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Anonymous wrote:One of the main reasons behind both Barker and Chap's loss is cultural change. Chap lost in part to underperforming in Fairfax City. Fairfax City is his base and while it did vote for him it was not by the margin he needed.

Last year, I remember when Sang Yi was largely viewed as the favorite in the mayoral race and he ended up losing narrowly to nutjob Catherine Read. Read is a loud and proud social justice warrior and slandered Sang Yi and maligned what could of been the first Asian mayor of Fairfax City.

Chap, most of the city council, and non-zombie voters despised her yet she won because in the final stretch of the race, the local Dem apparatus smeared Yi and threw all their weight behind Read.

Read narrowly winning was the canary in the coal mine for Chap. 10 years ago Read would of been way too liberal to even come close to winning in Fairfax City yet her winning should of showed Chap that the days of moderate, centrist Fairfax were dying off and that his brand of politics was no longer the perfect fit for the district.

Chap also lost because the district was drawn into Merrifield/Falls Church and the dumpy, downtrodden areas that line 29 and 50 inside the beltway. Tons of crappy Section 8 garden apartments and old neighborhoods chock full of old, white, reactionary liberals.

Sad to see.

THIS! Sang Yi signs were all over the city and I fully expected him to win by at least 10 points. I should have known Read had a shot when I started receiving mailers from Mark Warner and Tim Kaine endorsing her, as well as Gerry Connolly. Fairfax City elections used to be very low-profile and non-partisan, Read knew she would go down the flames if it stayed that way so she made it divisive and partisan in order to gin up enough Karen votes to win. One thing that is funny is that even though she had the full support of the entire VA dem establishment she barely won. Goes to show that she was a weird candidate and that many Dems did not vote for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Good riddance. We are better off without conservative trash.

Agree and disagree. Reactionary social conservatives are awful but Sang Yi, Chap Petersen, and George Barker do not even come remotely close to falling in that category. Rejecting moderate, experienced politicians for unknown, unexperienced wackjobs is not the solution. These people only care about themselves and do not care at all about the quality of the community.

Fortunately, nobody did that. Hooray!

Primary voters rejected two 16-year moderate Democrat incumbents for a one-term school board member that nobody really knows/likes and a random dude who was once the treasurer at Fairfax Dems. So yes, unfortunately, many people did that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good riddance. We are better off without conservative trash.

Agree and disagree. Reactionary social conservatives are awful but Sang Yi, Chap Petersen, and George Barker do not even come remotely close to falling in that category. Rejecting moderate, experienced politicians for unknown, unexperienced wackjobs is not the solution. These people only care about themselves and do not care at all about the quality of the community.

Fortunately, nobody did that. Hooray!

Primary voters rejected two 16-year moderate Democrat incumbents for a one-term school board member that nobody really knows/likes and a random dude who was once the treasurer at Fairfax Dems. So yes, unfortunately many people did that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the main reasons behind both Barker and Chap's loss is cultural change. Chap lost in part to underperforming in Fairfax City. Fairfax City is his base and while it did vote for him it was not by the margin he needed.

Last year, I remember when Sang Yi was largely viewed as the favorite in the mayoral race and he ended up losing narrowly to nutjob Catherine Read. Read is a loud and proud social justice warrior and slandered Sang Yi and maligned what could of been the first Asian mayor of Fairfax City.

Chap, most of the city council, and non-zombie voters despised her yet she won because in the final stretch of the race, the local Dem apparatus smeared Yi and threw all their weight behind Read.

Read narrowly winning was the canary in the coal mine for Chap. 10 years ago Read would of been way too liberal to even come close to winning in Fairfax City yet her winning should of showed Chap that the days of moderate, centrist Fairfax were dying off and that his brand of politics was no longer the perfect fit for the district.

Chap also lost because the district was drawn into Merrifield/Falls Church and the dumpy, downtrodden areas that line 29 and 50 inside the beltway. Tons of crappy Section 8 garden apartments and old neighborhoods chock full of old, white, reactionary liberals.

Sad to see.

THIS! Sang Yi signs were all over the city and I fully expected him to win by at least 10 points. I should of known Read had a shot when I started receiving mailers from Mark Warner and Tim Kaine endorsing her, as well as Gerry Connolly. Fairfax City elections used to be very low-profile and non-partisan, Read knew she would go down the flames if it stayed that way so she made it divisive and partisan in order to gin up enough Karen votes to win. One thing that is funny is that even though she had the full support of the entire VA dem establishment she barely won. Goes to show that she was a weird candidate and that many Dems did not vote for her.

Anonymous wrote:One of the main reasons behind both Barker and Chap's loss is cultural change. Chap lost in part to underperforming in Fairfax City. Fairfax City is his base and while it did vote for him it was not by the margin he needed.

Last year, I remember when Sang Yi was largely viewed as the favorite in the mayoral race and he ended up losing narrowly to nutjob Catherine Read. Read is a loud and proud social justice warrior and slandered Sang Yi and maligned what could of been the first Asian mayor of Fairfax City.

Chap, most of the city council, and non-zombie voters despised her yet she won because in the final stretch of the race, the local Dem apparatus smeared Yi and threw all their weight behind Read.

Read narrowly winning was the canary in the coal mine for Chap. 10 years ago Read would of been way too liberal to even come close to winning in Fairfax City yet her winning should of showed Chap that the days of moderate, centrist Fairfax were dying off and that his brand of politics was no longer the perfect fit for the district.

Chap also lost because the district was drawn into Merrifield/Falls Church and the dumpy, downtrodden areas that line 29 and 50 inside the beltway. Tons of crappy Section 8 garden apartments and old neighborhoods chock full of old, white, reactionary liberals.

Sad to see.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good riddance. We are better off without conservative trash.

Agree and disagree. Reactionary social conservatives are awful but Sang Yi, Chap Petersen, and George Barker do not even come remotely close to falling in that category. Rejecting moderate, experienced politicians for unknown, unexperienced wackjobs is not the solution. These people only care about themselves and do not care at all about the quality of the community.

Fortunately, nobody did that. Hooray!

Primary voters rejected two 16-year moderate Democrat incumbents for a one-term school board member that nobody really knows/likes and a random dude who was once the treasurer at Fairfax Dems. So yes, unfortunately many people did that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good riddance. We are better off without conservative trash.

Agree and disagree. Reactionary social conservatives are awful but Sang Yi, Chap Petersen, and George Barker do not even come remotely close to falling in that category. Rejecting moderate, experienced politicians for unknown, unexperienced wackjobs is not the solution. These people only care about themselves and do not care at all about the quality of the community.

Fortunately, nobody did that. Hooray!

Anonymous wrote:One of the main reasons behind both Barker and Chap's loss is cultural change. Chap lost in part to underperforming in Fairfax City. Fairfax City is his base and while it did vote for him it was not by the margin he needed.

Last year, I remember when Sang Yi was largely viewed as the favorite in the mayoral race and he ended up losing narrowly to nutjob Catherine Read. Read is a loud and proud social justice warrior and slandered Sang Yi and maligned what could of been the first Asian mayor of Fairfax City.

Chap, most of the city council, and non-zombie voters despised her yet she won because in the final stretch of the race, the local Dem apparatus smeared Yi and threw all their weight behind Read.

Read narrowly winning was the canary in the coal mine for Chap. 10 years ago Read would of been way too liberal to even come close to winning in Fairfax City yet her winning should of showed Chap that the days of moderate, centrist Fairfax were dying off and that his brand of politics was no longer the perfect fit for the district.

Chap also lost because the district was drawn into Merrifield/Falls Church and the dumpy, downtrodden areas that line 29 and 50 inside the beltway. Tons of crappy Section 8 garden apartments and old neighborhoods chock full of old, white, reactionary liberals.

Sad to see.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good riddance. We are better off without conservative trash.

Agree and disagree. Reactionary social conservatives are awful but Sang Yi, Chap Petersen, and George Barker do not even come remotely close to falling in that category. Rejecting moderate, experienced politicians for unknown, unexperienced wackjobs is not the solution. These people only care about themselves and do not care at all about the quality of the community.