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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You listen to Republicans, and you’d think that the only thing we need to do to address our current fuel and energy crisis is drill, drill, drill and drill some more – even if the Department of Energy, the Bush administration’s Department of Energy, that is, has done…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] I can’t tell if this latest bit of misinformation involving Bob Goodlatte is from his congressional office or his campaign office – for some reason, I’ve not been getting news releases from either for a few months now – or if it’s the result of overzealousness on the part of…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] John McCain took some time away from his ongoing effort to make Britney Spears and Paris Hilton into ’08 campaign issues to talk about the economy today, releasing his plan for helping small businesses through the economic slowdown, though looking at it might make one wonder if Republicans…
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] Poor Mike. Our sales manager is a hardcore Republican. Makes life kinda tough working for the area’s progressive news source. So Mike walks back to my office this afternoon after getting off the phone with a local GOP friend (actually a friend of both of ours – hey, I can…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Emmett Hanger is smart enough not to fall into the trap I was laying for him. I wanted to get Hanger to talk to me about his possible rekindled interest in running for lieutenant governor next year – knowing, of course, as I was asking the question that I was…
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A View from the Right column by Mike Hodge I have an important question to pose to you, but first an observation. You’ve heard all the hoopla about Tim Kaine being Barack Obama’s VP. I wanted to tell you why this is a good thing for Valley Republicans. Bill Bolling running for governor and Bob…
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Compiled by Chris Graham [email protected] SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO IT: Virginians average at volunteering That’s according to new survey data from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Funny how we have to have a corporation for national and community service, ain’t it? We have to have paid professionals to get us to volunteer. Interesting….
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Special Commentary by Chris Graham [email protected] I’m trying to make sense of why Senate Republicans have filibustered legislation that would rein in market speculators who have helped drive up the price of oil well beyond natural supply-and-demand forces. They do understand that it’s an election year, right? And that taking the side of Big Oil…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The House of Representatives has passed back to the Senate a bill that would help homeowners caught up in the ongoing foreclosure crisis, even as a pair of Virginia congressmen facing re-election battles voted against the measure. “Congressman Goode is clearly out of touch with the honest, hardworking people of…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Shenandoah Valley is among the reddest parts of red-state America. Tim Russert, God rest his soul, needed a brighter shade for us to get across just how red we are. George W. Bush got 74.4 percent of the vote in Augusta County and Rockingham County in 2004,…
