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		<title>By: Tom Davis for RPV chair?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Davis for RPV chair?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] State Central Committee asked Jeff Frederick to step down for the following reasons, according to Bearing Draft: State central members say that asking Frederick to resign is not due to any political [...]</description>
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		<title>By: vispetti</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;We the People&quot; are just going to have to keep giving the Republican Party a dose of truth until they are humiliated into embracing principles and honesty.  It isn&#039;t enough that they lost the state to the Democrats in the Presidential election, Gilmore lost his senatorial race to Mark Warner and that  Hagar lost his chairman seat to Frederick.  People have had it with the tricks and traps of this party.  They humiliated Dr. Ron Paul last year, likely stole Bob Marshall&#039;s election at the state convention, abused the rights of the Ron Paul delegates to assemble together at the national convention by taking their signs and buttons, and now they have succeeded in ousting Jeff Frederick, the first Hispanic chairman.
 
Do you all see the handwriting on the wall?  This party, from the highest echelons to the small town political realm, is waging war against anyone who dares to restore the party back to its conservative values.  They have issued yet another blow against liberty and the sovereignty of our country.  Even the so-called conservative media are doing their best to neutralize our liberty movement by creating phony movements.  Gilmore recently created some kind of &quot;Patriot&quot; organization, Glenn Beck is dazzling conservative listeners with his mixed messages and starting similar kinds of organizations.  Fox News reporters are forced to discuss terms like &quot;New World Order&quot; and &quot;global currency&quot;.  This is the oldest trick in the book to regain power of any political organization -- Neutralize the opposition!  
 
It is common practice for globalist controlled organizations like the Republican and Democrat parties to snuff out any threat to their agenda.  With genuine patriot movements on the increase, Ron Paul&#039;s Campaign for Liberty being one of the largest, it means that citizens are questioning the false left/right paradigm.  This false left/right fight is what has kept the elite in power.  The true patriot groups represent a severe threat to the current order.  It is clear to me that the word is being handed down from top levels of both Republican and Democrat parties that they keep their movements in check and not to let them get out of hand.  Hence, neutralize the so-called &quot;fringe&quot; part of the party.  The Democrats appear to have succeeded at this but the Republicans are having some difficulty with the liberty and patriot movements springing up all over the country.
 
I am offended by that term &quot;fringe&quot;!  Yet, this is the image that the media continues to portray of those who speak out against tyranny (eugenics programs such as abortion, global governance and currency, unjustified wars, etc).  The only reason some Republicans keep using the term &quot;fringe&quot; is because they are brainwashed by Fox News media, who mock freedom and liberty minded people.  Yesterday, I spoke with Jeff supporters who were upset about his ousting.   Yet they both voted for Gilmore and pledged to vote for McDonnell.   They both told me that I would be a part of the problem if I didn&#039;t take a stand for the party and vote for ANY Republican who could beat a Democrat.  They practically threw &quot;principles&quot; out of the window.  Talk about Doublethink!  I explained to them that I will take a stand and vote my principles.  I also explained to them that I would rather see the Republican Party burn down and be rebuilt from scratch with true conservative and liberty minded people who are able to THINK for themselves.  Yes, these two folks  support voting for the lesser of two evils to maintain Republican power by any means necessary. One supporter explained that Ron Paul&#039;s message is good but some supporters are a little too passionate.  The supporter also said that Ron Paul was selfish for having us not support Republicans (good or bad) when they run against Democrats and that Paul was basically using us to maintain his power.  Complete Doublethink!  He basically suggested that Paul had less than honest motives and had a good message simultaneously -- the same thing that Fox News does every day.  Strangely enough, Paul doesn&#039;t have to be a congressman and doesn&#039;t even take the Government&#039;s health insurance package.  Paul actually cares about this country!  
 
Folks, we had better start hitting our neighborhood streets and warn and educate our politically sleeping citizens to get involved in the Republican conventions to out number the doublethinking Republicans.  And I mean yesterday!  We are going to have to have a mob of 1000 people join each unit committee in one day for every 6 months with one agenda-- to oust all of the old guard.  Otherwise, we are going to lose any fight to restore principles back to this party and we will always have Republican Heckle or Democrat Jekyll running our country into destruction.  As it is now, the most unprincipled characters are being elected by many Republicans who are conditioned to think as Fox News thinks, and who lack the backbone to stand for principles.   It is an endless cycle of the blind supporting the blind.  All will fall in a ditch.  They have the numbers and we Constitutional loving Republicans DO NOT.  We can&#039;t convince all of these establishment Republicans to embrace liberty and freedom as many are conditioned to think this way and many will never change even with the current threats to our sovereignty.  Sadly enough, these Republicans are in a hypnotized cult like state of mind like the characters in &quot;1984&quot; who shouted &quot;BE! BE! BE&quot;!
 
Actions taken during Ron Paul&#039;s Presidential Campaign, need to be revved up!
 
The statements made by Tony on the Jeff Frederick issue inflicted some truth-pain, as he spoke from the heart http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/virginia-gop-removes-frederick-state-chairman.  Now Ashleigh and I have inflicted some truth-pain in the following article: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VA_VIRGINIA_REPUBLICANS_FREDERICK_VAOL-?SITE=VASTR&amp;SECTION=STATE&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2009-04-04-18-50-51.  While the Republicans scramble to fix their image problem, the Democrats will continue to control it all and push through their version of a new order.  If this happens, hopefully more compromising Republicans will begin to understand what the liberty movements have been saying.  I&#039;m convinced that the more the Republicans lose, they will be forced to accept the warnings of this community.   But first they must take off their blinders and be brave enough to better understand who really controls the two major parties. 

The Republican Party needs yet another severe blow to get it right!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We the People&#8221; are just going to have to keep giving the Republican Party a dose of truth until they are humiliated into embracing principles and honesty.  It isn&#8217;t enough that they lost the state to the Democrats in the Presidential election, Gilmore lost his senatorial race to Mark Warner and that  Hagar lost his chairman seat to Frederick.  People have had it with the tricks and traps of this party.  They humiliated Dr. Ron Paul last year, likely stole Bob Marshall&#8217;s election at the state convention, abused the rights of the Ron Paul delegates to assemble together at the national convention by taking their signs and buttons, and now they have succeeded in ousting Jeff Frederick, the first Hispanic chairman.</p>
<p>Do you all see the handwriting on the wall?  This party, from the highest echelons to the small town political realm, is waging war against anyone who dares to restore the party back to its conservative values.  They have issued yet another blow against liberty and the sovereignty of our country.  Even the so-called conservative media are doing their best to neutralize our liberty movement by creating phony movements.  Gilmore recently created some kind of &#8220;Patriot&#8221; organization, Glenn Beck is dazzling conservative listeners with his mixed messages and starting similar kinds of organizations.  Fox News reporters are forced to discuss terms like &#8220;New World Order&#8221; and &#8220;global currency&#8221;.  This is the oldest trick in the book to regain power of any political organization &#8212; Neutralize the opposition!  </p>
<p>It is common practice for globalist controlled organizations like the Republican and Democrat parties to snuff out any threat to their agenda.  With genuine patriot movements on the increase, Ron Paul&#8217;s Campaign for Liberty being one of the largest, it means that citizens are questioning the false left/right paradigm.  This false left/right fight is what has kept the elite in power.  The true patriot groups represent a severe threat to the current order.  It is clear to me that the word is being handed down from top levels of both Republican and Democrat parties that they keep their movements in check and not to let them get out of hand.  Hence, neutralize the so-called &#8220;fringe&#8221; part of the party.  The Democrats appear to have succeeded at this but the Republicans are having some difficulty with the liberty and patriot movements springing up all over the country.</p>
<p>I am offended by that term &#8220;fringe&#8221;!  Yet, this is the image that the media continues to portray of those who speak out against tyranny (eugenics programs such as abortion, global governance and currency, unjustified wars, etc).  The only reason some Republicans keep using the term &#8220;fringe&#8221; is because they are brainwashed by Fox News media, who mock freedom and liberty minded people.  Yesterday, I spoke with Jeff supporters who were upset about his ousting.   Yet they both voted for Gilmore and pledged to vote for McDonnell.   They both told me that I would be a part of the problem if I didn&#8217;t take a stand for the party and vote for ANY Republican who could beat a Democrat.  They practically threw &#8220;principles&#8221; out of the window.  Talk about Doublethink!  I explained to them that I will take a stand and vote my principles.  I also explained to them that I would rather see the Republican Party burn down and be rebuilt from scratch with true conservative and liberty minded people who are able to THINK for themselves.  Yes, these two folks  support voting for the lesser of two evils to maintain Republican power by any means necessary. One supporter explained that Ron Paul&#8217;s message is good but some supporters are a little too passionate.  The supporter also said that Ron Paul was selfish for having us not support Republicans (good or bad) when they run against Democrats and that Paul was basically using us to maintain his power.  Complete Doublethink!  He basically suggested that Paul had less than honest motives and had a good message simultaneously &#8212; the same thing that Fox News does every day.  Strangely enough, Paul doesn&#8217;t have to be a congressman and doesn&#8217;t even take the Government&#8217;s health insurance package.  Paul actually cares about this country!  </p>
<p>Folks, we had better start hitting our neighborhood streets and warn and educate our politically sleeping citizens to get involved in the Republican conventions to out number the doublethinking Republicans.  And I mean yesterday!  We are going to have to have a mob of 1000 people join each unit committee in one day for every 6 months with one agenda&#8211; to oust all of the old guard.  Otherwise, we are going to lose any fight to restore principles back to this party and we will always have Republican Heckle or Democrat Jekyll running our country into destruction.  As it is now, the most unprincipled characters are being elected by many Republicans who are conditioned to think as Fox News thinks, and who lack the backbone to stand for principles.   It is an endless cycle of the blind supporting the blind.  All will fall in a ditch.  They have the numbers and we Constitutional loving Republicans DO NOT.  We can&#8217;t convince all of these establishment Republicans to embrace liberty and freedom as many are conditioned to think this way and many will never change even with the current threats to our sovereignty.  Sadly enough, these Republicans are in a hypnotized cult like state of mind like the characters in &#8220;1984&#8243; who shouted &#8220;BE! BE! BE&#8221;!</p>
<p>Actions taken during Ron Paul&#8217;s Presidential Campaign, need to be revved up!</p>
<p>The statements made by Tony on the Jeff Frederick issue inflicted some truth-pain, as he spoke from the heart <a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/virginia-gop-removes-frederick-state-chairman" rel="nofollow">http://hamptonroads.com/2009/04/virginia-gop-removes-frederick-state-chairman</a>.  Now Ashleigh and I have inflicted some truth-pain in the following article: <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VA_VIRGINIA_REPUBLICANS_FREDERICK_VAOL-?SITE=VASTR&#038;SECTION=STATE&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2009-04-04-18-50-51" rel="nofollow">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VA_VIRGINIA_REPUBLICANS_FREDERICK_VAOL-?SITE=VASTR&#038;SECTION=STATE&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2009-04-04-18-50-51</a>.  While the Republicans scramble to fix their image problem, the Democrats will continue to control it all and push through their version of a new order.  If this happens, hopefully more compromising Republicans will begin to understand what the liberty movements have been saying.  I&#8217;m convinced that the more the Republicans lose, they will be forced to accept the warnings of this community.   But first they must take off their blinders and be brave enough to better understand who really controls the two major parties. </p>
<p>The Republican Party needs yet another severe blow to get it right!</p>
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		<title>By: ShaunKenney.com &#187; RPV State Central: THE FINAL ANALYSIS</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-15560</link>
		<dc:creator>ShaunKenney.com &#187; RPV State Central: THE FINAL ANALYSIS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] informs us that “the RPV file indicates it was created on 3/13/2009?.  A full NINE DAYS after the SCC delivered it’s letter of intent to Jeff Frederick but just before he replied to the charges and cited [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] informs us that “the RPV file indicates it was created on 3/13/2009?.  A full NINE DAYS after the SCC delivered it’s letter of intent to Jeff Frederick but just before he replied to the charges and cited [...]</p>
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		<title>By: City GOP Chair on the Annual Ronald Reagan Dinner : Star City Harbinger</title>
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		<dc:creator>City GOP Chair on the Annual Ronald Reagan Dinner : Star City Harbinger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Bearing Drift, the Commonwealth&#8217;s most relevant conservative blog, has reported that several high profile [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Britt Howard</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-14202</link>
		<dc:creator>Britt Howard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just to let Little David and Steven know, there are also people that were turned off by Bush that adored him in his first term. I&#039;m one of those.

Bush is culturally more conservative than I am. Didn&#039;t really matter to me. What did matter was the free spending Bush administration that even without the war in Iraq, eclipsed the Clinton years significantly. The sad thing is that in his first term, spending was a good idea. It was a proper timing for &quot;stimulating the economy&quot; unfortunately, Bush and the Congress quickly became addicted and couldn&#039;t stop using the national credit card. 

Obviously, my core issues are fiscal conservatism and opposition to a growing &quot;Big Government&quot;.

People like me are tired of the false choice between a Democrat and liberal RINO in elephant clothing. It has gotten so bad, I just assume have the guy that isn&#039;t lying about being a liberal get the win. In short, many of us are willing to walk away if all you will offer is an ever so slightly more palatable $#!T sandwich than the other guy.

There are some circumstances where the Democrat is actually more fically conservative than the GOP offering.

IF and I do mean IF, because it sure isn&#039;t evident, if the RPV wants to survive, they had better realize there is culture component and a small govt. fiscal conservative component that will just stay home or worse if you cross that line in the sand too far and too many times.

Dividing the party is not the answer, unless you want to lose.

But hey, go ahead. Eat your own and implode. The Democrats will gladly jump into your empty seats. If you can&#039;t do your job, the Libertarians will be waiting while you go the way of the Whigs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just to let Little David and Steven know, there are also people that were turned off by Bush that adored him in his first term. I&#8217;m one of those.</p>
<p>Bush is culturally more conservative than I am. Didn&#8217;t really matter to me. What did matter was the free spending Bush administration that even without the war in Iraq, eclipsed the Clinton years significantly. The sad thing is that in his first term, spending was a good idea. It was a proper timing for &#8220;stimulating the economy&#8221; unfortunately, Bush and the Congress quickly became addicted and couldn&#8217;t stop using the national credit card. </p>
<p>Obviously, my core issues are fiscal conservatism and opposition to a growing &#8220;Big Government&#8221;.</p>
<p>People like me are tired of the false choice between a Democrat and liberal RINO in elephant clothing. It has gotten so bad, I just assume have the guy that isn&#8217;t lying about being a liberal get the win. In short, many of us are willing to walk away if all you will offer is an ever so slightly more palatable $#!T sandwich than the other guy.</p>
<p>There are some circumstances where the Democrat is actually more fically conservative than the GOP offering.</p>
<p>IF and I do mean IF, because it sure isn&#8217;t evident, if the RPV wants to survive, they had better realize there is culture component and a small govt. fiscal conservative component that will just stay home or worse if you cross that line in the sand too far and too many times.</p>
<p>Dividing the party is not the answer, unless you want to lose.</p>
<p>But hey, go ahead. Eat your own and implode. The Democrats will gladly jump into your empty seats. If you can&#8217;t do your job, the Libertarians will be waiting while you go the way of the Whigs.</p>
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		<title>By: Steven Osborne</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-14199</link>
		<dc:creator>Steven Osborne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Little David,

Why do you think that Gov. Kaine tried to act like a social moderate, or why did Barack Obama try to change the subject away from the &quot;divisive&quot; cultural issues? They know that when Republicans campaign and then govern as cultural conservatives, along with being fiscally conservative, that the majority of independents vote for competent leadership.

The majority of independents are not moderate when it comes to the culture. That is why the liberal leadership of the Democratic party is trying to either change the subject, or move the populace left. The latter has thus far failed to succeed. 

The best thing that Republicans can do for themselves now is to do what Ken Cuccinelli has done, campaign as a competent candidate with strong morals. If the Republican party engages in moral relevancy it will turn the majority of Virginians off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Little David,</p>
<p>Why do you think that Gov. Kaine tried to act like a social moderate, or why did Barack Obama try to change the subject away from the &#8220;divisive&#8221; cultural issues? They know that when Republicans campaign and then govern as cultural conservatives, along with being fiscally conservative, that the majority of independents vote for competent leadership.</p>
<p>The majority of independents are not moderate when it comes to the culture. That is why the liberal leadership of the Democratic party is trying to either change the subject, or move the populace left. The latter has thus far failed to succeed. </p>
<p>The best thing that Republicans can do for themselves now is to do what Ken Cuccinelli has done, campaign as a competent candidate with strong morals. If the Republican party engages in moral relevancy it will turn the majority of Virginians off.</p>
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		<title>By: LittleDavid</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-14198</link>
		<dc:creator>LittleDavid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Steven Osborne,

You stated:

&quot;The statistics speak for themselves, the people of Virginia are culturally conservative.&quot;


Yup, you are right if you are talking about the Gay Marriage amendment.  But if you are speaking about state wide elections between Republicans and Democrats, here recently you seem to be wrong.

Are Republicans going to retreat to a core constituency and accept even larger minorities?  Or are they going to come out swinging and contest for the moderate voter?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steven Osborne,</p>
<p>You stated:</p>
<p>&#8220;The statistics speak for themselves, the people of Virginia are culturally conservative.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yup, you are right if you are talking about the Gay Marriage amendment.  But if you are speaking about state wide elections between Republicans and Democrats, here recently you seem to be wrong.</p>
<p>Are Republicans going to retreat to a core constituency and accept even larger minorities?  Or are they going to come out swinging and contest for the moderate voter?</p>
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		<title>By: Steven Osborne</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-14192</link>
		<dc:creator>Steven Osborne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The statistics speak for themselves, the people of Virginia are culturally conservative. Past elections have shown that our party ignores that fact at it&#039;s own peril. Our party has been in a leadership vaccum concerning it&#039;s principles for a long time, there are a handful of people who are culturally liberal Republicans who seek to lead our party in the wrong direction.  This would explain their foam-at-the-mouth response to people like Ken Cuccinelli and Bob Marshall.

We can argue logistics, but if someone seeks to fill our party&#039;s leadership vaccum with a bunch of fluff and no principles, we will further drive away young people, who have become more pro-life due to the advancements in sonograms, and also Hispanics voters; a clear majority of whom are culturally conservative. It does not sit well with the vast amount of culturally conservative independents when they see a Chairman ousted based on the fact that he gave a speech agreeing with them on evolution. Now if it is made clear that the ousting is based SOLELY on things like fundraising numbers then we may be able to get through this with our political capital intact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The statistics speak for themselves, the people of Virginia are culturally conservative. Past elections have shown that our party ignores that fact at it&#8217;s own peril. Our party has been in a leadership vaccum concerning it&#8217;s principles for a long time, there are a handful of people who are culturally liberal Republicans who seek to lead our party in the wrong direction.  This would explain their foam-at-the-mouth response to people like Ken Cuccinelli and Bob Marshall.</p>
<p>We can argue logistics, but if someone seeks to fill our party&#8217;s leadership vaccum with a bunch of fluff and no principles, we will further drive away young people, who have become more pro-life due to the advancements in sonograms, and also Hispanics voters; a clear majority of whom are culturally conservative. It does not sit well with the vast amount of culturally conservative independents when they see a Chairman ousted based on the fact that he gave a speech agreeing with them on evolution. Now if it is made clear that the ousting is based SOLELY on things like fundraising numbers then we may be able to get through this with our political capital intact.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Kirwin</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-14183</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kirwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why don&#039;t we just announce that the RPV Chairmanship is a one year term.

Seems like it is anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why don&#8217;t we just announce that the RPV Chairmanship is a one year term.</p>
<p>Seems like it is anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: LittleDavid</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-14182</link>
		<dc:creator>LittleDavid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Steven Osborne,

But the majority of Hispanic voters are Roman Catholic and the Pope does not share the hatred of evolution exhibited amongst many evangelicals.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steven Osborne,</p>
<p>But the majority of Hispanic voters are Roman Catholic and the Pope does not share the hatred of evolution exhibited amongst many evangelicals.</p>
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		<title>By: Steven Osborne</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-14166</link>
		<dc:creator>Steven Osborne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chris,

The voters that we will need to reach to win this election are religiously motivated. Our party has the potential to expand into the hispanic community, and statistics show that over 50% of hispanic voters rate abortion as a &quot;very important&quot; issue. This is not just GOP hispanics, this is among all hispanic voters. It would be folly for us to ignore these issues.

The state central committee made it quite clear that it was not Chairman Frederick&#039;s policy positions that they had a problem with, but rather his management skills. Some are trying to tie a rejection of Chairman Frederick to a rejection of cultural conservatism. That is why this discussion is happening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris,</p>
<p>The voters that we will need to reach to win this election are religiously motivated. Our party has the potential to expand into the hispanic community, and statistics show that over 50% of hispanic voters rate abortion as a &#8220;very important&#8221; issue. This is not just GOP hispanics, this is among all hispanic voters. It would be folly for us to ignore these issues.</p>
<p>The state central committee made it quite clear that it was not Chairman Frederick&#8217;s policy positions that they had a problem with, but rather his management skills. Some are trying to tie a rejection of Chairman Frederick to a rejection of cultural conservatism. That is why this discussion is happening.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://bearingdrift.com/2009/03/04/jeff-frederick-being-pressured-to-resign-as-rpv-chair/#comment-14165</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A RPV Chair who has had a very poor record this far and who is seen by many as divisive has been asked by a majority of the committee members to resign. We&#039;re facing a year where we will win back the governor&#039;s mansion (and our candidate wants the chairman to resign) and need to put in place the campaigns to take back a couple Congressional seats. Not to mention our economy is in the tank and we&#039;re seeing a radical shift in policy on any number of levels. This is a distraction we don&#039;t need, and it will stay a distraction if the chairman doesn&#039;t resign. There&#039;s no way around it.

And the majority of these comments on this blog are about evolution vs. creationism and the literal interpretation of the Bible. And you wonder why people would accuse the RPV of being out of touch...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A RPV Chair who has had a very poor record this far and who is seen by many as divisive has been asked by a majority of the committee members to resign. We&#8217;re facing a year where we will win back the governor&#8217;s mansion (and our candidate wants the chairman to resign) and need to put in place the campaigns to take back a couple Congressional seats. Not to mention our economy is in the tank and we&#8217;re seeing a radical shift in policy on any number of levels. This is a distraction we don&#8217;t need, and it will stay a distraction if the chairman doesn&#8217;t resign. There&#8217;s no way around it.</p>
<p>And the majority of these comments on this blog are about evolution vs. creationism and the literal interpretation of the Bible. And you wonder why people would accuse the RPV of being out of touch&#8230;</p>
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