Jeff Frederick Should Resign

Comparing a Barack Obama to Osama Bin Laden? He should resign the Chairmanship of the RPV.

With so much at stake, and time running short, [Virginia Republican Party Chairman Jeff] Frederick did not feel he had the luxury of subtlety. He climbed atop a folding chair to give 30 campaign volunteers who were about to go canvassing door to door their talking points — for instance, the connection between Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden: “Both have friends that bombed the Pentagon,” he said. “That is scary.” It is also not exactly true — though that distorted reference to Obama’s controversial association with William Ayers, a former 60s radical, was enough to get the volunteers stoked. “And he won’t salute the flag,” one woman added, repeating another myth about Obama. She was quickly topped by a man who called out, “We don’t even know where Senator Obama was really born.” Actually, we do; it’s Hawaii.

3 Responses to Jeff Frederick Should Resign

  1. stophate says:

    It simply shows the caliber of people that the Republican Party has in its leadership. Poor at best.

  2. It’s amazing how myth becomes legend. The old adage if you say it enough it becomes truth surely applies here.

  3. […] champion” Jeff Frederick to be RPV Chairman. It was bad enough when he made one of the most embarrassingly offensive remarks of the entire cycle this weekend, comparing Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden, but it got worse when […]

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