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Virgil Goode's rants on immigration are getting ridiculous

Did you know that the most serious crisis confronting our nation is "anchor babies"?  The term "anchor baby" refers to the fact that Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution begins: All persons born ... in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. If a baby is born in the ...
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Sarah Palin coming to Virginia Beach on Sept. 18

The Pilot On-Line is reporting that Bob McDonnell has told them that Sarah Palin is coming to Virginia Beach on September 18 to campaign.  There have been no details released.   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/0...   ...
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Tom Perriello wipes out Virgil Goode

I just got finished listening to the podcast -- http://static.mgnetwork.com/cd... -- and Tom Perriello did a great job in the debate in Danville Wednesday night.   Tom came across as insightful, knowledgeable, and as someone who has a message that people will react to.   Virgil Goode started off the evening doing his usual bluster about immigration (the root of all evil, and a more...
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First reaction to McCain's speech

John McCain gave a speech that would have made a lot more sense if he hadn't tacked so far to the right over the past year or two. I was actually having sort of an out-of-body experience this evening -- I had been listening to the podcast of the Virgil Goode - Tom Perriello debate from Wednesday night.  I had just heard Tom talking about energy policy, and then I switched over to watch...
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September 5, 1975 -- Squeaky Fromme tries to kill Gerald Ford

Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme is a former member of Charles Manson's "Family", convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975. The nickname "Squeaky" was reportedly a nickname given to her because she would make a "squeaky" noise when another Manson family member would grab her leg.  She is currently serving a life sentence in prison. Fromme was born in 1948; she dr...
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Today's news stories

Virgil Goode is running against "anchor babies" -- http://www.dailyprogress.com/c... McCain speech coverage generally -- he's running as a dissenter from the Party -- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09... http://www.washingtonpost.com/... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09... Republican foreign policy factions aren't sure where McCain would take them -- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09... t...
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Does anyone know who these "Democratic bloggers" are?

Last weekend, when the McCain campaign announced to the world that Bristol Palin was pregnant, the campaign blamed the need to make this disclosure on the supposed fact that there were Democratic bloggers out there spreading rumors that Bristol  had actually been the mother of Sarah Palin 's 5-month-old son Trig.  Now, I don't follow all the blogs out there, but I didn't read this one...
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R-Braves say thanks and goodbye

The R-Braves won their last game, ever, at the Diamond: Richmond 9, Norfolk 3. A report on that game and the sell-out atmosphere at yesterday afternoon's baseball game, penned by yours truly, is at Richmond.com. After the game some of the former Braves players came onto the infield to unfurl a banner for the fans to see."Thanks for the memories," it said. Many fans lingered as the ...
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