The name of this post is the margin between the Winner of the Iowa Caucuses, Mitt Romney, and the First Runner Up, Rick Santorum: EIGHT VOTES. It doesn’t get much closer than that, folks, and with a margin of only 8 votes, the knee-jerk reaction is assume that the Momentum of the Santorum Campaign may [...]
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Tomorrow is the day that it finally begins…the day of the Iowa Caucuses, or, as Rush Limbaugh calls them, the “Hawkeye Cockeye.” Unlike Florida, where our elections are held with early and absentee voting, the Primaries in Iowa use an older, more PERSONAL system of Democracy, where individuals LITERALLY gather to support their candidates. It [...]
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Last year, we did a “Top Ten of 2010” List highlighting the highs & lows of the Year in Review. Since 2011 is now signing off, let’s go through The Top Eleven! #11 – WEINERGATE: If I’d have limited this to a “Top Ten” list, Anthony’s Weiner would not have made the list, but since [...]
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You’ve heard me say it before, and I’m going to say it again: I HATE POLITICS! Oh, yeah, I rant & rave about the things going on in our Government all the time, but it’s based on CONSERVATISM, which is a philosophy, not about the Republicans or Democrats, per se. I couldn’t give a rat’s [...]
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It’s Christmas Eve, folks, so, keeping it short & sweet, let me just say Merry Christmas to our Readers, and Thank You for your Continued Support. This is in no way meant to OFFEND anyone, so if you celebrate Hannukah, or any other holiday, then please accept this “Merry Christmas” in the spirit in which [...]
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What a difference a few months can make. In September, the last time that I addressed the Republican Primaries as a topic, I made few predictions about how the field would shape up. I made some very serious statements, including that Mitt Romney “didn’t get my support the last time he played this game (2008) [...]
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I was at a Christmas Party Friday night (no, it was not a “Holiday” Party” – you could tell by the decorations), and, after an offhand crack about Socialism by Yours Truly, a friend asked this question: “Which would you prefer: Fascism or Socialism?” His argument was that we are currently living in a Fascist [...]
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The turkey is gone, the shopping has begun, and the festivities have certainly commenced. It’s times like these that I like to sit back, relax and reflect on the year that we’ve had…BUT WAIT! What’s this? Could there possibly be NEWS out there amongst the Holiday Specials, Black-Friday Deals and Spiked Egg Nog? You guessed [...]
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