VIRGINIA BEACH
A gathering of 1,000 Republicans turned raucous Monday evening after party leaders used a procedural move not seen in 30 years to select those who will choose the head of the party's 2nd Congressional District.
Over shouts and boos, a slate of 32 mainstream party members supporting Sen. Frank Wagner was chosen to take the place of Virginia Beach's 552 votes at the party's district convention next month.
The procedure, called a slate, virtually guarantees Wagner will win the chairmanship and prevents supporters of Tea Party favorite Curtis Colgate from getting a vote at the convention.
Del. Chris Stolle led Monday's meeting and quickly ushered the vote for the slate, which included his brother, Beach Sheriff Ken Stolle, and Wagner.
"I'm certainly disappointed and regret that a small minority of individuals have decided to use parliamentary procedure to steal an election instead of working to unify and grow the party," Colgate said in a statement.
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3 comments:
So, FIXING an election is OK as long as it's done in a "procedural" way. If the Tea Party is so weak and unable to win anything, then let "we the people" decide THAT.
These are your "leaders". and by "leaders", I mean MASTERS. You'll vote for who they TELL you to vote for, just like a republic is supposed to work. The People's Republic of China, that is.
Keep cheering. I'm beginning to think you are too stupid to do anything else.
This will be the undoing of the republican party!
The Tea Party will run against them in the not too distant future and split the vote...the Democrats will continue to socialize the country...
Then the Tea Party will rise up and revolt (remember 1775?) and hopefully we'll get to start over!
Anonymous said...
This will be the undoing of the republican party!
The Tea Party will run against them in the not too distant future and split the vote...the Democrats will continue to socialize the country...
Then the Tea Party will rise up and revolt (remember 1775?) and hopefully we'll get to start over!
March 12, 2014 at 3:48 PM
This is exactly why they have a Democrat Governor now. The establishment Republicans are splitting the party instead of finding common ground. Third party candidates ruin every election.
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