By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  February 8th at 09:23 AM  | 

Yesterday, in John Brennan’s confirmation hearing for the position of Director of the CIA, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), asked Brennan whether an American citizen that has met the CIA’s test for assassination, may be given the opportunity to surrender before being killed. Brennan stated that all Americans who have joined with, Al-Qaeda (for example) have been provided notice that the United States will kill them | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  February 7th at 09:42 AM  | 

As the New York Times recently reported, Karl Rove’s Crossroads Super PAC is beginning a project to take out Tea Party candidates in Republican primaries around the country in favor of establishment moderates, or as Karl Rove would say – more electable candidates like Mitt Romney.  If I was a liberal, I would be enjoying a good laugh as conservatives will now have to defend | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  February 5th at 10:12 AM  | 

Following Governor McDonnell’s lead, Virginia republicans are moving quickly to raise the gas tax on all Virginians.  The Governor, in an attempt to better VA transportation in the congested northern and eastern portions of the Commonwealth, proposed dropping the 17 cent per gallon gas tax and replacing it with an across the board tax increase of almost 1% on every item sold in Virginia.  He | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  February 5th at 09:48 AM  | 

An official Justice Department “White Paper” has been released to the media detailing (or failing to detail) the White House’s justification for drone strikes on American citizens.  While this is not an official legal memo, the actual memos remain classified, it represents the official logic used by our government in hunting down American citizens and killing them without trial, after concluding they are senior Al-Qaeda | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  January 31st at 10:40 AM  | 

Many fact checking websites claim to tell the citizenry when news stories have been dishonestly relayed or are flat out hit jobs.  Unfortunately, most of these sites are left leaning and do not always live up to their claims.  Today, Alexander Burns of Politico, who has a long history of creating positive narratives for Barack Obama, is at it again.  This morning, with a hit | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  January 30th at 12:00 PM  | 

Negotiations are under way for a bipartisan, grand immigration overhaul plan.  The goals of both sides are clear.     Democrats have two.  They want more Democratic voters now and in the future.  They want amnesty for everyone here right now but they also want open borders so that the Hispanic influx continues to bolster their voting rolls going into the future.  Republicans seek to minimize | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  January 30th at 09:29 AM  | 

Well, it looks like the Obama double-dip Recession has turned out to be more than Republican rhetoric or anti-Obamamunism.  The numbers are out.  The economy shrunk at a rate of .1% GDP, adjusted annually.  What is most shocking is that this occurred during the Fourth Quarter – during the Christmas season when the economy typically grows the most.  The third quarter showed a 3.1% increase | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  January 25th at 05:19 AM  | 

  In the beginning days of the American Republic, citizens had a healthy dose of skepticism regarding government.  They knew the dangers of government but at the same time they trusted their leaders.  Those days ended generations ago.  But what used to be a healthy skepticism of government has begun to take on a feeling of all out distrust of government. More and more, this | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  January 21st at 07:42 AM  | 

The immigration reform debate is coming whether we want it or not.  Obama has become a political heavyweight, steamrolling the weakest Speaker of the House in modern history and the impotent GOP caucus at every turn.  But he won’t stop there.  His stated objective is guns, debt ceiling and immigration. If Obama can handle the immigration debate as masterfully as he has handled the past | Read More »

By: Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)  |  January 18th at 05:40 AM  | 

Many people have been discarding the principles of the Second Amendment (II) these past few weeks.  They argue that our country implemented the Amendment when they had single shot muskets.  They state that, had the founders had AR’s, they wouldn’t have allowed such guns to be protected by the Constitution.  This assertion really couldn’t be more incorrect.  The Second Amendment was meant to allow American | Read More »