"Liberty is too Precious a thing to be buried in books" For those going to Washington on September 12th...

Jimmy Stewart played the part of Senator Smith back in 1939 who discovers the corruption of a bill that will benefit the select few at the cost of many while diminishing the liberties of those they claim to represent...

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"Men should hold them up in front of themselves every single day to say I am free to think and speak"...

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"Positive" message and energy...

Positive message and positive energy as compared to the negativity and attacks from the competition. Voters are looking for solutions to problems and to the future instead of negative attacks and "mud~slinging"...

"S.A.W." ~Staunton~Augusta County~Waynesboro~ GOP Picnic 2009...

The three local Republican Committees from Staunton~Augusta County~Waynesboro "SAW" held their first joint GOP picnic this past Saturday in Fishersville VA...

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Good turnout of local Valley residents with many new faces coming into the party as well as several returning to their local committees to stand behind and support the Republican team this year...

Conversations started as soon as people arrived and continued from 2pm and even after agreed ending time of 6pm.

Had the opportunity to speak with many GOP supporters about the numerous campaigns both here in the Valley as well as the ones based out of Richmond including Bob McDonnell for Governor, Bill Bolling for Lt. Governor, and Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General...

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An impressive list of local GOP supporters and businesses stepped up to the plate to sponsor this picnic and it was interesting to see the new faces\businesses come forward looking to support the local and state committees. Many of these people have looked to find a way to support local GOP activities in the past and were happy to now find a strong bond between the "S.A.W." team welcoming all to the GOP effort to send strong conservative representatives to both local and statewide offices...

Ken Cuccinelli was one of many guest speakers and is seen here with Staunton Committee Chair Anne Taetzsch~Fitzgerald...

Senator Ken Cuccinelli with Delegate Steve Landes and "Team Landes" before the start of the picnic...

Waynesboro committee Chair Chris Darden with Senator Cuccinelli...

Augusta County committee Chair Bill Shirley...

Senator Ken Cuccinelli who is running for Virginia Attorney General, speaks to the crowd regarding his campaign and what Virginia faces in the future...

Scott Sayre, local GOP regular and board member of ~Restore the Founders Vision~ coordinated the speakers...

Emily Griffen was one of several volunteers who greeted people arriving to the picnic...

Feda Kidd Morton who is a candidate for Congress Representative for the 5th district talks to the crowd and the importance of returning the position once held by Virgil Goode to the Republican column...

Laurence Verga is also running for the 5th district seat and spoke to the crowd regarding what he sees happening on a local level as well as State and National and why he got into the race...

Delegate Ben Cline, Jackson, and Chris Darden...

Ken Cuccinelli speaks with Bob Stuart from the NewsVirginian newspaper who covered the event with this article...

Patrick McSweeney with Augusta Chair Bill Shirley...

Patrick McSweeney is the President of "Restore the Founders Vision" and was also a speaker at this event....

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Delegate Steve Landes...

Carl Tate involved with some intensive conversation regarding the local GOP efforts...

Candidate Dickie Bell with his wife Ann and Al Katz...

Delegate Ben Cline with Wife Elizabeth...
RightsideVA for Ben Cline

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