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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Saturday Morning Rock Report From The Virginia Tea Party Convention

by Smitty Blog buddy Chris Cassone joined the Axis of Fedora: He also did a couple of his Tea Party favorites: He followed up with: Chris Cassone’s book/CD, “Take Our Country Back: One Song, and One Man’s Story About the Tea Party” is due out by Christmas from Dunham Books. The morning had been opened […]

Career Advice for Media Professionals

From time to time, as a public service, I like to share insights that may be helpful to media professionals. For example, no matter how many Emmy awards you win as an investigative TV reporter, there are still a few phrases that can harm your career. One such phrase is “digitally penetrating a 4-year-old girl.” Hope this […]

TwitterGate Update: Neal Rauhauser Switches Account to ‘Protected’ Status

After my first post about TwitterGate, many of the “Beandogs” in Democratic campaign consultant Neal Rauhauser’s network were laughing as if it were all a big joke. Yesterday, I came back with a second post that connected the dots a bit more clearly — and highlighted Rauhauser’s status as a Daily Kos contributor. In the […]

Few Miles Journeyed to Richmond: Adavantageous

by Smitty The Virginia Tea Party Convention has been a success. Attending an event in a full-on convention center means that the booths and the speakers have much more room. It’s far less cramped than CPAC has been. We couldn’t wish for better speakers and breakout sessions. I’ve got 16Gb of video that is going […]

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TOP NEWS Chinese Political Prisoner Wins Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Committee ignores PRC pressure, selects Charter 08 author and longtime advocate of nonviolent change to PRC political system 96,000 More Jobs Lost In September Unexpectedly! Jones Out, Donilon In As National Security Adviser Replacing a general with a lawyer. As they didn’t have enough lawyers […]

Beat Keith Ellison . . . For the Children!

There are 435 congressional districts in America and even a stone political junkie can’t keep up with every campaign in the country. So I sometimes run across great candidates more or less at random: Republican Joel Demos seems like he’s got a great sense of humor, and he’ll probably need it, because the 5th District […]

The John Tierney Scandal: Did Democrat Benefit From His Racketeering In-Laws?

The Massacusetts Democrat’s wife pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges this week, and now questions are being asked about John Tierney’s campaign contributions: US Representative John F. Tierney’s elderly mother-in-law donated $4,800 to his campaign account at the same time that she was receiving money from a bank account that was allegedly funded with illegal […]

Another Axis Of Fedora Expansion

by Smitty Just a conservative girl joins the fold. Then, Kat from Cathouse Chat tuned in, tried on, Fedorad out: We hit the trifecta with Debbie Lee of America’s Mighty Warriors. What a wonderful, motivating lady. The Axis of Fedora would like to take a moment to debut its new victory theme on drums: Meanwhile, […]

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