Obviously you are a new arrival to this blog. I HIGHLY recommend that you go back to the posts dating to the time period where Faisal was running against Julie. You will see MANY and I mean MANY examples where I show PROOF Faisal Gills direct ties to terrorist and terrorist supporting agencies. He has accepted monies from people on the Dept of Treasury’s most watched list and was the spokesman for the American Muslim Council.

Faisal has had NUMEROUS speeding tickets…many this year alone. He is in direct violation of Navy Regulations. He has claimed that he is a lobbyist. It is even said that he is not even a member of the Virginia Bar.

Don’t you DARE call me a racist when you hide behind Anonymity. It is time that YOU be a man (or woman) and sign YOUR name. It is NOT racism to show the light of truth on someone and as an American, you disgust me with your name calling and false accusations. Get your facts STRAIGHT before you throw the R bomb.

I talk this up all I can and am certainly very vocal in the coffee shop at the VRE. Most that I talk to are very upset with the conditions in Woodbrige. I think we see our property values damaged. Some say they are embarassed to give have people come visit because Route 1 looks so bad.

You condemn my candidate (Gill) because you claim he has ties to terrorists. His strongest supporters are Corey Stewart, Scott Lingamfelter, and Bill Bolling. Applying the same logic as you used to link Tim Kaine to radical Muslims, as strong supporters of Gill, Corey Stewart, Scott Lingamfelter, and Bill Bolling have ties to radical Muslims and terrorists. Yet these three you praise, while choosing a liberal like Paul Nichols over the true conservative Faisal Gill. Why? It’s hard not to conclude that your reasons are racially-based. Otherwise you are being incredibly inconsistent and hypocritical.

Now, one caveat to this conclusion. I realize that Greg L. might be against Gill because the latter is representing Steve Chapman in the libel suit against Greg, and that John Light might be against Gill because John is or was dating Gill’s rival Julie Lucas. If either of those are the case then just man up and admit it since they are both valid reasons for opposing someone. But using the excuse of alleged ties to terrorism without also condemning Stewart, Lingamfelter, and Bolling (again, their ties to Gill and via him to terrorists are much stronger than the one’s you are asserting for Tim Kaine, Brian Moran, and others) smacks of racism. There is just no other plausible explanation.

Or maybe, “Anonymous”, you are just ashamed that your candidate (Gill), has terrorist connections so you will attack anyone who attends a Help Save Manassas Event who does not also share your view.

I have to give credit to Mr. Nichols for showing up. It’s a damn if you do, damn if you don’t moment for him and he did the right thing. Whether or not we agree with the man politically, you have to give him credit for at least showing up. Maybe, HOPEFULLY, he will learn something that will stick in his head and when he wins in November, use. Also, he will see by showing up at HSM meetings the strength the organization has and realize that it is NOT a bunch of racists, but concerned citizens who, like him, only want what is best for their home/community.

If you’ve got some questions about why Paul Nichols was the only Democrat to show up, I suggest you ask him. I can’t answer questions about his motivations.

I know that some Democrats had other commitments. One declined, and their message to me was posted on Craig’s Musings if you’re interested. The others never acknowledged the invitation to my knowledge. They may have had good reason for their decisions, and may not have. I’m not going to beat anyone up for missing a fairly short-notice candidate forum, but hope that candidates from all parties feel that reaching out to all voters concerned about illegal aliens is something very worthwhile.

There’s a fairly substantial block of voters who are HSM members, and I hope candidates of all parties consider their votes important.

I hope to have audio posted soon, perhaps tomorrow. There was some good stuff, and some folks I didn’t expect to deliver a really strong performance did really well.

For those who didn’t make it, I expect the audio will be a really valuable resource for voters who want more information on the illegal alien issue. Between all the candidates, we really got a lot of in-depth discussion about a lot of the aspects of the problem and some strong information on where the candidates stand.

It isn’t even the most important issue in the state of Virginia. Only something like 7% in the state think illegal immigration is the most important thing affecting their lives. The most important — traffic.

Dave