tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90402851631660242992011-04-21T11:54:12.922-07:00The Lovettsville Ledger (c)-Our perspective from this historic Irish-German settlement-John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-86771267827379084032008-09-29T11:59:00.000-07:002008-09-29T12:01:25.615-07:00REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVES HOLD BACK ON BAILOUT VOTEThe Conservative Republican Caucus held back votes in a most under-handed fashion in order to defeat the bailout vote in Congress this afternoon.As a result, the Dow has dropped 700 points, and gas per barrel is dropping for fear of inflation.The Republicans are making the pretense that the vote failed because of partisan remarks by Speaker Pelosi.Minority Leader Boehner knew where every vote wasJohn P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-87347802720570678312008-09-24T12:40:00.000-07:002008-09-24T12:41:52.627-07:00McCain suspends his campaign and bails out on the debate w/ ObamaSenator John McCain is suspending his presidential campaign and trying to bail out of the debate scheduled for this Friday evening at 9 PM with Senator Barack Obama.The most moderate criticism is to say that McCain can't multi-task.Mores seriously, it appears that McCain is making a politically desperate move to revive his own campaign, rather than to revive the US economy.McCain says he is John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-73775553085834111802008-09-21T10:21:00.000-07:002008-09-21T10:25:38.350-07:00“MCNASTY” MARGINALIZED – THE PARTING OF THE RED SEAJohn McCain was thrust into ice water in a bath tub by his parents to curb his anger when he was young.However questionable this parental chilling may have been, McCain’s anger and outbursts have persisted into his adult life, and into this campaign; thus, has McCain rightly earned the nickname, “McNasty”. This week saw McCain’s magma rise and erupt again in the face of the economic crisis that John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-29186007582277740632008-09-12T08:41:00.000-07:002008-09-12T08:44:58.461-07:00They paint us as strangers giving candy to kids - time to fight backWhat the Republican smear machine does is line up smudged slandering images side by side, big lies, and causes the voters to hate and fear based on the false demeaning conclusions about the person at issue, making that person a pariah, an outcast, not one of us. That's how they silence disagreement. And that's how they win elections.When the Republicans falsely state that Obama wanted to teach John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-85469397113568826162008-09-04T05:14:00.000-07:002008-09-04T05:17:02.477-07:00SNOW JOB AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONAnyone who heard the speech this evening of Miss Congeniality at the Republican National Convention knows that she is anything but "congenial".Governor Sarah "Barracuda" Palin showed us her sharp elbows and was the closing act in a low class tag team performance begun with "Rude" Giuliani's attacks on Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.When I was John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-35693020979369421762008-09-01T13:56:00.000-07:002008-09-01T14:38:16.509-07:00WALK INTO THE NIGHT - FROM THE CONVENTIONWhen we left the convention hall last thursday night, with almost 80,000 of our closest friends, we decided it was a better idea to walk from the convention hall downtown, rather than take the bus; the night before it had taken an hour and a half from the Pepsi Center to travel by bus to the hotel. Invesco was bigger and further away. It may not have been any faster to walk -- but it sure was a John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-82357750594691729222008-08-29T07:01:00.000-07:002008-08-29T08:09:27.094-07:00OBAMA: AN AMERICAN DREAM AND A PROMISE FOR CHANGEAmerica began a forced march to restore its historic legacy in Denver last night when an army of 80,000 people, in a mile-high stadium, shouted as in one voice that we had had enough and made a promise to change all that this November.We have set out to end the Joycean nightmare from which the nation has appeared unable to awake - to cure economic stagnation and end military adventurism - John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-61055836598996803982008-08-29T01:17:00.000-07:002008-08-29T02:36:01.397-07:00CAN YOU BE FREE IF YOU'RE IN A CAGE?Jacob Paul & Macella MonneySome of our citizens, young and old, had their protests muffled and contained, and I thought that was wrong.Outside the covention center, there were "cages" designated for "protesting."The name alone should give anyone pause.What do you say to someone who wants to "protest"?Would you please enter the "cage," sir, or madam, if you want to "protest"?That plainly John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-55398918319075488402008-08-28T02:30:00.000-07:002008-08-28T02:36:36.025-07:00BILL CLOSES THE DEAL FOR OBAMAFormer President Bill Clinton reminded us tonight how he became President, and how he got re-elected, when he made the case for nominating Senator Barack Obama to become President of the United States. When he came on stage the crowd rose to its feet, shouted Bill's name, and generally reacted without any concern except to welcome an old friend. And that was despite the recent primary that had John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-50202294509997806142008-08-27T15:06:00.000-07:002008-08-27T15:18:21.506-07:00HILLARY RELEASES; DELEGATES RESISTAt 1:45 pm this afternoon in Denver, before an assembly of her elected delegates, alternates, friends and staff, Senator Hillary Clinton announced "I'm now releasing you delegates."The hundreds present shouted, "No."Another said, "Don't do it."Hillary explained that she was releasing her delegates and left to each delegate to vote his or her conscience, and to allow for anyone who was bound by John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-23284295131780092212008-08-27T14:40:00.000-07:002008-08-27T15:01:00.480-07:00TENNESSEE WALKERS - NO HORSING AROUNDWhen standing in line for Hillary Clinton's confab for all her delegates at about 1:30 pm this afternoon, we got to spend some time with Clinton delegates from Tennessee and to ask them if "all was well" in their neck of the woods, in rural Tennessee.Barbara Brown, above, is from Clarksville, TN, and she had spent seven years in Blacksburg, VA.Her breakfast cereal was ruined somewhat this morningJohn P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-16412541186174261392008-08-27T09:33:00.000-07:002008-08-27T09:52:11.310-07:00A Ballot with your Bagel - Early Happy ReturnsClinton supporters this morning had a ballot with their bagel.Obama and Clinton conferees arranged for every delegate to get to vote in writing for the presidential nominee they prefer.In the Virginia delegation, as elsewhere, you got to sign your name in support of your candidate as you picked up your credentials for tonight's session of the convention.As indicated in an earlier posting, there John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-68288181733082819742008-08-27T00:30:00.000-07:002008-08-27T07:35:48.176-07:00HILL HEALS - OR HAS SHE?On the second night of the convention, Hillary Clinton brought down the house when she endorsed Barack Obama as the democratic party's nominee. You can read what she said if you didn't see and hear it on any one of the media outlets. It was a great speech and it said everything that needed to be said. The question is what effect will it have going forward?Most significantly, the question remains,John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-18592963956781204962008-08-26T06:46:00.000-07:002008-08-26T06:49:50.473-07:00FIRST KNIGHT - THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN DENVERWe are at the Democratic Convention in Denver, Colorado at the Pepsi Center and the opening gavel has sounded on the 45th gathering of 20,000 of the party faithful. Virginia is seated in the first wave of folding chairs, located far forward of the other states on the floor of the convention only 50 feet from the podium with only one state more prominent, Illinois - Senator Barack Obama's home John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-55082824331704411162008-08-25T11:30:00.000-07:002008-08-25T12:10:42.084-07:00WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE CONVENTION IN DENVER - AND IT'S GREATVirginia Governor Tim Kaine hosted the opening night celebration at Red Rocks with a barbecue and concert that had the politicos, delegates, families and friends dancing in the aisles, in this natural arena carved out of massive red rocks, overlooking the mile-high city in the midst of a far off and brilliant lightning storm.Mame Reilly outdid her past accomplishments to choose this extraordinaryJohn P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-56125359153113163492008-08-25T11:08:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:12:15.693-07:00CLINTON BACKERS MAY BE RESTLESS BUT THEY WILL BE UNITEDThe USA Poll this Monday morning, the first day of the Democratic Convention in Denver, says that "Clinton Backers are restless," and that only 47 % are "solidly" behind Obama.Obviously, we can't speak for the accuracy of any poll but there is no question that, at this convention, we are going through a reconciliation of powerful political forces in the democratic party, dredging up those John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-28745662684397660632008-08-23T15:32:00.000-07:002008-08-23T16:54:57.352-07:00CONVENTION UPDATE: ON THE ROAD TO THE CONVENTIONSenator McCain was sitting at one of his ten homes - not that I'm keeping count - when he heard that Senator Biden was our Vice Presidential nominee. He must have just loved Senator Arlen Specter's praise for our nominee, reported today, talking about how Arlen and Joe shared Amtrac rides together to and from home and the U.S. Senate. But how can Senator McCain really complain when our former John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-61335759887303076462008-08-21T21:59:00.000-07:002008-08-21T22:37:27.857-07:00CONGRESSWOMAN AND MOTHER STEPHANIE JONESIn 1998, Congresswoman Stephanie Jones came to the US Congress from Ohio, and she was as kind as she was ready and competent to serve. As a former judge and prosecutor, she gave heft to floor debates resisting the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. She quickly earned a reputation as a member who was ready to accept any legislative assignment and there was no question that she'd get it done - John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-9770795595743153682008-08-20T15:53:00.000-07:002008-08-20T16:05:06.580-07:00WANT TO KNOW OBAMA'S VP - JUST ASK - AND BE FIRSTOne Fox News correspondent has been belly-aching that Dem activists can know Senator Barack Obama's VP - if they just ask.And they'll get an e-mail or a text message to their cell phones.So what's the beef? I suppose because the media feels "oh so unnecessary".But aren't they getting a news story in the bargain -- that the connected generation keeps current - and without any middleman except, John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-89498468895640045792008-08-20T05:08:00.000-07:002008-08-20T05:53:13.592-07:00CONVENTION UPDATE: HILLARY ENTHUSED FOR OBAMAHillary Clinton invited all her elected delegates to participate in a conference call Tuesday evening at 7 pm to discuss the upcoming convention and she encouraged one and all to work for Senator Barack Obama because "he stands for the things we worked so hard to achieve."When Hillary came on the conference phone line last night, she thanked everyone for supporting her candidacy and said she knewJohn P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-72348309751889299022008-08-19T10:09:00.000-07:002008-08-19T10:11:36.016-07:00VIRGINIA IS TURNING BLUE THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR(Lovettsville, VA) ... Loudoun County in Northern Virginia has been Republican red for a long time but something revolutionary has happened that has everyone scratching their heads about the change in Virginia politics that has Loudoun County and perhaps all of Virginia turning from red to blue this presidential election season.Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner has discouraged partisan John P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040285163166024299.post-29742018912793798352008-08-18T20:03:00.000-07:002008-08-18T20:35:53.804-07:00It's also about the Supreme Court - Stupid!SCALIA’S RULE BOOK – DO WHAT I SAY!Senator Barack Obama said this weekend that Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, of the U.S. Supreme Court, was a brilliant thinker but he didn't share his views. On the other hand, Senator John McCain thinks Justice Scalia is a model justice. Whomever is elected President will likely have to choose three new Justices to the Supreme Court. I give this toss up toJohn P. Flanneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729936951460523811noreply@blogger.com0