Tag Archive | Democrats And Republicans
Posted on May 29, 2013. Tags: Compet, Crony Capitalism, Cuccinelli, Democrats And Republicans, Drug War, Email List, Free Markets, Full Spectrum, Fundraising Letter, Government Doesn, Governor Campaign, Libertarian Message, Libertarian Party, Libertarians, Liberty Campaign, Marriage Equality, Nought, Party Candidate, Private Lives, Sarvis, School Choice, Simple Message, Taxpayer Dollars, Third Choice, Virginia Governor, Virginia Voters, Virginians
I am still not supporting Libertarian Robert Sarvis for Governor. But I felt my readers ought to know what he is doing and if you want to help him, go ahead. I promised good ink for the Libertarians this election. Here are excerpts from the Sarvis fundraising letter I got in my email (along with […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on January 28, 2013. Tags: Alienation, Constitutional Principles, Democrats And Republicans, First Option, GOP, Hispanics, Internecine Warfare, Jim Demint, Michael Gerson, Michael Steele, Monday Morning, Noisy Room, Reformers, Republican Leadership, Republican Party, Rnc, Sarah Palin, the council forum, Uprising, Voting Bloc, Whigs
Every week on Monday morning , the Council and invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day. This week’s question:Can the Republican Party come back, or will a new party emerge? The Glittering Eye:Of course the Republican Party can come back. Right now its major problems […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 17, 2013. Tags: Chuck Hagel, Colossus, Comments Section, Council Homepage, Council Member, Council Members, Council News, Democrats And Republicans, E Mail Address, Honorable Mention, Noisy Room, nominations, Notoriety, O Keefe, Political Commentator, Progressives, Right Reason, S Council, S Cove, Sharpshooter, Weekly Contest
Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 16, 2013. Tags: 10 Gallon Hat, Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Carpetbagger, Democrats And Republicans, Gop Nomination, Head Honcho, Ken Cuccinelli, Lot Of Wind, Lt Governor, Magnanimous Gesture, Republican Nomination, Snowball In Hell, State Senate, Stay In Line, Straight Losses, Terry Mcauliffe, Ton Of Bricks, Virginia Governor, War Chest
Say it ain’t so! Speculation abounds and tongues are wagging that Bill Bolling, the current Republican Lt. Governor of Virginia, bitter about Attorney General Cuccinelli’s decision to run for Governor may run as an Independent. After assuming that the Republican Nomination was all locked up after his magnanimous gesture to seek a second term as Lt. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 9, 2013. Tags: Ash Heap Of History, Bastille, Bottom Line, Civil War, Decent Deal, Democrat, Democrats And Republicans, Disaster, GOP, Gop Leadership, Hurricane, Kerfluffle, Monday Morning, Pitchfork, Poker Players, Political Commentator, Razor, Republican Party, the council forum, Wags, Whigs
Every week on Monday morning , the Council and invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day. This week’s question:What’s your reaction to the Fiscal Cliff Agreement? The Razor:Everyone said Boehner was dealt a bad hand, but I don’t play poker for a reason: I suck […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 15, 2012. Tags: 2008 Elections, Birth Control Pills, Class Warfare, Cross Tabs, Democrats And Republicans, Gender Gap, George Allen, Jim Webb, Mainstream Media, Margin Of Error, Overwhelming Support, Party Affiliation, Point Advantage, Rasmussen Poll, Republican George, Statistical Dead Heat, Support Women, Tim Kaine, Us Senate Seat, Virginia Senate Race
A new Rasmussen poll shows Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen tied at 46% each. If you include “leaners” Kaine has a 1 point lead over Republican George Allen for the Virginia US Senate seat being vacated by Jim Webb. Both numbers are well within the poll’s margin of error and show a statistical […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on September 11, 2012. Tags: Cnn, Cnn Abc, Cnn Poll, Democrats And Republicans, Double Digits, Election Republicans, Ibd, Independent Voters, Independents, Mainstream Media, Obama, Opinion Research, Party Makeup, Poll Analysis, Real Clear Politics, Republicans And Democrats, Romney, Single Point, Wapo, Waste Of Time
Well, there they go again. Polls should measure public opinion, not attempt to sway it. What makes for a good poll these days? Well, the same as always. A good sample size, I prefer at least 1,000. And most importantly, a party makeup that realistically reflects the public at large. These days, I accept a […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 22, 2012. Tags: Abortion, Democrats And Republicans, Doctors, Exceptions, Failure, Fellows, GOP, Legitimate Reasons, Missouri Republican, Mitigating Circumstance, Police Report, Rape Incest, Rape Woman, Rapes, Republican Party, Terminating A Pregnancy, Todd Akin, Unwanted Pregnancy, Us Senate
Missouri Republican and candidate for the US Senate Todd Akin opened his mouth, inserted his foot and has painfully watched as Democrats and Republicans alike pointed, laughed, ridiculed and castrated the pro-life Christian. Of course the left wants tar and feather the entire Republican Party with this no matter how much the GOP fellows join […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 8, 2012. Tags: 10th Anniversary, Barack Obama, Clinton Welfare Reform, Democrats And Republicans, Federal Guarantees, First State Of The Union Address, Former President Bill Clinton, National Governors Association, Ny Times Op Ed, Nytimes, Opportunity Reconciliation Act, Personal Responsibility And Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, President Bill Clinton, State Of The Union Address, Welfare Legislation, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform Bill, Welfare Reform Law, Welfare System, Work Opportunity Reconciliation
In one fell swoop, Barack Obama nullified one of the crowning achievements of former President Bill Clinton – welfare reform. Clinton worked with Democrats and Republicans to transform the welfare system that had become a hammock back into what it was originally intended to be. A safety net. Obama has now removed the work requirement […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on April 6, 2012. Tags: Bobby Jindal, Campaign Rhetoric, Democrats And Republicans, Educational Reform, Energy Secretary, Gop Nominee, Health Plans, Hillary Clinton, John Mccain, Mainstream Media, Mandate, Mundane Level, Nobel Prize Winner, Oceans, Premiums, Price Of Gasoline, Remarkable Achievement, Steven Chu, Stimulus Plan, Tax Increases, True Believers
I got this email from Governor Bobby Jindal (along with thousands of others of course!) but I wondered: Maybe the GOP nominee should consider this governor as Vice President: Friends – It is time to give President Obama credit for keeping a commitment. This is, for this President, a pretty remarkable achievement. I am not […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on March 5, 2012. Tags: Best Possible Chance, Democrats And Republicans, Gavotte, Hugo Chavez, John Mccain, Political Elections, Red Carpet, Repressive Regimes, Republican Committee, Republican Establishment, Republicans And Democrats, Ron Paul, Signature Collection, Supreme Leader, Two Choices, Virginia Republican, Virginia Republicans, Virginians, Vladimir Putin, Write In Candidates
Virginian’s only have two choices in tomorrow’s primary. And that is an absolute shame. The “establishment” Democrats and Republicans have stacked the deck to give the best possible chance to the “anointed” candidate of either party and make the bar nearly impossible for anyone else. If Virginia Republicans had their way, Mitt Romney would be […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on December 16, 2011. Tags: Democrat, Democratic Pollsters, Democrats And Republicans, Exact Proportions, George Allen, Good Folks, Hearts, Independents, Liberals, Logic, Media Outlets, Political Polls, Poll, Pollster, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Republicans And Democrats, Tim Kaine, Virginia Senate Race, Virginians
You gotta love those Liberals at Public Policy Polling. They do their best to spin the numbers and influence public opinion with their polls. Many media outlets simply report the results without even bothering to let you know that the good folks at PPP are Democratic Pollsters. That doesn’t mean that the polls are not […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 14, 2011. Tags: Billboard Charts, Contract With America, Democrats And Republicans, Federal Debt, Fiscal Responsibility, Gallon Of Gas, Herman Cain, Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze, Laverne And Shirley, Majority Party, Newt Gingrich, Primordial Ooze, Republican Revolution, Saur, Steve Young, Terry Bradshaw, Tv Buzz, Twitter, Wisdom Of The Day
Allow me to wax nostalgic as I digest Newt Gingrich’s Twitter announcement that he’s in. Former Georgia Speaker Democrat Tom Murphy must be jumping for joy at the prospect of a Newt – Barack throw-down! When Gingrich was first elected to Congress in 1978, a gallon of gas was $.68 (that’s 68 cents!), the Federal […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 13, 2010. Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, Congressman, Democrats And Republicans, Earmarks, Eight Months, Eric Cantor, Lot, Majority Party, Moratorium, News Stories, Remainder, Republican Conference, White House
Congressman Cantor has an excellent OpEd column on Politico today: House Republicans took an unprecedented stand in March, imposing an immediate moratorium on earmarks for the remainder of the Congress. Yet, because the governing rules of one Congress cannot bind the next, this moratorium will expire on Jan. 3, 2011. I do not believe that […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 12, 2010. Tags: Bayne, Candidate Profile, Congressional District Race, Congressman, Demeanor, Democrats And Republicans, Eric Cantor, Fiery Passion, Fire And Passion, Founding Father, Incumbent Republican, Progressive Democrat, Radical Right, Rick Waugh, Rocket Science, Shades Of Gray, Strict Adherence, True Conservative, Tuckahoe Library, Tweets, Writeup
Update: Contrary to some Tweets going around about this post, Virginia Right! has not yet endorsed any candidate. – Editor I sent out a questionnaire to both candidates who are challenging incumbent Republican Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District race in an effort to find out about their positions on a number of items. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 19, 2010. Tags: Bipartisanship, Conservative Principles, Democrats And Republicans, Down In Flames, Freshman Class, Going Down In Flames, John Mccain, Joyful Noise, Liberal Members, Lindsey Graham, Members Of The Senate, Mitch Mcconnell, Party Message, Republican Minority, Republican Party, Repudiation, Tea Party, Trey Grayson, True Conservatism, Washington Insider
Rand Paul’s victory was the single most important event in yesterday’s primary buffet. This morning, the Democrats have decided that this is somehow a repudiation of Republicans. In some respects, this is true. But not all Republicans. When Republican Minority leader Mitch McConnell decided to endorse Paul’s opponent, Trey Grayson, the torch of the big […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on April 23, 2010. Tags: Advantage, Democratic Party, Democrats And Republicans, Gallup Poll, Gap, Health Care Reform, Independents, Influx, Mass Exodus, Obama, Statistical Dead Heat, Swing, Victory, Virtual Tie
A new Gallup poll shows that the gap between people identifying themselves as Democrats and Republicans has evaporated since President Obama was elected and is now a virtual tie. In 2008, 53% of the country identified themselves as Democrats and only 39% as Republicans. In a Gallup poll released April 23, 2010, Democrats now hold […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 25, 2010. Tags: Democrats And Republicans, Extending Unemployment Benefits, Harry Reid, Insurance Bill, Jim Bunning, John Stanton, Minority Leader, Mitch Mcconnell, Party Line Vote, Rollcall, Sen Bunning, Sen Jim Bunning, Sen Tom Coburn, Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Term Unemployment, Tom Coburn, Unemployment Insurance
A month after Sen. Bunning asked Democrats to pay for extending unemployment benefits and was voted down, here we are again. Democrats again waited to the last minute before looking to extend benefits that expire at the end of this month. Earlier today, Sen. McConnell offered a bill to extend benefits that was fully paid […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 14, 2010. Tags: Colleges And Universities, Colleges Universities, Cuccinelli, Democrats And Republicans, Dillon Rule, Guidance Advice, Institutions Of Higher Learning, Lingering Questions, Local Governments, Polices, Predecessors, Proud Product, Public Colleges, Richmond Times Dispatch, Sexual Orientation, Staff Work, State Institutions, Virginia Law, Virginians, Washington Post
Below is an Op-Ed I submitted which was printed in today’s Richmond Times Dispatch, I hope you’ll take the time to read it! There’s been quite a lot of talk about my letter to Virginia’s Universities – I hope this will clear up any lingering questions you may have on the subject. About Tom WhiteTom […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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