Comments on: VPOD: Chairman John Hager, Republican Party of Virginia http://bearingdrift.com/2008/04/07/vpod-chairman-john-hager-republican-party-of-virginia/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:58:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Conservativa » John Hager for RPV Chairman http://bearingdrift.com/2008/04/07/vpod-chairman-john-hager-republican-party-of-virginia/#comment-1022 Conservativa » John Hager for RPV Chairman Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:49:41 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=201#comment-1022 [...] Hager is understanding the importance of the new media. Listen to this excellent podcast from Bearing Drift of an interview with Chairman Hager. It’s a long interview, but well worth it. Thanks, J.R. Keep up the good [...] [...] Hager is understanding the importance of the new media. Listen to this excellent podcast from Bearing Drift of an interview with Chairman Hager. It’s a long interview, but well worth it. Thanks, J.R. Keep up the good [...]

]]> By: Shaun Kenney http://bearingdrift.com/2008/04/07/vpod-chairman-john-hager-republican-party-of-virginia/#comment-993 Shaun Kenney Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:19:05 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=201#comment-993 Actually, the term is rat <i>head</i> in a bottle... ...guess I must have missed something that important while taking a phone call. Wouldn't be the first time that has happened in this big world of ours. :) Actually, the term is rat head in a bottle…

…guess I must have missed something that important while taking a phone call. Wouldn’t be the first time that has happened in this big world of ours. :)

]]> By: Steve Albertson http://bearingdrift.com/2008/04/07/vpod-chairman-john-hager-republican-party-of-virginia/#comment-989 Steve Albertson Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:43:49 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=201#comment-989 Without having heard the podcast or the quote from Jeff Frederick, I can tell you the analogy probably alludes directly to an anology used very often by Grover Norquist in talking about Republicans whose stances on certain issues tend to harm other Republicans, just like a rat in a Coke bottle damages the Coke brand across the board, regardless of whether a consumer finding that rat is simply an isolated incident. It is explained in some detail here: http://www.atr.org/content/html/2005/oct/101505spch-dllslcr.html I wouldn't expect that Hager and his crowd, or any other person who is not a dedicated movement conservative, would be familiar with this analogy. Without having heard the podcast or the quote from Jeff Frederick, I can tell you the analogy probably alludes directly to an anology used very often by Grover Norquist in talking about Republicans whose stances on certain issues tend to harm other Republicans, just like a rat in a Coke bottle damages the Coke brand across the board, regardless of whether a consumer finding that rat is simply an isolated incident. It is explained in some detail here:
http://www.atr.org/content/html/2005/oct/101505spch-dllslcr.html

I wouldn’t expect that Hager and his crowd, or any other person who is not a dedicated movement conservative, would be familiar with this analogy.

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