I can still hear those words; perhaps you can guess…give it a try: “He was there for me and I’m here for him” — Hint: the 14,000 reasons guy; “…what are YOU gonna do to get this man in Richmond” — Hint: the bellowing 5,000 reasons guy; “…it’s done all the time” — Hint: the 2,000 reasons guy; “…I’m supporting him because he’s my friend” — Hint: the “introducer”; “I’m remaining neutral in this race, but I’m gonna vote for Faisal Gill” — No Hint; and finally “…it’s all a smear” — No Hint.

Honor has its rewards.

Perhaps the RPV thinks that people will forget about the overvotes in one-fifth of the precincts, the failure to properly account for who got ballots when, the failure to ensure that voters dropping ballots in the ballot box had received valid ballots for that precinct, etc.

But I think that people will remember what happened last Saturday for a long time. They will think less of RPV because of it. A party that cannot run itself properly ought not to be running Virginia.

I don’t care if the Dems are just as bad in many regions. That is not an excuse.

They got very short-term enjoyment, then were on the receiving end of George Allen’s rise to the Governorship and a 10 year resurgence of the GOP statewide that took those very Democrats from the majority to the minority.

In politics, it’s always best to think a few years ahead when trying to figure out how your actions will play out.

“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”

Saturday was just a speed bump in Julie’s political career. Never lose faith, in her, in ourselves, or for what is right.

Which daughter is he talking about? The mysterious disappearing child in his listing?

Heh… right…”

What on earth does this mean?

“…And I’m really impressed by all of these anonymous/pseudonymous comments. Put your names on ‘em if you want to be taken seriously…”

…and your ego makes you think someone really cares to know YOUR name?? …doesn’t make a whit to me! :)

Fact is, James, and a fact you refuse to acknowledge, Faisal Gill has made a number of very bad decisions thus far in his life and he’s really not that old. Yet you excuse him, covering your eyes to those bad decisions.

We’ve all made both good and bad decisions in our lives, James, yet we go on. We enjoy the fruits of our good decisions and have to live with the bad ones…we can apologize and ask for forgiveness…sometimes we’re forgiven and sometimes we aren’t…but we live with those bad decisions, and in some cases, they hurt pretty badly.

It would be of no benefit to repeat the list of Faisal Gill’s bad decisions, you’ve read them here, you’ve read them plenty of places, plenty of times. Yet, being unable to justify or otherwise defend him for those bad decisions, you call it “a smear.”

Faisal Gill relies on people James…he relies upon people who need money; he relies upon people who refuse to hold him accountable for his bad decisions; and what scares me the most is his reliances that we don’t even know about.

You’re great at name-calliing, James, but I’m not a racist, I’m not a liberal, a whiner, a moderate, a nihilist or any of the other names you throw around. However, I do expect politicians, even Republicans, to be held accountable for their past decisions, both the good and the bad.

Now James, who really IS the “liberal” here?

Which daughter is he talking about? The mysterious disappearing child in his listing?

Heh… right…

The funny thing is, if Julie had won under these circumstances, everyone here (save for JM, a Democrat) would be screaming about how Faisal’s supporters should suck it up and support the nominee.

You people aren’t Conservatives. You’re not moderates. You’re not even Liberals. You’re nihilists, no more mature than children who break toys when they don’t get their way so no one else can play with them.

And I’m really impressed by all of these anonymous/pseudonymous comments. Put your names on ‘em if you want to be taken seriously. The only people here worthy of even the respect of courage are JL, Greg, and JM. And the last is a Democrat!

I listened to Faisal Gill’s speech. Here’s what I’ve heard:

I heard laughs when he mentioned his shy daughter.
I heard claps and cheers when he talked about his work experience.
I heard claps when he talked about his plans and positions.
I heard claps as he finished his speech.

So far, I hear only polite behavior from the Lucas supporters.

Is there someplace specific where Charles or others claim “bad behavior” on the part of Lucas supporters?

I’d really like it if I didn’t have to listen to all of those boring speeches.

There are many voters out there who don’t follow local politics and don’t know Faisal Gill and his past from shinola, they really don’t. We must help them understand that just because a name carries an (R) it’s not ALWAYS the correct answer. There ARE things worse than a Democrat!

Julie should feel honored to have been booed by Faisal’s fans.

Kopko and his endorsers (especially Bill Bolling who got the big bucks) have a lot of explaining to do over why they chose greed over principle. And by principle my biggest problem is Gill’s numerous connections to those that want to harm this country.

They may crow that they won, but it’s obvious that their money is NOT where their mouths are because unless they used one of the money laundering organizations to give a donation, none of the above showed up as doners to the Faisal campaign.

Plain and simple, Kopko SHOULD RECUSE himself from ANYTHING dealing with the 51st Convention. But we all know that he has neither the morals, ethics, or the pair to do that.

What also needs to be done is for all NOT to quit the Republican Party. The Part is only as good as you make it and by inaction, nothing will get accomplished. This is not something that has happened overnight. The handwriting was on the wall from the beginning. Let’s do a lessons learned and take these people to task. Folks, THIS is the reason good people don’t run…because when corrupt people are put in charge and run negative campaigns as the Faisal crowd did, a REAL politican who could ACTUALLY HAVE WON in November gets the short end of the stick.

As they wash their hands of any responsibility for the loss of a key GOP seat, they will once again start the “big purg” of the “unpure.”

Mark my words.