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I was amazed but also very pleased to see the support for Del. Bell announced yesterday in an email.  Here is the entire list on the website! Check out the Hanover list – six elected officials from our county coming out for BELL! Hanover County Delegate Christopher Peace Honorable Trip Chalkley, Commonwealth’s Attorney Sheriff Dave [...]

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I am so sick and tired to hear that the sequester has these savage cuts (especially from my own Congressman Cantor) that are unsustainable.  How we have a true visionary hero – you know who – the chief executive whose picture was taken with a certain blogger two weeks ago! – Governor Bobby Jindal who [...]

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Thanks to Tom White, I was able to attend the Cantor/Jindal breakfast this am!  (In fact I am here – already I have been a few feet from my hero, Governor Bobby Jindal) I have gotten a solid, if blurry photo that should be in an update for this blog post.  I was invited up [...]

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One of my favorite TV shows was one that only lasted a summer was Mister Sterling, with Josh Brolin as a newly appointed US Senator (the son of a politician played superbly by Josh Brolin) who has his own agenda:  Do what he thinks is right.  Here‘s more info about it.  (I could not find [...]

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is constitutional and stands. Congressman Cantor issued the following statement: “The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare is a crushing blow to patients throughout the country. Obamacare has failed to keep the President’s basic promise of allowing those who like their health care to [...]

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Robert Cox at Talk of the Sound found this 1992 video in the Wayback machine and it shows how many powerful forces in 1992 had bought into the Agenda 21 scheme. Rep. Eliot L. Engel is the congressman from Westchester (NY) and he states briefly his support for Agenda 21 and yields his time to [...]

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What a hypocrite. DNC Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is running around the country in her new hair-do blasting Mitt Romney for not releasing his income tax returns for 2011 (and I think she wants his W-2′s for a paper route as well!). But guess who has not released her own taxes? That’s right! The Wasser-Woman [...]

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Virginia Right! participated in a conference call a short while ago with Congressman Robert Hurt, State Senator Steve Martin and Hanover State Delegate John Cox about the false promises that Tim Kaine pushed about lower health care costs with Obamacare. All three of these gentlemen offered their expertise on the subject and below are some [...]

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I was watching a press conference with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, I couldn’t believe my ears on a comment that the Progressive Democrat made. Reid said: “I was just told Representative Cantor said that he – look I just walked out here, maybe I’m wrong – but someone just told me that Cantor said that [...]

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A group of around 500 attended Eric Cantor’s Advisory Council meeting in Henrico County last night at the Westin Hotel. Prior to the formal meeting, the crowd of supporters mingled with others who were not necessarily supporters, but wanted to hear what House Majority Leader Cantor had to say. In talking to a number of [...]

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Politico reported on February 9 that it appears that Cong. Ron Paul should get a solid first place showing.  Not everybody is excited about it: One group of libertarians who aren’t on board with this: Supporters of former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, a Paul ally who hopes to inherit his support. Republican Liberty Caucus [...]

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A week after the election some political chips are starting to fall, between the GOP and Tea Party movement, both here in Virginia and Nationally. So, time for some post election “analysis”. The first thing that caught my attention was the biggest upsets in Virginia the 9th congressional district. Fourteen term incumbent, Rick Boucher, was [...]

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Have you ever wished Daniel Webster was running for office again?  Well, there is a Daniel Webster running for office and if he wins, conservatives get a two-fer – he’s running again Rep. Alan Grayson, perhaps the most controversial Democrat representative in the chamber!  (George Will calls Grayson the worst congressman in America.)  And, Daniel [...]

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Congressman Cantor has an excellent OpEd column on Politico today: House Republicans took an unprecedented stand in March, imposing an immediate moratorium on earmarks for the remainder of the Congress. Yet, because the governing rules of one Congress cannot bind the next, this moratorium will expire on Jan. 3, 2011. I do not believe that [...]

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Update: Contrary to some Tweets going around about this post, Virginia Right! has not yet endorsed any candidate. – Editor I sent out a questionnaire to both candidates who are challenging incumbent Republican Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District race in an effort to find out about their positions on a number of items. [...]

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Gallup writes today, “Americans of all political persuasions say the economy and jobs are the most important problems facing the country today. These concerns easily outpace all others, thus providing politicians seeking office in this fall’s midterm elections with clear marching orders from their constituents: Fix the economy. . . . In the Aug. 5-8 [...]

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Virginia Right! Calls 1st Congressional District – Rob Whitman Projected Winner. This one was really not much of a race. With 66% of the Precincts in, Rob Whitman is winning 88% of the vote. Catherine Crabill should be getting ready to make a phone call to Congressman Whitman about now. The other Virginia Primaries are [...]

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Real Clear Politics is reporting that the DC representation bill is dead for this session of Congress.  While I am pleased this bill is dead, I am not pleased that DC hs no representation.  Many years ago as a YAF leader I opposed the constitutional amendment that would have given the District two senators and a [...]

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The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, these links are mostly outside of the Mainstream Media. This feature is designed to save you the time of sifting through dozens of websites and blogs. Buckle up. It is going to be a bumpy ride!

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