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Forget the State Senate Election: Let’s Just Get Ready to Rumble

Posted in Tennessee, politics on Oct 23rd, 2008

The wee hours of November 5th cannot get here soon enough. I’m not terribly excited by the prospect of an Obama win because he’s a little scary in terms of shutting down detractors – but you know what? There’s more citizens than there are Presidents.  Bloggers alone can outnumber him.  So, [...]

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The Battle for State Senate… It’s Only Just Begun

Posted in Hawkins County, Local Characters, Tennessee, politics on Aug 8th, 2008

Unlike poll workers, I was terribly busy yesterday.
I’d dropped by the school/polling place to chat with Smartypants’ new teacher. I had questions about how to be a cool 3rd grade mom, such as: Am I supposed to accompany him to class on the first day? Do other parents do this? Should I [...]

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The School of Marsha & Mike

Posted in Hawkins County, Tennessee on Aug 1st, 2008

Much ado has been made over Marsha Blackburn shelling out campaign dough to her daughter for whatever work her daughter performed on behalf of the campaign. Perhaps hoping to avoid the same political pitfall, Mike Faulk announced last week his daughter, Katherine, would be serving as his campaign Finance Director.
This allowed [...]

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