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Call For Entries: F2B’s Second Annual Turkey-of-the-Year Award

By Dan Smolen • Nov 27th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local, Spotsylvania, Stafford

Aw c’mon…you must have some good nominees for F2B Turkey-of-the-Year?  Please post your comments, today!
It’s time again for Fred2Blue’s second-annual turkey-of-the-year award!  And we’re calling for entries!
What is your choice for the Turkey of the Year?
Is it a: Person? Thing? Event? Election-Year Issue? Media Outlet?  Please tell us why your turkey deserves the top prize.
Entries will be judged [...]



Free Lance-Star Endorses…..NO ONE for President

By Chris Guy • Oct 26th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

But you know what’s sad? This means they don’t feel as strongly about McCain or Obama as they did about Bush 4 years ago.
So they endorse a Democrat for Senate, a Republican for the House, and Jarack McBama for President.

      



Del Toro Comes Out Strong for Obama

By Chris Guy • Oct 24th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

The Free Lance-Star has endorsed Mark Warner for Senate and Rob Wittman for Congress. No surprises there. But today’s issue also features a very strong op-ed piece from Carlos Del Toro.
In addition to running for the House of Delegates last year in the 88th district, Del Toro was a leader in Hillary Clinton’s VA campaign and was a Clinton [...]



F2B to FLS Editorial Staff: Surprise Us!

By Dan Smolen • Oct 17th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style (halftime show). With a h/t to Patty for Mr. Bug Eyes.
Chris’ post last week, recalled that today (October 17) marks 4 years since the FL-S published a completely ironic endorsement of George W. Bush for President.   
From the editorial:
He will, we judge, persevere in Iraq and in the larger conflict with neo-barbarism. The country’s economic [...]



An Oldie But a Goodie

By Chris Guy • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

Think of this before the Free Lance-Star’s inevitable endorsement of John McCain for President…
Next week, it’ll be four years ago they had this to say about George W. Bush:
He will, we judge, persevere in Iraq and in the larger conflict with neo-barbarism. The country’s economic foundation and, more crucially, its physical security are safer if [...]



Bill Day Recieves Times Community Newspapers Endorsements

By Chris Guy • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

These 6 regional papers cover Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudon, Prince William, Rappahannock, and Culpeper counties:
As a businessman, with over 40 years of experience and a Harvard MBA, Democrat Bill Day knows what it will take to get the economy and the country back on track and that’s why we give him our endorsement for Congress in [...]



On The Other Hand…

By John LeFebre • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

From today’s Free Lance-Star…
The GOP campaign has used a toxic brew of political correctness and media bashing to justify its sequestration of Sarah Palin.  Operatives not known for their sensitivity to sexism suddenly are the high apostles of the politics of gender.
“But the continued sheltering of Mrs. Palin itself constitutes a form of sexism.  It’s ironic that [...]



Same Old Same Old…

By John LeFebre • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

The Free Lance-Star flops again with an embarrassingly slanted analysis of the House vote on the financial rescue, blaming Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for the Republican vote and low income home buyers for the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
The Democrats voted 140 to 95 (60%) in favor and the Republicans voted 133 to 65 (68%) against. The [...]



Every Voter Should See This

By Chris Guy • Sep 13th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

I know it’s hard to keep up with the McCain campaign lies nowadays. But this one is one of the oldest: That Obama will raise your taxes. That’s true, he will….if you make more than $600k a year. The McCain campaign claims everyone making more than $42k a year will recieve a tax-hike under the [...]



The Fat chance-Star: Only The News That Fits, They’ll Print

By Dan Smolen • Sep 13th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local, Stafford

A forthnightly rant, FL-S style.
Let’s say local Republicans stage an event and the featured guests are Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, AG Bob McDonnell, Congressman Rob Wittman, and Speaker of the House Wild Bill Howell.  Then let’s say a local committee chair calls the FL-S and its political reporter Emily Battle to see if they would be able [...]