Nice rant!

You can hang out with them both at a fundraiser tomorrow.

Monday, January 4th, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

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Pretty simple, huh?

Aside from saying over and over again herrity is apart of machine politics you offer no evidence of this, you dont answer the fact that Fimian was hand picked by the machine you claim to hate, and you all you do is attack people like tom davis who you dont think are conservative enough. your exclusionary style of politics is what leads to democrats winning elections and republicans losing. only a fool would allow gerry connolly to win an election because you want to cling to the hollow satisfaction that you you nominated the more ‘conservative’ candidate. Ok, congratulations you stuck it to the machine, oh too bad, cause connolly wins….again.

Prove herrity is apart of the machine, be my guest, you cant cause he’s not. stop your doom and gloom the establishment versus the grass roots non sense and get in the fight against the dems, cause thats all that is gonna stop obama care and a liberal agenda in washington.

You Rock!

You seem to be all about institutions and machine politics. That’s a problem and you seem to be one of its handmaidens. I’d rather beat Connolly’s machine with a citizen-based conservative movement, not just another machine. If you like machine-style politics, I hear real estate is cheap in Chicago.

As they say in the Navy, “That is all. Out.”

What are you talking about. You obviously dont have a clue what you are talking about and are just a talking head that spits out talking points to slam Davis.

FACTS:

1. Herrity has been in elected office for a whole 3 years, a far cry from the political elite you claim he is apart of.

2. Fimian was HAND PICKED by the political elite you dont like (DAVIS) to run for Congress.

3. Herrity does have REAL WORLD experience, he is a CFO of a local software corporation. CFOs do everything you stated in your list of requirements, except Herrity hasnt driven his company 30% in the hole, fimian has.

4. Being a county supervisor isnt the glamourous political elite job you think it is. Do you even know what a supervisor does. he deals with local issues that the average tax payer cares about. It would be nice to have a champion of local government in COngress who has actually gotten things done with the government (herrity), over someone like Fimian who doesnt know how to change the system for the better and instead just complains about how the big bad government is evil. Ok, fine, you have been around for years, why haven’t you done something about it already? Atleast Herrity has jumped in and serves the people.

5. Dont underestimate Connolly by saying that anyone can beat him. The political climate will determine who wins and loses. Connolly has union support and a strong machine behind him. He is a Fairfax institution that people know, so is Herrity. Fimian isnt and thats why Herrity has a much better shot against Connolly than Fimian. All politics is local and Herrity is a local guy, Fimian has a lot of money and NO local roots. That equals another loss.

But, as Mr. Young states, government experience is not particularly relevant to a congressional seat. In fact I would suggest it is a liability. Correct, our Founders envisioned citizens called to service and then returning to live in their communities, amongst the citizenry that elected them. Another check and balance to their power, but the Founders never envisioned a professional class of politicians who never leave. They just seek more power and never return home. Politics becomes their career and life-long passion, their means of support, income, and retirement. When they can’t hold office any longer, they become lobbyists and run PACs. This is the poison that is ruining our country.

So, I’ll take a businessman who understands how to build the economy, create jobs, manage people and resources, balance the books, protect and preserve the US Constitution, and promote limited government. At this time, Fimian best fits that requirement.

So, when I see the political class circling (Tom Davis, Herrity et al), I want to just say, “No.” Let’s try some non-politicians with relevant real life experiences, as our Founders envisioned. If Fimian becomes part of the problem and joins the permanent political class, well, by that time the Republic will be completely bankrupt and failed anyway.

We know what Gerry Connelly is about. Despicable and disgusting. Under the present circumstances a dead skunk in the middle of the road should be able to beat him. If Connolly wins against anyone, we’re doomed anyway. Time to unite and throw all the bums out.

As for the “sock-puppet” comments, I don’t seem them as fair as applied to either Herrity OR Fimian. Among those to whom such a label has been applied, there may well be merit, but I haven’t observed anything to suggest that it has merit as applied to Herrity or Fimian. Moreover, I don’t hold that government experience is particularly relevant as applied to a congressional seat — certainly, it is doubtful that the Founders did, either — and I suspect that Fimian will be a much more effective candidate this time than he was able to be in a truly horrendous GOP year.

The call for a convention in the 10th District will be issued soon. The Committee had Jim Rich read portions of it to them, but they haven’t had a chance to see it.

I expect, as others have commented, that when the call comes out there will be an insanely short time period for anyone to file for Chairman and the filing requirements will be more onerous than any other district in Virginia. This is exactly what happened last time. It is not out of the realm of possibilities that the filing deadline will have expired before the call is actually published, as that has actually been done in the past.

Anyone who tried to abuse process in order to maintain power is simply a tyrant. Jim Rich fits that to a “T”, on every occasion to prove so.

Just keep an eye out for the inevitable BS that will happen within the call to convention this year. Let that be your proof. If it is fair and open, you can rest assured we got the right guy running the 10th CD. If not, you’ll know we do not.

You obviously dont know what you are talking about in your calling Herrity Davis’ sock puppet. Davis hand picked Fimian to run, if there is a sock puppet, its Fimian. Get a clue. Im not Pat Herrity, I dont know, I would suspect after the special in the 37th so as to not draw attention from it. But it could be sooner or later. I would love for some polling to be done 1) connolly v fimian 2) connolly v herrity. I think it would put to rest the debate as to who should get the nomination. I think Herrity would be an asset on the BOS, but I would rather have Chairman Bulova and Congressman Herrity than Chairman Herrity and Congressman Connolly.

Again, where do you get the opinion that Herrity is Davis’ sock puppet, thats a pretty base-less comment, especially if you know anything about how Fimian even came to run back in 2008.

Connolly has angered a lot of hard core liberals that believe he’s not liberal enough. If we were to run a not so polarizing figure against him like Herrity, there is a greater that those liberals just dont bother to vote for Connolly. But if Fimian, lets be fair is a lot more polarizing that Herrity, were to run, those hard core liberals would be much more likely to show up and vote against Fimian. Plus Herrity has much more ties to the local community than Fimian does and independents that normally wouldnt even vote are more likely to come out and vote for someone they know (herrity) than someone they dont (Fimian). Just seeing his bumper sticker or commercial isnt knowing him really.

I cant wait for Bob Marshall to serve in the U. S. Senate. He is exactly what we need in Washington D.C.