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  • Mike Huckabee’s Political Career R.I.P.

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    The tragic murder of four Seattle-area police officers didn’t have to happen. The man who allegedly committed this horrendous act should have been serving at least 95 years in prison in Arkansas. But then-Gov. Mike Huckabee commuted his sentence. In 1990, Clemmons, then 18, was sentenced in Arkansas to 60 years [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:00pm EST
    by Riley

  • RLC of VA Endorses Hunt for Senate

    Republican Liberty Caucus of Virginia Endorses Steve Hunt in the 37th State Senate Special Election Hunt is the liberty minded choice in the Special Election to fill Ken Cuccinelli’s seat. Centreville, Va.–Members of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Virginia have endorsed Steve Hunt in the Republican firehouse primary, which will be taking place on December [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:38pm EST
    by Riley

  • GOP Firehouse Primary for 37th Senate Dist. TOMORROW!

    The firehouse primary to determine the Republican nominee in the special election to fill the 37th State Senate Dist. being vacated by AG-elect Ken Cuccinelli will be held TOMORROW! Here’s the details – Dec 1, 2009 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Centreville High School 6001 Union Mill Rd Clifton, VA 20124-1131 Identification will be required in order [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:35pm EST
    by Riley

  • It’s getting harder to keep up with this

    Number of comments: 1
    The scientific and academic communities (the real ones, not the political hothouses) are coming to grips with the reality of Climategate. Eduardo Zorita – hardly a skeptic on “global warming” – has called for his tainted fellows to be banned from future input, knowing full well the consequences of his call (via [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:55am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • Latest Climategate update

    Number of comments: 1
    Well now, it appears Climategate has circled the world, and is now showing up on multiple fronts. In London, some are wondering why the BBC sat on the “emails” (and the computer codes, and the Harry-Read-Me file) for over a month (Daily Mail, UK). Speaking of the Harry-Read-Me file (about which I’ll admit [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:45am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • ClimateGate HQ admits to throwing away data

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    This is absolutely mind-blowing (The Sunday Times of London): SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based. It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show a [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:45pm EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • The Decline – Exposed!

    Number of comments: 1
    Steve McIntyre manages to undo “Mike’s Nature Trick” and reveals the decline that Phil Jones et al tried so hard to remain hidden (re-scraped from Watts Up with That via SDA): For the very first time, the Climategate Letters “archived” the deleted portion of the Briffa MXD reconstruction of “Hide the Decline” [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 10:13am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • ClimateGate crosses the Pacific

    Number of comments: 1
    Courtesy of Kate at SDA, a stunner from Andrew Bolt of the Australian Herald Sun.  Both New Zealand and Australian temperature data were “adjusted” – and in both cases, the adjustment was downward for the distant past and upward for the recent past: creating a warming trend that never really [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:50am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • EPA CO2 comment deadline for cars and light trucks fast approaching – get your comments in now

    Number of comments: 2
    While you are enjoying your Thanksgiving, do take the time to act upon this. Daniel Simmons writes: Great work with Watts Up With That (RWL Note: WUWT is where I first found this – here) on the CRU email scandal. Hopefully this scandal will lead to increased openness in climate science. With all [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:49am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • American MSM’s split decision on ClimateGate

    Number of comments: 1
    In the hours since I wrote about the latest on ClimateGate, there has been a part of MSM willing to swallow hard and accept that there is a story here (such as CBS News, which goes the extra step of looking into the horrfiyingly mangled computer-modeling code). Others, however, have reacted [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:31am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • WashPo Closing All Its National Bureaus, Laying Off Website Employees

    OUCH! The Washington Post (WPO.N) is closing its last U.S. bureaus outside the nation’s capital as the money-losing newspaper retrenches to focus on politics and local news. . . . The Post will close its bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, effective Dec. 31. The news comes after the Post told several [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:45pm EST
    by Riley

  • “Climate change” climbdown begins

    Number of comments: 3
    While most of us in this neck of the blogosphere have been focused on the aftermath of the Virginia GOP sweep, the rest of the world is becoming engulfed by ClimateGate, i.e., the exposure of leading scientific proponents of “global warming” and “climate change” as data-fudging and dissent-supressing charlatans. Yours truly mentioned [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:49am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • Thanksgiving Dinner At The New Chez Marsden

    Number of comments: 3
    I wonder what time Mrs. Marsden and the kids will be coming over to Dave Marsden’s new room for Thanksgiving Dinner… Nice futon, Dave! I understand this weekend they’ll be helping Dave put up his Christmas tree in his room. [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:57am EST
    by Riley

  • Marsden Rents A Room

    Number of comments: 9
    Just when we were starting to miss the comic misadventures of Creigh “What’s In Your Wallet?” Deeds, Dave Marsden comes to the rescue! It seems that Marsden may have avoided violating campaign finance disclosure laws (as of 11/23 SBE still did not show a senate filing), but in the process he [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:25pm EST
    by Riley

  • Did he not notice Election Day?

    Outgoing Governor Tim Kaine is proposing tax increases to balance the gap in the upcoming budget (Norm @ TQ). After all, it’s not as if the last fellow to call for a tax increase went down to the greatest landslide defeat in almost fifty years . . . Cross-posted to the right-wing [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:19pm EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • Does Dave Marsden Know What He Wants To Be When He Grows Up Yet?

    Either Dave Marsden doesn’t yet know what he wants to be when he grows up or else he is the biggest opportunist in Virginia politics (and that is saying something.) First, he’s a Republican, but then when he doesn’t think he can get the nomination for Delegate as a Republican, he [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:25pm EST
    by Riley

  • DANGER, SCOTT ROBINSON!!!

    Number of comments: 2
    Virtucon attendees at the Blogs United conference over the weekend report back that Krystal Ball has some real competition in the Democrat nomination race for the 1st Cong. Dist. — for who is the biggest airhead.  Turns out that Colonel Scott Robinson is apparently just as big a loon as Ball. [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:26pm EST
    by Riley

  • A Busy Week for Dave Marsden

    Number of comments: 4
    Well, Dave Marsden has announced that he will be a candidate in the Jan. 12, 2010 special election to fill the state senate seat being vacated by AG-elect Ken Cuccinelli. Marsden will undoubtedly have a busy week this week.  Here’s why: According to SBE: A candidate for elected office in Virginia becomes subject [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:14pm EST
    by Riley

  • Is That All Obama Thinks Of Our Men And Women In Uniform?

    Obviously, Obama was off teleprompter again… Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern Standard Time), and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in camouflage uniforms, many holding cameras or pointing cell phones to snap pictures. “You guys make a pretty good photo op,” the president said. [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:00pm EST
    by Riley

  • The REAL 10-Year Cost of the Senate Health Care Bill

    $1.8 TRILLION. [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:58pm EST
    by Riley

  • 37th District Senate Race Off and Running

    Number of comments: 8
    The race for the Republican nomination in the 37th is quickly taking shape, but at this point, it remains hard to get a good take on exactly how it will play out.  What is clear is that the Fairfax Republican Committee picked a date, time, and location (Dec 1 from [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:11pm EST
    by majorkong

  • RNC: Call Sens. Lincoln and Nelson TODAY!!

    Chairman Michael Steele and his team at the RNC have identified Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) the weakest links in Harry Reid’s ability to pass his travesty of a health care bill. If you want to stop government run healthcare, here’s your chance: call these two senators, in [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:21pm EST
    by Steve Albertson

  • CONTACT SENS. WARNER AND WEBB TODAY!!!

    Number of comments: 3
    CONTACT SENS. MARK WARNER AND JIM WEBB TODAY!!! TELL THEM TO VOTE *AGAINST* CLOTURE ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL WHEN THE SENATE VOTES WHETHER OR NOT TO BEGIN DEBATE ON SATURDAY. THIS IS ONE SHOT WE HAVE AT STOPPING THIS BILL THAT WILL FURTHER BANKRUPT OUR COUNTY FOR THE SAKE OF INSURING ONLY [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:25am EST
    by Riley

  • Washington Post Editorial Board Still In Denial Over McDonnell’s Election

    Number of comments: 1
    Seems that the WashPo editorial board just can’t get over Bob McDonnell’s landslide election two weeks ago.  Today’s top editorial once again sought to tie Gov.-elect McDonnell to Pat Robertson and the comments that he recently made about Islam. Funny, I don’t remember them running editorials like this demanding that The [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:31pm EST
    by Riley

  • Asians and Indian-Americans Key To GOP Gov. Wins In 2009

    Number of comments: 2
    This is a very interesting piece by Michael Barone.  While most of it focuses upon NJ, there was this tidbit about Bob McDonnell’s campaign to win Fairfax County. Plus, down in Virginia, Fairfax County, which is 16% “Asian only” and which like Middlesex County voted 60%-39% for Barack Obama, voted 51%-49% for [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:24pm EST
    by Riley

  • More GOP Candidates Gunning For Gerry Connolly’s Job?

    Number of comments: 1
    Keith Fimian is already up for a rematch with Gerry “The Big Doofus” Connolly in 2010.  But it now sounds as if the field may get a bit more crowded as Supervisor Pat Herrity may jump into the race and even Del. Tim Hugo is considering a run. With Gov.-elect Bob [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:19pm EST
    by Riley

  • The First Event Of The 2013 Election Cycle?

    Could this meeting of the Arlington-Falls Church Young Republicans be the first event of the 2013 election cycle? Christina Kordiolis sent a message to the members of AFCYR November Monthly Meeting. ——————– Subject: Corey Stewart, Prince William County Chairman will be our speaker! We are very pleased to announce that Corey Stewart will be [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:13pm EST
    by Riley

  • Palin Channeling Reagan and George Allen?

    Number of comments: 2
    At least that is the way this email comes across: Dear Friends, There are so many fundamental decisions that must be made in America to move us forward as a free, safe, and patriotic nation! I’m thankful tonight for what feels like a new beginning as we seize opportunities to help put [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:49pm EST
    by Riley

  • Rasmussen: Palin’s Approval Numbers Higher Than Obama’s

    Number of comments: 1
    Palin 51% Obama 49% And before you go citing some Wall St. Journal / NBC poll or Gallup poll showing The Teleprompted One’s approval ratings in the mid-50s, be sure to check out how those pollsters did in 2008 in our sidebar.  For those too lazy to look: 1. Rasmussen (11/1-3) 16. NBC/WSJ (11/1-2) 20. [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:47pm EST
    by Riley

  • Just How Rough Of Shape Are VA Dems In?

    Number of comments: 2
    Apparently the VA Dem Party is in such rough shape that they’re already conceding Ken Stolle’s former state senate seat without a fight and plan on betting their entire fortune on trying to retake the seat of AG-elect Ken Cuccinelli.  Of course, their best hope there is someone who doesn’t [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:41pm EST
    by Riley

  • Rush Of New GOP Congressional Candidates In Virginia

    Number of comments: 10
    With today’s discovery that Virginia has at least 12 additional congressional districts that no one previously knew about and that are currently vacant, there has been a rush of new Republican candidates coming from the ranks of Virginia’s conservative blogosphere to fill these vacancies.  (You know, if the government says [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:35pm EST
    by Riley

  • The stimulus is so massive, it’s creating new districts!

    Number of comments: 6
    I really, really wanted to believe this was an Onion move; then I actually feared some clever lefty had laid a trap for over-eager center-right bloggers. It is neither.  The Stimulus tracking site really does tout – and proudly, money that goes to phantom Congressional Districts. Bill McMorris (Watchdog.org) has the details [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:53am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • “First Principles”

    Number of comments: 1
    It sounds as if The Contract With America, Part Deux (under the working title “First Principles” may already be in the pipeline for 2010. [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:03pm EST
    by Riley

  • A “Golden” Oldie TV Series From The Early ’80s Will Soon Hit DVD

    Number of comments: 1
    That’s right, kids, “Tales of the Gold Monkey,” the ABC show meant to cash in on “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” will finally be arriving on DVD in 2010.  Now if they’ll only release the CBS show meant to cash in on “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Bring ‘Em Back [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:06pm EST
    by Riley

  • McDonnell Expands His Transition Team; Adds Tom Davis, Thelma Drake, Others

    Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell Announces Senior Advisors to Transition RICHMOND- Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell announced today senior advisors to the transition. The advisors will assist the five official transition Co-Chairs, as well as the transition staff, with preparations for McDonnell taking office as the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:32pm EST
    by Riley

  • Marianne Horinko Holds Senate Campaign Kickoff

    Number of comments: 10
    CANDIDATE FOR VIRGINIA’S 37TH SENATE DISTRICT MARIANNE HORINKO HOSTS CAMPAIGN KICKOFF 11-12-2009 *Chantilly, VA*- Marianne Horinko hosted a campaign kickoff Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at her home in Chantilly, VA for Virginia’s 37th State Senate District. She was joined by friends, neighbors, voters, and Fairfax County Republican activists. Over 100 guests attended the event, [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:44pm EST
    by Riley

  • “Republicans say Kaine is neglecting his duties”

    Number of comments: 5
    With his state under an emergency declaration because of heavy rain and floods, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine headed to Arkansas for a Democratic fundraiser. via www.google.com Well… Ya think? Tim Kaine: GINO (Governor in Name Only)… From an *ahem*unnamed source*cough* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (crossposted from CatHouse Chat) [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:47pm EST
    by Kat

  • Is 2010 the new 1994?

    Number of comments: 4
    By now the parallels are familiar to most of you. In both 1993 and 2009, Republicans were seeking to regain their footing and their identity, after having suffered defeat the year before to a charismatic liberal who won the presidential election after deceptively campaigning as a “centrist.” In both years [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 5:50pm EST
    by Steve Albertson

  • Villanueva Gives GOP One More Vote

    Great news!  The House of Delegates is even more secure after the certification of this 13 vote win: VIRGINIA BEACH – Republican Ron Villanueva has been certified the winner – by 13 votes – over incumbent Bobby Mathieson in a hotly contested Virginia Beach delegate election. The Nov. 3 election for the [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:17pm EST
    by VA Patriot

  • Recanvass in NY-23 cuts Hoffman deficit almost in half (with more possibly on the way)

    Number of comments: 3
    The election that gave Democrats a psychological firewall last Tuesday got a lot closer – more than a week after it was supposedly over (Syracuse Post-Standard): Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:24pm EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • Lou Dobbs Quits CNN

    Wow. I do like this nugget from the article… Mr. Dobbs is an outlier at CNN, which has sought to position itself as a middle ground of sorts in the fractious cable news arena. Yeah, that middle ground is working out so well for them that they’re now being beaten in prime time [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:33pm EST
    by Riley

  • Virginia Budget Up 74% This Decade

    Okay, now that we’ve got your attention, turns out it isn’t quite that bad.  When you factor in inflation and population growth, it falls to just over 1/3 of that increase.  Still, a 28 percent increase in the size and scope of government AFTER having accounted for inflation and population [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:24pm EST
    by Riley

  • How Fairfax County Went Red In 2009…

    This is a very interesting interactive map that shows just how Bob McDonnell turned Fairfax County red in the 2009 election and why the GOP made gains in various House districts.  Just roll your cursor over the various precincts to see the results.  You will note that the implications of [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:15pm EST
    by Riley

  • Does Mark Warner know anything about Twitter?

    Number of comments: 4
    If you mosey over to Senator Mark Warner’s Twitter page (link), you’ll see that he is currently following a “tatiana jasbon” (top row, second column from the right). If you click through to her Twitter page, you’ll find pictures of her in various states of undress (seriously, NSFW content folks). So, Warner [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:28pm EST
    by Timothy Watson

  • Thank you Veterans

    Number of comments: 1
    From all of us here at Virtucon, thank you for paying the ultimate price in defense of freedom. [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:23am EST
    by VA Patriot

  • D.C. Sniper Executed

    Number of comments: 1
    John Allen Muhammad, the D.C. sniper, has been executed here in Virginia.  Muhammad was convicted in a case that even Hamilton “Ham” Sandwich, Esq. could have won. [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:49pm EST
    by Riley

  • “Tear Down This Wall”

    20 years.  Still can’t believe that it has been that long. [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:32pm EST
    by Riley

  • Become A Fan Of Shaun Kenney!

    Blogger Shaun Kenney of ShaunKenney.com and Bearing Drift sneaked under the liberal blog radar to be elected last Tuesday as Columbia Dist. Supervisor on the Fluvanna Board of County Supervisors.  Now you can become a fan of his on Facebook.  Head on over and show your support for this solid, [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:48pm EST
    by Riley

  • Election season in Spotsy: Not dead yet?

    Number of comments: 2
    Edd Houck is talking about taking a post in the McDonnell Administration. This would turn Spotsylvania County into the de facto eastern front in the battle for the State Senate. Four years ago, Bill Bolling’s promotion to LTG set off a cascade of special elections in eastern Spotsylvania.  History could repeat itself. [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:28am EST
    by rightwingliberal

  • If Dave Marsden Carpetbags Into The 37th To Run For Senate…

    Number of comments: 6
    …according to Bwana at Renaissance Ruminations, Del. Dave Marsden wouldn’t even be able to vote to nominate himself for the special election! Imagine trying to convince people to vote for you when you’re ineligible to even vote for yourself because you didn’t live in the district and couldn’t move into it [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:15am EST
    by Riley
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