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Virginia Political Blog Rankings for 5-1-2011

The Virginia Political Blog Rankings for 5/1/2011 are out!

Several blogs moved a couple of spots, but the one that stands out as This Week’s Most Improved Blog is Disrupt the Narrative improving 79% over last week!

That equates to 4 spots in the standings (from #13 to #9) for the winner’s spot! It should be noted that the closer to the top a blog is ranked, the more difficult it is to improve a large number of slots.

This week, 6 out of 22 Lefty Blogs improved (27%) and 12 out of 52 Righty Blogs improved (23%).

24% of Virginia Political blogs improved in the rankings this week! (Compared to 54% improving last week!)

Here are the Weekly Standings:

The Overall Standings:

RankBlogNameWeekly TrendLast Week
1Vivian PageDown (3.53%)1
2Bearing DriftUpwards 0.28%2
3Virginia Right!Down (2.08%)3
4Not Larry SabatoUpwards 1.12%4
5BarticlesUpwards 17.10%6
6Blue VirginiaDown (4.12%)5
7NoVa Town HallDown (0.89%)7
8Shad PlankUpwards 5.06%8
9Disrupt the NarrativeUpwards 79.39%13
10Snapped ShotDown (5.69%)10
11VB DemsDown (14.84%)9
12Too ConservativeDown (2.76%)11
13Va VirtuconUpwards 2.88%12
14Armchair GeneralistUpwards 4.84%17
15Nova Common SenseDown (0.78%)15
16Project VirginiaDown (7.03%)14
17Shaun KenneyDown (6.29%)16
18Bacon's RebellionUpwards 10.33%20
19Fishersville MikeUpwards 6.28%21
20SWAC GirlDown (6.49%)18
21ProgressiveDemDown (0.87%)23
22Citizen TomDown (11.76%)19
23Virginia ConservativeDown (12.67%)22
24Waldo JaquithDown (16.89%)24
25Mason ConservativeUpwards 11.24%28
26Scott's Morning BrewDown (1.91%)27
27The Green MilesDown (14.20%)25
28Cat House ChatUpwards 23.87%36
29Black Velvet Bruce LiDown (17.48%)26
30Red NoVaUpwards 7.28%35
31Schilling Show BlogDown (6.85%)30
32Rappahannock RepublicDown (7.38%)31
33I'm Surrounded by IdiotsDown (0.80%)37
34The RichmonderDown (16.22%)29
35J's NotesDown (9.49%)32
36Va Social ConservativeDown (14.24%)33
37The Toxic Mud PitDown (13.95%)34
38Yankee PhilDown (0.82%)38
39Rick Sincere ThoughtsDown (0.84%)39
40Moon HowlingsUpwards 10.02%41
41Mosquito BlogUpwards 12.01%43
42Crystal Clear ConservativeDown (20.03%)40
43Va PatriotDown (0.83%)44
44Right Side VaDown (0.83%)46
45The Bulletproof MonkDown (0.84%)49
46The Right Wing LiberalDown (0.82%)50
47From On HighDown (0.85%)51
48Off K StreetDown (22.14%)42
49Deo VindiceDown (0.95%)53
50Tertium QuidsDown (14.35%)47
51Roanoke SlantDown (0.96%)54
52The Contemporary ConservativeUpwards 35.22%57
53X CurmudgeonDown (21.04%)48
54The 28th AmendmentDown (28.10%)45
55Skeptical ObserverUpwards 54.95%61
56The Lee BrothersUpwards 54.96%62
57United ConservativesDown (19.85%)55
58Strictly VaDown (0.76%)58
59Tidewater LibertyUpwards 47.40%65
60Delmarva DealingsDown (0.88%)59
61Roanoke Valley RepublicansDown (0.94%)60
62Dogwood PunditDown (26.87%)56
63Virginia DemDown (46.18%)52
64Coarse Cracked CornDown (0.71%)63
65On The Right in VaDown (0.89%)64
66PW Conservative (Verticalis)Down (1.21%)66
67The Recovering PoliticoDown (1.23%)67
68Tim BoyerDown (1.23%)68
69SW Va Law BlogDown (1.33%)69
70The Farm TeamDown (1.31%)70
71The American Civil WarDown (0.94%)71
72Without SupervisionUnchanged72
73Va 5th DistrictUnchanged74
74What IS Right for VirginiaUnchanged73

Left Leaning Blogs:

RankBlogNameWeekly TrendLast Week
1Vivian PageDown (3.53%)1
2Not Larry SabatoUpwards 1.12%2
3BarticlesUpwards 17.10%4
4Blue VirginiaDown (4.12%)3
5Shad PlankUpwards 5.06%5
6VB DemsDown (14.84%)6
7Armchair GeneralistUpwards 4.84%7
8ProgressiveDemDown (0.87%)8
9Waldo JaquithDown (16.89%)9
10The Green MilesDown (14.20%)10
11I'm Surrounded by IdiotsDown (0.80%)12
12The RichmonderDown (16.22%)11
13Moon HowlingsUpwards 10.02%13
14Mosquito BlogUpwards 12.01%15
15Off K StreetDown (22.14%)14
16X CurmudgeonDown (21.04%)17
17The 28th AmendmentDown (28.10%)16
18Virginia DemDown (46.18%)18
19Coarse Cracked CornDown (0.71%)19
20The Farm TeamDown (1.31%)20
21What IS Right for VirginiaUnchanged21
22Without SupervisionUnchanged22

Right Leaning Blogs:

RankBlogNameWeekly TrendLast Week
1Bearing DriftUpwards 0.28%1
2Virginia Right!Down (2.08%)2
3NoVa Town HallDown (0.89%)3
4Disrupt the NarrativeUpwards 79.39%7
5Snapped ShotDown (5.69%)4
6Too ConservativeDown (2.76%)5
7Va VirtuconUpwards 2.88%6
8Nova Common SenseDown (0.78%)9
9Project VirginiaDown (7.03%)8
10Shaun KenneyDown (6.29%)10
11Bacon's RebellionUpwards 10.33%13
12Fishersville MikeUpwards 6.28%14
13SWAC GirlDown (6.49%)11
14Citizen TomDown (11.76%)12
15Virginia ConservativeDown (12.67%)15
16Mason ConservativeUpwards 11.24%18
17Scott's Morning BrewDown (1.91%)17
18Cat House ChatUpwards 23.87%25
19Black Velvet Bruce LiDown (17.48%)16
20Red NoVaUpwards 7.28%24
21Schilling Show BlogDown (6.85%)19
22Rappahannock RepublicDown (7.38%)20
23J's NotesDown (9.49%)21
24Va Social ConservativeDown (14.24%)22
25The Toxic Mud PitDown (13.95%)23
26Yankee PhilDown (0.82%)26
27Rick Sincere ThoughtsDown (0.84%)27
28Crystal Clear ConservativeDown (20.03%)28
29Va PatriotDown (0.83%)29
30Right Side VaDown (0.83%)30
31The Bulletproof MonkDown (0.84%)32
32The Right Wing LiberalDown (0.82%)33
33From On HighDown (0.85%)34
34Deo VindiceDown (0.95%)35
35Tertium QuidsDown (14.35%)31
36Roanoke SlantDown (0.96%)36
37The Contemporary ConservativeUpwards 35.22%39
38Skeptical ObserverUpwards 54.95%43
39The Lee BrothersUpwards 54.96%44
40United ConservativesDown (19.85%)37
41Strictly VaDown (0.76%)40
42Tidewater LibertyUpwards 47.40%46
43Delmarva DealingsDown (0.88%)41
44Roanoke Valley RepublicansDown (0.94%)42
45Dogwood PunditDown (26.87%)38
46On The Right in VaDown (0.89%)45
47PW Conservative (Verticalis)Down (1.21%)47
48The Recovering PoliticoDown (1.23%)48
49Tim BoyerDown (1.23%)49
50SW Va Law BlogDown (1.33%)50
51The American Civil WarDown (0.94%)51
52Va 5th DistrictUnchanged52

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Virginia Blog Rankings for 2-27-2011

Here are this week’s Virginia Political Blog Rankings.

Please note that the up or down trend refers to the score for each blog this week vs. last week. As such, it is a measure of how the blog did this week as opposed to the previous week in relation only to itself. The last column shows the standing in relation to the other blogs. While most that moved up a spot from last week also had an upward trend for the week, there are others that trended downward yet still improved in this week’s standing. That simply menas the trend down was less than the downward trend of closely ranked blogs.

Overall, the Most Improved Virginia Blog for the Week winner is:

Disrupt the Narrative +10 over last week. Apparently, they were the recent recipient of an instalanche.

 

The Overall Standings:

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Left Leaning Blogs

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Too Drunk To…Truck?

Too Drunk To…Truck?

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What about this Fox News report about the Bailout Boyz at UAWChrysler getting plastered during their lunch breaks , then returning to build World Class Automobiles for Barack Hussein Obama MmmMmmMmm in the afternoon?   I immediately hearkened back to that classic Dead Kennedy’s tune, “Too Drunk to Jeep”.  Or something like that.  Parental warning.  The video is not really about stealing a private sector automobile corporation and giving it to union deadbeats, but it’s close enough.  In the world of Management = Labor, everything has become murky, at best. Is this more of that Five Fingered Bond that Chrysler keeps talking about?  Honesty.  Integrity.  All that? Maybe it is unfair of me …

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Even More on Obama’s Gang of 219

Even More on Obama’s Gang of 219

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I think I just found where a little chunk of the Stimulus money went.  I tallied up the campaign funds of the seats that the Obamacare Gang of 219 are trying to defend versus their opponents. Democrats:    $238,122,981 Republicans:    $72,562,610 That’s a more than 3 to 1 advantage. Now where would Democrats get a quarter of a billion dollars for these 219 races?  Money comes from Unions to politicians, and politicians give our tax dollars to Unions.  Of course, they’re too clever than to have a smoking quid pro quo, and they are all very devious and slippery, making sure these deals are impossible to trace, but that number is staggering.  That’s over $1,000,000 per seat, 12 of which are unopposed and some that might as well be. Thanks for getting the big money out of politics, Senators McCain and Feingold.

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Reminder: Alex Jones Is Nuts

Reminder: Alex Jones Is Nuts

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Texas radio host and Truther Alex Jones is nuts.  There’s just no other reasonable reaction to this recent clip of his radio show, in which he blames gayness on some bizarre government conspiracy.  Really .  Roll tape. Double reminder: Until being a Truther became a problem for her , GOP fringey candidate for gov Debra Medina was a welcome and frequent fellow traveler and guest on Alex Jones’ show .  For a whole lot of reasons, it’s good that the Texas primary was months ago, and that Medina lost. Note to the programming folks at KLBJ radio in Austin : Can’t you do better than Alex Jones?  Really?

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Buyer’s Remorse

Buyer’s Remorse

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This lady is pretty gutsy for having the courage to criticize the President to his face.  This Obama voter is tired of defending this President and his policies.  If only she had been paying attention to the warning signs PRIOR to voting. This is the kind of person who won’t necessarily flip to the other side of the aisle, but it’s good enough for her to stay home on election day. Incidentally, didn’t this woman get the great news?  The recession ended in June 2009 according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Happy Days are Here Again!

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I LOVE the SMELL of NAPALM in the MORNING!! ITS the SMELL of VICTORY

I LOVE the SMELL of NAPALM in the MORNING!! ITS the SMELL of VICTORY

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Over the last year or so, in between the brush wars of the 2009-2010 election cycle, I have kept an eye on the actions taken by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina… and I have been impressed. What I have witnessed over this period is a that Jim DeMint is an unapologetic, dyed in the wool, Ronald Reagan conservative, even when its inconvenient. He has done whats right, even in the face of opposition from his own party. He has supported, through his Senate Conservative Fund , and personnel endorsements a host of CONSERVATIVE candidates for the US Senate, including, Marco Rubio…

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A Review of the Forbes Cover Story – “How Obama Thinks”

A Review of the Forbes Cover Story – “How Obama Thinks”

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Forbes magazine’s cover story “How Obama Thinks”  by Dinesh D’Souza offers a brilliant explanation of the inexplicable behavior our 44th President. The strange policies, bizarre actions and  general oddities have frustrated and befuddled Americans (both critics and supporters alike). D’Souza identifies the president’s Father and his anticolonial dream as the impetus for all that Obama does. The author is from India and his perspective and insight into the Asian and African idea of anticolonialism. Here is his description Anticolonialism is the doctrine that rich countries of the West got rich by invading, occupying and looting poor countries of Asia, Africa and South America. As one of Obama’s acknowledged intellectual influences, Frantz Fanon, wrote in The Wretched of the Earth , “The well-being and progress of Europe have been built up with the sweat and the dead bodies of Negroes, Arabs, Indians…

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Democrat Mark Strama Must Be Worried

Democrat Mark Strama Must Be Worried

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Mark Strama is a liberal Democrat, currently occupying the seat belonging to Texas state House District 50 .  He’s known for his affinity for a certain Barack Obama , which probably helped him in 2008.  But now…not so much. District 50 is mostly in liberal Travis County, but parts of it leak up into Williamson County, which is a red bulwark hard against Travis County’s blue dot.  Most of Williamson is in District 52, which also elected a liberal to the House in 2008 – Dianna Maldonado.  And a drive through Williamson shows that Maldonado knows she’s in for a serious fight against the GOP nominee, Larry Gonzales .  Maldonado’s signs are everywhere, curiously omitting any mention of the radical leftists who support her candidacy. But until recently there weren’t any Strama signs anywhere in the sliver of Williamson County that’s in his district.  That changed about a week ago.  Now, on a drive through the area, you can’t help but notice that…

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9-12 Washington DC 2010 Edition

9-12 Washington DC 2010 Edition

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  The 2010 edition of the 9-12 Rally in DC was, at a distance, very similar to the 2009 version; patriots attended from all across the nation, the wore colorful clothing and carried very witty signs. The numbers didn’t quite match last year but given many who might have attended were just in DC on 8-28 at Glenn Becks Restoring Honor Rally, the turnout was impressive. What struck me most was the notable difference between ’09 and ’10. In 2009 the throngs of concerned citizens marched to our capital to let their elected officials know that they were not happy with the fiscal irresponsibility of the Federal government, their dissatisfaction with the stimulus bill and their opposition to the proposed Obamacare bill, Cap & Trade and Card Check. Today …

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Hot Dog Guy Certain to Earn Olbermann’s “Wurst Person in the World”

Hot Dog Guy Certain to Earn Olbermann’s “Wurst Person in the World”

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When pressed by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert to give some credit to former President George W. Bush, Vice President Biden actually was very gracious in his praise of Dubya’s love and support for the troops. And yes.  They did disagree on policy.  Bush 43 wanted VICTORY.  O’Biden wanted to divide up the territory and split.  And although I appreciate the sentiment, I recognize this device as the new talking point of the Democrats. Bush is to be admired for his love of the troops but he is to receive no credit for the successes that his policy brought to fruition.   Bush put his reputation and popularity on the line to promote this policy, one which the Democrats collectively demonized as part of their strategy to gain control of government, but a policy they are now emulating and reaping the benefits from. Olby must be fuming. But I’ll replay the grovelling video over and

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Matt Foley Lives (And He Lost a Lot of Weight)

Matt Foley Lives (And He Lost a Lot of Weight)

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This dude is intense and more than a little scary, he may have the police called out if he goes door to door though. I’m pretty sure he lives in a van,  down by the river

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Ahhh….. Recovery Summer….. How Sweet It Is.

Ahhh….. Recovery Summer….. How Sweet It Is.

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I want to thank the Disrupt boys for inviting me into the crew and letting me give my occasional rants about the topics of the day. As a former Marine, I think American Samurai is a fitting screen name. Samurai means “those that serve” and Marines have been called the ” American Samurai” on occasion as defenders of the honor of the Republic! Enough about me. I can barely stomach turning on the TV anymore due to the pablum being spewed by the Media , the Teleprompter in Chief as well as Dingy Harry and Queen Nancy in regards to who drove what into the ditch! The Democraps have been ” Driving Ms Daisy” since 06…… PJTV and Andrew Klavan sum it up nicely in this clip…

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Army of One?  Meet Party of Me

Army of One? Meet Party of Me

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I always hated the Army of One campaign because it was a Clinton era ploy to bring disunity to the Army.  It was an engineered plot to try to bring the concept of individualism to our one size fits all fighting machine.  It was about turning members of a cohesive unit into a thousands of me’s. That headline distracts somewhat from the rest of the content, but I’m not above using a cheap and tawdry headline to bring attention to this post. From our friend Allahpundit at HotAir , and I hate to lift both of these videos but this post would be a dead carp washed up on shore without doing so. So you have to do a pinky swear that you’ll go there and hit their site or I’ll have to hunt you down and talk about you like a dog. First, the pitiful Charlie Crist ad. And now the delicious rework that really tells the truth. I wish I knew how to…

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That Five Fingered Bond, as Obama/Chrysler Advertises, May Be Overstating the Finger Count by Four.

That Five Fingered Bond, as Obama/Chrysler Advertises, May Be Overstating the Finger Count by Four.

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This has been bugging me for a while.  Maybe it’s bugging you too. Has anyone noticed that the government controlled automobile companies are employing major American themes of HONOR and TRUST in their ads, a manly handshake, a bond amongst honorable men, while masking their true heritage?  You know.  The look in the eye followed by that five fingered bond. This Chrysler Corporation/Obama/United Auto Workers government welfare program advertisement trying to sell trucks doesn’t even use the word Chrysler in their ads?  It’s not a Dodge Ram.  It’s RAM.  Just RAM.  When I think of Obama and the autoworkers union, honor and trust don’t come to mind.  I think this advertisement has been pulled.  You know.  That fictitious ad from GM saying that they’ve repaid the taxpayers for their bailout, which turned out to be total Bravo Sierra. When I think of the way that two major automobile companies were stolen from investors, when I think of automobile dealerships stolen from their rightful owners and given to political patrons it’s not a five fingered bond, it&#…

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Jim Webb Stumps With Perriello Against Perriello!

Jim Webb Stumps With Perriello Against Perriello!

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H/T to Not Larry Sabato. Jim Webb campaigns with Tom Perriello and tells his supporters he agrees with his opponent on Cap & Trade, I hope he campaigns with Rick Boucher too!

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Even in Texas, Democrat State Rep. Kristi Thibaut’s ACORN Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree

Even in Texas, Democrat State Rep. Kristi Thibaut’s ACORN Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree

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Well looky there, ACORN has its own little nut in the Texas House.  The Texas Republicans peeled her bark in a press release today. Thibaut’s past is not unlike that of President Barack Obama; she too started out as a community organizer. And both did work for ACORN. Kristi even appeared at the State Capitol as a paid lobbyist for ACORN during the 2007 Legislative Session. ACORN activities have attracted the attention of law enforcement and prosecutors around the country, after they were exposed in a series of stings by a couple posing as a prostitute and a pimp, soliciting ACORN’s advice on how to operate their illegal enterprise without getting caught. Even the United States Congress condemned ACORN’s actions and cut off

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Creigh Deeds Tweets -Nothing Honorable About Beck’s Rally-

Creigh Deeds Tweets -Nothing Honorable About Beck’s Rally-

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 CreighDeeds Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds  normally tweets about the mundane. The failed AG and Gubernatorial candidate routinely will let us know what’s on his Ipod (I must say he has a very good taste in music) or the daily fate of his Cincinnati Reds. So I was disappointed when he went out of his way to criticize Glenn Beck and the thousands of Virginians who participated in Saturday’s Restore Honor rally. First he very subtly tweeted a link to the anti-Beck Washington Post column by Eugene Robinson. Then another tweet linking to the anti-Beck NY Times column  by Bob Herbert. At this point another tweeter (jnowlin) questions why he would…

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John Bolton Would Be…the Most Interesting Presidential Candidate in the World

John Bolton Would Be…the Most Interesting Presidential Candidate in the World

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The question before the Disruptive court is, are you ready for a John Bolton presidential run?  The answer: Yes.   Yes I am .   John Bolton has conquered enemies who haven’t even attacked America yet. When pressed as to whether that means he would consider a run, Bolton seemed to suggest that he might do it, at the very least to help put national security issues at the top of the debate agenda. “In the sense that I want to make sure that not only in the Republican Party, but in the body politic as a whole, people are aware of threats that remain to the United States . You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody …

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