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New Media is Here to Stay! More Great Photos from the 2009 Virginia Republican Convention

See more here: http://rappahannockred.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/more-great-pictures-from-the-2009-virginia-republican-convention-new-media-is-the-future/

GOP Convention is Completed- Winning Ticket for November Emerges! [Photos Here]

We may never know the final tally of the votes at the Virginia Republican Convention at the Richmond Coliseum on May 30, 2009—but we sure know who won by a massive margin!

Bob McDonnell - Governor
Bill Bolling - Lt. Governor
Ken Cuccinelli - Attorney General
Pat Mullins - RPV Chairman

Though the speeches were a touch long winded and some were as similar as the next, several stood out. One of which was Ken Cuccinelli's. It began with the fanfare of a U2 video release complete with light show and 100 giant waving Gadsden flags in every level of the coliseum.

11,007 delegates checked in to vote and more than 1,000 guests and observers were present to watch some great speeches and take home souvenirs of the memorable day.

I could go on about how great some of the others were as well, but frankly—if you cared to hear about it that much—you would have attended personally and voted yourself. For the interested, but still lazy, the entire program was broadcast on www.rpv.org and via Bearing Drift blog . For the rest of you, I implore you to get off your duffs and come to a county meeting and GET INVOLVED while you still have a country to help out in!

242 Spotsylvanians signed up to be delegates to this convention. 140 actually did. Decisions are made by those who SHOW UP in life—and especially in politics. Thankfully, I witnesses a whole lot of NEW faces this year, so I'm very encouraged by the renewed spirit I'm seeing in our county!

Oh, did I mention Sean Hannity was there and spoke for about 15 minutes? Yeah, he was very cool to hear from. And now the attendees all have a secret; they know the real reason Alan Colmes is no longer on the show with him!

Bravo to Fox News for having higher ratings than ALL CABLE NEWS NETWORKS COMBINED this year! In fact, Fox & Friends is #1 for it's 90th consecutive MONTH!

America is LISTENING finally! WE just need to make sure they VOTE now.

I guess the implementation of government socialism and the real threat of putting Americans in jail for freedoms the country was founded on has been a wake up call for some of us.

Now thoroughly unified and back in the swing of putting forth the truly best candidates of the party, Virginia is looking good for the Republicans this year.

We got our teeth kicked in last year, and rightfully so in many races. We were not sticking to our core values like we should have been and were infighting when we shouldn't have been.

On that note, Ideologs and principled Constitutionalists are certainly welcome to debate and challenge the status quo and should be holding our leaders accountable whenever possible—I know I do. But, on behalf of the vast majority of Virginia Republicans who may not be as smart as wise as you but still consider themselves to be more Republican than Democrat at least: please stop acting as obstructionists in the processes of electing the best candidate (directed at some who supported Stanley, Muldoon and Brownlee).

If the GOP has broken parts (and it does), by all means, HELP FIX THEM. But if your sole goal is to attend local and district meetings to disrupt them, then all I can say is: there are other parties that may work better for you and you owe it to your unwaivering, fundamental, constitutional principles to explore your political options and be happy with your lives. You don't have a right to make other people miserable. You know who you are...

The GOP is a big tent and it's not owned solely by your (very small) group(s). Note that this commentary is not necessarily directed at the candidates themselves, but rather some of their vocal and ill-intentioned supporters. Again, you know who you are. All the candidates who did not win the nomination acted very respectfully and accordingly made it very clear that they would work hard to support the winning team now and through November. That's the RIGHT way to handle yourselves.

Thank God, those days are behind us for the moment at least, and we have taken back freedom's battle cry that rightfully belongs to people who want to EARNESTLY govern and HONESTLY represent all Virginians... and YES WE CAN do it!

CHANGE is coming to Richmond in November! The drowsy giant has woken up—and he's wondering where the hell his country went!

Starting with a sweep in November for Republicans in Virginia, America may yet get back on track no matter how much Obama and his private club of baby killers and tax cheats mess things up for us in the mean time.

If you missed it in person, you missed a great time and an exciting day in Virginia history. Get your head in the game from this point forward and GET INVOLVED in your local GOP and GET ACTIVE in campaigning for November!

Susan Stimpson to Kick Off Falmouth Supervisor Campaign in Stafford, VA - May 2 at 3:00PM

Come support a fellow Republican running for Stafford Supervisor- at the Republican Headquarters for 2009's Victory in VA!

Take Route 1 north, cross the Falmouth Bridge, and it's on the right just after the car dealership (former Mercedes) and Butler Road.

From I-95 north, take exit 133-A (east on Route 17) to intersection of Route 1. HQ is on your left as you pass through the intersection and Route 17 becomes Butler Road.

Stafford County High School Senior Debuts New Regional GOP Blog

Stafford County is home to Mountain View High School and a bustling Republican committee chaired by senior Colin Brehm.

Colin has wokred his tail off to get students to become active in local politics and understand the process by which we run grassroots campaigns.

This promising young man has reached out to the business community leadership for sponsorships and participation, and hosted guest speakers from national non-profits, as well as regional republican leaders to lend their years of experience in after-school meetings of the Stafford County student Republicans. When does this guy sleep?

Now he's blogging- I think this guy is after my job! Well, true to my beliefs- competition is good and healthy. I'm just glad he's on our side!

Check out http://www.rappgop.blogspot.com/ and bookmark it to see what the GOP youth have their eye on.

Thankfully at Mountain View High- it is indeed the future!

Where are Spotsylvania's Republican Teens?

I know first hand that there are hundreds — perhaps thousands — of strong Republican teachers and students in our county, but they're often suppressed by the strong arm of a liberal teachers union and afraid to launch a club or stand up and be counted.

Guess what folks? That's precisely when it's time to launch a club! How can you teach about the Boston Tea Party, The Revolutionary War or the myriad of other uniquely American accomplishments when you're too afraid to lead by example? ...You can't!

I will personally come to your class/after-school club to speak on this and other grassroots mobilizing issues as requested. Just ask!

Stafford is kicking our butts in this regard. We ouoght not to be jealous of their youth initiative, we need only to be challenged to do better! It starts with YOU.

You're Invited! Come Meet Newt Gingrich and Many Virginia Leaders Feb 12 at the Fredericksburg Expo!

Newt Gingrich is coming to town for a huge reception, speech and dinner-fundraiser to benefit the Spotsylvania GOP committee and Stafford committee and YOU'RE INVITED!

Advance "tickets" for seating and meal are required. Buy them at http://www.spotsygop.com/ by making an online contribution in the amount of your ticket price (noting what it's for on the form) or through the chairman via a check, and a seat to be guaranteed!

Come to our next meeting in person and buy your seats there too!

The date is Feb 12, 2009 at the Fredericksburg Expo Center (in Central Park, next to the Hilton Garden Inn off I-95 exit 130b).

We sure hope you can come to this amazing event! The food and fellowship will be first-rate along with the cause.

This is one of our major fundraisers for 2009 and our upcoming county government elections.
If you can't make it, please consider making a financial contribution in your absence.

Why the Democrats Want You to Believe We Live In A Democracy

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night with spending increases and tax cuts at the heart of the young administration's plan to revive a badly ailing economy. The vote was 244-188, with Republicans unanimous in opposition despite Obama's frequent pleas for bipartisan support.

"This recovery plan will save or create more than three million new jobs over the next few years," the president said in a written statement released moments after the House voted. Still later, he welcomed congressional leaders of both parties to the White House for drinks as he continued to lobby for the legislation.

Earlier, Obama declared, "We don't have a moment to spare" as congressional allies hastened to do his bidding in the face of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The vote sent the bill to the Senate, where debate could begin as early as Monday on companion measure already taking shape. Democratic leaders have pledged to have legislation ready for Obama's signature by mid-February.

A mere eight days after Inauguration Day, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the events heralded a new era. "The ship of state is difficult to turn," said the California democrat. "But that is what we must do. That is what President Obama called us to do in his inaugural address."

With unemployment at its highest level in a quarter-century, the banking industry wobbling despite the infusion of staggering sums of bailout money and states struggling with budget crises, Democrats said the legislation was desperately needed.

"Another week that we delay is another 100,000 or more people unemployed. I don't think we want that on our consciences," said Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the leading architects of the legislation.

Republicans said the bill was short on tax cuts and contained too much spending, much of it wasteful, and would fall far short of administration's predictions of job creation.

The party's leader, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, said the measure "won't create many jobs, but it will create plenty of programs and projects through slow-moving government spending." A GOP alternative, comprised almost entirely of tax cuts, was defeated, 266-170. [MORE]

Sarah Palin to Visit Hurkamp Park in Fredericksburg Monday Oct 27

GET FREE TICKETS ONLINE HERE
(First come first served admission. Ticket holders are not guaranteed seats or even admission into the limited sized event area.)

Sarah Palin will “barnstorm” tour Virginia this coming Monday. According to the McCain-Palin campaign, her third trip to Virginia, Palin will start her day with an event in Leesburg at J.R.’s Festival Lakes, then zip on down to the City of Fredericksburg’s Hurkamp Park, and finish her day with a stop in Roanoke at the Salem Civic Center.

Yes- Sarah Palin is coming to Fredericksburg folks! I’ll bet we get 26,001 people to attend it too if the Free Lance Star has anything to say about it… because they strive to be balanced and all…

Update: She is expected to arrive before or around noon. Call the Regional GOP HQ for your free tickets or get them online at the link above. As more information becomes available, we'll update it here.
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Update Friday 7:00pm: Gov. Palin is expected a little after noon closer to 1:00pm Monday. The "gates" will still open at 10:00am. Satellite parking will be at the Fredericksburg Fairgrounds on Route 2 about a mile south of the City of Fredericksburg and shuttle buses will take you to the event. Plan ahead for carpooling and parking several blocks away and walking. The FRED bus schedule is expected to run on schedule, so you may be able to catch a public bus into the event as well. Call 372-1222 for FRED bus information, ask for Kathy Beck if you need special assistance.

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Update Saturday 9:00am: Todays' Free Lance-Star has a map of road closings and more information. Click HERE to read more.

11:30am: Ticket requests have exceeded 4,000 known, but there are multiple places to get them, so it's likely much more. Priority is given to people who are already signed up to volunteer their time to the local or federal Republican party and committees. Now is a great time to sign up for ACTION and PARTICIPATION in your GOP!

Palin-Biden Debate Watching Event at EXPO a Huge Success!

Naturally, there are hundreds more- but this is a good overall sense of the event. A great time was had by all! Unless of course you were trying to blog live from the event, in which case, our Internet service was mysteriously disconnected just after the debate began...

In case the Free Lance-Star is interested in reporting our official attendance, as calculated by the official landscaper of the parking lot, we had "26,500 people in attendance including those who couldn't get in" (because we reached our capacity of 1,450 inside the building.) I'm quite pleased with this number, since I know every one of these folks will actually vote on Nov. 4th. Our area will no doubt remain bright RED thanks to dedicated citizens who understand what Barack Hussein Obama's "Change" and "Hope" really mean for our families.

Fredericksburg, VA: Obama's Bloated Attendance Report is Deflated by 100+ Actual McCain-Palin Supporters: VA IS McCAIN COUNTRY!

The Fredericksburg, VA region will not turn blue, or even a shade of purple this November as Obamamaniacs would like us to believe. This is FIRMLY Republican ground, and I've never been more convinced than today when THOUSANDS of cars honked their horns vigorously in support of today's grassroots activism display by a cooperative effort of regional McCain supporters.

This idea sprung up at a typical jam-packed nightly calling session at the regional GOP Headquarters this past Thursday night, even though we weren't certain whether Obama would cancel the MWU event to go to Washington, D.C. and put his 143 days of experience in the U.S. Senate to good use and solve the financial crisis.

You see, that's where Senator John McCain was today instead of glad-handing a bunch of ninnies like Barry Obama was.

I was proud to be part of a one-hundred-plus-strong army of McCain-Palin supporters from throughout the greater Fredericksburg region, who answered the action call of their committees to "welcome" his highness Obama to the campus of Mary Washington University today— and boy did we!

We lined a quarter-mile of Jefferson Davis Highway with patriots of Virginia who proudly held 4'x8' signs supporting John McCain and Sarah Palin. We would have gone farther, but we ran out of signs!

We let Obama know that this is McCAIN COUNTRY! Not one- repeat- NOT ONE Obama sign or supporter came out AT ALL on the road we lined for more than five hours! Not one Obama supporter or sign holder came out on any side street of the city either!

Yes, some houses have his signs in their yard like any other election, and despite more than 30 huge McCain signs being slashed and stolen the night before off of private property and front yards of houses, we managed to get them all replaced and fortified with proud McCain supporters who were happy to guard their property against these cowards and vandals and beat back the "invasion" of a few hundred Obama disciples who trickled in over the rest of the afternoon.

The press is trying to report a huge lie of seemingly insignificant information, but if this is any indication of the way they do their Sunday morning polling (when conservatives are IN CHURCH) then you too may just be a "believer" that Obama is winning too.

Who wants to decry BULLS%#T first? Here's your chance if you were there- no matter who you supported... They're saying Obama's visit to Fredericksburg, VA was greeted with "26,000 supporters." Yep- that's the official count released tonight.... in a tiny city of 21,000 total residents, on a campus of about 4,500 students that issued a permit for Obama's historic visit for 1,500 people (that's one thousand five-hundred) in a roped off area about the size of a baseball field's infield and some outfield too, they fit "26,000 people" ...reportedly. BEEE ESSS!

Watch the video news reports- you'll see quick pan shots of a crowd not more than about 25 deep in a semicircle in front of the stage...

I've never seen this kind of false propaganda get out into the news in person before except in the opposite case when the MSM (mainstream media) covers a Washington, D.C. annual Pro-Life rally and ignores the attendance volumes and plays them off as barely attended.

At least in the case of the Free Lance-Star article not written by a bonafied liberal-lover named Chelyen Davis, Kelly Hannon had the decency to mention the Pro-Lifers from multiple organizations that dutifully reminded the Obama guests that Obama supports post-birth "born alive abortions" aka, infanticide, and proudly fundraises cash for Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest taxpayer-subsidized for profit abortion chain. Not to solely pick on Obama, Hillary Clinton is close friends with Cecile Richards, the CEO of P.P., but Hillary is ollld news now, so I'll end that tangent.

Interestingly enough, both FLS writers or their editor, left out any mention in either article about the hundred-plus McCain folks outside the gates. Fortunately for our side tens of thousands saw us with their own eyes and know that they're not alone just because they're part of the so-called 'silent majority'. Election day will reveal just how silent they are. Their car horns certainly weren't silent today.

Back to the point; the press is reporting that enough people to fill HALF OF RFK STADIUM somehow squeezed into a baseball diamond. Call Guinness people- this one is for the record books!

HOGWASH! Several thousand attending— absolutely, I buy that— and why not? He's a rock star after all. Yes, several hundred- perhaps a thousand were lined up around the permitted area too and on sidewalks in the area, but it is a university for pete's sake- students are there in that volume on any given school night! I suppose you could STRETCH the numbers to hit 4,000 if you included all the students milling around too... but c'mon guys- 26,000??

While some of his drones were nice enough to give us only the thumbs down as we waved to them as they entered the campus of Mary Washington University, still other sheep gave us the middle finger and shouted "F*#@ every one of you BAS@#^&@!!" which happened at least a dozen times with the exact same quote.... one only wonders how they orchestrated this identical mantra so well when their Lord and savior (Barack Hussein Obama, a fine Christian man from the mid west the press will tell you) couldn't even get to Fredericksburg on time! He was 2 hours late getting to the stage.

Was he fashionably late or making hype build up? Maybe he just couldn't decide if he needed a tactic or a strategy to get there.

The press reported on tonight's TV news that supporters endured SIX rain storms before he got there... wow- now they rewrite the weather too! YES it poured like a monsoon from about 5:00- 5:30, and then stopped instantly. Amazingly there was even a rainbow! I figured- Obama himself MUST be on stage now... the clouds parted and a rainbow was present for heaven's sake. But no, he was practicing his speech in the car apparently.

If you listen to the same press, you'll hear how he 'won' the debate against John McCain too (though he couldn't remember the name of the soldier when he said "I have a bracelet too" to McCain in response to McCain bringing up how he wears a bracelet as a request from a mom of a fallen U.S. soldier to honor his memory.

Have YOU had enough Obama-mania? I sure have. As a local county GOP member, I'm doing something about it.

Want to get involved too? Call your local GOP committee or the Fredericksburg Regional GOP Headquarters at (202) 507-0841, located in South Stafford off exit 133b.

I'd like to extend a special thanks to the UMW Young Republicans who came out in volumes today and cheered enthusiastically for their candidate. You made all the difference in our success and filled in our ranks tremendously! Sorry, this is the only picture I snapped of you when you first started arriving- if you have a better one with all 30-40 of you, send it! (p.s. next time use permanent markers! Sorry the rain ruined all your hard work.)

Also- be sure to come to the Fredericksburg EXPO center this Thursday October 2, 2008 for a FREE event with "thousands" of your closest Republican friends: Sarah Palin debating Joe Biden live on Jumbo TV's (via satellite) See http://www.fredgop.com/ for details. You must register to attend- space is limited.

All your favorite elected officials will be there including former U.S. Senator George Allen and Congressman Rob Wittman!

RappahannockRed.com Launches Conservative Blog Serving Greater Fredericksburg Region

Read all about them at http://www.rappahannockred.com/ .

Our region and local politics from a Conservative perspective (the RIGHT one!)

Welcome aboard folks!