"That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."
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In a fight between Jim Webb and Ollie North, who would win? Oh, that's right, we already know the answer to that question.
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Redskins InsiderYesterday, along with about 15 other bloggers from around the Commonwealth, I had the pleasure of attending Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling’s first annual Bloggers’ Day at the General Assembly. The day started off at 11 AM with a tour of the LG’s office. I was particularly interested to learn that when Chuck Robb was [...]
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Yesterday we told you about an opportunity that Sen. Jim “Thinskin” Webb (D-WashPo) had to stand up for Virginians on their number one issue — transportation. In the end, a bipartisan group of 72 senators including Virginia’s senior senator John Warner signed the letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urging him to support funding [...]
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Sen. Jim “Thinskin” Webb (D-WashPo) has received his first grades from Virginians and they are not so hot. Overall, Webb’s net approval rating is minus 5 percent while our senior senator, John Warner, enjoys a plus 33 percent approval rating. Heck, even George Allen was plus 1 percent in December after Webb defeated him the [...]
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According to one analysis in Newsweek magazine of the response to the State of the Union by Sen. Jim “Thinskin” Webb (D-WashPo):
The Democratic response by Virginia Sen. James Webb was also memorable, in a different way. Whenever a politician puts out to the media that he has thrown away the speechwriters’ draft and written the [...]
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-- President Ronald Reagan from "The Speech" - October 27, 1964
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