Bob McDonnell at Rockingham County Fair ~2009~

Local Republican supporters and volunteers gather to meet Bob McDonnell at the Rockingham County Fair yesterday...

Bob McDonnell is met and greeted by Delegate Matt Lohr and numerous other local Republican Party representatives. Delegate Lohr is the House Representative for this area and knows the RockFair well from being a farmer himself...

Also at the Rockingham Fair was Candidate Dickie Bell who is running for the Delegate seat of the 20th district and Delegate Steve Landes who is running for re-election in the 25th House District...

Bob McDonnell walks with Delegate Matt Lohr and State Senator Mark Obenshain who represents the 26th State Senate District...
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Bob McDonnell with Dickie Bell

The Rockingham Republican booth at the fair...

Very impressive presentation and staffed with many energetic volunteers who engage fair visitors and discuss national, state, and local issues...

At every fair there must be a clown. This is a familiar clown that has worked this fair for many years and is seeked out by many returning fair-goers...

It was reported that there was another "Clown" in the area this day but he decided not to show up to the largest fair in the Valley...

Every afternoon there was a parade and this opportunity was used by the Candidates to meet and talk with those who they represent. Numerous times during these parades people attending the fair would call out greetings to their Representatives and take the opportunity to talk about local and state issues on the side of the parade route...


Candidate Dickie Bell and wife Anne walk the parade route...

Delegate Steve Landes with son Roth, and wife Angela at the Republican booth...

Clerk of the Court Chaz Evans Haywood with Andrea and Matt Lohr during the parade...

Bob McDonnell walked the entire fair grounds including the livestock auction and met with many people from the valley where he had the opportunity to talk local and State issues.

Anne Bell, Dickie Bell, and Steve Landes....

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Blackfin Tuna off Key West...

Great fight on light tackle...

Check out Compass Rose for some great fishing in the Florida Keys...

Another "Secret Ballot" vote by the 6th district?...

Why hide your vote from those who you claim to represent???...

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D) takes the call....

Rockingham County Fair 2009... ~Rockingham County Republican Party~

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Once again the Rockingham County Republican Party assembled another outstanding fair booth to support the Republican Candidates for this years Team GOP~VA 2009...

The booth was well staffed and busy each time I stopped by during the afternoon and many signs, stickers, balloons, information, and contacts were provided to those stopping by the booth...

Bob McDonnell's wife Maureen was the guest of honor and stopped by to visit the booth as well as ride in the afternoon parade with numerous local candidates. She and her message about her husband Bob McDonnell Candidate for Virginia Governor, was very well received and she spent a substantial amount of time talking with fair visitors and staff...


Maureen Mcdonnell was joined by Delegates Matt Lohr and Steve Landes for the parade who all then spent time visiting and speaking with people in the crowds about issues that concern many in the Shenandoah Valley and how we are represented in Richmond by these representatives...

Candidate for the Delegate seat representing the 20th district, Dickie Bell and his wife Anne, also attended the fair on this night and spent time talking with the people from the district he strives to represent. He is well known in the area and received a good reception from those he spoke with while visiting the fair and Republican booth...

http://www.bellfordelegate.com/

Delegate Steve Landes took the opportunity to speak with local Republican volunteers about the campaign and issues regarding the Shenandoah Valley...

Delegate Matt Lohr with Maureen McDonnell after the parade...

Just some of the Republican volunteers and fair visitors who joined in with the Candidates and Maureen McDonnell for the parade...

Delegate Steve Landes and Matt Lohr walking the parade route...

The new set-up for the National Guard

Candidate Dickie Bell

Ronald Reagan also saw the Dangers of Socialized Medicine...

Still trying to get here...

Hard to believe but with all of the problems that we now face here in the United States, people continue to paddle across 70 miles of shark infested waters to get here. Above is a photo of a Cuban raft that was found South of Key West by a friend who runs Light Tackle Sportfishing boat out of Key West and the lower Keys...

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Captain Mike of the Compass Rose found the above raft when he was fishing for Wahoo with his charter. This is not uncommon and I saw plenty back when I worked and fished the Florida Straits as a Captain\Mate on the SeaBoots out of Summerland Key...

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The real question here is why would these people be leaving the perfect, government run, all provided, No cost, all inclusive, single payer healthcare system that Cuba has and many here desire, only to paddle across 70 miles of shark infested waters?....

Politics are Priorities...

Augusta County Fair at EXPO ~2009~

Took a ride over to Expoland near Fishersville for the opening night of the Augusta County Fair and found Delegate Ben Cline with Republican volunteers Frank Bridgeforth, Anne Fitzgerald, and Matt Fitzgerald at the Augusta County Republican booth. The booth looked good and located in a high traffic area of the building and already attracting much attention on the first night. People from all over the county and Staunton\Waynesboro were stopping and looking for signs and info on the candidates...

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With this being the major fair for the "S.A.W" area,

Staunton~Augusta County~Waynesboro, it was good to see volunteers from all three parts of S.A.W at the booth and a stronger bond then in the past. By consolidating efforts between the three local committees we are much stronger and that has been evident in the parades, events, meetings, and public outreach for the Team GOP~VA...

Candidate Dickie Bell... 20th District....

Republican Candidate Dickie Bell for the 20th House District...

Dickie was at the monthly Republican Staunton~Augusta~Waynesboro "S.A.W" breakfast attended by a full house of local Conservative supporters at Mrs. Rowes...

Delegate Steve Landes spoke about his campaign for re-election to his House seat in the 25th district. He updated everybody on efforts to bring jobs to the Valley and the upcoming special session in Richmond. With that Landes also went over campaign strategy and ongoing efforts to take the message to the people in his district as well as the entire Shenandoah Valley...

Representatives from the Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots were also onhand to talk about the upcoming bus trip to Washington D.C. on September 12th...