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The Blog: A compendium of thoughts on politics, world affairs, economics, pop culture and social issues, from the center right perspective of me--Bryan McGrath--a University of Virginia graduate who spent a career in the world's greatest Navy keeping my mouth shut about politics and social issues (ok, publicly keeping it shut). Those days are over! Pull up a chair and chime in where you will. Keep it clean, civil, concise and relevant.
The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
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The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
The Policy: I take FULL responsibility for what I write. I will not be held responsible for the content of my comments section--as long as it is civil and passes my own inscrutable sniff tests, it will appear. If the comment offends you, that is on you.
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I saw a similar map following the 2004 election. It would be interesting to compare this map to the same 2004 map to see how the counties along the Border states (Mexican, that is)have gone democrat due to the influx of hispanics. Some outreach effort on the part of Republicans is definitely needed here.
It translates roughly into: cities/densely populated areas (Democrat) + the rural south, rural mid-west & west (republican) = Republican disaster. Rinse. Repeat.
That IS interesting. I don't think it's all that discouraging, either, though it echoes the same theme the GOP have been wringing their hands over for weeks. We have plenty of time to get the work done in reaching out to Hispanics.
And even more interesting is the fact that there's actually a Republican in Connecticut.
>>And even more interesting is the fact that there's actually a Republican in Connecticut
We're treated like hostages!
AutConRep - Many hostages worry that their captors will kill them. You need not suffer such concerns. Since dead men cannot be taxed, the AutConDems will keep you alive as long as the miracles of modern nationalized medicine can keep your heart pumping.
It actually only REALLY gets interesting when you add a Z axis to the map that shows the margin. If you focus on the nova counties in Virginia on that map, you see they're all blue, but that's half the story. Virginia Beach is traditionally the Republican Party's breadbasket in Virginia--Bush won it by 15 pts in 2000 and 20 pts in 2004. It still went Republican this year, but only by a couple of points.
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