Live coverage of Jeff Frederick impeachment proceedings
By JR Hoeft | Friday, April 3rd, 2009 | Politics5:19 p.m.
All, we have completed our coverage. Chairman Frederick was voted to be removed from office by a vote of 57-18. Morton Blackwell abstained, and his vote would not have made a difference anyway at affecting the outcome. Please review our Cover-It Live chat for more details and listen to the final podcast for Jeff Frederick’s statement and to hear from Gary Byler, Lori-Ann Miller, and Morton Blackwell.
2:53 p.m.
To get everyone up to speed, they are wrapping up debate and we should have a vote in about an hour.
We are going to begin our next live podcast at 4 p.m….here is the link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bearingdrift2/2009/04/04/Jeff-Frederick-removal-from-office-proceeding
There are 76 votes here at State Central. 57 votes are required to remove Chairman Frederick from office.
The day has consisted of two procedural votes which would have aided Chairman Frederick – each broke with about 63 votes against.
Each side – those desiring removal and Chairman Frederick’s defense – both took about an hour to present their arguments. Right now, State Central Committee members are being offered the opportunity to speak before a roll call vote will take place.
Frederick had about 75 supporters outside the hotel at the beginning of the day chanting such things as “Elected not Selected.”
Elected officials here include Sen. Walther Stocsch, Del. Morgan Griffith, Del. John Cosgrove, and Sen. Frank Ruff.
There are 10 proxies here today. One proxy, from Roanoke, and subject of one of the procedural votes, was not seated.
2:24 p.m.: Our next live episode will be here at 4 p.m.
Update 9:40 a.m.: OK…we made it. Looks like things are in full swing outside. Here’s a photo of Jeff and Amy Frederick sharing a word before they speak with the crowd gathered outside the hotel.
Update 6:10 a.m.: Shaun Kenney lays out in detail just as to why today’s proceedings are occurring and what is the importance. Shaun concludes:
Sadly… the potential FEC violations could very well be fatal. The kabuki dance you’ve seen over the last few weeks will hopefully come to a speedy end tomorrow. One way or another, Jeff Frederick either must have the courage to resign, or State Central must exercise it’s duty to preserve the public trust and remove him.
Most importantly…I’m awake and am ready to commute to the Richmond Marriott West in Glen Allen…about two hours from here. I’m trying to get up there for the Pro-Frederick rally. But, before that can happen: Must have coffee! See y’all in a few!
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Tomorrow TODAY (Saturday), Virginia Politics On-Demand will be LIVE from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Henrico to offer up interviews, play-by-play, and instant analysis on the State Central Committee proceedings via BlogTalkRadio.
You should be able to listen to both shows through our main page on BTR.
However, the episodes are broken into two parts. Part one (link to show) from 10 a.m.-noon. Part two (link to show) from noon-2 p.m.
Feel free to call in and offer your perspective at (718) 664-9599.
I haven’t decided yet if I am going to use Cover-It Live for this yet or not. But it will be THIS POST tomorrow TODAY where you will find our updates.
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41 Responses to "Live coverage of Jeff Frederick impeachment proceedings"
Cool!
Thanks for the coverage! I’ll be listening and rooting for Jeff!
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/commentary/article/MCSWEENEY329_20090327-192004/242798/
Pat McSweeney pretty much nailed what has happened to the GOP in Virginia. Come to think of it,I haven’t seen any “conservatives” on this site.Ya’ll need to look in the mirror and you will see the problem.
As a side note to what Pat spoke of for all of you Confederate haters out there(looks like you were able to round up 40 or 50 in 90 days)
Not since Allen and Gilmore has a Republican been elected to the state house who endorsed April is Confederate History month.
Go figure
Now there’s something to think about Bob.
Have a Dixie Day!
Excellent! If anything this issue has shown that new media is the battle ground for modern politics in Virginia. Good job Jim!
“If the Republicans can’t break out of being the right wing party of big government, then I think you would see a third party movement in 2012,”
– N. G.
“Gingrich said at an event hosted by the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., TV station KY3 reported. A loss of small-government conservatives would be an enormous blow to the GOP”.
http://news.aol.com/article/gingrich-prediction/413045?icid=main|main|dl1|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fgingrich-prediction%2F413045
If you will not let real Conservatives into the Republican Party of Virginia there is another way! We do not need 51% to get our conservative message heard. With our 50/50 or so political divides in Virginia and the Country, we only need small percentage to have “a say” in Virginia politics, Etc.. If the Republican Party wants to win again in Virginia, I’d suggest they stop excluding many Virginia Conservatives.
Ex-Senator George Allen is about the best example representing the comments above . Not “too big to fail”!
Virginia Republicans need to get back to their roots! Now.
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Give me a frigging break! No one is excluding real conservatives! This is all about Frederick’s immaturity, incompetence, and selfishness. RPV will never reform itself with this narcissistic moron at the helm.
Conservatism does not mean supporting the confederacy, Grayson.
Methinks you’re reading too much into McSweeney’s statement
However, what McSweeney did say – being unequivocal on the right to life, the free market, personal responsibility and low taxes — for that I give him a standing ovation.
Breaking news from maximus on the Frederick Clinton-style dynasty:
http://thecontemporaryconservative.blogspot.com/2009/04/breakingrpv-staff-forced-to-create.html
It’s going to be a close vote one or two either way, let the games begin!
The entire GOP failed traditional conservative principles and did all they could do to stifle any possibility that may have been a new horizon by not supporting and vigorously adopting the message of Ron Paul. You had a new constituency and new verve, and wasted it. You let communism and democrats take over our nation. We the people are angry at your old and narrow view. You have failed in a cascade of ways. Now you assault the one bright light that you have, Jeff Frederick! When you get through destroying people maybe you can find that Ron Paul and Jeff Frederick were your future. America still has a chance if you would just step aside!
Remember, Ron Paul told you, Limited Gov’t, Limited Taxes, Limited intrusion into private lives and Limited intervention in foreign affairs!
Did you not learn anything from Thomas Jefferson?
[...] Tomorrow morning the Republican Party State Central Committee will meet to decide whether or not to remove Jeff Frederick as Chairman of the RPV. Bearing Drift will be covering events live from location. [...]
No one has ever answered a question I have had about whether there is a precedent for the SCC throwing out an elected Chairman. I assume it has never been done before. I hope that State central members will take the time to pray and to reflect on the gravity of their vote. Obviously a vote to remove would result in turmoil over the next 2 months while Convention delegates will be focussed on the contest for a Chairman while our state-wide candidates and their supporters get caught up in a divisive and unnecessary fight.
Bless you, Jeff Frederick. I’ll be pullin’ for ya!
Les –
Supposedly this path has been traveled before with Kate Griffin. She resigned as soon as she received the signed documents outlining that the votes were there to remove her. So there is precedent… though I doubt RPV has ever been this far down the rabbit hole before.
Regards,
If that were the case, at least KOG had the good sense and decency to step aside. But not this “bright light” Jeff Frederick. He’s much more aof a dim bulb.
Ron Paul supporters backing Jeff Frederick..where I have heard the two names together before.
Maybe here.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/0608/The_Future_of_the_Virginia_GOP.html
Tony, let me make sure I understand you. The rest of RPV’s leadership should step aside for a candidate who got 4.5% of the statewide vote in the ’08 Presidential primary? A whopping 21,999 votes STATEWIDE? The Paul message was rejected by over 95% of GOP primary voters last year but his was the message we should all vigorously support? Can I have some of whatever it is you are shooting up? I need some drugs that distort my view of reality that much.
[...] of the RPV proceedings to impeach Chairman Jeff Frederick going on today. You can find it here. Check it out and post your thoughts [...]
[...] The guys over at Bearing Drift are liveblogging the RPV State Central Committee proceedings down in Richmond today. [...]
Ron Paul. What a waste of a movement. Nevertheless, I support their right to engage in it…
Just do it from the Libertarian Party, jagoffs.
I support all of your tenets (except the lame , liberal approach to our national defense) but I don’t want a bunch of kooks displaying their poor social adaptation inside the Republican’s Big Tent.
I’m open to a stronger membership of all of us…except the ones that give the Party a black eye.
[...] Republicans are meeting today to decide the fate of their chairman, Del. Jeff Frederick. Bearing Drift is live blogging the proceedings. I understand it will literally be hours before any decision is [...]
Live blogging from a closed hearing? Really? Somehow I don’t think the blogging is going to be particularly relevant.
Actually, Tom, the audio has been quite good even at 4 hours. Looking forward to the results.
Any updates?
Both sides have made their case, they are debating now. Two procedural votes went against Frederick 63-13 which leads some to believe that that may be the divide in the end.
Gary Bylar was confident going in that they had 20 for Frederick but during the break didn’t sound so much, saying it’d be within a couple votes one way or another.
The procedural votes can be a decent indicator but not always.
Stonewall – Right. But it sounds like from the tone that Frederick’s supporters in the meeting aren’t feeling too good right about now.
I agree, I have known Gary Byler for 20 years, he knows how to count votes.
The Bulletproof Monk goes against the arguement, “work from inside the party”.
“Ron Paul. What a waste of a movement. Nevertheless, I support their right to engage in it…
Just do it from the Libertarian Party, jagoffs.: – The Bullet proof Monk
Nice message.
While I highly respect Ron Paul and agree with the vast majority of his message, I’m not a hard core RP guy. I do agree that Iraq was poorly handled but, premption is sometimes needed when you deal with people unafraid of suicide. Even mutually assured destruction won’t work. Paul is outstanding on taxes and general non-interference. However, global stability in world energy supply is a necessity given our broad diversification around the world. If the world’s energy supply crumbles due to a nuclear war between Israel and Iran, it will devastate our economy as well.
My disagreements with Ron Paul aside, The BPM makes a chilling statement when he tells them to go to the Libertarian Party. He is right about one thing. They would be welcomed there. Apparently you have to be somehow “special” to fit The Bulletproof Monk’s Republican standards.
Reforming RPV means putting in your ‘lap dog’….
Let this be a warning to anyone who actually gets himself elected chairman….
Yet the establishment folks have screwed the pooch the since 2005…
and they had their boy ‘McCain’ as the standard bearer for the state…
So if he’s your guy, he is a solid outsider but if he’s not he must be a lap dog? Please. Reforming RPV means putting someone competent in charge. The past few Chairs have lacked and this one has been even worse.
[...] 4, 2009 by Mark Brooks From Bearing Drift: 3:47 Only 18 votes for Frederick. Morton Blackwell abstained. 3:47 57-18. Morton Blackwell [...]
STD is acting like a real STD and oozing pus.
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Smart move by the RPVCC.
One more thing: certain morons may not realize it, but the Civil War has been over for quite a while now. Continuing to romanticize the Confederacy is nothing more than pathetic mewling at this point. Thank God that the Union prevailed. We are all better off for it.
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LI:
Your childish insults must have some kind of underlying causation? Is someone sleeping with your boyfriend, and you can’t make him stop?
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!
You mean Ding Dong the Ding Dong is dead!
STD, you appear to be a typical humorless pseudo-neo-conservative. Lighten up.
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