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I left the Virginia GOP convention because I had voted (for Bishop Jackson for the fourth time!) and I had neglected my family enough and did not choose to see the acceptance speech. But I missed the excitement with the allegations that the Snyder campaign had made up endorsements of key people to try to [...]

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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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That headline says it all:  Thank you to the Lieutenant Governor for not seeking an independent bid for Governor.  I hope Lt. Gov. Bolling will stay involved in politics and always remember:  Sometimes you do earn another chance.

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  Romney in France circa 1968. He made a series of photographs for Ann with the help of his friends while serving as a Mormon missionary in France. Yep. I think Mitt had a bit of a crush on his now wife, Ann. Guys, when Mitt becomes president, he’s going to set the bar pretty [...]

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The Daily Paul reports that five of the former Ron Paul delegates from Maine are running for seats in the Maine Legislature! Here’s more info in case you want to donate or help out! Mike Wallace for Maine State Senate – District 7 South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough http://votemikewallace.com/donate (Mike on the QE announcement yesterday: [...]

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Looks like Botswana will have a medal in the Olympics for the first time ever!  It’s unofficial but Nijel Amos won silver in the men’s 800.  Alas, the Americans took fourth and fifth (Symmonds). I was not able to find any Botswana media yet on the win.  Give it a day or two.  But I [...]

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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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Update 8:08 AM: This is definitely a nationwide outage. I have seen reports from coast to coast online. Some areas are reporting that 3G has come back up – Washington DC and some smaller areas. Nothing yet in New York, and I have no 3G or 4G in the Richmond area. Are you looking for [...]

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By the Numbers: There are 7 seats on the Hanover Board of Supervisors There are 7 Republicans running for the 7 seats. There is 1 Democrat running There are 6 Independents running. Only 1 seat is uncontested. Only 1 Democrat? A word on “Independents”. There are several reasons to run as an Independent instead of [...]

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  Last week, several local TEA Party groups held a candidates forum featuring nearly all of the candidates running for the Hanover Board of Supervisors on one stage. For those not interested in races outside of their district, or like most of us, pressed for time, the nearly 2 hour video is a considerable investment [...]

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A few minutes ago I posted the full video of the TEA Party Candidate Forum for the Hanover County Board of Supervisor races. It is rather long – nearly 2 hours. For those interested in a single race, I am in the process of compiling the questions and answers of the candidates for each district [...]

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Northern Virginia businessman Tim Donner is running for the US Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Jim Webb. Now I have spoken to Donner on a few occasions and we have done several interviews for Virginia Right!, but this interview is not so much political as it is interesting. With the 10th anniversary of [...]

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I have known Gilbert Harrison Berger (“Gil”) for some time and he is a fine upright attorney who practices in Orange and Culpeper Counties.  He is a straight arrow who has integrity and honor.  I was glad to hear he is running for Commonwealth’s Attorney in Orange County as an independent; he’ll make a great [...]

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I had the opportunity to speak to US Senate candidate Tim Donner, the Northern Virginia businessman running for the US Senate seat being vacated by one term Democrat Jim Webb. The main topic of this podcast was the recent debt ceiling increase and the process that led to passing the bill. We also touched on [...]

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The awesome Ron Paul 2012 ad I featured here at Virginia Right a few days ago, is slated for running in Nevada: An ad that began running Friday in the first-in-the-nation caucus and primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire will extend to Nevada, which comes third in the nation’s caucus calendar. “Nevada is a [...]

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If you have not had the chance to meet Tito Munoz (or even if you have) there is a really good interview up on The Daily Caller with a number of short videos of Tito talking about his philosophy, his life and experiences. Tito is running for the Virginia Senate and is a rock solid [...]

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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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The Black Regiment is the name for the clergy (most of whom were in black vestments) who supported the Revolution in 1776.  I see that if we can run liberty activists for local office – soil and water commissioner, board of supervisors and school board, they can be like a Black Regiment for our times [...]

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1924 was a great year.  My legal hero, John W. Davis was nominated for President (only time I’d voted Democrat) but was crushed in November by another great President, Calvin Coolidge.  Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams ran to Olympic glory and gold (and Liddell glorified Christ by not running on the Sabbath).  The Macy’s Thanksgiving [...]

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