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Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Donald Trump Attacks Republican Party of Virginia RPV

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Roanoke Times, 12-31-1215: Pg Va 2: Trump called (RPV rule) making March 1 primary voters identify as Republicans “suicidal” and “stupid”
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Perhaps Trump has some basis for the “stupid” item since no one is calling the RPV smart after loosing to the Democrats the: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG and both US Senators.
The RPV hindsight reasoning: “we weren’t Conservative enough!”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/01/teaparty-fundamentalists-take-virginia.html
Perhaps next time we should endeavor to appeal to:
Almost all Republicans, Most Independents and all the Reagan-Democrats!
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However, this attack by Trump is very interesting from both TeaParty Leadership and RPV Leadership viewpoints.
Since Virginia’s Legislators have not seen fit to fix the issues of Party Enrollment, both party’s and many candidates’ face ongoing squabbles over “cross-over” voting in primary’s and caucuses’.
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This got really nasty in the Campbell County Republican 5th District process in which the TeaParty Leadership claimed that centrist-GOP’ers had brought-in known Democrats to vote. RPV invalidated the election and the chaos and animosity continues unabated.
“They eat their own, and they’re always hungry”! Beck Stanley Bedford businessman.
http://bearingdrift.com/2015/09/30/stanley-business-as-usual-for-campbell-county-republicans/
The Republican environment in the 6th also appears to be unpleasant:
http://bearingdrift.com/2016/01/06/wendell-walker-out-ralph-smith-in-as-candidate-for-6th-district-chair/
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It’s of interest that Virginia party enrollment has been dashed and trashed by TeaParty Leadership multiple times. Something about the 14th Amendment right to free association. However, it appears that association is quite selective from a TeaParty Leadership viewpoint. Not clear that was the Founders intent.
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Riding in on his BIG bandwagon, Trump wants the voting process open to everyone he can activate with his outlandish and bombastic proclamations. This “openness rule” would further make “Party Voting” akin to the General Election and thereby negate the concept of a “Party Choice”.
Conversely, almost all voters loathe “loyalty oaths”.
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It appears that party affiliation and loyalty is of no interest or import to Trump. Fits in well with his option that he may run as a 3rd Party Candidate in November.
Shades of Ross Perot – what a joy!
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The rules making for selecting party nominees are now in process. Recent Republican processes have been acrimonious at best and downright nasty at worst.
5th District Democrats And GOP ponder options for choosing nominees:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/th-district-democrats-gop-ponder-options-for-choosing-nominees/article_d01d4fe5-0690-5fb7-bc71-e5f7c1bd439a.html -
Virginia Conventions vs. Primaries
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/01/virginia-conventions-vs-primaries.html
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Not clear how this is working out for our local TeaParty Leader, Jim McKelvey, who published his strategy for winning low-turnout elections in:
TeaParty Primary-Elections Strategy Revealed
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/06/teaparty-primary-elections-strategy.html
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McKelvey is running again to be our 5th District Congressman.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/bedford-county-developer-announces-run-for-th-district/article_5a9aa4fa-3f51-515e-af4d-dea4c1b8a803.html
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Per McKelvey’s massive highway billboard, it appears he is also a local cheerleader for Trump:
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The Constitution Party's last Candidate for President, Virgil Goode, is also supporting Trump:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/former-congressman-goode-named-to-trump-campaign-team/article_d02d1b69-4f99-5dbd-999e-66e7944a5aca.html
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Goode: Blue-collar Virginia and the Republican Party of Virginia
http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/goode-blue-collar-virginia-and-the-republican-party-of-virginia/article_a3ba3f9c-1b64-5855-9267-5c4bdd58c0e7.html
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On a serious note, the current chaos in the Republican Party has a very dark side. There are many historic examples in which the anger and animosity toward government (in this case caused by seven years of Obama-DNC bad and autocratic governance) has resulted in very negative outcomes and history has a way of repeating itself!
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It's of utmost importance that ALL Republicans participate in their Party Processes at the County-City-Congressional level, because that's where the decisions and the selections are made for our Candidates for office.
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McKelvey's first debate 2010-campaign at Mecklenburg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYJgBgdDJ78
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Virgil Goode Left Me, I Did Not Leave Virgil Goode
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/10/virgil-goode-left-me-i-did-not-leave.html
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Boehner Out: TeaParty Wins Another Dubious Victory
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/09/boehner-out-teaparty-wins-another.html
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The Republican Clash Between Two Banners
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-republican-clash-between-two-banners.html
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TeaParty Wins And GOP Loses
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/07/teaparty-wins-and-gop-loses.html
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posted by Lars Hagen # 2:51 PM

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