Comments on: Are You Kidding Me?

By: local gop

local gop — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:28:18 +0000

well yes, tom davis the congressman himself is taking the time out of his day to call me personally and tell me exactly where to go and exactly what to say. do you ever listen to yourself? maybe if you do you’ll realize that you and btg are the only ones that actually agree about this. even greg doesnt go around calling people TD sock puppets….

By: Babe

Babe — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:42:18 +0000

Actually, that wasn’t the string I had in mind. But since you brought up the topic, if Tom Davis is pulling your strings, you might be a puppet.

By: local gop

local gop — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:24:50 +0000

babe,
you too, if i remember correctly you were also on that band wagon with btg….oh thats, tom davis is pulling my strings…..idiot.

By: Babe

Babe — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:29:58 +0000

Local GOP,
You’re supposed to read the papers, not smoke them. Your string is showing again.

By: local gop

local gop — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:28:50 +0000

btg:

arent you the one that claimed the federalist papers that advocated big government were what ‘true’ conservatives based their governing style off of?

By: Beantowngurl

Beantowngurl — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:48:13 +0000

Local GOP comments about others being empty on this or that. The punk is certainly empty on spelling and Punk-tuation. Somebody wake me when he grows up and gets a clue.

By: local gop

local gop — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:51:32 +0000

“The reason he has time for Congress dummy is because he has stepped down from his job to run for it”
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I’m not ‘in’ with the Fimian crowd, so I am not entitled to information that isnt in a press release. Im 90% positive he didnt put out a press release saying “Im quitting my job to run for congress.” I do know, however, that his campaign office is still in his US inspect office though, which leads a reasonable person to believe that he is still employed by US inspect. Being a member of congress is about more than job creation. fimian, at best, has a luke warm record on job creation and quite frankly us inspect doesnt really convince anyone that he is going to create more jobs in congress as 1/435 people in the minority, its really an idiotic argument. aside from “i ran a company” i havent heard any other qualifications from Fimian. he is empty on government experience, which is necessary whether or not you choose to recognize it. he is empty on past service to the community. the community at large doesnt know who fimian is, at all. herrity, while lacking in the name recognition of connolly, has community roots, service experience, and has experience fighting for lower taxes and conservative values in government. but fimian has his company, oh wait, no, apparently he quit that….

By: Doc

Doc — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:44:59 +0000

A mole in the Herrity camp? Just follow the puppet strings back to Tom Davis and his Main Street Coalition. Herrity is just a mouth piece for the moderates and RINOs that Davis hangs with.

By: VA Blogger

VA Blogger — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:14:09 +0000

Compared to other threads, this one has been pretty even-handed, which is an encouraging sign.

Though I look forward to more objective analysis from PWC4FIMIAN.

By: Greg L

Greg L — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:43:09 +0000

Woodbridge, good comments all.

I’m hopeful the primary will be conducted without generating unnecessary animosity. I think the people Fimian brought on lately grasp the importance of this, and to his credit Herrity seems to have understood from the beginning. You never know what’s going to happen during the campaign, but the consensus from the electorate has been pretty clear about how they want this conducted, and both sides get it. Now if we can just keep somewhat of a lid on everyone else apt to throw gasoline around. As a notorious political firebrand myself who has cast about my fair share of gas (and them some, perhaps), I’m hoping to set a tone in this that will be more an example than an exception, because that’s what’s needed here.

By: Woodbridge

Woodbridge — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:19:26 +0000

Either one is better than Connelly. I’ve heard both of them speak, checked out their web sites, signed up for their respective email and facebook alerts etc etc etc. So far, neither one seems to be God’s gift to the district but either would be acceptable. Keith hits all the populist buttons that soud good on the campaign trail but make it difficult to actually govern. Pat seems to understand government a bit better but hasn’t demonstrated any fire in the belly. I recieve 2-3 facebook messages a day from Fimian and only just recieved my first from Herrity this week. Kieth can win the primary with the populism but it could hurt him in the general. Pat needs to kick his activity level up at least three notches to even begin to compete in the primary and 3 more notches for the general.

I hope we can have a spirited primary without generating so many hard feelings we are unable to come together to support one or the other in the general. That has been an unfortunate tendency that has cost us several elections over the past 10 years. We need to get past it.

Finally, I am afraid that even if we do take this seat in 2010, we will just give it back in 2012 after redistricting. It will be difficult to draw lines that do not produce 2 very blue districts in Northern Va with a redish purple distirect in Loudon and PWC with a hook into Vienna to pick up Frank Wolf’s house.

By: Freedom

Freedom — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:09:07 +0000

Kingsley, your comments are the most valuable of all…thank you and I agree 100%. I’m in PWC and support Keith, but I’ll support either one in the general election. Ya see, I just can’t wait to call Gerry Connolly and offer him a job cutting my grass or power washing my deck.

By: Kingsley

Kingsley — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:05:01 +0000

We need to be careful dinging either one of these guys. One of them will be the nominee and I can assure you that either one of them is much, much better than Connolly!

By: PWC4FIMIAN

PWC4FIMIAN — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:17:59 +0000

Herrity supporters are pissed because Pat jumped in the race expecting everyone to flock to him. It isn’t happening. At best support is splitting slightly in Fimian’s favor in Fairfax and Fimian is clobbering him in PWC.

Herrity doesn’t understand the average Republican primary voter. It was hilarious watching him trying to deliver conservative redmeat at the PWC Lincoln Day dinner. Clearly the guy has been positioning himself as a moderate his entire career…no one is buying the conservative rhetoric.

By: NoVA Scout

NoVA Scout — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:45:10 +0000

I don’t think Country Clubs are at the root of government spending problems. In fact I very much doubt Springfield CC has gotten any, and certainly not significant levels of, federal funds. So the link between that site a fiscal responsibility is hard to discern.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:01:25 +0000

local gop, you are correct that running in 2008 does not entitle him to a free ride to the nomination in 2010. But Chris is also correct to say that his stepping up in such a difficult year for Republicans is something for which his fellow Republicans should give him credit. And it’s something one might legitimately give weight to when deciding who to vote for in the primary. You can’t dismiss it out of hand as if it is meaningless.

I have great respect for any first time candidate. It is a tremendous sacrifice for both the candidate and the candidate’s family.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:40:36 +0000

No. Every single elected pol was scared sh*tless about running against Obama, Warner and Connolly - every single one of them. Fimian ran anyways. I remember writing blog posts and attending various meetings talking with other Republicans pleading with Tom to run for reelection, for Hugo or O’Brien or anyone else to run but nobody. I don’t blame them, they have their careers to take care of I can’t blame that. But they did NOT run because of the climate and the inevitability of a loss. Fimian went out there anyways and I believe he’s earned the chance to finish what he started. I also agree with his more aggressive articulation of conservative principles.

The reason he has time for Congress dummy is because he has stepped down from his job to run for it. Jeez, I don’t mind debating but its really hard to debate someone who doesn’t know anything.

By: local gop

local gop — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:08:40 +0000

Its a matter of record. when comparing vote totals, herrity performed better than fimian did in two elections, of which, he has a 50% win ratio. Fimian has a 0% win ratio.

“Busy running a company and raising a family”–then what makes him think he has time for Congress? Fimian had the ability to self fund in 2008, no one else did; hence why he ran, it was about the money, dont be fooled into thinking it was about something else.. Him in running in 2008 doesnt entitle him to a free ride in 2010, period.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:25:31 +0000

local gop, obviously I agree with you about the country club nonsense. But I’m not sure I agree that Herrity’s performance in the special election for Chairman of the BoS is evidence that he would run stronger than Fimian. Herrity almost stole one there to be sure, but it is hard to compare the results from a low turnout special election with a regular midterm election and draw any meaningful conclusions.

I have called out the Fimian folks when they try to sell the notion that Fimian significantly outperformed McCain in the 11th in 2008. He polled less than one percent better than McCain. Hardly significant. But I don’t find anything in past election results that makes a convincing case for Herrity being stronger. I believe Herrity would be the stronger candidate. I just don’t think the case is made by parsing past election statistics.

The voters will decide how much to weigh prior service to the community. Sometimes you get a candidate with a wealth of relevant community service like John Cook in the Braddock District. That helped him win in a very Democratic district. But that is only one of many factors that voters may use in making a voting decision.

One thing is for sure. Voters are not likely to flock to a wealthy, largely self funding candidate because they think his opponent is elitist for having a campaign event at a country club.

By: Greg L

Greg L — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:16:11 +0000

There you have it folks: “local gop” endorses Herrity.

That should take care of the undecideds.