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My proposal to improve the Presidential primary process.

The current primary process is correctly criticized for its exclusionary tendencies.  New Hampshire and Iowa are certainly not representative of the nation, and caucuses are not very democratic for a...

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Jackie Hill, the first African American woman in history to be elected in...

Jackie Hill became the first African American woman to be elected to the Blount County, Tennessee County Commission.  She also became the first Democrat to win a district carried by Donald Trump by a...

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Republican Speaker chooses ideology over the needs of rural Tennesseans on...

In the State of Tennessee, approximately 422,000 people do not have access to high speed broadband internet that meets the FCC’s guidelines for high speed broadband access.  There is a bill currently...

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State Senator supports government subsidies for guns, but opposes covering...

State Senator Frank Nicely just voted against Insure Tennessee, which was a plan negotiated by Republican Governor Bill Haslam with the Obama administration to expand health care coverage in Tennessee...

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On the horns of a dillema: Do I vote in the Republican Primary to unseat...

You may or may not recognize his name, but you have probably seen some of his extreme and crazy positions and statements over the years.  Unfortunately, my State Senator, Stacey Campfield is a complete...

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Obama leading in actual votes counted in NH 64% to 32%

Harts Location just posted their results, and President Obama has surged out to a 64 % to 32 % lead in actual votes counted in the critical swing state of New Hampshire.  Gary Johnson has garnered 4%...

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Republicans want to raise your taxes!

That's right!  We need to state this fact over and over and over again.  When they talk about "broadening the tax base," that's simply code for their plan to raise taxes on the middle class and...

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My proposal for a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

So Republicans are always talking about passing Constitutional Amendments.  They want to pass a Constitutional Amendment banning abortion.  They want to pass a Constitutional Amendment banning same...

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Every Man, Woman, and child for his or her self: An example of "rugged...

In case you haven't heard, the fire department for the City of South Fulton, Tennessee literally sat and watched and did nothing as a family's home along with their three dogs and cats went up in...

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Is Rand Paul a 9/11 truther?

Yes, we all know that Rand Paul holds extremists views on what the scope of the federal government.  If he had his way and his view of the Constitution prevailed, there would be no social security, no...

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Where was the GOP criticism when these terrorists were read their Miranda...

So I have a question for Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Peter King, Joe Lieberman, John Cornyn, John Kyle and all of the other idiots who want to simply disregard the Constitutional rights of criminal...

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Forget Reconciliation.  End the Unconstitutional Filibuster!

Everyone on this site is talking about reconciliation, passing the Senate bill as is, and various other options in order to get around the de facto 3/5ths supermajority requirement that has been...

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My Compromise Proposal for Healthcare Reform

So we all know that Healthcare reform has been hijacked by turncoat Joe Lieberman.  We all despise this traitor, but the fact remains that unless we use the nuclear option or pass a bill through the...

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A Call to Action:  Report Insurance fraud to Blue Cross Blue Shield!

As you all already know by now, Blue Cross Blue Shield has just came out with their opposition to a public option.  Of course, they are against a public option; they currently operate a monopoly, and...

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Early Voting stats look good, but there's still work left to do!

First of all, I must give credit where credit is due.  Most of the statistics found in this diary come directly from this excellent George Mason University website put together by Political Science...

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Obama is winning Georgia!

That's right, he may not win on election day, but if the early votes that have already been cast were tabulated, my guess is that Obama would be winning the state.  I base that prediction on the fact...

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Early Voting in Ohio (some preliminary statistics and analysis from two...

OK, I want to make it clear at the outset that this is no where near a comprehensive analysis of early voting statistics in Ohio.  Quite frankly I would like to see such an analysis similar to some...

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Action Alert:  Submit your debate questions for the Nashville, Tennessee

The Presidential debate in Belmont is going to be a Town Hall style debate where Americans can submit their questions through myspace.com.  I personally liked the youtube debates during the primaries,...

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John McCain's mother sued his ex-wife!  Get this story out ASAP!!

We all know about John McCain's marital infidelity on his first wife.  We all know that McCain's first wife, Carol Shepp, stood faithfully by McCain for 5 1/2 years while he was in a POW camp, and...

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Here's the real reason that the GOP is scared about Democrats winning this...

I am a practicing attorney in Knoxville, Tennessee.  And as an attorney, I receive a lot of email regarding CLE's or "continuing legal education" seminars.  Today I recieved an email from M. Lee Smith...

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