Category — Politics

Republican State Leadership Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie penned an op/ed in the Washington Examiner today about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It’s a terrible idea that has wide bipartisan support.

Gillespie writes:

The NPV would allow state legislatures to cast their state’s Electoral College votes for the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of how their states voted. In August, California joined the compact, giving it 49 percent of the 270 electoral votes it needs to take effect.

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Oh, the tolerance of the Left…

Late yesterday evening, a Knoxville restaurant cryptically suggested that it denied service to conservative State Senator Stacey Campfield, allegedly for remarks he’s made about the gay community and his fervent opposition to LGBT rights in the Legislature.

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Joe Lance over at Tennessee Ticket opined briefly yesterday about former Democrat State Senator Rosalind Kurita’s court battle against the State Primary Board and the Tennessee Democratic Party, asking “Is a primary election an election?”

A hearing was held last Tuesday in the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on the federal lawsuit brought by former Sen. Rosalind Kurita over her 2008 removal from the ballot by the Executive Committee of the Tennessee Democratic Party.

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, and I don’t intend to address that in this particular post. Perhaps later.

But last week, MTSU Sidelines Opinions Editor Brandon “Occupy Wall Street” Thomas ran an editorial seeking the “perfect Republican” Presidential candidate in the style of a Craig’s List post. Basically, he took the more extreme elements of the Right and rolled them into a mythical candidate.

Cute. I was inspired to write a Craig’s List-style response from the perspective of the liberal Democrat base… seeking 2008 candidate Obama. I hear it’s in today’s edition, but here is the original, unedited version.

Enjoy.

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