DeMarCaTionVille

overheard between two six-year old girls…
Ms. Diva: “Um, let’s paint a Father’s Day card…”
Miss O: “Father’s Day?  How about a Mother’s Day card.”
Ms. Diva: “Mother’s Day is over.”
Miss O:  “Father’s Day is a long time away.”
Ms. Diva: “Let’s paint a picture of Obama!”
Miss O: “Yeah, we love Obama!”
Ms. Diva: “It can’t be a bad picture [...]

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Hank Hayes covered the Rogersville/Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce legislative breakfast Saturday morning, where  Phil Roe discussed the stimulus bill.
“We got it at 9 o’clock yesterday morning and voted at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon,” Roe said of the bill. “No one has read this bill. I can promise you not one senator, not one representative [...]

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I normally don’t keep up with the Tennessee Democratic Party.  It’s not that I have anything against Democrats.  It’s just that I live in East Tennessee.  This means, even if I wanted to embrace my Democraticyishness, it’d be pointless to do so.  For the record, I don’t want to embrace my Democraticyishness… any more than [...]

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Quote of the Week:

“The only difference Ron Ramsey and myself is Ron could only get one Democrat to vote for him, I got 49. Next question. Let’s get off my friend Ron Ramsey. I love Ron Ramsey, and I hope he can take a joke.” – House Speaker Kent Williams over @ Pith [...]

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For several weeks (those being all the weeks since the November election) I’ve been watching these Northeast Tennessee Republicans strutting around, prematurely crowing and using bad eggs for chicken counting.  One could almost predict their lack of humility and faith in foregone conclusions would come back to bite them.
It did.

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Yesterday sucked.
The Relative called first thing in the morning, bent out-of-shape because Obama selected that “little peckerhead” [Rahm Emanuel] for his Chief of Staff. Of course, I knew this phone call was coming. I dreaded it.
I also know there will be a thousand more over the next four [...]

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For the first time since the Reconstruction, the Republican Party has taken control of the Tennessee General Assembly – top to bottom, house to senate, the whole bicameral enchilada. (Go ahead. Take a moment. Laugh or Cry. Whatever suits you.) Personally, I think there’s a damn good reason why state political history is what it [...]

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Mike Faulk (R) 29417 50%
Mike Williams(I) 29171 50%
I blame Rob’s future-telling broom.

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Ms. Diva is pissed because they’ve already called Tennessee for McCain – so she’s talking trash to Anderson Cooper on television.
Mr. Smartypants is upset because no one has mentioned those other people, whose names were on the ballot – and he wants to know why.
Mike Faulk is leading Mike Williams in the state Senate Race.
And [...]

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Chicago is expecting mass crowds at the Obama (victory) rally – and law enforcement seems slightly yet understandably pissed that Mayor Daley extended an open invitation to the entire ticket-less US to come to Grant Park and view the event on the Jumbotron.
Chicago officials are advising police officers assigned to Grant Park to stay cool [...]

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