Bearing Drift Endorsement: Feda Morton for Congress
By Bearing Drift | Monday, May 31st, 2010 | PoliticsBearing Drift endorses in the Fifth Congressional District GOP nomination contest: Feda Morton.
Three weeks ago, Feda Morton was riding high. Internal polls had placed her among the frontrunners in the crowded six-way GOP primary contest, her social and fiscally conservative message was beginning to resonate with voters despite a lack of funds, and she was beginning to earn the attention of some massive national heavyweights in the form of Morton Blackwell, the Eagle Forum, and strong pro-life support.
That’s — as they say — when it all came crashing down.
Three weeks later, her campaign suffered a dual hit of not one, but two extremely negative campaign attacks. Charlottesville weekly (and no friend to conservatives) The Hook published the details of her divorce where a judge temporarily had Morton’s children removed from custody. Then one day later, a Daily Progress article found similarities between a rebuttal of a letter to the editor and the writings of one Joseph Sobran on principles outlined in the Constitution.
These two hits were followed by a third: the abandonment of Feda Morton by virtually her entire campaign staff. Steve Waters and John Darden — two of Virginia’s supposedly seasoned campaign professionals on the conservative bench — not only abandoned their candidate to the wolves, but demanded payment in full.
Supporters such as Rick Boyer, Tim Boyer, and Chris Shores all either went cold or demanded public apologies. One group of former Morton supporters even began calling endorsees and asking them to switch their endorsements to challenger Jim McKelvey. They scored in repealing one endorsement, Jerry Fallwell Jr.
Yet Morton is still fighting. Down to the handful of volunteers and supporters who remained true, she has amazingly restacked her campaign effort. Flush with new cash from supporters who deemed the 11th hour attack campaign against her character as unfair, the “Lady from the 5th” is doing more than resisting efforts to get her out — she’s proving she can take the heat in Washington and still stand by her principles.
In fact, Morton is making the renewed case that politics-as-usual isn’t knocking her out. Proven to resist the negative campaign tactics employed in the GOP primary, she has refused to respond in kind. Her campaign has been overflowingly positive, earning the support of those tired of the negative tactics being used in VA-05, but the support of women who see the negative attacks as over the top and baseless.
It is for these reasons, and her strong willingness to stand up for conservative values in the face of negative and nasty political attacks, that Bearing Drift endorses Feda Morton in Virginia’s 5th District.
A view of the field of GOP challengers shows why this is an easy decision to make. Ron Ferrin, Lawrence Verga and Ken Boyd, all good men in their own right, have failed to show voters they can put together a statewide platform to take on incumbent Democrat Tom Perriello.
Former Navy veteran Mike McPadden’s campaign showed early promise from an endorsement of the Republican Liberty Caucus and an early strong financial showing. Support from quarters such as Kurt “Rope Boy” Feigel — who advocated sending ropes to members of Congress as an expression of displeasure — and McPadden’s refusal to both repudiate him and his tactics, instantly turned off a number of sympathetic voters. McPadden’s inability to directly handle the question as to whether or not he was indeed “pro-life” stymied his cause to an unfortunate early demise.
Businessman Jim McKelvey was the prime beneficiary of the negative attacks on Feda Morton, having secured many of her former colleagues and endorsements. Though he has not publicly stated he was behind the attacks, many question whether or not McKelvey has the strength in numbers or the financial backing to carry the fight to GOP frontrunner Robert Hurt, much less to Tom Perriello after the primary. This, coupled with McKelvey’s continued flirtation with third party causes, makes those conservatives committed to the primary process wonder whether the VA-05 race is more about principle? or McKelvey?
This leaves GOP frontrunner Robert Hurt as the remaining candidate for consideration. Both Hurt and Morton share many values when it comes to socially conservative positions. Both will uphold the right to life, both support a marriage amendment, and both believe in families as the backbone of society and oppose many of the intrusive initiatives of the Perriello-backed Obama administration.
The key difference between Hurt and Morton: taxes. Robert Hurt voted both for the 2004 Chichester-Warner tax hike and the notorious HB 3202 tax schematic in 2007.
Though Hurt has run a commendable race thus far, he has yet to reassure voters in VA-05 that his two tax votes are indeed aberrations rather than the rule. An electorate quick to forgive current Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on HB 3202 would be keen to hear an explanation, yet Hurt has refused to offer one.
This leaves the slim chances of a Feda Morton candidacy alive… and perhaps too well for the comfort of some. Though McKelvey has launched into a bitter negative attack campaign against Hurt, the frontrunner has refused to engage. McPadden too is suffering from anonymous, web-based attacks. As the three presumptive frontrunners engage in the last week of negative attacks, many are looking for a positive solution. Political miracles are never unheard of, and while Morton is undoubtedly hovering at 10-15% of likely voters, it is not unimaginable that Morton (or any candidate) could win VA-05 with a mere 21% of the vote.
That is, if those who do not see a dichotomy between fiscal and social conservatism can see past the mudslinging of a few.
Morton has proven she can battle back against the odds. Voters in the 5th District should reward this tenacity with a second look, and their vote on June 8th.
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99 Responses to "Bearing Drift Endorsement: Feda Morton for Congress"
Is this April 1st?
I’d laugh if this wasn’t so sad.
Well done, folks. Not sure if she’s going to make it across the finish line, but well done nonetheless.
That’s the most bizarre thing I’ve ever read in my life. Look, Feda’s a wonderful lady. But the plagiarism is an automatic disqualifier, end of story. This 5th district voter will be voting for Robert Hurt on the 8th.
This 5th district voter will be voting for Robert Hurt, and is calling and hauling on his behalf as well.
WOW! I’m glad to know BD endorses someone who practices plagiarism and is a hypocrite when it comes to family values.
Folks in the 5th there has only been one real choice from the beginning and thats Sen. Robert Hurt. I’ve admired Jim’s efforts to make BD a credible source of information on the internet but folks this endorsement is atrocious to be sure.
btw I may not be a fan of Mr. Waters candidates or his tactics but I will say this… If perform a service for fee you have every right to expect to be paid that fee. It’s not his fault she crashed her campaign into the ground with a level of incompetence that makes Nixon’s handling of Watergate look brilliant and PR savvy. So add on to her other issues is the silly woman can’t pay her bills. We already have enough of that in Washington. Why send one more!
Feda here’s a simple campaign memo for you:
1. Practice what you preach!
2. Do your own work.
3. Pay your bills
Please do those tasks before you ask to represent any portion of Virginia in Congress. It’s not hard to do.
Insanity. Was Shaun ashamed to sign this drivel?
K6 goes a long way.
Have you heard this woman on the stump? Perriello would eviscerate her.
She may be the greatest conservative since Reagan, but she can’t run with the big dogs.
go Robert Hurt go.
Bearing Drift just lost a whole lot of credibility with this post.
What is amazing to me is the fact that Feda is still in the race. The supporters she had that were going to make her a 3rd or 4th place candidate at best are gone.Feda will be lucky not to finish dead last.
WTF are you smoking!?!? She’s one of the worst candidates we have here in the 5th.
Bearing Drift jumping the shark?
McKelvey may thinks hes picking up support from Team Feda, but he certainly isn’t picking up my support. Feda’s past may not be perfect. She made a few mistakes years ago, Jim McKelvey said this just a few months ago – you tell me which is worse.
Feda, I’ll stand with you on June 8th.
Kelly , you think that Feda is a poorer speaker than Hurt? You Hurt -colored glasses you wear have made you loopy. Robert Hurt is a mediocre speaker on his best day. Perriello is a MUCH better speaker than Hurt- sorry.
The plagiarism charge have largely gone unanswered. No campaign was behind that- she messed with a Albemarle educator who hoisted Feda on a teacher’s pitard.
You can endorse anyone you want but she will be lucky to do better than 5th.
Then again, why should I be surprised? I think you should stick with your Tidewater politics, and leave the 5th to people who have a clue.
I can’t remember a 5th district post here that made much if any sense. I know “Agricola” is your 5th District point person, but they’ve been completely misreading the district, and in the tank for Feda for awhile. For instance:
http://bearingdrift.com/2010/05/02/va-05-its-a-three-way-race-now/
Complete hogwash, and an insult to the 5th.
I’ll just repeat SSC’s comment from that post:
““Bearing Drift” may be excellent in the Hampton Roads/Richmond area, but this horrible article is a outstanding exhibit in how the writers are lacking in 5th District knowledge.”
Exactly.
Mike McPadden’s pro-life stance, taken from his website.
Life begins at conception. I believe that abortion is the taking of an innocent human life. The first and most important duty of any government is to protect the lives of its citizens, born, unborn, elderly and infirm.
When our country was founded, our forefathers set up a structure of government with the Constitution that allowed the possibility for honest men of good will to sit down together in an atmosphere of love and respect, and come to a reasonable agreement on the best way to solve any problem. I still believe this. It was never intended in the United States for nine people in black robes to dictate the law of the land.
It is reprehensible to me that our government aides and abets the taking of human life through tax payer funding of organizations that facilitate or advocate abortion. I will vote for all legislation that cuts off tax payer funding of these organizations.
I will support a “Life Begins at Conception Act” to define from a federal point of view when human life begins. I will vote for legislation that prevents federal courts from hearing any case like Roe v. Wade. This would allow States to make abortion illegal and not have the Federal Government interfere with those laws.
As your Congressman I will be a vocal advocate for Life. I will always vote for legislation that moves us closer to ending abortion in this country and protects human life. I will work tirelessly to pass legislation to protect the lives of the unborn, elderly and infirm.
Jefferson’s Va,
The issue many people have is not with the life position as stated on McPadden’s page, but rather the fact that he is on record as opposing a federal “Life Begins at Conception Act” before supporting it.
McPadden is also on the record as being against the marriage amendment
Actually Steven, he is against the “Life Begins at Conception Amendment”. He has always been 100% behind the “Life Begins at Conception ACT”. It is preferable in both practicality and Constitutionality. The lies that he is not pro-life would be laughable too, if so many people didn’t buy into them. It’s simply a smear campaign, largely propagated by Feda.
If Feda wants to ever be taken serious again she should show a little dignity and drop out.If she thinks that the endorsement from bearing drift is going to help her she is in her own little fantasy world.The only thing she is doing by staying in the race is making it a little easier for Hurt to win.If Feda has anyone left in her campaign that has a grain of sense they would tell her to drop out.
Just to chime in, after having spoken with McPadden personally, I have no question in my mind he is 100% pro-life.
The difference between his approach and every other approach is that he would insist upon resolving questions on life constitutionally, rather than amending the Constitution to provide for language that ideally, McPadden doesn’t believe is necessary to defend life (i.e. the Constitution already provides these avenues, so use them).
Anyone from the McPadden campaign is free to clarify. Nonetheless, McPadden is pro-life, most assuredly.
Please clarify. When you say “Bearing Drift” is endorsing someone, does that mean that all of the contributors voted on that person and the majority won? Or does it mean that the “owner” of Bearing Drift (I believe it is J.R. Hoeft) has chosen the person that “Bearing Drift” will endorse? Just trying to figure out how this works. Thanks.
BTW, I agree that plagiarism is serious and should disqualify a candidate. Unfortunately, being caught in a plagiarism scandal hasn’t stopped Ben Loyola or Scott Taylor in the 2nd District.
Suggested candidates were proposed to all of BD’s contributors and discussed. These endorsements were not all agreed to unanimously by the contributors; however, they carry the singular voice of the blog.
Um, wow. How do you ruin the legitimacy of a pretty darn great blog? Yeah, make endorsements like this.
Way to go, guys.
Do any of the contributors to the blog provide services to Feda’s campaign for compensation? K6 Consulting in Kents Store, VA comes to mind given that it is listed on her FEC report expenditures for consultant blogging. A search on LinkedIn yields Melissa Kenney as owner of K6 and Jason Kenney as co-founder.
How much of this 1k fee did BD get for this infomercial of an endorsement?
Not a dime. Call Jason — he’s doing the consulting.
So a BD contributor is consulting on the campaign, BD endorses same campaign, and no mention of that fact is made in the endorsement? :-/
Shaun,
At least this endorsement should have had a issued caviat about ties from contributors to consulting services rendered. Not good my friend not good at all.
There’s a lot of contributors doing a lot of consulting for a lot of candidates on Bearing Drift, Lee. Wait until the VA-02 endorsement comes down… everyone is going to be crying (or cheering) depending on the candidate you’re working for or backing.
What’s more, I haven’t done a single bit of work for any of the candidates in Virginia. Go look it up. You won’t see me listed… and that’s for a reason.
Besides, that’s like arguing your relationship with RPV is an endorsement of the state party. It’s not… is it?
Well I believe there are two examples here to look at… This endorsement and how Brian Kirwin has conducted his blogging while working for Ben Loyola. This just leaves a foul taste in folks mouth.
And my relationship to Republican Politics isn’t monetary either.
Hmmm. Goes against the grain in VA-5. What’s next for VA-2?
Shaun,
Now it ties to your houshold though being that your wife is listed as the head of the company doesnt it? I’m not critizing her involvment and I do think its great you’ve turned politics into a family thing.
What I’m saying is there should be more sunlight shown on this so that it doesn’t seem so fishy.
“It is for these reasons, and her strong willingness to stand up for conservative values in the face of negative and nasty political attacks, that Bearing Drift endorses Feda Morton in Virginia’s 5th District.”
This is weak.
How is the revelation that Morton plagiarized a “negative and nasty political attack”.
First of all, it is true, and also, I don’t believe the person who discovered the plagiarism was motivated politically (but even if he was, so what?).
Lee — your relationship to RPV bears authority… in fact, there are many who would argue that it’s a violation of the Party Plan to show favoritism to one candidate or another (I would not be one of those people, but it’s clear the State Party does not want to see those connected to it — monetarily or not — weighing in on primary races).
So let’s all take a deep breath and say it together:
Correlation does not imply causality.
Correlation does not imply causality.
Correlation does not imply causality.
…wash, rinse, repeat.
Um if thats the case Shaun then with your logic isn’t Bill Bolling and Bob McDonnell guilty of the same by endorsing Scott Rigell.
And Im only a non-voting officer in the 3rd district so otherwise I really don’t have much of a tie to RPV other then it being my party of choice
Just to be clear: You’re not suggesting that McDonnell and Bolling have a conflict of interest by endorsing Rigell, are you?
No I’m not but if you use the logic in your statement about me then that logic that you purposed would say there is a conflict. Personally if you are friends with someone be a stand up friend and stand with them. Sometimes I think we all let politics screw up our interpersonal skills.
Lee, I don’t blog about clients. You may have noticed a huge lack of 2nd district posts from me.
Exactly. Sometimes by saying nothing you show the world alot of who you are. (I should practice this more…
)
Well, thanks for the appreciation. There’s more than enough to write about in politics than races I work in.
Whether you support or even like Feda Morton or not…
This post is pretty accurate in its assesment of the situation in the 5th. You may not agree with the endorsement, but those who say that this article should errode anyone’s credibility are grasping for rhetorical straws.
The viceral reaction by some on this thread demonstrates why Perriello may be harder to beat than we all realize.
Steven: Perriello will be tough to beat because he is very well funded by major Democrat organizations: unions.
But Perriello has made several horrible votes: cap ‘n trade & Obamacare. This election will be about those votes & the disregard that he showed his country & his constituents when he cast them.
Beating Perriello will be a challenge. We will have to work hard & work smart.
Perriello will be the toughest race in Virginia — especially if there’s third party resentment in the ranks.
Once the primary is over, we need to circle the wagons QUICK and start exposing Perriello’s record, one page at a time. And it will be hard work… Perriello’s got $1.4 million COH and can be expected to spend at least $3 million defending his seat.
Should he win… he’ll redistrict into a safe seat for certain. The “better a bad Democrat than a bad Republican” crowd will have to seriously reconsider whether they want to see a six-term incumbent Democrat over the Charlottesville area in 2020. That will impact GOP races all over the newly-crafted 5th District.
Hopefully all the candidates who committed to the primary process will have the integrity to endorse the eventual nominee…..
I agree on that no matter how bad the primary you support the candidate… period. Been in races where that hasn’t happen and folks it ain’t no fun.
Kelley if we were to work smart we would get behind a candidate that could bring everyone together.Hurt will not do this. You say the main thing we need to focus on is beating Perriello but you are supporting the ONLY candidate that WILL make this a three way race. The Hurt supporters know this is true. Can you please explain this logic to me ?
Will –
Just out of curiosity, which of the candidates running in VA-05 do you believe could bring the ticket together?
Will, the only person who will make this a 3d party race is that one running as a 3d party.
I suspect (& hope) that most of the supporters of those not winning the primary will get behind the winner in short order.
Will, there is no candidate running in this primary that would have voted for Obamacare (twice) or cap ‘n trade.
Shaun I believe McPadden or McKelvey would have the best chance of bringing everyone together but Boyd,Ferrin,Verga or Feda would have a better chance than Hurt would.If Hurt wins this will be a three way race.Clark or Goode will run if Hurt wins.
McPadden would be an interesting candidate, to be sure. His positions mirror mine to a large extent (perhaps not on life, though I do not fault him for his convictions) and he seems to have enough money in the bank to make a good push.
Unfortunately, I haven’t seen much out of the campaign other than comments online. Not enough to close the deal.
Any third party candidate has to realize they are playing the role of spoiler (unless that spoiler is Goode — in which case the whole ball game changes) and will only solidify Perriello’s hold on VA-05. Not good when you throw redistricting into the mix…
will: on what authority do you base your statement that Cong. Goode will run?
Shaun It depends on exactly how the redistricting is done if Albermarle and Charlottesville are split from the southside the the southside will be stronger for the Gop.People if Hurt wins this will be a three way race the writing is on the wall.
yeah — I’m curious too (although a phone call will clear that up nicely).
Will, in event of redistricting, C-ville could be put in area north east of them that would make it safe seat for Dems forever. Parts of Southside might move west to go in with 9th which may or may not flip.
I base it on the comments he has made many times that he will not run if a conservative Republican wins the primary .Virgil has never called Hurt a conservative Republican.What I said btw was Clark or Goode would run and in my opinion they will.
Will, I suspect Congressman Goode wants to beat Perriello as much (or certainly more) than I do. Running as a 3d party would not further that goal.
Kelley in the event of redistricting many things may or may not happen.
but Perriello will get protected in redistricting if he is still in office.
In the event of redisticting — should Perriello win — the 9th District will inevitably absorb some portion of either the 6th or 5th Districts.
That will have to be made up somewhere else in Virginia. If a conservative, then from more conservative parts of the Commonwealth. If Perriello, then from more Democratic-leaning portions close to Charlottesville — Culpeper, Orange, Louisa, etc.
In addition, we have a split General Assembly. So count on the House GOP to draw the Delegates seats, the Senate Dems to draw their lines, and the House members to individually negotiate safe seats.
In other words, Perriello will be able to draw his own lines.
Of course, all of this bars any attempt at non partisan redistricting and the veto of a GOP governor. Still… that is what we’re setting ourselves up for with a Perriello win. Nice, safe seats with little prospect for turnover.
Let that burn in. 10. Loooong. Years. Of. Perriello.
That’s the ugly side of politics, but that’s by and large how it will go down.
Now the Q is: Are we content to let Perriello redraw his own seat just to ensure that Bobby Hurt doesn’t win the general election (should he be the nominee)? If the answer to that question is yes… well… not much else to say.
If no, though, we have an obligation to fight for the GOP nominee to prevent another 10 years of Perriello.
That’s my math, anyhow. Take it or leave it, but if Perriello has to go then we have an obligation to unite behind the GOP nominee — especially if we are participating in the nomination method.
Will,
Do you realize that Virgil has 6 days to register?
Aaron/Will –
The Constitution Party — can they nominate?
Aaron do you know he hasn’t registered yet ?
I have no idea, but i do know that according to the Code of Virginia’s section on candidates and elections (24.2-520), candidates filing for a primary must sign a statement agreeing that if they lose, their names cannot be printed on ballots for the general election. Meaning, if a candidate in the Republican primary for the 5th District loses on June 8, he or she cannot run as a third-party candidate in November.
The deadline for filing as an independent, however, is June 8 at 7 p.m. – the same time the primary polls close.
Thus, if Will thinks Virgil is walking through that door he has to do so soon, and he cannot wait till Hurt wins to file.
My guess on the constitution party is if Virgil went to them and said i want to run as a CP candidate they would let him. Otherwise he would just run as an independent.
PS. There are two Aaron’s on this blog. I am not the same poster as the Aaron from the “newer comments.”
…and here’s your answer:
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/2010_NOV_CAL.pdf
If and only if the Constitution Party can register a candidate in VA05, Goode (or a placeholder) could file.
you guys GOTTA differentiate!
Will, The list of candidates on the VBE’s website list no independents and he is not currently registered to run as a Republican. Currently, there is no Constitution party candidate either.
Aaron B what I was saying was if Virgil had registered to run in the past week or so it might take a little while to show up.
I doubt Virgil has done this. If he chose to do so, whether by Constitution Party or an independent third party run, there’d be a heck of a lot of chatter.
…on the flip side, if you’re right Will, you’ll be the guy who broke the story first!
Shaun Im not trying to break any story first.Im just tired of voying for the lesser of two evils.It won’t happen this time and I know alot of other people that feel the same way.Shaun who are you backing in the primary ? Lawyers are part of the problem we have in congress now they go to office and make it a career.The day after they are elected they are running for office again.
I endorsed Feda Morton very early in the race. She’s an old friend going back to the mid-1990s who asked for my endorsement (and I gladly gave it).
Shaun I must ask you then if you are a true friend why haven’t you told her to save a little dignity and drop out ? Shaun you seem to be a very smart person you must realize Feda’s train has run off the tracks and has turned over. Her campaign manager has quit.The Boyers have dropped her like a hot potato.She has listed on her website endorsements of people that are supporting other candidates now.If you were a old friend of mine I would want you to be honest and tell me like it is.Maybe you have but if not she needs to know.
An endorsement for Feda is a waste of an endorsement. All respect I had for Bearing Drift is in the toilet. I am for McPadden but I think that anyone supporting a candidate other than Mike McPadden or Jim McKelvey is really out of touch with what the voters want in Washington.
The Boyers dropped her over the divorce issue?
This whole “endorsement” is so confusing. As on outsider looking at the 5th district, Morton has never had any ID whatsoever outside a few grassroots activists. I don’t support alot of Steve Water’s candidates but he had every right to drop her after what came out. He is a serious consultant that I imagine demands honesty from those he works for. I have a great deal of respect for him.
She was never riding high in any district wide poll of potential primary voters outside of 1 straw poll. Remember this is not a convention. Even if only 1/2 of what has been said is true, its more than enough to disqualify her from service. To my knowledge, the campaign has not disputed any facts. I really just don’t get it.
Realistically, only two candidates would even be remotely prepared right now to go to Washington as a U.S. Representative. That would be Boyd and Hurt.
Barring any major crimes or misdemeanors by Hurt in the next week he wins this thing by 20+.
mytwo…You have not, “the foggiest idea”, of what the Constitutional Conservative (grassroots base) of the GOP wants, in a U.S. Representative. Our “absolute last choice” would be an INSIDER-EXPERIENCED POLITICIAN, already “tainted” by the corruption of this “most corrupt of systems”, that is robbing us of our FREEDOM & PROSPERITY.
DroolingElmo has it right. With all we have at stake, why would you endorse someone, who will get 4% of the vote…ON
A GOOD DAY.
AN EVEN BETTER QUESTION FOR FEDA—WHY would you stay in the race? (Same question, for Verga, Boyd, & Ferrin). Is not your “avowed purpose”, for entering the race, to SAVE US FROM POLITICS “AS USUAL” & give us voters a chance to elect a TRUE TAX-CUTTING, SMALL GOV`T, TERM-LIMITING, TEA-PARTY Candidate…….
NONE OF YOU CAN GIVE US THAT CHANCE! Did you really mean it, when you told us, you wanted to save our freedom, The Constitution, Capitalism? PROVE IT…Each of you, staying “in” for your 3 to 8 percent, CAN ONLY SERVE YOUR EGO—and Robert Hurt…Are you truly Patriots?…
Or hypocritical, selfish, dreamers?
Jim McKelvey, has consistently polled better in the debates (including Hurt), because he communicates & connects better with his audience. He is the best financed, of the 6 challengers. In a “one-on-one” with Hurt, he is a slam-dunk winner. Only McPadden is still a challenger, and he is a distant second, to McKelvey…In a “head-to-head” for the Independence Caucus endorsement, Mckelvey received 57 percent…THIS ISN`T ROCKET SCIENCE, PEOPLE…..DO THE RIGHT THING, for our country…Let us line Jim McKelvey (our best man), up against Hurt…
One-Term-Tommy, will be “meat”, after that.
Will,
You show your ignorance almost every time you post. For Virgil to be a third party candidate he must have a thousand signatures on petitions to the State Board of Elections on June 8. If he was soliciting them, it would be news right now. He is not and Lucy is running for District Vice Chair. You must have your blinders on.
Clark is a joke. He does not have the support of his own Tea Party in Danville and does not have the money to self fund. He wouldn’t even have the money to put an ad in your Charlotte County Newspapers.
BearingD:
I just discovered you, today…First impression, makes me doubt your conservative credentials. You “fawn over” Robert Hurt, the least conservative candidate in the 5th District Race, while doing a “hatchet job” on Jim McKelvey, the “most viable conservative candidate”. Election law “prevents” a 3rd Party “flirtation” for McKelvey…So you are showing either GREAT DECEPTION, OR GREAT IGNORANCE, to your readers. Then, you accuse him of attacking Feda. NOT SO!!!
The “smart money” is on Robert Hurt`s camp,
for Feda`s “misfortune”. Hurt has been the “beneficiary” of The Party Machine, from “Day One”…They have “the covert operations” capability, not a political “novice”, like McKelvey. Everyone else, I have heard from, points “the finger” at Hurt.
In endorsing, Feda, one of the least viable, “conservative” candidates, thereby encouraging her to “stay in”…You seem to be “Carrying water” for a RINO (Hurt)& the party hierarchy, against the interest of the grassroots. We want to elect “true citizen servant`s”, not “the next-lawyer-in-line”. We desire 3-page bills…Not
3,000.
Minuteman,
You all have had 9 months to elect a “true” conservative or as you call it a non-RINO. You know what? Your chosen candidate has about 5% of the vote. What a joke. At this point we are speaking to a level of competence by all these candidates with the exception of Hurt.
Say what you want, he completely outworked all these other guys. All of these other campaigns including Morton and yes, McKelvey have been absolute train wrecks.
I really never thought he would do it, but Hurt has run a disciplined and well executed campaign and deserves the decisive victory that is coming his way.
Well, at the very least, this endorsement has definitely cast the 11th District Endorsement in a different light.
Will –
When I am asked, what I counsel her (or anyone) to do in conversation is between me and the person I advise.
Call it a gentleman’s code, or a hatred for gossip, but those sorts of conversations fall into the category of a “nunya” every time.
Shaun I wasn’t asking you to tell me what you might/might not have told Feda you are 100% right it is none of my concern.I just hope she knows the facts so on June 8th she won’t be shocked.We both know she will be very lucky not to finish last.
I think she’s aware of her chances and is choosing to stand up for what she believes in and provide an alternative for voters to select.
Can’t fault her for that.
It sure is alot of big ego’s in this race. Im sure Hurt is very happy about this it makes his chances alot better.
WeKnow/Tucker, Marion said please go easy on that awful cologne you wear today when you take her to Mimmos it makes her sick.
Well, put yourself in their shoes — if you invested nine months and tens of thousands of dollars (sometimes of your own money) into a project, would you give it up so easily?
It’s tough to do. I don’t blame any of them for sticking it out.
Shaun If every poll that came out put me in the bottom three/four or I had lost alot of supporters I would cut my losses and offer support to another candidate that has a chance to win.Im sure it wouldn’t be that easy for some people but I would face the facts and step out of fantasy land back into the real world.If I were a candidate I would swallow my pride to help make sure we had a candidate that could start on June 9th fighting Perriello not trying to bring the GOP together. If Hurt wins the primary he will have a tough job getting the Tea party people behind him along with alot of Republicans that don’t like him.
Will,
Take your head out of the sand again and look around. Hurt won the tea party poll in Danville and came in second recently in Charlottesville.
That is a lot more people than those who listen to you. Your baggage is a very heavy load.
Hi Tucker did you buy lunch or did you make Marion pay ?
Tucker maybe we should have a UFC match between McPadden and Hurt for the main event and you and me can open the show.I think I could take you.
Do they give “participation trophies”, for running for Congress?…Feda, Verga, Boyd, Ferrin…I`ve got some “generic” ones in the closet, left over from the kids T-Ball…Be glad to contribute them to the cause.
You`re going to lose most of the respect, you have gained, by being selfish, & egotistical, and “Ruining it” for all of us, who have supported your efforts until now. Give “one of us” our best chance of winning…..GET OUT NOW!
Will, you seem like a good guy. I’m giving you this unsolicited advice… You’re making a fool of yourself with this “Anti-Tucker” routine.
I don’t know how many of you are actually in the 5th district (it sounds like most of you are outsiders), but this “endorsement” flipped me from being a strong Feda supporter to pretty sure I won’t be voting for her. Hurt can’t beat Perriello, so I’ll probably be voting for McKelvey or McPadden now. Feda’s a really solid conservative, but it no longer sounds like she’s electable.
Bruce I thank you for allowing me to post comments on your blog.Do you have any idea the division Tucker has caused in the 5th district ? Do realize Tucker has caused many people to leave the GOP ? Do you realize how many people have no use for him because of his back room deals ? Bruce you are a smart man which im sure most of the time would give good advice but this time im going to put this piece of advice in file 13.
Will, Tucker is no longer chairman. Move on.
Ditto that sister
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