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A Blight on the Isle of Wight
A photo in a second email showed President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama with surprised looks on their faces. The caption read "An embassy was bombed? … Muslims okay?" A string of racist emails and controversial remarks have shaken up a school board in...
Twin Sons of Different Mothers
Virginia Tea Party candidates Ken Cuccinelli and E. W. Jackson have been all over the news lately with some pretty extreme statements. While Cuccinelli is back-pedaling as fast as he can to try to distance himself from some of his running mate's radical...
We Have The Cure
Heal Thyself, Virginia! In what is widely seen both as a GOP test-case and a referendum on the Obama presidency, the Republicans have nominated some of the most extreme right-wing candidates in the history of the Commonwealth. We have the cure, but it will only work...
Remembering Our Heroes
Weekly Address: Giving Thanks to Our Fallen Heroes this Memorial Day WASHINGTON, DC— In this week’s address, President Obama commemorated Memorial Day by paying tribute to the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in service to our country. The...
E.W. Jackson’s Message to “Inspire and Unite Virginia”
Jeff Shapiro of the Richmond Times Dispatch claims that Jackson "may be facing a rear-guard effort to strip him of the nomination" by Republicans terrified of his candidacy. But, he adds, "there apparently is nothing in the GOP's rules authorizing anyone or any...
Cuccinelli’s FOIA Turkey
Virginia’s top lawyer is not above the law. Nor is Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli just doing his constituents a favor when he responds to requests for public records. ...If Cuccinelli was attempting to tamp down suspicions about his involvement with Star Scientific...
Google Trends for 2013 Virginia Democratic Candidates
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On November 5th 2013, Virginians will go to the polls to select a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and all 100 Lower House Delegates. The Madison County Democratic Committee would like to ask for your help electing those candidates who share our love of...
There Will Be Another Newtown
On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Before driving to the school, Lanza had shot and killed his mother Nancy at their Newtown home. As...
“Son of Santorum”
"If you thought transvaginal ultrasounds were bad.." Ken Cuccinelli might not yet be a household name. But in just three short years, he has amassed a record as Virginia attorney general that has earned him the distinction of “the most overtly partisan attorney...
