Bolling Endorses Romney

STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILL BOLLING IN SUPPORT OF MITT ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
“In 2008 we will elect a new President to lead our country for the next four years. This is a critical time for our nation, and we must make certain that we elect a President who has the background, [...]

News Corp. Gets WSJ

It now appears that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has garnered the necessary support to buy Dow Jones / Wall St. Journal.  That is a nice get in advance of the launch of the FOX Business Network this Oct.

Fred raises $3.5M in 1 month

From The Politico comes the first report on Fred Thompson’s fund raising.
Raised: $3.46 million since incorporation on June 1
Spent: $625,746 (an 18 percent burn rate, they note)
Cash on Hand: $2,836,609.08
Total donors: 9,167 (from all 50 states)
Online donors: 7,534
Not bad at all for a “testing the waters” committee.
These figures do not reflect events he’s held or contributions received since July [...]

RNC Revolt

The Republican National Committee membership is about to revolt against President Bush and the RNC General Chairman, U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), over their support for amnesty and other benefits for illegal aliens.
The RNC’s Resolutions Committee is expected to approve the resolution at its Thursday session at the RNC annual summer meeting in Minneapolis-St. Paul, [...]

Culpeper, James City and Page Counties Join the Fray

The WashTimes brings us news this morning that Culpeper, James City and Page counties will soon join PWC and Loudoun in putting forth resolutions cracking down on illegal aliens.  This is done in the shadow of a federal judge’s decision invalidating the Hazelton, Pa. ordinance that punished landlords who rented to illegal aliens and employers who [...]

Success in Iraq would be “a real big problem for us”

So says House Dem Whip Jim Clyburn (S.C.)  This just goes to show you that the Dem leadership don’t really want us to succeed in Iraq.  It is all about political opportunity for them and they are invested in U.S. defeat for their own success.
Even liberal Dems who actually take the time to visit Iraq [...]

LG Hager to Attend PWC YR Meeting

We’ve gotten word here from Michael Hardy that newly-minted RPV Chairman, former Lt. Gov. John Hager, will be the special guest at the Aug. 13th relaunch of the Prince William County Young Republicans.  Good going, Michael!  And thank you for attending, Chairman Hager!
The meeting begins at 7 p.m., will last at most an hour and a [...]

New Richard Stuart Website Goes Live

Richard Stuart, the GOP nominee for the 28th Senate Dist. against Albert “Trashman” Pollard, has gone live with his new website.  Stuart’s site is visually enticing and chock full of information including a great Issues page that includes this bit on illegal immigration:
As our State Senator, Richard Stuart will not support the use of a single taxpayer [...]

“R.I.P.” – Albert Pollard

That’s “Republicans and Independents for Pollard” that has the most unfortunate acronym of “R.I.P.”
From the SwampThing blog:
Former Republican Governor Linwood Holton hosts successful event for Pollard in Irvington
. . .
Over 200 self-ascribed Republicans and Independents attended the event in Irvington to show their support of Albert Pollard’s run for State Senate.
Yeah, that’s the thing with [...]

Friday Night Video Fights – Week 1 Results

Well, the polls are now closed on Week 1 of Virginia Virtucon’s Friday Night Video Fights.  With 59 percent of the vote, this week’s winner is Def Leppard’s “Photograph.”
 
Come back this Friday for Week 2 when Def Leppard defends their title against a new challenger.  You won’t want to miss this [...]

FDR Exposed As The Charlatan He Was In New Book

Amity Shlaes new book, “The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression,” deconstructs, decimates and destroys FDR and exposes him for the charlatan that he was.  Ernest W. Lefever reviews Shlaes book in the WashTimes and has many, many priceless quotes, a few of which I’m excerpting here.
The Depression had multiple causes, in [...]

Dick Cranwell Has Been A Bad Boy…

 It would appear that the Democratic Party of Virginia Chairman, Dick Cranwell, is one of those abusive drivers we’ve been hearing so much about lately.  Well, at least until he got his Reckless Driving charge for doing 80 in a 55 MPH zone knocked down to “Defective Equipment,” thereby going from a misdemeanor to an infraction.  Click [...]

Welcome To The Blogosphere, Gov. Gilmore!

Check out Gov. Jim Gilmore’s new blog, Virginia Patriot, that just launched today.  We’ll look forward to seeing great things from it!

Friday Night Video Fights – Week 1

Week 1 of Virginia Virtucon’s Friday Night Video Fights is a heavyweight rematch of stupendous proportions.
In this corner, representing Sheffield, England, we have the very first 10-week champion of the original “Friday Night Video Fights” — Def Leppard and “Photograph”…

…and in the other corner, from San Francisco, California, we have the giant slayer, the video that [...]

Attention Young Republicans in PWC

From today’s Potomac News 
Hardy looking for Prince William Young Republicans
Woodbridge resident Michael Hardy is looking for Young Republican recruits as the fall elections near.
Calling Prince William County the last frontier of Republican dominance in Northern Virginia, Hardy said he’s looking for Young Republicans to keep it going.
On Aug. 13 Hardy is holding a meeting where [...]