as pro making the state a good place to work and do business. You can be pro life and pro business and raise the money to sell your plan.
But you are right that we are still paying for the vaginal ultrasound bill. For all the political capital that cost I wonder if anyone is even trying to enforce it. Doubt it. |
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While I agree with the need for a change in strategy, be careful about saying give up on issues. The Pro life groups are consistent voters with the Pro gun groups. Not because they support firearm rights which I bet many dont. The Pro life groups may also be saying we need to jettison the gunners. The Republicans need a better message and fundraising apparatus. They need to get back to focusing on investing in america, and that means spending some money raised from taxes, but owning efficiency and cost reductions to get more for the tax payer dollar. They need to own making this state good for business and good for families. They need money to sell that message and that is terribly lacking more because the tea party brand is dominating the Republican brand. The Tea party brand is no government is good, no tax is good. Businesses need government investing in roads and infrastructure to grow. No one wants waste, but to get donations for elections you need to be seen as pro making the state a good place to work and do business. You can be pro life and pro business and raise the money to sell your plan. But you are right that we are still paying for the vaginal ultrasound bill. For all the political capital that cost I wonder if anyone is even trying to enforce it. Doubt it. I hear ya. The Pro-Life voting base is indeed a reliable one in regards to folks who consistently make it to the polls. But in NOVA I don't question their voting record, I question their numbers. I can't help but feel that we're losing 3-4 moderate/independent voters for every one single-issue Pro-Life voter we retain. And it's especially disheartening when driving thru the local Catholic Church parking lot at mass time and seeing Obama stickers on cars. If Catholics can support the one guy who was against the BAIPA, then that doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies in regards to their numbers carrying a conservative candidate to victory. But so long as the Democrats can pound us with attack ads of this nature... anything we can put out there trying to carry the "invest in Virginia" message will be drowned out, or at least severely muffled. Being able to take that one issue away from them would really mess up their whole game plan. When you think about it... that's what the majority of their game plan seems to be up here. Take that away... and what do they have left? |
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And it's especially disheartening when driving thru the local Catholic Church parking lot at mass time and seeing Obama stickers on cars. If Catholics can support the one guy who was against the BAIPA, then that doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies in regards to their numbers carrying a conservative candidate to victory. I despise some of my fellow Catholics at times. Fucking Judenrat and Kapos if it comes to it. |
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McAuliffe, Northampton, Herring and now Wexton. Thank you very much VA Tea Party for shutting republicans out of the legislative process in our state for the next four years. Hopefully you'll jettison your bullshit social agenda and start to concentrate on what your acronym stands for. You've basically handed the progressive agenda to Democrats gift wrapped. I hope you're proud of yourselves. Quoted:
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36/51 D: Wexton - 9402 R: Whitbeck - 6615 I: May - 1834 Write In - 1 McAuliffe, Northampton, Herring and now Wexton. Thank you very much VA Tea Party for shutting republicans out of the legislative process in our state for the next four years. Hopefully you'll jettison your bullshit social agenda and start to concentrate on what your acronym stands for. You've basically handed the progressive agenda to Democrats gift wrapped. I hope you're proud of yourselves. A-MEN. -shooter |
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36/51 D: Wexton - 9402 R: Whitbeck - 6615 I: May - 1834 Write In - 1 McAuliffe, Northampton, Herring and now Wexton. Thank you very much VA Tea Party for shutting republicans out of the legislative process in our state for the next four years. Hopefully you'll jettison your bullshit social agenda and start to concentrate on what your acronym stands for. You've basically handed the progressive agenda to Democrats gift wrapped. I hope you're proud of yourselves. A-MEN. -shooter Agreed 100 percent. I just went down to DMV and turned in my DTOM license plates. I don't want anybody to think I'm affiliated with that bunch. |
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Agreed 100 percent. I just went down to DMV and turned in my DTOM license plates. I don't want anybody to think I'm affiliated with that bunch. Quoted:
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36/51 D: Wexton - 9402 R: Whitbeck - 6615 I: May - 1834 Write In - 1 McAuliffe, Northampton, Herring and now Wexton. Thank you very much VA Tea Party for shutting republicans out of the legislative process in our state for the next four years. Hopefully you'll jettison your bullshit social agenda and start to concentrate on what your acronym stands for. You've basically handed the progressive agenda to Democrats gift wrapped. I hope you're proud of yourselves. A-MEN. -shooter Agreed 100 percent. I just went down to DMV and turned in my DTOM license plates. I don't want anybody to think I'm affiliated with that bunch. So does anybody know exactly what would be required to take back the party from Team Jesus and re-institute a primary as opposed to a Team Jesus convention? |
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While I agree with the need for a change in strategy, be careful about saying give up on issues. The Pro life groups are consistent voters with the Pro gun groups. Not because they support firearm rights which I bet many dont. The Pro life groups may also be saying we need to jettison the gunners. The Republicans need a better message and fundraising apparatus. They need to get back to focusing on investing in america, and that means spending some money raised from taxes, but owning efficiency and cost reductions to get more for the tax payer dollar. They need to own making this state good for business and good for families. They need money to sell that message and that is terribly lacking more because the tea party brand is dominating the Republican brand. The Tea party brand is no government is good, no tax is good. Businesses need government investing in roads and infrastructure to grow. No one wants waste, but to get donations for elections you need to be seen as pro making the state a good place to work and do business. You can be pro life and pro business and raise the money to sell your plan. But you are right that we are still paying for the vaginal ultrasound bill. For all the political capital that cost I wonder if anyone is even trying to enforce it. Doubt it. They don't have to give up on their morals/beliefs/whatever... just SHUTUP about them and don't let the libs draw them onto the third rail. Don't speculate on their hypothetical bill questions - wiat until you can see actual language of the bill. And always, always remember that they're being elected to represent the people in their district, not to impose THEIR views on everyone else. That, I think, would go a long way to countering the D playbook. Get elected, THEN try to convince people to support a position. |
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They don't have to give up on their morals/beliefs/whatever... just SHUTUP about them and don't let the libs draw them onto the third rail. Don't speculate on their hypothetical bill questions - wiat until you can see actual language of the bill. And always, always remember that they're being elected to represent the people in their district, not to impose THEIR views on everyone else. That, I think, would go a long way to countering the D playbook. Get elected, THEN try to convince people to support a position. Quoted:
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While I agree with the need for a change in strategy, be careful about saying give up on issues. The Pro life groups are consistent voters with the Pro gun groups. Not because they support firearm rights which I bet many dont. The Pro life groups may also be saying we need to jettison the gunners. The Republicans need a better message and fundraising apparatus. They need to get back to focusing on investing in america, and that means spending some money raised from taxes, but owning efficiency and cost reductions to get more for the tax payer dollar. They need to own making this state good for business and good for families. They need money to sell that message and that is terribly lacking more because the tea party brand is dominating the Republican brand. The Tea party brand is no government is good, no tax is good. Businesses need government investing in roads and infrastructure to grow. No one wants waste, but to get donations for elections you need to be seen as pro making the state a good place to work and do business. You can be pro life and pro business and raise the money to sell your plan. But you are right that we are still paying for the vaginal ultrasound bill. For all the political capital that cost I wonder if anyone is even trying to enforce it. Doubt it. They don't have to give up on their morals/beliefs/whatever... just SHUTUP about them and don't let the libs draw them onto the third rail. Don't speculate on their hypothetical bill questions - wiat until you can see actual language of the bill. And always, always remember that they're being elected to represent the people in their district, not to impose THEIR views on everyone else. That, I think, would go a long way to countering the D playbook. Get elected, THEN try to convince people to support a position. This...And just realize that a lot of funding for third party candidates actually does come from the Dems. I'm not saying we are losing because of third party candidates but they do drain resources (not just votes) away from the Republicans. P.S. Jennifer Wexton is a corrupt whore. According to campaign finance reporting, Sarvis received $222,127. The bulk of contributions primarily came from individual donations; Sarvis was the largest single financial contributor to his own campaign at $21,057.[65] On election day, Glenn Beck's online magazine, The Blaze, reported that Sarvis' campaign was partly financed by Austin, Texas, software billionaire Joe Liemandt.[66][67] Liemandt, founder of the software company Trilogy and an Obama campaign contributor, was the largest single contributor to the Libertarian Booster PAC; the Libertarian Booster PAC contributed $11,454 to Sarvis' campaign.[68] Because of Liemandt's contribution to the Libertarian Booster PAC, it would lead Rush Limbaugh to say, "the Democrats enlisted a 'fake Libertarian candidate' who was 'bought and paid for by an Obama bundler I don't think Sarvis or May are witting agents of the Dems, they believe what they believe but they do seems to self finance hopeless campaigns for ego reasons and then when the money runs out they receive financing from some unusual sources, and always in the last week. |