The Tennessee ConserVOLiance

Tennesseans for Immigration Reform and Education (T-FIRE) will host a pancake breakfast this morning (Saturday, February 16th) with featured speaker Tennessee Congressman David Davis (R-First District). Congressman Davis will discuss his efforts in Congress aimed at securing our borders, protecting  our national sovereignty, and discouraging illegal immigration.
State Senator Steve Southerland (R-Morristown) is slated to […]

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The consequences of John McCain’s victory in Florida:
John McCain won the Florida Primary yesterday, and before we say anything else we must congratulate McCain on a very well-won and hard-fought victory. However, in winning a closed Republican Primary, John McCain is showing that he is quite capable of winning the nomination. He is doing so […]

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Conservatives may be in for a period in the wilderness, as it were, but we as a movement are far from dead. Republican candidates will still do their best to sound like us:
One of the things we try to do in our writing is to be fully forward and frank about causes and effects. There […]

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There will be a Congressional election here in the First District in 2008. If that doesn’t sound like news to you, clearly you’ve never lived here. When we say there will be an election in the district, that really means there will be a contested Republican Primary:
The news was out yesterday via the Kingsport Times-News […]

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Democrats may be presuming victory in the coming election entirely too soon:
Much ado is being made over national polls that show any of the major Democratic choices defeating any Republican one. Democrats and those sympathetic to them are simply giddy over what they see as a coming easy victory in the fall. I welcome […]

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This morning on Oatney On the Air, State Representative Stacey Campfield joined us to discuss the first wild week of the second session of the 105th General Assembly in Nashville
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Don’t think there is a real values difference between Democrats and Republicans? You could see the difference yesterday in the Tennessee House of Representatives:
Were Briley a Republican caught in criminal behavior, the Republican Caucus would likely treat Briley in the same way that they treated former State Rep. Chris Newton, who was convicted of […]

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In Knox County, criticize those in the Executive Branch of Government and you are a racist!
When someone is accused of discriminating against another person because of race, gender, disability, or other factors, it is a very serious allegation. Because I have grown up with a disability and have-I’m sorry to say-had firsthand experience with […]

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We had a great episode of Oatney On the Air last night where we analyzed the New Hampshire results in great detail. Joining us were Warner Todd Huston, John McJunkin, Fabian Story, Adam Graham. The Muse himself dropped in later in the program. Led by David Oatney
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Legislative Democrats want to avoid dealing with aborticide at all costs, lest they lose precious money and their House majority:
An important Constitutional Amendment passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in Nashville yesterday, and the reaction of the Democratic Leadership in Nashville to its passage is telling. The Amendment would give the General Assembly the authority […]

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