Virginia Right!

Speaking on the Senate floor this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell again made the case that now is the time for Congress to tackle our out-of-control federal spending. “A few weeks ago, President Obama reportedly said that America doesn’t have a spending problem. Well, he’s wrong. This is completely at odds with what independent experts tell [...]

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Democrats have always been strangers to the truth and huge fans of revisionist history. And nothing states that more clearly than the intellectually deficient calls for a return to the “Clinton Tax Rates” to bring prosperity back to the country. And of course, the de facto leader of the intellectually deficient is Barack Obama who used this false [...]

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The first two questions were dealing with helping small businesses grow and thrive. Jackson wants to get government out  of the way of businesses. Allen has worked in small businesses and with them. He echoed the statements of Jackson about the regulations and red tape from local, state and federal government. Allen criticized Tim Kaine [...]

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This post was written by Bob Shannon The  performances  of  the  Republican  U.S. Senate  Candidates   was  widely  reported  without  much  news  being  made,  the  candidates  stuck  very  close  to  their  platforms.  E. W  Jackson  was  to  have  scored  some  points  with  his  impassioned  and  fiery  delivery. Outside  that  one  note  it  was  not  far  off  [...]

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Opening statements – 2 minutes each. George Allen, E.W. Marshall, Bob Marshall, Jamie Radtke Question 1 to Allen: Debt limit has been increased over 17 times. If elected, would you vote to increase the limit. Allen: Now is different. The Amount of debt has increased under Obama. Our credit was downgraded. Deficits over $1 Trillion. [...]

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I’m no attorney but I do know how to find and read the laws of Virginia. Various reports have stated that the signatures turned in by Newt Gingrich included at least 2,000 that were invalidated because there was no address given with the signature. If this were a Virginia Statewide office, that would be correct. [...]

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Nigel Farage, chairman of UKIP, was quoted as comparing the UK/EU relationship to abusive domestic partners: Revelations today that each British household last year paid £300 for the right to remain in the EU show how disjointed our relationship with the EU has become said UKIP leader Nigel Farage. He said, “Our relationship with the [...]

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A fellow CPAC Blogger, Duane Lester of All American Blogger has an interesting poll that is a do-over of a 2008 poll. He asked anyone that was willing to post it so we can get a food number of responses. I personally HATE polls that pretend to want to know your opinion, but all they [...]

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Most bets were on Speaker Boehner being the first to capitulate to President Obama on the debt ceiling. But it turns out Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell put out an “in case we fail” deal, signaling a huge weakness in McConnell’s resolve. McConnell essentially wants to give Obama a blank check to raise the debt [...]

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Obama has decided to stoop to the lowest possible low – which for him is pretty low – and begin scaring elderly Social Security recipients. He has now threatened to withhold checks from the elderly if he doesn’t get his way. This tactic was planned all along as you can tell simply by looking at [...]

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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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On Monday President Barack Obama released his latest budget, another financial mess that adds to the national debt while raising taxes as well. His $3.7 trillion budget fails to take government spending seriously, offering tentative cuts at best.  In response, Congressman Eric Cantor offered the following statement: “President Obama says he wants to win the [...]

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Mark Fitzgibbons has a great post on American Thinker called ‘Compassionate’ nonsense aimed at the Tea Party that calls out George W. Bush Speechwriter Michael Gerson for using anti-Tea Party scare tactics about Social Security. I especially loved the line: Hold on seniors. Vote for establishment Republicans or those radical Tea Partiers will steal your [...]

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This video will turn the retired folks in Nevada against Harry Reid. They will run to Sharron Angle in droves. Reid has already alienated Hispanics by ordering them to fall in line like African-Americans and vote for Democrats. Reid and the Democrats biggest fear is that voters will realize that, after decades of supposedly fighting [...]

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ANOTHER BROKEN HEALTH CARE PROMISE: MEDICARE “Despite Assertions To The Contrary By The Obama Administration, The New Health Care Law Doesn’t Improve Medicare’s Solvency By Much” PRESIDENT OBAMA: “This Law Doesn’t Weaken Medicare; It Strengthens It And Extends Its Life Almost By A Decade.” (President Obama, Remarks At DNC Fundraiser, Miami Beach, FL, 4/15/10) “Recent [...]

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Back to the Maine GOP platform: Restore the process of assimilation of immigrants to preserve the benefits of an advanced educated and prosperous society.  Rescind Maine’s sanctuary State status. No amnesty, no benefits, no citizenship -ever- for anyone in the country illegally. Arrest and detain, for a specified period of time, anyone here illegally, and [...]

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Newsweek reports that the Greek financial crisis may well bring an end to the Euro. My comment is:  Can you promise me this? The euro was not voted on by the nations that adopted it.  Currencies that were used for hundreds (even thousands) of years:  Peseta, Mark, Franc, Schilling, Drachma were swept away with little [...]

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I just thought I would get a jump on this headline. Medicare and Medicaid are broke. Social Security is broke. In fact the whole federal government in broke and we are now paying out more in government assistance than we are taking in in taxes.

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In a bill that is being called a “Jobs Bill”, the Senate introduced a plot to raid Social Security to bribe small businesses into hiring unemployed people who have been out of work at least 60 days.

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