Embattled Va. GOP Chairman Vows Fight to Retain Post

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Source: WaPo

RICHMOND, March 17 -- In fighting to keep his job as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, Del. Jeffrey M. Frederick sent a memo to supporters today that paints his critics as GOP "insiders" responsible for the party's dramatic decline in recent years.

In the lengthy statement, Frederick vows he "will not back down" even though nearly every top ranking GOP office holder in the state is calling for him to resign.

Frederick said he represents the party's grass roots in a clash against the "small minority" who want to turn the Virginia GOP "into a rubber stamp for its long-time insiders."

"For years, the Virginia Republican Party had been run from the top down, with consultants and lobbyists providing far more input into the direction of our party than the grassroots," said Frederick, who blamed national and Virginia party leaders for loss of U.S. Senate and House seats in 2006. "Rest assured, we're fighting for the future of our Republican Party and our commonwealth and we will not back down."



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[rurallib]

1. Isn't this the idiot that lumped Osama and Obama as having

"friends that are terrorists?" He even stinks too bad for the VA. GOP. Man that is stinky!

[burning rain]

2. Sounds like a fine member of the George Allen wing of the party.

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