Augusta Republican feeding frenzy.

Posted byWaldo Jaquith 11 Comments on Augusta Republican feeding frenzy.

My daily dose of schadenfreude has come in the form of the utter disarray of the Augusta County Republican Party. The county’s Republicans are finally fed up with the right-wing looney tunes that are speaking for them, and a whopping five people are challenging the incumbent chair. The story gets more embarrassing from there. (As a refresher, these are the folks who were 0wn3d by the Staunton News Leader after the Senate primary.) It’s interesting that the RPV hasn’t brought these clowns into line yet.

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11 replies on “Augusta Republican feeding frenzy.”

  3. The Staunton Republicans are in a similar meltdown.

    As a bit of background, when this thing blew up last year the Neville Chamberlain of the RPV, Chairman John Hager rolled into SWACistan and declared the SWACjobs to be “grassroots gold”, and turned his back on the moderates. Long live Chairman Hager!

  4. These guys are like the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. Their silly antics cause me no end of amusement. It’s a lot like watching monkeys throw bananas and feces at each other at the zoo.

    The only problem is, through some artifice of gerrymandering, my Albemarle precinct of Free Union has gotten apended to the senatorial district that these knuckleheads are fooling around with. That turns their goofy antics into dangerous activity. I’m going to have to count on the grown-ups (Senator Hanger, that’s you) to take charge.

  5. That wouldn’t be the same Newsleader thats been dropping like a rock with its subscription #s is it? Just curious…

  6. That wouldn’t be the same Newsleader thats been dropping like a rock with its subscription #s is it?

    Well, that’s a pretty bizarre question. Are there any other News Leaders in Staunton? Are you just inventing this, or do you have some audited circulation figures to back up your claim?

  8. Living in Staunton has never been so amusing. They really are a strange host of characters that rarely fail to entertain. It’s like a badge of honor to see who can wave their flag the hardest, kiss W’s butt the hardest, shrink their tent the smallest, and generally push the fringe the farthest.

  9. Looks like you Stauntonians are going to get the opportunity to elect Spank the Donkey to City Council. I’m still waiting for him to crawl out his fighting hole and tell us about his vision for Staunton.

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