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    1. Survey USA (10/30-11/1) – 58% / 18% (deviation 1.2%)

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Springfield Found!

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Hirons

The Simpson’s town of Springfield has been found – it must be in Stafford County, VA.  In an upcoming episode of the Simpson’s Homer attempts to vote for Obama for President, but the voting machine keeps submitting the vote for President McCain.  Finally the machine eats Homer and spits him out.
Pretty funny when it’s fictional.  [...]

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VP Debate Ratings HUGE — Up 42% Over Last Week’s Prez Debate

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Riley

Last night’s VP debate was the highest rated debate since Bush 41 v. B. Clinton v. Perot ‘92.  It simply trounced the ratings for last week’s presidential debate, drawing 42 percent more viewers.  You can bet people weren’t tuning in just to watch Dunkin’ Donuts Joe, either…

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Palin Refuses To Give Up On Michigan

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Riley

When Gov. Sarah Palin heard this morning that the McCain campaign planned on pulling out of Michigan to send forces into WI and PA, she had something to say about it.
She wasn’t giving up on Michigan.  The audio of her that I heard was very passionate about this.  She was determined to go there herself [...]

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Thank Goodness the Banks Are Saved!

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Hirons

Yea – thanks for nothing!
Cat House Chat, RWL & Bearing Drift all have pretty tracking of the bill as it passed Congress.
Thank you to Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) for sticking to his original vote and voting “No” to today’s version.
For giggles I thought I’d take a look at the text of the Bill that was [...]

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Another Perspective on Palin’s Foreign Policy Experience

Posted on October 3, 2008 by VA Patriot

Another Perspective
Alaskan Foreign Policy
By Dr. James P. Lucier 

It’s true that Alaskans look at foreign policy from a different perspective. They know the world is a globe. They look at their neighbors from the polar projection, while the lower 48 are still thinking east and west along the old Mercator projection maps, maps devised for the navigation [...]

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What’s This? The Free Market Taking Care of Banking Crisis?

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Hirons

Right-Wing Liberal nails it! And I couldn’t agree more!
It was announced this morning that Wells Fargo is buying Wachovia for $15.1 billion.  This is almost $13 billion more than the Citibank/Government negotiated deal.
The free market appears to be proving once again to be the best method to create success.
Hey – House of Representatives – are [...]

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Pow! O’Reilly Holds Barney Frank Accountable for Fannie/Freddie Calamity

Posted on October 3, 2008 by VA Patriot

It’s nice to see someone in the media looking out for everyday Americans.  The fact is and it is well documented, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank demonstrated the definition of willful blindness in the Fannie/Freddie cover up.
And if the McCain campaign won’t name names, we will.

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Democrats – The “Party of Death”

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Riley

All I can say is, it is about time that the Church called them out:
Vatican officials seldom single out political leaders who differ with the Church on issues like abortion rights or embryonic stem cell research. But now that the Vatican’s highest court is led by an American, the former St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, [...]

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