In the hopes this is helpful to someone — anyone (particularly the media) — with regards to the who-shot-John in the dueling e-mails of July through September 2016… I’m literally doing my own version of Wikileaks.
That’s right — you get to see what new media types see as our opinions are attempted to be shaped by the written word… followed up by about 20 calls going “did you hear this?” and “did you hear that?” and “what are you hearing on this?” — etc.
I’ll say this much — Reeves is 100% right to be upset about the e-mail nonsense. I am not certain who started the back and forth over the summer of 2016, but what I do know is that the first of these came to my attention on 24 July 2016 — and it was an anti-Vogel hit piece, made anonymous in the same manner as the McDaniel e-mail that went too far.
What this narrative hopefully demonstrates is the following: two rival camps of surrogates — Team Reeves and Team Vogel for shorthand — appear to be dueling in out via pseudonym in order to stir the pot… and it was all fun and games until someone got their eye poked out.
…and while I am almost certain the MSM does not have this? Well… they do now.
Hopefully, if there is an audit of any sort, all of these e-mails can be aggregated and an audit performed on each, because at this rate the silliness is now a matter of public record, and investigative journalism probably deserves to have a crack at it (if this is at all serious enough to warrant a deeper dive).
Obviously, if there are additions to this list? Please feel free to send them directly: svkenney@gmail.com and I will add them to the list.
NARRATIVE OF E-MAILS
What follows is the first e-mail I received in what became a series of bcc:d e-mails to Virginia political activists, op-ed writers, and new media outlets between July and September 2016. This is by no means an exhaustive list… additions are welcomed and will be listed chronologically who benefited, the date, and the header:
1. REEVES (24 Jul 2016): Another article on RINO Vogel pushing liberal judges
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From: Elephants Marching <elephantsmarching2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 7:54 PM
Subject: Another article on RINO Vogel pushing liberal judges
To: elephantsmarching2@gmail.comAs I’m sure you’ve heard by now, it’s incredible. The felon case wouldn’t have been struck down!
If Vogel, McAuliffe, and the Senate Democrats weren’t stopped by conservatives in the Assembly, the court wouldve likely upheld allowing felons to vote in November!! We would’ve had a liberal judge in our Supreme Court.
“The Senate later endorsed her nomination to the court on a 22-0-1 vote. GOP Sens. Glen H. Sturtevant Jr., R-Richmond; Emmett W. Hanger Jr., R-Augusta; William M. Stanley, R-Franklin County; and Jill Holtzman Vogel, R-Fauquier, voted with the Democrats.” –Richmond Times Dispatch
Article here: http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_3cb45a84-29fe-5fef-a934-34481cede026.html
This is why we DESPERATELY need to support candidates who are true conservatives in their actions, not just their words!! Please please dont fall into the trap like RICK BUCHANAN did. CAN’T TRUST VOGEL to vote conservative!
Just in case you haven’t seen, the article today on Bull Elephant! http://thebullelephant.com/how-governor-mcauliffe-almost-got-away-with-it/
2. VOGEL (25 Jul 2016): If you thought Crooked Hillary was bad, meet the most crooked candidate ever: Senator Bryce Reeves.
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From: Stafford Alert <staffordgopwatch@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 6:37 PM
Subject: Crooked Senator Bryce Reeves!
To: If you thought Crooked Hillary was bad, meet the most crooked candidate ever: Senator Bryce Reeves.Masking as a conservative, he is the LEAST responsible person with the people’s trust perhaps to ever serve in the Senate. He is not concerned with real people and always with a hand out looking for a free ride.
He recently came to Stafford asking for our support for Lieutenant Governor. That did not go over well.
He displays all of the swagger and arrogance and none of the commitment to people here who need help. We need an honest person to run to for his seat in the next Senate election and we certainly need a true conservative in the LG race and it is not him. Go support a TRUE conservative, who is ethical and knows how to govern.
Ask people who live in Bryce Reeves’s district who know the real Bryce. They watched him get elected and never come back again.
His first act was to gerrymander his district so he could do the least amount of work possible. He pulled a fast trick and tried to slip through a bill JUST for himself and he got busted.
He is a fake conservative, who campaigns for liberals and votes like one. Rather than support a person with real conservative values for President, he chose to travel around the state campaigning for Marco Rubio. Marco Rubio? He was heard bashing Cruz and other conservatives and we didn’t appreciate that.
He is a total RINO endorsed by only RINO Senators in the LG race (Tommy Norment, Emmet Hanger, Ryan McDougle). He thinks conservatives are stupid clearly.
Crooked Bryce has taken thousands of dollars from his campaigns and from his colleagues, the crooked play to get rich in office. We have watched it happen and the tragedy is that it has cost other Republican campaigns dearly. He raised money from donors telling them that it would go to support other Republicans and then he KEPT the money for himself to fund his growing lifestyle. While Republicans were being outspent and losing in tight elections, this Senator kept money earmarked for them. We in Stafford heard about that during the election and were appalled.
Never mind the money, what about TRUTH? People who know him know he also doesn’t tell the truth and seems to have no shame about it. Recently he filed a campaign report that showed his LG race raised $33,000. But he sent an email to supporters saying he raised over a hundred thousand dollars. Don’t believe me? Look it up. It takes a lot of nerve to raise 33k and tell people you raised five times more by moving money from one campaign account to another, UNLESS YOU ARE BRYCE REEVES. Yep, that is the man we know. He thinks the people he represents are stupid but he is dishonest and eventually it catches up. It will continue to catch up.
Pay attention and see what real fiscal conservative does by the way. Endless gifts to himself from money that was supposed to be raised to spend on a campaign. Expensive dinners, travel, shopping, money for himself. He has his campaign donors paying for his personal car inspection and a car. How do people struggling to survive who give him money feel about that?? Given what Republicans went through in Virginia in the biggest scandal of money taking in history, that kind of stealing out of a campaign is unbelievable.
None of that is the worst for Stafford. The worst for residents and businesses in this community is that he introduced a bill and had the nerve to tell us in Stafford that it was intended to get even with us.
Just in case you have any doubt, we have let our fellow Republicans know he will not win an election here ever again. We want someone who sticks up for real people. Who actually reads legislation, has conservative values, cares enough to fight for the community and who isn’t crooked. Who would ever stand up and tell a county he was trying to hurt them and their businesses and their families out of personal spite?
Crooked RINOS should never win reelection to the Senate and so should not come calling. Much less higher office. And this is just the beginning of what people in Stafford know about this crooked RINO.
Stay tuned!
3. REEVES (26 Jul 2016): Vogel flip flops on guns in loudoun paper
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From: Loudoun Patriot <loudounforliberty@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 2:24 PM
Subject: Vogel flip flops on guns in loudoun paper
To: loudounforliberty@gmail.comDC RINO Jill Vogel will say what you want to hear just to get elected.
Recently, Vogel told the loudoun tribune “I will never be in favor of limiting gun owner’s rights.”
However, she previously told Northern Virginia Daily she “supports limiting access to certain firearms such as assault rifles” and “there are certain firearms that don’t need to be in the hands of regular citizens,” http://www.nvdaily.com/news/2012/12/vogel-limit-access-to-some-guns/
This is exactly something we have to watch out for. RINOS who change their tune once they’re running for higher office!!
And, Alex Vogel had the Mike Bloomberg gun control group Sandy Hook Promise as a client!!
http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/318/2013-04-04/sandy-hook-promise-retains-dc-counsel.htmlDon’t trust flip-flopper Jill Vogel!! SHE’LL SAY ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED.
4. REEVES (02 August 2016): Jill Vogel caved to pro abortion forces
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From: Virginia Values <virginiasfamilyvalues@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 6:17 PM
Subject: Jill Vogel caved to pro abortion voices
To:On twitter Jill Vogel is saying that she “supports tougher standards on abortion clinics”-but in the State Senate she backed down once she received pressure from Planned Parenthood, lawyers, and clinics.
Vogel said she backed down on tougher restrictions to abortion clinics as a “matter of conscience.”
Here is a clip of LIBERAL RACHEL MADDOW celebrating Vogel’s flip-flop. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/virginia-senate-strikes-transvaginal-ult
We need solid conservatives who are strong enough to stand up for family values-not RINOS like Vogel who back down under pressure.
5. REEVES (09 August 2016): Amnesty Jill Vogel Supports Illegal Aliens
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From: American Workers <americanworkersfirst114@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 9:51 AM
Subject: Amnesty Jill Vogel Supports Illegal Aliens
To: americanworkersfirst114@gmail.comAmnesty Jill Vogel supports in-state tuition for illegal aliens. We need to put American workers and students first!!
This is what Frankly Conservative had to say about amnesty Jill.
“IT’S ALWAYS OPEN SEASON ON RINO’S AT FRANKLY CONSERVATIVE, AND ANOTHER HAS EMERGED FROM THE SCRUB BRUSH IN VIRGINIA. It often takes time for them to become bold enough to reveal themselves, and Jill Holtzman-Vogel was no exception (see additional story below.) Some of her votes (and vote abstentions) have been questionable, but her last abstention from a vote to prohibit undocumented illegal-aliens from receiving in state Virginia college tuition at the expense of taxpayers tells all. We suggest a conflict of interest is in play, and we resurrected an old story regarding her husband, Alex Vogel, and how his law firm received $63,000 to lobby on behalf of the American Immigrant Lawyers Association to provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.”
One should know that anonymous e-mails such as these — while not on the up-and-up — are entirely fair play. If surrogates for the Reeves campaign chose to push information out in this way, a perfectly cogent argument could be made about the nature of fair play and sticking one’s name to an idea, etc.
Still, what the narrative does suggest is that the back and forth of these anonymous e-mails suggests that there was a tit-for-tat that was ongoing… and the stakes got a little too hot and high in the last series.
Again — any additions? Feel free to forward them directly to svkenney@gmail.com and I will add them to the list.