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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A funny thing happened on the way to me writing the story about how out of touch Barack Obama is on the Southwest Virginia coal industry. Turns out that he’s not. “The truth is that if Sen. Obama has his way, and we impose these massive new taxes…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Those of us who dare to raise questions about Sarah Palin’s public record are officially on the enemies list now. “We’re proud of Gov. Palin’s leadership in Alaska and record of taking on entrenched special interests and the good old boys network,” said former Massachusetts governor Jane Swift, a member…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Talk about spining a story. If you believe the McCain-Palin campaign, the rally that had been scheduled for Wednesday morning at Fairfax High School is being moved to a nearby park because of “overwhelming” response for tickets. The outcry that had been raised over the use of the school building…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Jim Gilmore characterized his first TV ad of the 2008 campaign season as “Principled.” The response from the Mark Warner campaign highlights the “Preposterous” charges lobbed at Warner in the ad. The 30-second ad will begin airing tonight in the same TV markets where the Gilmore ad that takes a…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The silence on the breaking news from late last week regarding UVa. starting quarterback Peter Lalich is reaching the level of deafening. Several news organizations reported beginning late Thursday night that Lalich had apparently violated the terms of the probation that he was under following an arrest in July for…
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Analysis by Chris Graham [email protected] John McCain has a slight lead in Virginia, but Barack Obama has drawn even nationwide after McCain’s Republican National Convention bounce. That is the finding of Rasmussen Reports, which has Obama and McCain even at 48 percent of the national vote in its daily tracking poll while giving McCain a…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] The Jim Gilmore for Senate campaign and the Republican Party of Virginia has released the first GOP U.S. Senate TV ad of the ’08 campaign. Titled “Principled,” the ad began airing over the weekend throughout Virginia. Watch the ad below, and then feel free to comment with your thoughts on…
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Letter from Murray Whitehill, Ivy Summer has now passed, and the school season is upon us. Perhaps one thing that our school system could focus on is everyday math. Our children need to be taught that when a store has a 30 percent off sale, you are not saving anything – you are spending less….
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Barack Obama is not welcome in Southwest Virginia. That was the rather curious, to me, anyway, message today from the presidential campaign that has said that it will tone down the partisan rhetoric and even reach out across the aisle to welcome Democrats into its reform-minded administration if…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The family of a Greenville teen convicted in June of the abduction and rape of his 15-year-old former girlfriend has launched an Internet petition to plea for leniency in his upcoming sentencing. “Our hope is that anyone with sons will feel that something like this could very easily happen to…
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