Virginia Right!

I am pleased and excited to report that Del. Rob Bell, our next Attorney General, WON, that’s right WON, a Tea Party straw poll in Hampton Roads according to this report in Virginia Virtucon with 56% of the vote after a forum where BOTH GOP candidates were present! Delegate Rob Bell was victorious over Harrisonburg [...]

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The latest Gallup poll shows Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama by 5 points 48% to 43%. As the Republican Primary draws to a close and everyone has come to the realization that Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican nominee, voters are starting to move away from the failed policies of Obama and are [...]

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How outraged can I be?  The Hungary situation is outrageous.  The EU is trying to use legal and economic power to force Hungary to change internal laws that are none of the EU’s business. Here’s the legal threats: Unimpressed by Mr. Orban’s facile promises, the majority parties in the European Parliament now want governmental leaders [...]

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Despite President Obama’s Repeated Promises That His Health ‘Law Will Lower Premiums,’ Families And Employers Are Paying More   ‘Increase In Family Premiums’ ‘Tied To Provisions Of The Federal Health Care Overhaul’   “The health-insurance premiums paid by employers rose sharply this year, with the average annual cost of family coverage passing the $15,000 mark [...]

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President Obama knows. We all know. House Speaker John Boehner will cave. Oh, he will talk the talk and walk the walk right up to where he gives the other side everything they want. I have repeatedly predicted Boehner would cave, hopping I would be wrong. Today: Boehner caved. Only he wants us to believe [...]

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‘A bipartisan majority of lawmakers rejected the kind of tax hike on small business that President Obama endorsed today, and it was counterproductive of him to revive it. Americans want policies that will create the right climate for job creation — and that means cutting Washington spending, not squeezing family budgets even more than they [...]

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In light of the recent Wisconsin teachers’ debacle, I thought it prudent to examine the morality of government contracts in general—especially that legislation which includes long-term “guarantees”.  The following argument seems to be most prevalent among the teachers unions (and all similar beneficiaries at every level of government): “we were promised such and such at [...]

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Federal Court: Dem Health Spending Bill ‘Unconstitutional’ Court says ‘Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority in passing the Act with the individual mandate’ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement Monday regarding a ruling in the U.S. District for the Northern District of Florida that the Democrats’ health [...]

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« « Watcher’s Council Nominations – Pre New Years Eve Edition | main | The Council Has Spoken..New Years Eve Edition JoshuaPundit on Dec 31 2010 at 2:20 am | Filed under: The Council Has Spoken! Welcome to the results of the last Watcher’s Council contest of 2010. And it’s been quite a year, hasn’t [...]

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0810/The_new_message_Improve_health_care_dont_talk_cost.html?showall NOTE: Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and deficit, and instead stressing a promise to “improve it.” … The presentation’s final page of “Don’ts” counsels against claiming “the law will reduce costs and deficit.” The presentation advises, instead, sales [...]

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This is a more complete response to Jim Smyers’ comment about Heath Shuler.  (Thanks Jim for your comment!)  I’m not sure if it will help or hurt Rep. Shuler to be Sandy’s favorite Democrat.  One could say it’s a compliment.  Another could say it’s the best of some bad choices.  I have said it before.  [...]

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The Centerpiece Of The Obama Health Care Sales Job Is Proven False After Months Of Promises That “If You Like Your Plan, You Can Keep Your Plan”

RHETORIC: “Nobody Is Talking About You Forcing To Have To Change Your Plans”

PRESIDENT OBAMA: “If You Like Your Plan, You Can Keep Your Plan.” (President Obama, Remarks On Health Care, 3/3/10)

PRESIDENT OBAMA: “I Have Been As Clear As I Can Be. Under The Reform I’ve Proposed, If You Like Your Doctor, You Keep Your Doctor. If You Like Your Health Care Plan, You Keep Your Health Care Plan. These Folks Need To Stop Scaring Everybody. You Know? … Nobody — Nobody Is Talking About You Forcing To Have To Change Your Plans. … And If You’ve Got Health Insurance, We’re Not Going To Ask You To Change It.” (President Obama, Town Hall Meeting, Raleigh, NC, 7/29/09)

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President Obama and Democrats in Congress are asking the American people trust them that their financial regulation bill ends bailouts, but over the last year Democrats have given Americans numerous reasons to be skeptical.

When Congress passed President Obama’s $862 billion stimulus bill, the administration was assuring members that the bill would keep unemployment around 8% and create 3 to 4 million jobs. Yet late last year the unemployment rate was 10.2% and has since hovered at 9.7%. And over 3 million jobs were lost during the course of 2009.

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Ford O’Connell and Steve Pearson of ProjectVirginia have penned an excellent article that appeared in the Washington Times.

On a conference call shortly after Governor McDonnell’s historic victory, then Governor Elect McDonnell asked us to hold his feet to the fire on the promises made during the campaign.

O’Connell and Pearson do just that in the article.

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Participants: Thursday 2/18/2010 – 12:00 PM Ginni Thomas, LibertyCentral.org Dana Loesch, St. Louis Tea Party John O’Hara, author of A New American Tea Party Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Patriots Refresh Often!!! 12:34 PM – Liz Cheney Speaking!!! Said some members of her family have received criticism (Laughter). Media was saying Republicans are dead. A [...]

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According to NBC Chicago, some Wisconsin folks are pretty fed up with the President. The promised jobs are nowhere to be seen, the debt and spending is out of control and the promises of hope and change are empty.

The story can be found at NBC Chicago.

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Well, it seems that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama was done over the objections of 3 of the 5 members of the Nobel Committee which is appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.

The Nobel Peace Prize is truly a joke.

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Earlier today, Governor Tim Kaine once again announced massive shortfalls to his revenue forecast for the FY 2008-2010 biennial state budget, revising budget projections down by an additional $1.2 billion for FY10 and $300 million in shortfalls from the past fiscal year. In response, Lieutenant Governor Bolling released the following statement:

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