For the last few years, I watched as the GOP in Fairfax County went from being one of the strongest and most organized to one of the weakest and least effective in Virginia. As a result, the Fairfax GOP has lost one election after the other.
For the last few years, I watched as the GOP in Fairfax County went from being one of the strongest and most organized to one of the weakest and least effective in Virginia. As a result, the Fairfax GOP has lost one election after the other.
I have been a member of the Fairfax Committee for the last eight years and I will never forget the day I received a hand written note from one Anna Rockey, inviting me to join the Party. From that note, I became precinct chairman and shortly thereafter the GOP’s nominee for the House of Delegates against Democrat Brian Moran.
That simple outreach from Anna Rockey was followed by numerous meetings with then Fairfax Chairman Joe Underwood who taught me the basics of running for office. That outreach from Anna Rockey was also followed by numerous training sessions with then Speaker of the House, Vance Wilkins who engrained in me that he won his first elected position in a Democratic area by simple voter identification and turning out his supporters.
This is why I am running for Chairman. I understand the power of a hand written note and personal outreach. Winning elections is not rocket science. It can be as simple as a handwritten note, a handshake, a smile and open arms which many call outreach. It also takes hard work, passion and constant creativity in identifying our sympathizers and getting them to the polls.
It also takes independent minds. As Chairman, I will make certain that we never again rubber stamp candidates or follow our leaders down a ditch just out of party loyalty. We must embrace all opinions and schools of thought within our party. We must give the foreign policy noninterventionists the same opportunity to speak as the interventionists.
I am running for Chairman because the Fairfax GOP has lost its passion, drive, initiative, free thinkers and note writers. I want to inspire a new generation of Anna Rockeys because the future of our party and country need Anna Rockey, Now More Than Ever.
Unless we act to save Fairfax NOW, we will lose Fairfax County forever and if we lose Fairfax County, Virginia will follow.
Unless we act NOW, Fairfax County will become another Arlington where small government, Second Amendment Republicans can’t even dream of wining an election.
In saving Fairfax, there are things within our control and things beyond our control. What is within our control is finding our supporters and sympathizers and getting them to the polls when we need them. Our limited resources must be focused on identifying our friends and sympathizers and that is where the Fairfax GOP Committee has failed over the last few years. This will be my priority and I will use all available technology and expertise for voter identification.
In the long term, we have to attract new people and embrace all people who call themselves Republican even if they don’t want to wage war. I will make certain that the GOP is represented at every festival and any concentration of people anywhere in Fairfax County. We will have games for children and make sure that everyone stops at the GOP table where we will welcome new people and save Fairfax.
It is Now or Never. I ask for your vote and your help in saving Fairfax. Make no mistake about it, it is not only Fairfax that is in peril if we don’t act now. It is Virginia, the United States and our way of life. Please join me in saving Fairfax.
If you have not registered for the Fairfax Republican Convention, please do so immediately by visiting
http://www.kamalnawash.com/fcrc-filing-form.pdf. Complete the form and check the box that says “Fairfax County Republican Convention.” The registration form must be received by 12:00pm on March 29, 2008. This is our last chance to save Fairfax.
If you have any question, please contact me by calling 202-776-7191 or visit www.KamalNawash.com. Please help me by forwarding this letter to your friends and email list.
Very truly yours,
Kamal Nawash
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