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Posted at 3:01pm on Apr. 28, 2008 Hey Al, Plan to Hire a Senate Staff?
By SIConservative
Al Franken, head of Al Franken, Inc. - a corporation that doesn't play by the rules, is once again passing the buck to his accountant for his multi-year tax evasion in California. Franken, one who claims that he wants to go to the Senate to look out for the working man, said, "we have people working on that as we speak." Funny, I don't think working men make five-figure errors like Franken's accountant has repeatedly done and they do their own taxes. In fact, usually when working men make mistakes like that, they get fired. Sometimes they even get sued.
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Posted at 2:31am on Apr. 17, 2008 NY-13: Recchia Has More CoH Than Fossella
By SIConservative
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Posted at 1:02am on Mar. 5, 2008 Paul Wins: Your Turn
By SIConservative
Throughout the primary process, I made no secret of my aversion to John McCain. I am rather displeased that he is the nominee, but that's life. Unless he does something completely outlandish, such as choosing a pro-choice running mate, I fully expect that I will cast my ballot for McCain in November, albeit reluctantly. While I will continue to engage those who attempt to defend parts of his record that don't deserve to be defended, I don't plan to attack the candidate and I agree that it is important to have a Republican in the White House next year, even if it's that Republican.
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Posted at 1:37pm on Feb. 26, 2008 Friendly Advice for Campaigns and Their Site Designers
By SIConservative
As I have done frequently in the past as a volunteer, an employee, and a citizen, I am currently conducting research on a number of Congressional candidates. I use the sites as most donors and voters do, as a source of information. I'm not a tech guy, and things like coding, videos, and site design are generally over my head. That said, I have viewed enough sites and looked for enough information that I can offer some general recommendations. Some of you may be surprised that sites don't always live up to these baseline expectations, but if you take a look around at some campaign websites, you'll quickly become just as frustrated as I am with how unprofessional and sloppy many Republican candidate sites appear.
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Posted at 3:03pm on Feb. 11, 2008 Friendly Advice for McCain Supporters
By SIConservative
I don't like Senator McCain. One of his actions, his leadership in the Gang of 14 agreement, nearly turned me off of politics altogether. Several of his other positions I find abhorrent, including his continued support for embryonic stem-cell research and his scorn for the First Amendment. Even so, I will probably, reluctently cast my ballot for him, though doing so will likely make me physically ill.
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Posted at 4:18pm on Jan. 31, 2008 OR Sen: Merkley Says Rules are for Others, Legislation is for Lobbyists
By SIConservative
Apparently confusing Oregon for New Jersey, Democrat House Speaker Jeff Merkley has decided that the rules the don't apply to him. Oregon House members are prohibited from soliciting and accepting contributions during legislative sessions, including the one held in February. Merkley, though, has decided that it would just be too difficult for him to obey the rules and has obtained a ruling from the Legislature's legal office that says it wouldn't apply to his federal campaign.
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Posted at 6:02am on Jan. 25, 2008 "Defense is more important than breathing"
By SIConservative
From "The Air Up There", that is one of the truest quotes from any movie ever. In the movie, Kevin Bacon goes to Africa to recruit a player and is mocked by one of the villagers, who says something to the effect of, "You win games by putting the ball in the basket, not waving your hands in the air like a crazy person." The response is something that we need to take to heart, especially as the retirements of people like Reps. Walsh and Ferguson continue.
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Posted at 12:34pm on Jan. 24, 2008 Rudy's Priorities
By SIConservative
I was terribly disappointed with mbecker's decision to endorse Rudy, mainly because it was a reminder that after seven abysmal finishes, it seems conceivable, but fortunately not likely, that he could still somehow pull this off. I could lie and say, "I like Rudy... I think he's a wonderful leader... I think he'd make a wonderful President..., etc. but..." Very little of that would be true. He was an excellent Mayor of New York, and if he ran for that position again, I would vote for him in a heartbeat.
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Posted at 2:54pm on Jan. 22, 2008 Norma McCorvey Endorses Ron Paul
By SIConservative
On this 35th anniversary of the most tragic decision in this history of the Supreme Court, Norma McCorvey, formerly known as Jane Roe, endorsed Congressman Ron Paul for President. McCorvey, for those of you who don't know, wrote the book Won by Love, an account of her conversion from being the person used by the pro-choice movement to press their national agenda of abortion-on-demand to an ardent pro-life activist. She cited his bill, H.R. 300, as the primary reason for her endorsement.
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Posted at 9:45am on Jan. 21, 2008 I Like Mike
By SIConservative
Yes, that's right, I said it. I, the Paul supporting libertarian, small government, "get off my back" libertarian, like Mike Huckabee.
If you're looking for a policy discussion, move along to one of the countless other entries on Huckabee and have a ball. That's extremely important and I'm not especially interested in defending most of his public record. He deserves to catch plenty of flak for it, and if you're among the people who would, as a result, sit out of a Clinton-Huckabee or Obama-Huckabee match-up, so be it. You don't have to live with my conscience and I don't have to live with your's. (That's not to say mine's better than your's. They just work differently.)