Posted on November 19, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
I saw this video on The Texian Online, and it comes from the site How Obama Got Elected.
Just in case you were wondering the impact the drive-by media had on the election.
It amazes me when I hear people tell me that the media does not shape an election at all [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Democrats want the American people to believe that if Congress does not pass a bailout package for the auto industry the entire industry will collapse and millions of people will be left without jobs, which is just absurd. The problem is that the majority of Democrats are either so stupid, or they don’t want the [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
The stock market is on a free fall. There is much economic uncertainty in the air. Barack Obama’s election certainly did not comfort shareholders, business owners, or consumers. In fact, his election may have caused more anxiety within the market because business owners are not too thrilled that they will be targeted for higher taxes, [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Earlier today a bipartisan board convened to decide which provisional and overseas ballots were going to be counted in the race in House District 105 between incumbent Linda Harper-Brown and Bob Romano. The decision in this race will decide which way political power will tilt in the Texas House of Representatives for the next legislative [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
After John McCain lost there were a few classless, back-stabbing, trashtalking aides within the McCain camp who blamed Governor Palin for McCain not doing better in the election. However, if you look at the facts Sarah Palin helped bring in votes for John McCain, and put a conservative face on the ticket. These anonymous aides to [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Many conservatives are still bitter and depressed about the outcome of the election. While an Obama presidency is definitely not something to look forward to we have an opportunity now, as conservatives, to rebuild the conservative movement that the Republican Party has forsaken for far too long. A conservative can only be excited, and pumped, [...]
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Posted on November 5, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
On November 19, Dallas City Council members will meet and vote on proposed new restrictions on the city’s smoking ordinance. This is the second time in half a decade that anti-smoking proposals have been brought before the council to be voted on. The fundamental problem with smoking bans is their infringement on the free market, [...]
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Posted on November 5, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
I retracted a previous post that I had written late last night after the election results showed a clear winner for the reason of clarifying my full and complete thoughts on the outcome of the presidential election. Bare with me this could be a long post.
Millions of Americans headed to the polls yesterday in record [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
I am not one to jump the gun on these types of things, but there were certain key states that John McCain had to win to stand a good chance in this election. McCain had to have some hope for Pennsylvania, but there was no doubt that state was going to end up with Obama. [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2008 by Shawn M. Griffiths
Members of the Left will tell you that this is an election about hope and change. For two years now Barack Obama has repeated these words so much that by the end of the primary season an individual could not stand to hear the words mentioned ever again by anybody for any reason. Obama has [...]
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