… this would be an “I’m done blogging. See ya.” post. But I’m not. So it isn’t. Well, not exactly.* Continue Reading »
And I just love the irony of it! A new blog has replaced Republitarian as the most sensational tabloid style valley blog. (It’s a parody; I get it.) But I just love that the bloggers who most often question Republitarian’s ethics and motives and try their hardest to make him seem bad for stirring the pot are now running this new blog or commenting on how great and fantastic it is. I agree; it is great and fantastic. I love it all the more because
Seriously, everyone should go check it out. Both Republitarian and I laugh every time we visit.
Augusta County Republican Chair Kurt Michael, Vice Chair Lynn Mitchell, Taetzsch and their band of zealots are completely out of touch with the sentiments of most Republicans in Staunton and Augusta County.
If our party is to begin winning elections again, we must shun the narrow, dogmatic mentality espoused by Michael, Mitchell, Taetzsch and Davis. The divisive and unethical tactics used by these self-appointed party spokespeople has brought disrepute to the Staunton-Waynesboro-Augusta County area. If our party keeps the doors to the “big tent” closed, as they urge, we cannot expect local Republican candidates to win many elections.
Talk about not getting it. Some of the rightwing SWAC bloggers are quite fond of using a bloodstained graphic (scroll down and take your pick) on their sites that questions the awareness of Democrats in today’s world. Yet the ambitions of these same folks to move the Republican Party to the extreme right illustrates that they really don’t “get it†themselves.
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I know that may be shocking, but bear with me…
Cliff Garstang currently has a really good post up about the extremely creative “analysis” being used by the SWACites concerning the recent election results. It seems there has been quite a bit of chest thumping by some SWACies for local Republican wins.
Garstang dispells with these stretches of imagination by citing some compelling observations:
• Hanger won handily without the help of “the local radical rightists” that “despise” him. (In fact, Chris “STD, Spanky” Green wasted no time stabbing Hanger in the back.)
• Saxman, Cline and Landes ran unopposed. Even so, many no-votes and write-ins, challenged the notion that they were so widely favored by voters.
• Augusta County BOS races had a Democrat and an Independent beat Republicans, without comparable effort and expense used by the GOP candidates.
• And finally one of the craziest delusion, in my opinion, is the 16 vote victory pulled off by Jeremy Shifflett. A staunchly red district and big Republican endorsements resulted in a squeeker of a 16 vote victory over a Democratic challenger bashed by the SWACholes as being some scary “radical liberal” MoveOn.org activist. (Note: The majority of America agrees with MoveOn.org about the war. Boo!)
The number sixteen used to be so insignificant to the GOP. It really makes one wonder if Shifflett’s campaign manager, Chris “STD” Green, had spent more time and effort on this election and risked a few more limbs instead of snowboarding most of them time there could have been a crushing 25 vote victory.
Cliff sums it up nicely:
The real lesson here ought to be that the local races shouldn’t really be politicized in the way that the local Republican committees have attempted to do. It is clear from the issues that have faced the Supervisors over the last couple of year that party politics have little to do with the positions that individual supervisors take. They get it, but apparently the local GOP leaders (who are unclear on a number of such points) do not.
In closing, my sincere congratulations go out to all of the candidates in the local elections—those who won, and those who did not. The civil, issue-driven campaigns have been a refreshing change to recent patterns. Well done, and much appreciated.
Augusta County Republican Committee Chairman, Kurt Michael, endorses Emmett Hanger…except not really.
Obviously he has been corrupted by the liberal left.
 If someone rants on a blog that no one reads, does it make a sound?
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