DeMarCaTionVille

Yes, I am aware of this and this.
As a matter of fact, I spent a good 45 minutes earlier today listening to Ralph Jr. rattle on about how Bill Frist’s decision to put out a good word for a the drug-abusing child molester guy will ruin his chances at Governor. Ralph’s a [...]

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(*Fairly Unbalanced Alert: The radio advertisement featured here has been heavily edited in order to take the candidate’s words out of context and regroup them – thereby making the candidate say whatever I want him to say. Translation: technology downloaded from the internet grants me powers similar to that of Ron Ramsey, the Haslams [...]

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Senator Williams has been blanketing the district with mailers for the last two weeks. Several voters have emailed me questions about those mailers – and I tried to find the answers.

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Apparently, at the June 23, 2008 meeting of the county commission, a local politician jumped on a stump to do a lil’ campaigning. (If I’m not mistaken it was State Rep. candidate Richard Gabriel.)
Consequently, the Hawkins County Legislative Board of Commissioners has decided the meetings can no longer be used as a political forum. [...]

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I hate manipulation of any type. I’m tired of it. Americans are constantly being manipulated by news media, politicians, special interest groups, ad companies, spouses, children, extended family – heck, even my dog manipulates me. I certainly don’t want to add to the daily assault.
This is why normally I would [...]

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Last Wednesday, Hank Hayes at the Times-News ran the obligatory election year piece: “Obama faces uphill climb winning Tennessee in November.” I say obligatory because every year we examine the chances of Democratic candidates in our state, declare them nil and move on to other things.
In 2000, we had: Gore’s home advantage in [...]

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Jim Geraghty @ the Campaign Spot says:
Sometimes, this rumor of this alleged tape of Michelle Obama denouncing “whitey” sounds like something out of a clichéd political thriller novel.
Actually, it sounds exactly like something out of a clichéd political thriller novel. Specifically, Stephen Frey’s The Power Broker, published in 2006 by Ballantine Books.

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Now. [...]

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According to the Times-News, the Sullivan County Imagination Library, which distributes free books to children in the county, hit a major milestone this week — the delivery of its 150,000th book. Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey just happened to be on hand for the celebration of this accomplishment Wednesday at the Bristol YWCA. [...]

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