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Gettin’ Better All The Time

Adam Sharp, one of the best young minds on the other side of the aisle in the Shenandoah Valley (and a worthy foe), tweeted earlier today about a great tool on VPAP. For the uninitiated, VPAP is...

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The Threat to the South

Most of the attention in foreign policy coverage right now is either on the troop increase in Afghanistan, the tension in Israel, or the situation in Pakistan. However, on Sunday something happened to...

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Socks the Cat: 1989-2009

Socks the Cat answering questions from the press on November 9th, 1994 following the Republican tidal wave in the midterm elections the day before. Socks had advised the DCCC on the use of animals in...

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Wherein I make my fellow Goldwater fans uber-jealous

The newest addition to my over 400 piece collection of political items. 

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Tea Party Coming to the Shenandoah Valley

If you won’t be able to make it to the one in Washington, DC or to the one in Richmond, join your fellow concerned citizens on April 15th at Noon in front of the Old Courthouse in downtown Winchester....

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Only In D.C.: Barney Frank and Ron Paul Unite!

A key liberal figure and a key libertarian figure are joining forces on an issue to help American farmers and the economy as a whole. Although I’m not a huge fan of Ron Paul and think Barney Frank...

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Mail Call: Gilmore’s BACK! (Yet Again)

As a sometimes donor to conservative political candidates and causes, I usually get at least 5 or 6 fundraising appeals per week; sometimes I’ll get two or three on a single day. At this point, not a...

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And we’re back in 3, 2…..

Wow. That was pretty intense. I’m speaking, of course, of campaign 2009. Many of you who read this blog know that my self-imposed exile from blogging over the last six months. The intensity came not...

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Reagan on Newt, Romney

In last night’s CNN debate in South Carolina, Mitt Romney made mention that both Newt Gingrich and George Romney, Mitt’s father, were mentioned in The Reagan Diaries and claimed that Newt was mentioned...

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Newt “Hollywood” Gingrich

I’m not a trained historian, at least in the sense of one current presidential candidate. I do not hold a PhD or even a Masters in the subject. But I do consider myself something of an amateur...

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