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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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Remember that cabbie I was talking about on the eve of the Glenn Beck rally who was complaining that the organization was advising attendees to stay away from certain parts of the city?  This black  man was incensed that such a message was being emitted by the Beck organization and the Tea Partyists.  This had pretty much convinced him that we are racists and this was further complicated by the MSM meme that conservatives are trying to hijack the civil rights movement to their advantage, as espoused by Mr. Sharpton and others.  This message resulted in the Glenn Beck event being severely underserved by the cabbies and other independent motor transport companies who had been hearing this accusation from various news sources throughout the DC area the day before, including ALL NEWS radio, WTOP, the source of traffic and other pertinent information for local cab drivers and limousine services. I suspected foul play, but I stayed passive with the cab driver.  I expressed empathy, as I didn’t wish to get on the bad side of this black man who was obviously distressed and angry, and …

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It looks like Joe Miller’s lead against the incumbent Lisa Murkowski will hold in yet another, and arguably, the most surprising upset of 2010 so far. While there are an estimated 8,000 to 12,000 absentee ballots sent out the Murkowski campaign did not make any concerted effort to generate absentee votes and the  outstanding ballots are not all Republican ballots. So how did this happen? The pollsters and analysts all had predicted an easy victory for the incumbent. Well as in any of these “perfect storm” scenarios, the reasons were multifaceted. This is 2010 and there is an anti-incumbent sentiment out there. Joe Miller was a relative unknown…

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Recently a liberal PAC called ‘Back to Basics’ ran advertisements across 25 Texas newspapers calling Governor Rick Perry a coward for refusing to debate challenger Bill White.  http://www.click2houston.com/video/24748017/index.html But Bryan Preston, Communications Director for the Republican Party of Texas , clarified the Governor’s position and placed the spotlight on ‘Back to Basics’, which is funded by the incoming President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Steve Mostyn. It’s an interesting tale of big-money, insider politics, and influence peddling  Texas style .

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That’s what the Dallas Morning News’ headline should say.  Instead, for some reason they went with the more bland (though less accurate) headline: Pelosi pulled strings to let dying Dallas lawyer Baron try experimental cancer drug.  Here’s the tale . Dallas’ top Democratic donors will cut big checks to share dinner later this month with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi . Most will be motivated by a desire to protect the party’s congressional majority. Lisa Blue will have an extra reason: to say thanks for Pelosi’s efforts when her husband, Fred Baron , was dying of bone marrow cancer. His only option was an experimental drug whose manufacturer refused to give permission to use it for Baron’s condition. “He was a big fan of hers, and now I am as well,” Blue said. … Somehow – Blue still isn’t sure how – Pelosi cajoled the FDA to find a legal justification that let Mayo administer the drug, even without Biogen’s consent. “Nancy figured out a way,” she said. Check out this kicker for fun. Blue has no illusion that…

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That would make it D-219, R-215.  if this were an average election, which it is not. But don’t despair.  The article later goes on to remind us that Bill Clinton, who had a 46% approval rating and was enjoying the prosperity of the dot com boom with a gangbuster economy at the time LOST 53 seats. Plus, this Congress enjoys an 11% approval rating and is rife with one corruption scandal after another and has the recent history of not only ignoring the will of the people, but taunting us as well. Obama enjoyed 62% approval among independents when he first took office.  That number has slipped to just north of 38% , a stunning 24% drop, as the ill informed realize that they’ve been taken in by a confidence man through the fawning support of a biased media. A repeat of the 194 housecleaning would make it D-202, R-231.  My gut tells me it may even be more dramatic than that, but I’ll take those

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The RTD has a reader comment feature called Two Cents, where citizens can give brief opinions on a variety of topics.  Today’s RTD on Dead Tree had a great one from C. E. Herndon from Chester, VA.  I’d link it but my brief attempt at finding it on line proved fruitless. Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine claims the Tea Party movement will set this nation back 10 years.  Ten years ago, gas was $1.59 a gallon.I was getting 3 to 5 percent raises, my health insurance was $10 a week, and my 401(k) grew by hundreds.  And, there was no 9/11–we all felt safer then.  We didn’t have a president who went around the world bowing and apologizing because we are the greatest nation on Earth.  Thank you, Tim Kaine, for helping me to me make up my mind to join the Tea Party movement.

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 America is an extraordinary country. Every time you think you’ve got it sussed, it surprises you. It is the sheer diversity of the US that makes anti-Americanism so perverse. Norm Leahy over at Tertium Quids posted this story about Daniel Hannan’s address to a rural southern GOP committee.  Hannan, who is an outspoken conservative and a champion of liberty, scolds the Republican Party for forgetting that it gained popularity for its early stance on state’s rights and individual liberty but had since abandoned that platform to tilt at windmills beyond its purvey. Let’s just say that he had an encounter he was not anticipating.  I don’t LOL often…

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