Posted on January 30, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
John McCain is the projected winner of the GOP Florida Primary. He beat out Mitt Romney in a very tight race. It has become a bit of a heated rivalry between the Arizona senator and the former Massachusetts governor. Both are battling it out to win the favor of GOP voters. When it was all [...]
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Posted on January 28, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
As of now there has not been much reported on this, but a man was arrested by the Secret Service outside the White House after making verbal threats on the life of President Bush, and leaving a suspicious package outside the White House gates. The name of the subject apprehended has not been released or [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
South Carolina is not the next primary or caucus. Between now and next Saturday you have Nevada and Michigan, but all eyes are on South Carolina. The GOP debate in South Carolina was tonight, and it may have been a debate that could just influence how South Carolinians vote in their primary.
The question came down [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
I heard it today on Fox News. I heard the very modern marxist rhetoric that is plaguing our country today. “The public good outweighs individual liberty.” This is an idea that has been taken up by members of both the Republican Party and Democratic Party, and many people have fallen into the trap of following [...]
Filed under: Security vs. Liberty | Tagged: Illegal Immigration, John Locke, Liberty, Security, southern border, Thomas Jefferson | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 9, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Hillary Clinton and John McCain get the win in New Hampshire. People are calling them the “comeback kids”. at least that is what many media outlets are calling them. People now believe that Clinton and McCain are back in the race, but I don’t know. First, I don’t know if the “Clinton Machine” was ever [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
At midnight, East Coast time, voting for the New Hampshire Primary started in the small New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch. Legally this is where the primary is suppose to start, and a total of 16 people will be casting their votes for who they believe the next President of the United States should be.
On [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
There is a lot to of contention among conservatives as to who is the best candidate to back that represents conservative principles the best, and have the best record of acting on those principles. Among fiscal conservatives it seems like they either support Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, or Ron Paul.
Mike Huckabee is a well known [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Mike Huckabee takes a victory tonight in Iowa, leading by nine points in the reporting precincts. This was reported to have been a shock to some, but given his popularity in the state it should have not been a shock to anyone.
Iowa was going to go to either Romney or Huckabee, and when it [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
After what seemed like the earliest start to a presidential race, after numerous debates (many of them pointless), After months and months of campaign ads and waking up in the morning to read a new headline on Drudge about one candidate attacking the other, and after so long that it seemed like the day would [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
The Dallas Morning News named the Illegal Immigrant as the 2007 Texan of the Year, and one can only ask: why? There are numerous individuals on the ballot who were more deserving of the title. Robert Gates was one of the finalist in the decision making process of who would be named Texan of the [...]
Filed under: Illegal Immigration, Media | Tagged: 2007, Dallas Morning News, Illegal Immigrantion, Texan of the Year | 1 Comment »