17 Year-Olds Can Vote on Dec. 11

Did you know that 17 year olds can vote in the Dec. 11 special election as long as they turn 18 by Nov. 4, 2008?!
That’s right, according to the registrar’s office who got the ruling from the Attorney General. Of course that means they only have until Dec. 4 to register.
There are 3 ways to [...]

RPV’s Throwback to 1492: The Voter Loyalty Oath

UPDATE:  The WAPO is reporting that yesterday the 86-member RPV State Central Committee - meeting in Crystal City - decided to scrap plans for the Voter Loyalty Oath. 
Party Chairman John Hager said, “We have heard the voice of the people.”
So, apparently, you can Torquemada some things.
On Raising Kaine, Lowell discusses the 2008 Virginia Republican presidential primary loyalty oath, [...]

Fox News: Putting Ratings Before Human Lives

Right now I’m looking at live coverage on the 3 major cable news outlets of the hostage situation at Hillary Clinton’s campaign office in Rochester, NH. Both CNN and MSNBC are not showing any live shots of the scene outside the building because the authorities don’t want to provide the bomber inside the with any [...]

Speaker Pelosi: Step Up for Forgit

On Wednesday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said that he will support Rob Wittman for a spot on the House Armed Services Committee in the event that he wins the CD-1 special election on Dec. 11. Obviously that’s not a guarantee, but it’s still welcome news to the Wittman campaign nonetheless.
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) [...]

Powerful GOP-Friendly Law Firm Brought in for School Board Recount

International law firm Troutman Sanders has been brought in by the local Howell political machine in the Mancini/Jett recount lawsuit. This is the same firm that represented now Attorney Gen. Bob McDonnell (R) in his recount with Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) in 2005. This is the same law firm that hired fmr. Attorney Gen. Mark Earley (R) [...]

Fred2Blue’s 1st Ever Turkey-of-the-Year-Award Goes To…

BUT FIRST…
…it was a difficult decision.
(Actually, of the four entries received, my kid pulled the winning entry out of a hat.)
And the winner of Fred2Blue’s 1st Ever Turkey-of-the-Year Award Goes to:
The Free Lance-Star for its lead editorial of July, 19, 2007: Aquarius, R.I.P.?
Okay, so here’s the context:
Earlier that week, the (Republican-majority) Stafford Board of Supervisors voted 4-3 (along [...]

The Rep. Party of Va.’s “FXBG-Area Welcome Wagon”

I snapped this photo today in a doctor’s parking lot by Mary Washington Hospital.
Makes me feel like I’m welcome! Does it, you?

1st District Special Election: Early-Voting Begins

Out-of-town on December 11th?  Make sure you vote in the special election for the 1st Congressional District.  And please cast your ballot for Phil Forgit. 
Visit your local registrar of voters, fill out the paperwork, and VOTE.  Today, I early-voted in Stafford, because on December 11th I will be away on business.  The entire process took all of a couple [...]

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F2B EXCLUSIVE: Interview With Lucky Narain

In recent days, Independent Lucky R. Narain officially became a candidate in the Dec. 11 special election to fill the vacant House seat in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, joining Democrat Phil Forgit and Republican Rob Wittman. There’s been a lot of speculation as to who Lucky is, what he stands for, and what impact he may have [...]

Republicans Suing to Take Over Stafford School Board

UPDATE III: I’ve never in my life seen someone as desperate, as Price Jett Jr. is, at getting elected to office. ANY office as a member of ANY party by ANY means necessary. From RK:
It has gone unreported that Price Jett, Jr. attended the Stafford Democratic Committee meeting in May seeking the Democratic nomination for Board of Supervisors that [...]

Re(a)d Fresh Daily

Back in September, Media Matters came out with a report entitled, “Black and White and Re(a)d All Over,” which was the result of a study of syndicated op-ed columns from newspapers across America. True, this is a little over 2 months old, but this blog is not even 2 weeks old….and this is just too relevant to [...]

Online Radio Show Hosts Phil Forgit

This Sunday night at 7pm, Kudzu Vine, a blogtalkradio show based out of Georgia that focuses on southern politics, will host 1st Congressional District candidate Phil Forgit (D). If you miss the live show, you can still visit the site and listen to it later.

This Holiday Season: Support Fredericksburg-Region Locally-Owned Businesses

Perhaps some of you have had this experience:  driving an out-of-town friend or relative around the Fredericksburg Region, (he/she) says: 
“Geez, (e.g., North Stafford/ Fredericksburg/ Massaponax, etc.) looks just like (name of his/her exurban community), you’ve got all the big box and specialty stores, and national restuarant chains, that we have!”
It’s great having the big brands in our area: their hours [...]

Something to be Thankful For…

That we live in the good ol’ US of A. It seems like every problem we have over here is about 10 times as worse in some other part of the world. Take Venezuela for example, where a lawmaker tries to beat up a journalist who she accuses of saying something nasty about her deceased [...]