![]() I also checked the Wade for Supervisor website and could find no indication of Wade ever being a Democrat. More importantly, I found no reason why he has supposedly become a Democrat. But here's the killer for me: a Democratic friend of mine checked the voter file (owned and operated by the DPVA and DNC), a screen shot of which I've included in this post, and what we found was that Wade had identified himself on November 1, 2008, just prior to one of the most important elections of our lives, as a "strong McCain supporter." Not only that, but he only identified himself as "leaning" Mark Warner. That's right, believe it or not, this guy who now claims to be a Democrat appears to have voted for McCain-Palin (unless he went from "Strong McCain" on November 1 to voting Obama a few days later - not!), and may have voted for Jim Gilmore over Mark Warner (hard to tell on that one). Anyway, to me, that's the end of story, as the 2008 election was recent and utterly crucial - one of the most important of our lifetimes. As far as I'm concerned, someone who voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin just 2 1/2 years ago could possibly be a Democrat today, but only if they had articulated a d*** good reason for switching their entire way of thinking in that short time period. With Christopher Wade, there's absolutely nothing. Sorry, no dice. Oh, one more really weird thing on the voter file. As you can see, someone went in there on March 22, 2011 - about 2 weeks before Wade announced for Braddock Supervisor as a Democrat - and updated Wade's entry to indicate that, suddenly, he's a "Strong Democrat." Very, very fishy. Last but not least, I was also told just a few minutes ago by one of the most committed and active Fairfax Democrats I know, "I don't know where Chris Wade comes from...I've never seen him at any Democratic events until March of this year." Bottom line: Christopher Wade shows absolutely no sign of being a Democrat. Instead, he shows every sign of being a long-time, strong Republican, one who went so far as to vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin (ack!!!) in 2008. I'm sorry, but that's not acceptable. We need a real Democrat running for Braddock District Supervisor, and we need one ASAP! |