Virginia Right!

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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UPDATE: A few minutes after publishing this article, I received a call from Delegate Linghamfelter’s office. His vote was recorded as Yea in error. Lingamfelter had intended to vote against this bill and the error is in the process of being corrected on the official record. As a result of that error, we have “unscratched” [...]

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Jamie Radtke came to the public eye as a leader in the TEA Party movement with the Richmond TEA Party. Her leadership was tremendous and her drive and enthusiasm for fiscal sanity was contagious. When Radtke announced that she was running for US Senate, TEA Party Conservatives were thrilled. Jamie Radtke put her all into the [...]

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An editorial in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star calls Democrat Tim Kaine out for his “head in the sand” blind following of all things Obama. Honestly, listening to Kaine’s speech you would think America had a $16 Trillion Surplus instead of debt. It seems even the mostly left leaning Lance-Star has trouble swallowing Kaine’s revisionism. As for [...]

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New $1.1m TV ad will air in Virginia over ten days   WASHINGTON – American Crossroads today launched a new television ad in Virginia that blasts President Obama for his failed economic policies, and demonstrates that contrary to Obama’s “Forward” campaign slogan, America is really moving backward on his watch.   Supported by a $1.1 [...]

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Union Leader Gov. John Sununu September 5, 2012 http://www.unionleader.com This week, Democrats huddling in North Carolina for the party’s convention will hear speeches from party leaders past and present, including former President Bill Clinton. But while President Obama and his allies would love to be able to borrow credibility from the nation’s 42nd President, the [...]

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Every time I hear Barack Obama point to the George W. Bush years and claim “We tried it your way and it didn’t work” I have to shake my head. The economy didn’t crash because Bush was a staunch defender of a limited, Constitutional government. It crashed because Bush embraced the idea of “Compassionate Conservatism” or [...]

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    U.S. Senator Roger Wicker Delivers Weekly Republican Address ‘The stakes are unmistakably high. Crippling defense cuts are just around the corner, and we have an obligation to make tough decisions on how to avoid sequestration and balance the budget long-term.’   WASHINGTON, DC – This week President Obama signed the Sequestration Transparency Act and by [...]

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A number of left wingers are now realizing that they have a problem with Barack Obama. Saturday Night Live veteran Jon Lovitz spewed this first profanity laced diatribe aimed squarely at Barack Obama’s plan to divide the country and soak the rich. See, the one thing that the Limousine Liberals all have in common is [...]

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‘Failure Of Leadership’ The Growing National Debt Is ‘Now As Big As The Entire U.S. Economy’ Despite President Obama’s Promises That He Would Stop Adding To It   Debt ‘Now Tops $15.23 Trillion,’ More Than ‘The Value Of All Goods And Services The U.S. Economy Produces In One Year’   “The soaring national debt has [...]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week, carved eternally in the akashic records of cyberspace. I think one of the most despicable and frightening features of the Obama Administration is the president’s apparent willingness to bankrupt the nation to serve his own political ends in [...]

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Same Failed Approach, New Spin   President Obama’s speech proves one fact: He doesn’t understand how to get government out of the way of job creators. So he’s trying the same old approach that he already tried and that already failed and is just putting a new spin on it. He’s chasing the wrong rabbit. [...]

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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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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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If we do not address culture, the Debt Ceiling debates are meaningless. Debt is a symptom of our cultural meltdown. Perhaps that is an overstatement. But, if we wish to become solvent again, emphasizing cultural solutions will get us farther than emphasizing economic fixes. Without such culturist discussions we will never pay down the debt [...]

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Charles Goyette at the Daily Beast writes an interview with former Reagan budget director David Stockman. Stockman is outspoken and controversial: “The only thing Obama needs to do is say, ‘Gentlemen and Ladies of the Congress, don’t send me a tax bill because I don’t want one,’ ” Stockman tells me. “He can take the [...]

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Full transcript of Senator Hatch’s Address:   “Good morning. I’m Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.   “Our nation is in the midst of one of the most critical debates in generations. It is a debate about the size, scope, and shape of our national government. It’s a debate over whether we act responsibly so our [...]

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Despite the strong words from Republican Leaders on not raising taxes, true fiscal Conservatives are dubious. And for good reason. We have all heard these promises to cut, not raise taxes and hold the line only to see the smoke and mirrors results of last minute, under the gun negotiations give the Democrats everything they [...]

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Since we are in the midst of the debate over increasing the debt limit in the United States, it may be useful to read this article by Young Turk MP Savid Javid.  Here it is at Conservative Home! Some highlights: This (the crisis negotiations in the US on increasing the debt ceiling) is exactly why [...]

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