Virginia Right!

I (Sandy) have known Del. Chris Peace for sometime.  In fact, even when I was not in his district, I was impressed with him very much. Delegate Peace has become a leader in the House of Delegates.  He had a regular column in the Times-Dispatch.  He is a movement conservative and generally votes right.  He [...]

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The Council has spoken, the tribal votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. Even taking into consideration the normal high level of quality in both the Council and Non-Council entries, this was a tough call with some exceptional pieces to choose from, and the close vote [...]

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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore at the end of last week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated that in order to get an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff, there needs to be some leadership from President Obama. “The missing person, the guy who was AWOL in 2011, is still the president. I think a good starting [...]

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This is pretty big. Former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor decided not to extend his endorsement of Barack Obama for his reelection. According to the Times Dispatch: Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who backed Democrat Barack Obama for president in 2008, did not endorse Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in [...]

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The Hill writes today, “Two-thirds of likely voters say the weak economy is Washington’s fault, and more blame President Obama than anybody else, according to a new poll for The Hill. It found that 66 percent believe paltry job growth and slow economic recovery is the result of bad policy. Thirty-four percent say Obama is the most [...]

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While ‘Democratic’ Senatorial Candidate Timmy Kaine pushes for more and more Obama change as the number one cheer-girl for the Neo-Marxist in the White House, America just ain’t into the change Obama has wreaked on brought to our shores. A new poll shows that most Americans believe Barack Obama has upheld his campaign promise to change America, 56% say that [...]

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As my readers know my Favorite Democrat was Rep. Heath Shuler of NC, the former Redskins and Saints QB, and conservative member of the House.  I even nominated Rep. Shuler for President! But I began to sour on Shuler when he refused to vote to repeal Obamacare and he did not run for Governor of [...]

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The Super Committee has failed. The Democrats one and only goal here is to make Republicans go for a tax increase. Again. And they plan to use this “compromise” to win in 2012. Again. So what do you do when the answer to the question “Are you better off now than you were four years [...]

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In the first part of this 2 part series we looked at the history of Popular Movements of the 60′s and 70′s and how they were co-opted by the political left as a means to an end. The article was a followup to an article written based on my visit to the Occupy Richmond on [...]

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Senate Democrats Block ‘Important’ Part Of President’s Plan, Another ‘Narrowly Targeted Exercise In 2012 Politics’   Senate Democrats Reject ‘Important’ Part Of The President’s Stimulus Bill. (S. 726, Roll Call Vote #178, Cloture Motion Rejected 57-43: R 47-0, D 10-41, I 0-2, 10/20/11)   JAY CARNEY: ‘They’re All Important, They’re All Of Equal Value’ Q: [...]

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There you go, Barack. Nancy. Harry. Welcome to your nightmare. These are your Flea-Baggers. From CBS News: Just a few hours after protesters learned they’d be able to stay in Zuccotti Park indefinitely, violence has broken out as a group marched away from it. A group of protesters were headed south on Broadway toward the [...]

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After ignoring or avoiding the stimulus bill President Obama has been campaigning around the country for the last few weeks, Senate Democrats are finally holding a vote this afternoon on it. Of course, the vote is expected to fail, and despite Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) predictions on MSNBC this morning that the “overwhelming majority of [...]

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Politico reports today, “Liberals on Monday cheered President Barack Obama’s plan to hike taxes on the wealthy to cut the deficit. But the response from Democrats on the front lines of 2012 election battles? Silence. Or, at best, tepid enthusiasm. Centrist Democrats, a dwindling breed on Capitol Hill, were quickly faced with another rough choice [...]

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For all the left wing talk about green jobs and technology, and the billions and billions “invested” in the government sanctioned companies, how ironic it is that this will be the reason that President Obama is retired after one term. It has been easy for the greenie-weenies to scam Obama. He is willing, first and [...]

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  Paul Simon’s “Slip Slidin’ Away” is replacing Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop (Thinkin’ about Tomorrow)” in the Appropriate Theme Song category. The gloss and sheen has worn off of the Gold Plated Presidential Candidate as the reality of Barack Obama’s clueless administration sets in with American voters. The “Generic” Republican Candidate has been replaced by [...]

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First and foremost, the plan proposed by House Speaker John Boehner was a real stinker even before the CBO came out with their analysis showing Boehner’s numbers were wrong. Instead of the promised #1.2 Trillion (over 10 years) cuts, the CBO said just over $800 Billion (or $80 Billion a year). But either way, most [...]

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I asked US Senate Candidate Tim Donner his opinion on the debt ceiling plan proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. As we pointed out the other day, this is exactly the kind of question Virginians want answered. For far too long Republicans have spent too much money and the Democrats have spent even more. [...]

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There is one candidate if he ran for President I would support right now besides Cong. Ron Paul and it is Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.  He is an amazing office holder.  Jindal has been a university president (LSU System), state cabinet official (LA Health and Hospitals), Federal sub-Cabinet official (worked for Tommy Thompson at HHS [...]

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Kenneth C. Boyd, Republican supervisor and brave voice against ICLEI and Agenda 21, will run for reelection for a third term. He should be reeelected and if he can get one more anti-ICLEI voice on the board, he can pull Albemarle County out of ICLEI: Boyd has asked at two recent board meetings that Albemarle [...]

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