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VCDL: Take 5 Minutes and Take Action On Gun Bills

VCDL: Take 5 Minutes and Take Action On Gun Bills
VCDL Alerts Email: TAKE ACTION 1. Make background checks once again INSTANT 2.  Action Item:  email the Governor to sign repeal of One Handgun a Month 3.  Bad bills killed in subcommittee last Friday 4.  Bills we are still watching in the General Assembly 5.  Antis pressure Governor McDonnell to veto the One Handgun a [...]

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Breaking News: Video – Tim Donner Concludes Campaign

Breaking News: Video – Tim Donner Concludes Campaign
With a video message Tim Donner concludes his campaign. My hat’s off to him for taking an honest look at the his campaign and make a tough choice. So often candidates live in an echo chamber that says “I’m Awesome” it’s not easy to be a candidate and live in real ville. Thank You Tim [...]

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Police State America…One Step Closer Indeed

What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.

Thomas Jefferson – Original Enemy “Belligerent”

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Tim Donner: Debate? Not Even Close!

Given that George Allen was representing my party, I had hoped he would truly take the fight to Tim Kaine and win yesterday’s debate in Richmond. But not only did Kaine completely outpoint Mr. Allen, he managed to take the major issue of 2012 – the issue that should be at the forefront of every [...]

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Democrats The Complaining Minority

Editors Note: It’s typical of the Democrats to complain when conservatives are not “reaching across the aisle in a spirit of bipartisanship” . Where was this attitude when the Democrat majority was creating committees in violation of the senate rules? At least the Republican Majority is following the rules. To a “T” I’d say! ### [...]

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Democrats The Complaining Minority

Editors Note: It’s typical of the Democrats to complain when conservatives are not “reaching across the aisle in a spirit of bipartisanship” . Where was this attitude when the Democrat majority was creating committees in violation of the senate rules? At least the Republican Majority is following the rules. To a “T” I’d say! ### [...]

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Victory: Working Together – Pragmatism and Principle

I wanted to make sure that the contribution of the Tea Party wasn’t lost in this latest election. A large portion of the victory in these 2011 elections was because of Tea Party groups across the state. In the case of Bill Stanley (20th State Senate District) it was the Danville, Lynchburg, Southside, and Franklin [...]

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Robert Hurt on Virginia election results

Statement By Robert Hurt On Virginia’s Election Results CHATHAM, VA – Robert Hurt released the following statement after last night’s election results in Virginia where Republicans grew their majority in the House of Delegates and put an end to the Democrats’ majority in the State Senate:  “I want to thank all of our local and state candidates in the 5th District and [...]

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