"Dem, Democrat, Democratic, (D)," ..... Which one?

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Several times in the past it has been questioned which term should be used when describing a member of the Democratic Party. Now I am sure there is a host of names, descriptions, phrases, nick-names, designations, aka’s, epithets, titles, etc. that we have for Democratic Party members such as Hillary, Dean, Webb, and Reid but that is another post in the works.

When referring to a member of this party what is the best term to use?

Let’s say you are writing about candidate Jim Webb…
(Careful with your description for there may be children that see your choices, not that Jim Webb would care what they saw…)

Would it be Democrat Candidate Jim Webb?
Or Democratic Candidate Jim Webb?
Or Dem Candidate Jim Webb?
Or Candidate Jim Webb (D)?
(Senator Jim Webb is not an option…)

Today the Staunton NewsLeader printed my letter to the Editor and took care of this pressing question in choice of title to use. Above is the copy that the NewsLeader decided to print.

Below is the actual text that I submitted for print.


"The Delegates stood up to Governor Kaine who wants to once again raise our taxes after promising not to during his campaign and claims that there is a transportation "crisis". Democratic Governor Kaine wants to raise taxes again even when we have a billion dollar plus surplus that he wants to save for a "Rainy Day" fund which sounds like another diversion of our tax money.Times are tough. But we are fortunate to have leaders who stand up and make tough decisions for what is right for us and our future…"

Notice what the Staunton Newsleader decided to print, or failed to print, when I named Governor Tim Kaine as the man who wants to once again raise the taxes on Virginia taxpayers when we already have a billion dollar surplus?

Seems the Staunton NewsLeader decided it was best NOT to identify Governor Tim Kaine as the Democrat that he is and member of the party who continues to strive for higher taxes…

Webb stands for: uh, uh, can I get back to you on that?

Weeble

United Conservatives has come up with another great post that is actually a re-play that was requested many times...

http://unitedconservatives.blogspot.com/2006/10/jim-webb-endorsements.html

Great Job!!!

Freedom of speech, religion, etc...

Harrisonburg, VA.

Last week in Harrisonburg Virginia a story surfaced of a man who was fired from his job at Cargill for having the above message on the window of his truck. The link to the story is as follows and goes into more detail. The Marriage Amendment will be voted on this election in Virginia on November 7th and has become a hot issue at times. It supports the marriage between one woman and one man and has surfaced in many different forms in the area. Seems the "Progressives" have a problem with this amendment and in fact their candidate for Virginia Senate Jim Webb is against it. Many people have come out stating that it is in the Virginia Constitution already and does not need to be voted on. The problem here is that they fail to mention States like Mass who has had Liber Progressive Judges who have determined these laws to be un-contitutional and we now have Gay marriage in that state.

On RightsideVA I had a post about this issue http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-to-vote-and-what-not-to-vote-for.html at which time I had an election official tell me that I did not need to vote for the marriage amendment because it was already law.

The Harrisonburg newspaper the Daily News Record had several articles on this issue.

"Padilla, 40, supports the marriage amendment. On his truck’s rear window he wrote, "Please, vote for marriage on Nov. 7."

Not that radical, not over the line, and seems to be a simple statement to me...

Link to DNR
http://www.dnronline.com/search_details.php?AID=6892&CHID=1&key=padilla%20cargill&title=&author=&channelid=

"Let's try to keep up here Dave"...

Manassas VA.




Had the opportunity today to go up to Manassas Airport to hear Senator George Allen as well as Senator John Warner and VA Attorney General Bob McDonnell speak. I also noticed NBC Reporter David Gregory circling the area and waiting for Senator Allen to complete his speech so he could interview the Senator. Senator Allen was at the airport to receive the endorsements of several VFW organizations and to talk about issues important to the citizens of Virginia before the election in 3 weeks.

Senator Allen spoke about the importance of the war on terrorism and the important front we have on this war in Iraq as well as preparing the Iraqi people to take control of their country and new democracy. He spoke of the importance of this war and that the threats are real and we will not get a second chance and if the terrorist in Iraq are given an opening they will hit again. “Jim Webb will give them that opening”.

Senator Allen continued and spoke about many important issues and then concluded his speech and thanked those gathered there. I then noticed David Gregory move over to interview the Senator and was able to find a spot to get a photo and hear the exchange. Senator Allen started the interview stating the important issues concerning the citizens of Virginia as well as the United States.

I could see that Gregory was not interested at all with the facts and the issues and as soon as he could he brought up the “Maccaca” issue and how it will effect the election. Senator Allen was polite but also quick to return the conversation to the issues and the facts. Gregory once again did not seem interested and followed up with the question of how the Senator feels the voters will feel about him since he supported President Bush so often. Senator Allen stated that he felt confident that the voters will support him favorably and only wished the President “agreed with him more often”. Classic line and reply and Gregory lost interest in the interview right away. Doubt much of the interview will actually make it to broadcast for Gregory did not get the “gem” he was looking for.

It is unfortunate that Gregory, as well as the MainScream media and many LOCAL newspapers do not see that Senator Allen is talking the important issues and what he will do when he is re-elected by the people of Virginia. They seem to ignore that Jim Webb continues to avoid the true issues and has the support of the MainScream\Local media in doing this. Thanks for reading the blogs and talking with the people who attend functions and get the truth out…

Was not sure what show Gregory was with now so did a search on Google. Found many things that he has done over the years and there are too many to list here now but did see this listing which brought back memories of his actions…

"NBC White House correspondent David Gregory, who apologized last week for calling White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan a "jerk," called into MSNBC's IMUS Thursday morning — apparently drunk!"

"Slow-thaw?"

$90,000

So has anybody heard anything about the Democratic Representative from Louisiana, William Jefferson lately???

"FBI agents videotaped Rep. William Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, accepting $100,000 in cash they said was intended as a bribe for a Nigerian official and later found $90,000 of the money hidden in his freezer, according to a court document released on Sunday."

"The document said the eight-term congressman received the cash from an FBI informant, who approached the bureau in March 2005 with her suspicion that Jefferson and two business associates conspired to defraud her out of $3.5 million."

"Born Fighting" - Campaign Finance Reform?...

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"In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and...."

Anybody notice how fast Jim Webb stated that "Born Fighting" was a term used to describe Scots-Irish people after Senator Allen referred to "Born Fighting" as Webb's campaign motto during the recent debate? Earlier today before the debate a friend pointed out to me the motto "Born Fighting", which is used in the Webb campaign and is seen on many signs all over the place, is also the title to one of the books written by Jim Webb. He also questioned if this is a violation of the Campaign Finance Reform that went thru awhile back by promoting the campaign in a indirect way...

I also found it interesting that there was talk of limiting the use of the "Born Fighting" a few weeks back by the campaign and that it would not be used anymore. And now Webb is quick to state that it is a term to describe Scots-Irish people when used during a campaign debate. Another interesting thing I found was that if you go to James Webb.com website you will find a full description of Webb's books and links to buy this same book alongwith a link to the Webb for Senate website...

Way to Rally the Troops...

Staunton VA.

It seems that several of the Marriage Amendment signs have gone missing in the Staunton City area and pulled from residents front lawns and other high profile areas. It will not be a big problem to replace these for there is much support for this amendment and issue but this act of thievery has brought on a surprising groundswell of support and determination. The act of theft along with the intrusion onto private property has resulted in a new and stronger determination by many who had their signs stolen... Many have been replaced and here are just a few back out there getting the message out... For more information go to the website: www.va4marriage.org ...

Liberal Arts -Drama-

Staunton Drama



Over at "The Common Man" he has a post about a recent discussion by a local Drama teacher and several students about the marriage amendment coming up on the next ballot. Take a look at some of the statements made by the teacher in front of our students and see what you think. She does state "I’m looking out for your future and for your children’s’ futures"

It is interesting that she makes this comment after some of the other things she says in front of the students...

It's getting tougher and tougher to grow up these days...

http://johnathanmaxfield.blogspot.com/2006/10/much-ado-aboutthe-drama-of-marriage.html

Front Page NewsLeader material???

A field staffer for Democratic congressional candidate Al Weed took a cheap shot at Senator Allen in a e-mail calling for Democratic supporters to protest the Senator at a Republican rally.
The staffer took a swing with her own nickname for the Senator and made a Jewish alteration refering to the Senator...

The staffer resigned as she should have.
But will the local newspaper even mention it in their issue?
Will they do an editorial cartoon about it?
Wait and see...

full story at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401762_pf.html

Staunton News

Staunton Virginia

Recently there has been an addition to the local "News Sources" in the Staunton News blog at
http://www.stauntonnews.net/ . It is a welcomed addition to the local blogs that have been providing the "rest of the story" that is not provided by the local newspapers and gives the local population a place to go to get the facts that tend to fall between the cracks, or pushed thru the cracks, by the local media.

The Staunton News also provides a running list of recent postings to local GOP bloggers and makes it an easy stop to see what is going on in the neighboorhood. Some have asked why all the blogs seem to be "Conservative and\or Right-Wing" but it is obvious to see that the local papers are all the "Left-Wing and\or Liberal" readers need for they obviously lean, lurch, sway, protract, incline, slant, slope, prefer, swing, heel, tilt, heave, to the left in their coverage and opinion...

RightsideVA is proud to be included in the blog-roll of this new site...