slating

The following was originally posted this afternoon by Jim Riley, at TBE’s mother blog, Virginia Virtucon. If you’re not following Virtucon, you should. Here’s just one reason why: Fauquier County GOP “Chairman” Attempts To Astroturf Appeal of His Election to RPV After losing an appeal…

Slating is a rare, highly controversial parliamentary maneuver. For this reason, it should be held to the very highest level of scrutiny, and where it fails – as it does here – it should be soundly rejected.

Who wins and who loses with the ouster of Eric Cantor? Who else benefits from this historic election, and who is going to be looking for a new job?

Passionate, headstrong, and patriotic, in the fall of 2011 I had absolutely no idea how to get involved in politics, aside from attending protests and holding signs on street corners.

Slash and burn in service of ‘keep it small, control it all’

The Bull Elephant wrote earlier about the 2nd District Parliamentary Ping Pong match to determine who will be 2nd District Chairman – Frank Wagner or Curtis Colgate. It seems that the referee, RPV Chairman Pat Mullins, has decided to step in and put an end…

If you have ever wondered whether or not it is possible to split the baby, Chairman Bill Stanley and members of the 5th District GOP Committee have shown us how it is done. You remember the biblical story? Two women both argue that the other…