Tim Hugo Says "Jeff Frederick was Not Just Inappropriate, but Wrong."

By: Bryan Scrafford
Published On: 10/16/2008 10:30:47 AM

The chair of the Republican Party of Virginia has been in the news recently because he recently said "both Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden have friends that have bombed the Pentagon. That is scary." I think it's been very interesting to watch how the Republicans have been responding to Frederick's remarks. While there have been a few who have come out in support of Frederick's message, most resonable Republicans have distanced themselves from their party chair's remarks.

I spoke with Tim Hugo, a Republican who represents my district in the House of Delegates, yesterday and he made it perfectly clear that he thought Frederick's remarks were "stupid, innappropriate, and wrong." After our phone call, he even sent me an email reinforcing how he believed "Jeff Frederick was NOT JUST INAPPROPRIATE, BUT WRONG." (capitalization in original)

What was very telling for me was that Del. Hugo was very direct in his message and didn't try to explain away Frederick's remarks.  Frederick's extreme remarks don't belong in our political process and it seems as though Del. Hugo and some of the other honest leaders in the Republican Party completely understand. That being said, I think it's important for the Republican leaders who haven't already done so to distance themselves from the negative tactics used by Jeff Frederick and other members of the extreme right.

Comments



But is he going to hold them accountable? (PWC Resident - 10/16/2008 11:47:13 AM)
Is he calling for the resignations of Frederick and the PWC Republican chair who not only was present when the comments were made but also said that Jeff made a great point?


Good question. (Lowell - 10/16/2008 11:54:45 AM)
Delegate Hugo, if you're reading this, can you respond?  Thanks.


Wow, check this out! (Lowell - 10/16/2008 11:57:57 AM)
TPM Election Central writes, "it seems fair to at least wonder if this is an Osama pic shaded to ambiguously resemble Obama."



It would be nice if.. (unionman - 10/16/2008 1:20:23 PM)
It would be nice if Delegate Chris Saxman would hold Jeff Frederick accountable. Correct me if I'm wrong, but not a word from Chris yet. He's a State campaign chair for McCain isn't he? Does his silence say something?


Virgil Goode's office #? (ToKnow - 10/16/2008 6:09:19 PM)
I wouldn't mind giving him a call to see whether or not he supports the remarks of Herr Frederick.


RPV (South County - 10/16/2008 6:46:52 PM)
Well, they had their annual Macaca moment.  Shocker.


Tim Hugo should do more (Glant - 10/16/2008 11:14:04 PM)
than just comment to Bryan in a phone call.  He should issue a statement condemning Frederick and calling for his resignation.


Maybe... (Bryan Scrafford - 10/17/2008 7:17:39 AM)
But it was extremely obvious that Tim disagreed with the statement Frederick made. I think that Democrats should be careful about turning this into an attack against Hugo because he simply does not condone Frederick's statement. To suggest anything differently is being dishonest.