Cause she just laid the Smack-down on Bill Howell. This letter is truly a think of beauty:
FROM THE DESK OF
Amy N. Frederick
An Open Letter To William Howell, Speaker Of The Virginia House Of Delegates
Dear Mr. Speaker:
I received your letter this morning. To say that I was shocked would be an understatement.
It takes some nerve for you to write me to outline all the reasons
my husband should not be Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia
(RPV). Worse, your letter to me was apparently timed to arrive the same
day RPV (the organization our opponent currently oversees) leaked
misleading documents intended to attack Jeff's integrity.
Can you imagine your reaction if Jeff sent a letter to your wife
Cessie telling her -- in light of the House Republican Caucus losing 11
seats to the Democrats since you've become Speaker -- that you should
not be Speaker any more? That the House GOP has gone from a very
healthy governing majority to now a slim 3 seat majority under your
leadership and therefore you're not best qualified to be Speaker?
Then, on the same day after such a letter, you were attacked for
standing on the podium at the 1993 Virginia Republican Convention to
ask Republicans to defeat a pro-life nominee for Lt. Governor with a
pro-choice alternative?
I believe you'd demand an apology from Jeff immediately -- and while
I can't demand anything, I do believe you owe me an apology.
I realize Jeff is a young go-getter, and that rubs the old guard the
wrong way. Yet, just because you've known Jeff's opponent for over 20
years, as you stated in your letter, doesn't excuse this sort of
conduct.
I do find one of your statements rather curious:
"As the Speaker of the House of Delegates, I've stood firm for our
conservative values and John Hager has stood with me. I've known John
Hager for two decades, and I've always been able to count on him."
Was it the time you were advocating the Party go with a pro-choice
statewide candidate over a pro-life leader, or more recently when John
Hager was working to advance the agenda of Democratic Governor Mark
Warner, that you were counting on him?
True, Jeff was too young to vote two decades ago when you started
working with John, but is the old guard really getting things done?
Republicans came to power on the backs of conservative, grassroots
activists, and Jeff is a young leader who has shown he can motivate
young voters to join those who have spent years doing the volunteer
work necessary to elect conservatives.
Jeff is not going to march more in line with the establishment to
earn their support; no thanks. It is amazing to me that the old guard
has betrayed grassroots conservatives on so many issues, yet still
feels it can dictate to the grassroots who they need to select as their
Party leaders.
As you recall, John Hager lost his 1992 bid for RPV Chairman running
as a moderate. Then the Party was able to get back to its conservative
principles on life, taxes and the 2nd Amendment and the result was us
winning control of both houses of the General Assembly and sweeping all
statewide offices.
On May 31, I believe the Republicans who attend the convention will
vote to get back to winning elections and governing as conservatives --
and will defy you and the rest of the old guard to elect Jeff Frederick
as RPV Chairman.
Sincerely,
Amy Frederick
You know I met Amy Frederick last month and came away quite impressed. If anything, this letter is cleverly written where she doesn't come of as sounding like Maude Flanders ("won't someone please think of the children"). There is just the right touch of sarcasm and snark in there to make it effective and entertaining.
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