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I feel as if I should say something profound, but I don’t really have that much that is profound to say.  I do have a few observations, and then I’ll start compiling a running list of good post-election posts (so check back often): I’ll repeat what I said yesterday:  it irks me when elections are [...]

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American Digest is getting lots of hits for this list, and deservedly so.  It surely explains what’s happening in California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc. UPDATE:  And if you want something that will make you laugh, this will.  I need to laugh.  I’m bummed, although not surprised, about California. UPDATE II:  SGT Dave said [...]

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If you’re in California, it’s easy to figure out which people should get your vote:  Fiorina over Boxer, Whitman over Brown (and yes, that’s something of a nose-holder), anyone over Pelosi, etc. It gets much more confusing when you get to the numbered items on the ballot.  Prop. 23 is easy:  Vote for that unless [...]

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My friend Sally Zelikovsky says it in the clearest words possible:  Unless conservatives in California vote for the Republicans, we will have a Sacramento government made up entirely of San Francisco Democrats.  If that horrible outcome sounds painfully obvious to you, you don’t know California. There are two dynamics in California that are a problem.  [...]

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Mike Pence asked me for money today. He seems like a good guy. I hope he wins. Life, liberty and limited government, he wrote, these are the cherished ideals of our nation, and they are ideals from which we must never stray. Indeed they are. Truly American ideals. As David Mamet, writes, as American as [...]

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Funny, funny David Zucker video challenging Boxer’s arrogance and cavalier approach to American money: Call Me Senator from RightChange on Vimeo. If you’re in California, this year you have a real choice: vote for Carly Fiorina. She’s a true conservative and a dynamic, effective individual. My mom, who can’t quite let the MSM go, has [...]

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Across the conservative blogosphere, a single cry for help is going out:  Please donate money to Pat Toomey, who is running against Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania.  Not only is Toomey the real deal on small government (less spending, lower taxes), Sestak is awful.  He’s an Obama rubber stamp, and a staunch, but dissimulating, foe of [...]

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I wrote earlier this week that I was going to vote in person, rather than by mail, which is what I usually do.  There’s just too much risk that my absentee ballot will “accidentally” get lost in liberal Marin.  Meanwhile, at the polling place, they scan it instantly.  Better odds for a fair outcome. In [...]

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Put aside the fact that Bawney Fwank sent his boyfwiend out to heck his opp0nent.  What I like about this video clip is Sean Bielat‘s poise and humor in handling said boyfwiend’s heckling: Bielat seems to have mastered many of the US Marine’s Leadership Traits which is, in itself, a recommendation for a leadership role [...]

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I’ve been an absentee ballot voter for years.  This election, however, I’m personally handing in my absentee ballot.  Fellow conservatives and I have already talked about the risk that our ballots, if mailed, may never be counted.  At my polling place, however, it will be instantly scanned — with me watching. I suggest that those [...]

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This is how it works if you’re a Democrat:  They’ve got your back, fighting against our nation’s mortal enemies (so you don’t have to), and you respond by stabbing them in their collective back, by denying them their constitutional right to have a say in our government.

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I keep meaning to blog about Meg Whitman’s maid, and then I don’t.  Factually, it’s an insanely stupid story, although the lurid headlines in California’s lefty papers may be enough to confuse some independents into abandoning any vague ideas they may have been having about voting for Whitman.  In other words, the story is ridiculous [...]

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I’m heading off to a client, so I don’t have time to blog.  Here’s all you need to know: Rep. Alan Grayson is despicable, even by the low standards of despicable-ness currently emanating from the Democratic party.  His Republican opponent, Daniel Webster (and isn’t that a great American name) is currently being slandered and libeled [...]

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If you’re looking for posts providing substantive information about problems with myriad Democratic candidates in the upcoming election, this list, which a friend sent me, is a wonderful start.  As you can see, it’s organized by candidate name, but each link will lead you to a full length post about problems with that candidate.  If [...]

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I didn’t say that Ellison has a challenger who can win.  I’m not sure the voters in Minnesota’s 5th CD have enough sechel to make the smart choice.  But Joel Demos is a substantive challenger, because he understands the real issues facing Americans — and, as this video shows, their children: Hat tip:  Hot Air [...]

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This video ought to combat the “plague on both your houses” mentality that prevents people (especially independents) from voting entirely, or that keeps lukewarm Democrats still checking off the Democrat box on their ballots: Hat tip:  American Thinker

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Yesterday, I blogged about Murkowski’s embarrassing, condescending, crude, inept campaign commercial.  Now I’ve got a good one for you — although you have to be familiar with the Old Spice ad to appreciate it:

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My mother has announced her voting position this November, and it can be summarized as “a plague on both their houses.”  A Democrat since she came to this country, she is disgusted by the Obamites, and cannot in good conscience vote the Democratic ticket.  However, she told me that she believes that Republicans are virtually [...]

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[I didn't take notes at the meeting I'm about to describe.  If you were there and did take notes or have a better memory than mine, and if you find any mistakes in what I wrote, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'LL CORRECT MY POST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.] I just returned from a Carly [...]

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[How many people caught the fact that I put the wrong year in the post caption (2008, instead of 2010, which I've now written in)?  As I'm sure you've noticed before, I have problems with numbers.  This is why I'm not an economist.  What's the excuse the Democrats have for their budget failures?] The year [...]

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Every two years, like clockwork, Marinites return the execrable Lynn Woolsey to Congress.  She’s so bad — by which I mean such a loopy Leftist — that I didn’t vote for her even when I was a Democrat.  I was a moderate; she was, and is, a nut case.  But still she wins, regularly sweeping [...]

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My blog friend Lorie Byrd is working for Renee Ellmers, who is opposing Bob “Who are you?” Etheridge.  Ellmers has put out a plea for campaign money, which you can give voluntarily.  This is an important point, because her video is a reminder of the way in which Washington abuses the money it forces out [...]

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Although it’s been open for more than a year now, I went for the first time today to the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.  My visit there was an interesting contrast to my first visit, some years ago, to the newly rebuilt De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. Although [...]

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