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As sure as Autumn has turned to Winter, the gentle thoughts of Progressives turn to trashing the Constitution, a document that they find places restraint on their plans to remake America into the very type of tyrannical monster the founders fought to gain their freedom. There were many protections place in the Constitution to prevent the [...]

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The AP notes today that President Obama is calling for an elimination of the debt ceiling, in part because of the leverage it gives Republicans to push for spending cuts and deficit reduction.   “Speaking to corporate executives [yesterday], Obama set down a hard line: ‘If Congress in any way suggests that they’re going to tie [...]

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Yesterday  Thomas  Hurt  (  Washington  Times )  answered   what  impact  the  TEA  Party  would  have  on  the  upcoming  elections.    Mr.  Hurt  was  not  denigrating  us  when  he  referred  to  the  movement  as  the  “Rodney  Dangerfield”  of   politics.  He  was   making  the  point  that  in  spite  of   the  number  that  identify  themselves  as   supporters  of  the  [...]

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By Karen Kwiatkowski Note: Karen Kwiatkowski is running for Congress against long time incumbent Bob Goodlatte. This is a primary challenge for the Republican nomination. Virginia Right! has endorsed Karen because we see Congressman Goodlatte has grown out of touch and has supported more government intrusions into our lives with bills like SOPA that would [...]

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November 30, 2011                                                                                                                 804-335-5966 colleeno@richmondteaparty.com   Richmond Tea Party Endorses Jamie Radtke for U.S. Senate in 2012   It is with great pride that the Richmond Tea Party offers its enthusiastic support for former RTP President and Virginia Tea Party Patriot Federation Chairwoman, Jamie Radtke, in the Republican primary for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat in [...]

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Do you remember the wonderful video ad in the GOP primary for Governor of California – the Demon Sheep ad?  Carly Fiorina attacked Tom Campbell as a FCINO (Fiscal Conservative in Name Only) but her ad was greeted with derision as too clever and somewhat weird?  I did not believe it at the time.  I [...]

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There has begun the usual gloating about how intervention is great – look Gadhafi is out! Well, it’s great Gadhafi is out.  However, a bad idea is still a bad idea whether it works or not.  A few bank robbers get away with it but that is not a recommended way to earn extra income!   [...]

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Yesterday we posted that Congressman Eric Cantor endorsed George Allen in the US Senate race for 2012. Jamie Radtke, also a Republican Candidate for the same Senate seat has responded to the announcement: Campaign Statement on Today’s Allen Endorsements Jamie Radtke opposed the budget compromise in April that delivered less than 0.4% of the $100 [...]

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My heroes for the week are Ryan Rhodes, a founder of the Iowa Tea Party and his unnamed friend, when they confronted President Obama about the alleged statement by Vice President Biden that tea party activists were “terrorists”.  Here’s the article from Real Clear Politics: President Obama got into a heated back and forth with [...]

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Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va-6) joined House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA-7)  today in endorsing Virginia’s former Governor and US Senator George Allen for US Senate in the 2012 race. On a conference call, Congressman Cantor made the argument that Allen would be ready to lead on day one and has a proven record of leadership. [...]

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Standard and Poor’s downgraded the United States on Friday for the first time – ever! This was a direct response to the out of control spending by President Obama and his Democratic co-conspirators. During the debt ceiling debate, S&P announced that none of the plans being considered – the Reid Plan or the watered down [...]

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I had the opportunity to speak to US Senate candidate Tim Donner, the Northern Virginia businessman running for the US Senate seat being vacated by one term Democrat Jim Webb. The main topic of this podcast was the recent debt ceiling increase and the process that led to passing the bill. We also touched on [...]

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Politico’s Playbook reported yesterday, “EXCLUSIVE — OBAMA AND SENATE DEMS PLAN PIVOT TO JOBS: Senate Democrats hope they now have ‘checked the box’ on debt reduction and can move to an agenda focused on job creation and economic growth, through a combination of spending and tax cuts. Dems want to change the subject fast, and [...]

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Without Tea Party Republicans, Congress wouldn’t be cutting any federal spending, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said.   “What I would say to our friends in the Tea Party movement — without them we wouldn’t be having this discussion. We wouldn’t be cutting anything,” McConnell said Monday to Neil Cavuto on Fox News. “But [...]

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The following is a statement by Republican United States Senate candidate Jamie Radtke, regarding today’s announced compromise legislation to raise the federal debt limit without significant reductions in spending:   I am both angered and dismayed by the total lack of leadership and courage this deal represents.   Last week I warned that our biggest [...]

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Henrico, VA– George Allen issued the following statement on Washington’s debt ceiling deal:   “After months of pushing our economy to the brink, Washington has yet again failed to deliver a long-term solution to our debt crisis.  This 11th hour deal fails to address the country’s serious fiscal problems, has no concrete Balanced Budget Amendment, [...]

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This column in CNN by Maria Cardona made by blood boil.  This writer eloquently describes the 87 members of Congress in the Tea Party Caucus as the “Tyranny 0f 87″ and in these terms: The tyranny is coming from the 87 members of Congress from the tea party caucus, whose selfish and irresponsible demands during [...]

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No debt ceiling plan of their own. No budget for well over 800 days. No leadership from their President. No jobs. No economic growth. It seems the only thing Democrats are capable of these days is doing nothing. And killing any and every idea that comes from Republicans. And whining. A lot! See, the Republicans [...]

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Full transcript of Senator Kyl’s Address:   “Good morning.  I am Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona.   “By now, most Americans know that lawmakers in Washington are engaged in a difficult debate about the nation’s ‘debt ceiling,’ the legal limit to the amount of money the federal government can borrow.   “The debt [...]

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