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Update: Virginia Right! endorses Buddy Fowler. I have personally known Buddy Fowler for several years and have had many chats with him. (Buddy and I were both Magisterial District Chairmen in Hanover.) He is not only a good man, he is a strong Conservative and will be a reliable successor to John Cox (whom I [...]

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I am very discouraged.  I cried for a hour tonight.  I cannot believe the American people re-elected President Obama.  But they did.  I am just about done with politics.  I know the Lord has a purpose for everything but He is holy, and will allow a people to make bad decisions if they choose to.  [...]

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 Tough Sales Job Despite President Obama’s Taxpayer Financed PR Campaigns, Americans Think He ‘Made Things Worse’   SEN. MITCH McCONNELL: “The President needs to face facts. Americans don’t want him spending their hard-earned money trying to spin policies they don’t like.” (Sen. Mitch McConnell, Floor Remarks, 5/23/12)   NBC/WSJ Survey: President Has ‘Made Things Worse’ Q: “For each [...]

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Baroness Warsi caused a minor row when she suggested that UKIP was trying to attract the same kind of voter as the racist British National Party: Lady Warsi, on the BBC last night, pointed out that Ukip are fielding 14 per cent more candidates at this election than at the last one, while the BNP [...]

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You have heard about the Ron-bots. Those fanatical, adoring Ron Paul fans who are so absorbed in all things Ron Paul that they push obsessive to new levels. They defend their guy no matter what. Ron Paul can do no wrong. And if you ever watched anyone who was a perfectly normal person, perhaps a [...]

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Once upon a time, when Reagan was ending a most successful Presidency, there was a political activist who had the itch for running for office.  This activist did not realize how sexy local government is and wanted to run for House of Delegates or state Senate.  Elwood Earl “Sandy” Sanders, Jr., was an attorney in [...]

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It has become quite common that one or more of the ranking sites decided to either go down completely or have major issues just when my software kicks off on Sunday mornings to gather the rankings for the (now) 51 Virginia blogs I track each week. And even when the sites all cooperate, it seems [...]

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Presidential Candidate Cong. Ron Paul came to Davenport (on the Mississippi River), IA and spoke to a packed crowd according to this report from the Paul campaign and the local TV station! I would say momentum is moving toward Paul this week.  The debt was downgraded, terrible casualties in Afghanistan, and a sense that politics [...]

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Here are this week’s Virginia Political Blog Rankings. One change you will note is the addition of a “Weekly Trend” column. This is a comparison of an individual blog’s trend from the previous week. It is only a measure of the blog’s rise or fall compared to itself. So, two blogs may very well switch [...]

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Birds of a Feather Remember last week or the week before when it was being reported that Fidel said that the Cuban economy doesn’t work?  Well just like a leftist, he’s back pedalled from that position, since like all good leftists, lying is second nature.  Just ask Obama.  The Cuban economy is in shambles and leftist apologists are working to get sanctions removed before Fidel and his brother Raul have an unhappy encounter with the people they betrayed.  Fidel said what he said, but now disavows it as it is proving to be a bit uncomfortable for him.   Frank Calzon at the South Sentinel lays out the scene.  Cuba, once the largest sugar producer in the world, is now importing sugar for their own needs.   That is yet another symptom of the Cuban government’s command and control economy, something that the…

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This game captures the One’s vision of our nations transformation. From the website Narf TV

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  The Richmond Times Dispatch has outlined some of the crippling aspects of the misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A doctors’ group in western Henrico County has made a decision it hoped to avoid. The doctors say their social devotion to helping their community’s most unfortunate residents has been trumped by dollars and sense. They have decided to stop participating in Medicaid, the health-care program for the needy funded by federal and state governments. Christine Talbot , practice administrator for Richmond Allergy and Asthma Specialists, recently met with the doctors. She told them: “I know philosophically you want to help, but basically, if you don’t pull out of Medicaid, you guys are going to be holding the bag, and they’re never going …

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Someone sent this to me in an email and I don’t know the source, otherwise I’d provide attribution.  I like the idea, though.     FINALLY — A great  alternative to body scanners at airports . . .      The Israelis are  developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns  that come with full-body scanners at the airports. It’s a booth you can step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on you. They see this as a win-win for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling. It also would eliminate the costs of a long and expensive trial.  Justice would be swift. Case closed!  You’re in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion. Shortly thereafter an announcement comes over the PA system . . .  “Attention standby passengers — we now have a seat available on flight number 990.”

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You.  202.224.6665 Ask why she hates her country.  Ask if the Democrats haven’t already done enough damage to this country and why MeerKowSkee would work on behalf of Harry Reid to add another Democrat to the Senate.  Ask why she disrespects the will of the people of Alaska. I went a bit further.  I told the staffer that although it is apparent that Murky doesn’t have any integrity, what about him and his integrity?  It doesn’t seem that he has any since he’s working for a woman that would rather add another Democrat to the Senate rather than surrender the job her daddy gave her. So, add her to the list of detestable pseudo-Conservatives like Jim Jeffords, Arlen Specter, and Charlie Crist. You might also tell the staffer that you’re donating to Joe Miller’s campaign .

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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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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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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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The day after the House of Representatives’ vote on Obamacare I captured information on the Gang of 219 that voted for it as well as their opposition.  That was back on March 23rd and it was as much therapy as scientific research, but I had convinced myself that it might prove useful in removing each and every one of these arrogant Congresscritters that had voted against the will of the people. I revisited my old spread sheet tonight now that the primaries are done.  The website Politics1 is an invaluable website for compiling such things, incidentally. It was dismaying on March 23rd that of those…

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We’re now hearing that the incumbent Senator from Alaska, who lost to Joe Miller in the Republican primary is now considering a write-in campaign.  In order to be successful, it is vital that the voter spell her name exactly correctly, so as a service to the nation, DTN will follow the lead of Drew M. over at Ace of Spades and provide the proper spelling of her name. MERKOWSKEE Don’t forget to get it right on November 3rd.

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