Virginia Right!

The Hanover Young Republicans will host their first meeting of 2014 on Feb 26th at the Sports Page in Mechanicsville, VA. Located at 8319 Bell Creek Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia 23116. We encourage anyone willing to attend to participate. We hope you are willing to share this event and invite anyone you feel could benefit from […]

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Do you remember the big tax hike the Republicans pushed through last year? $6 Billion dollars of our money went to transportation – about 60% – and the rest to growing government. But part of the deal to get Democrats to vote for the tax hike (which shows how astute Republicans really are – who […]

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I just received a pretty interesting email from Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins predicting that Republicans in the Virginia House and Senate will vote to raise taxes (again), expand Obamacare (again) and ban guns. See for yourself: – BREAKING: Gov. McAuliffe Signs Historic Gun Ban into Law! – – New Democrat Governor Expands […]

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This is extremely hard to take for TEA Party Conservatives that have worked so hard to elect Republicans to office. These TEA Party groups began by looking at the sorry state of the US Government and knowing deep down we had strayed from the path the founders set us on. But the Federal Government has […]

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So we are now a week beyond the election of 2013 in Virginia. The emotions and feelings in the Commonwealth are still raw, but the initial shock has subsided and those bitter over the Republican loss have simmered down to just under the boiling point. I have personally taken a lot of flack from my […]

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The Zogby poll just came out in the last hour or so and it has some good news for Libertarian Robert Sarvis:  He draws 9 percent in a three person race with an astounding 18.3% undecided. When the “undecided” voters were removed from the survey, Zogby found that McAuliffe, a former Democratic national chairman, led […]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. “Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius” (“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.”) – Euripedes This week’s winner, Joshuapundit’s The Shut Down, And The Madness Of King Obama is my take on […]

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I just saw the summary of the Conservative Intel poll on the Virginia governor’s race (thanks to Hot Air for this news, too) and it is good news for the Libertarian:  He’s still drawing ten percent (and about the same amount are undecided) and the analysis says two things – this first about the numbers: […]

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There is an email from Susan Stimpson the former Republican Candidate for Lt. Governor in Virginia circulating concerning the Republican’s plan to expand the ObamaCare Medicaid program in the Commonwealth. My fellow blogger Sandy Sanders covered this story today here. We all remember the deal the Republicans made in the last session to get Democrats […]

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One of the primary roles of immigration reform that is currently being drafted is to expand the immigration worker pool, even though support for immigration worker expansion is VERY low in EVERY single group of U.S. voters (according to Pulse Opinion Research Poll).  The percentage who somewhat or strongly support the expansion is only: 30% […]

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Interesting. I received a message on Facebook from a friend asking that I “Like” Virginia Delegate Ron Villanueva. I have a pretty good memory and recall that Delegate Ron Villanueva was one of the 42 Republicans that voted to raise my taxes in spite of running as a Conservative. And just to make sure I […]

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John Boehner’s Filet Mignon with Brown Onion Gravy Recipe Go to your local deli and ask them to slice a roll of bologna about 1 1/2 inches thick. One slice per person. Sear the bologna over high heat in a cast iron skillet until dark brown on both sides. Set the bologna “fillets” aside and […]

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Is a vote for UKIP a protest vote?  Is UKIP a one issue party?  Although the issue of Europe is one that covers the entire issues of liberty and sovereignty in many areas:  Votes for prisoners for example.  The UK did not come up with that monstrosity – the European Court for Human Rights (human […]

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While I am appealing to important officials on political matters, I now turn from the state’s chief executive to the Lieutenant Governor and his possible intent to run for governor as an independent.  My appeal here is:  Don’t do it.  Please.  You are being used by liberals to destroy the great gains that Republicans have […]

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U.S. Senator John Hoeven Delivers Weekly Republican Address ‘President Obama has been traveling and giving interviews on the consequences of the sequester…The fact is: Republicans in Congress, right now, will provide the flexibility to make the necessary spending reductions and address our deficit and debt, instead of going through the sequester. In fact, House Republicans […]

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“If they hold firm…things may be changing for the better in Washington.” ALEXANDRIA, Va. – ForAmerica Chairman L. Brent Bozell III today released a statement in response Speaker John Boehner’s opposition to replacing any of the spending cuts in the sequester.  “Finally, Speaker Boehner and the House Republicans are starting to sound like a majority,” Bozell said. “When […]

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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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Okay, here’s some details on the January 21 defeat of the Appellate Defender bill: The bill was assigned to the Senate Courts of Justice Committee where there were 7 Democrats and 8 Republicans.  This committee is chaired by Sen. Tommy Norment, who has a private practice of law in Williamsburg area.  I also noticed that […]

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So what is the common denominator with today’s Democrats? Civil rights? Naw. Unless you happen to be black. Gay rights? Not unless you are gay. Abortion rights? Women’s rights? Environmental issues? No. Each of these individual proponents are lobbyists for their own position and simply tolerate the other Democrats because they have a common hatred. Republicans. Conservatives. […]

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