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Date: February 6th, 2008

Want things to heat up fast? Tell me to “chill.”

6 February, 2008 (15:26) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

Note to all of you “pragmatists” out there using a variety of words to convey the admonition to those of us who oppose a McCain nomination to “calm down” or “just chill.” Screw. Off. Using either of those belittling, condescending phrases strongly implies that our concerns are not really concerns and that we’re just being [...]

Speak of the devil…

6 February, 2008 (15:01) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Guess what robo-call just landed on my answering machine at home? Why, it was Senator “I’ll build the g*ddamned fence” McCain himself asking for my vote next week. Starting already – should be a fun week for phone calls. I’m trying to figure out a way to get that call recorded and put up here [...]

Hewitt advises keeping an eye on the big picture

6 February, 2008 (12:14) | 2008 Presidential Race, Blogging, Politics | By: ricjames

Hugh Hewitt is a man whose opinions I generally respect. I’ve had moments where I disagreed with him, strongly, and I certainly didn’t agree with his advocacy of Romney when Fred was in the race. That said, it’s usually wise to listen to him and give his comments a thorough thinking over. Today, amid the [...]

Super Tuesday aftermath

6 February, 2008 (09:50) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, John McCain won some serious territory in yesterday’s primaries held in over a score of states. While Romney also won some states, so did Huckabee and Romney’s wins didn’t have the delegate count that McCain’s victories held. There’s no putting any other face on this than that the [...]

Next week’s Virginia primary going to show heavy turnout

6 February, 2008 (09:12) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

There’s going to be a heavy turnout in next week’s Virginia Primary. Assuming, of course, the people who were calling up furious that their polling places weren’t open yesterday remember to show up next week – the date long scheduled for the primary in this state. According to the VA State Board of Elections, about [...]