MAIN STREET JOURNAL (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
(The following is an excerpt from the May issue of the Main Street Journal, a Memphis newsmagazine, covering the 7th Congressional Republican Primary race between U.S. Congressman Marsha Blackburn and Shelby County Register Tom Leatherwood.) The Politics of Locality: Could Shelby County pose a problem for Congressman Marsha Blackburn? By: Jonathan Lindberg On a Thursday...
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Democrat Congressional Representative Dan Boren of OK is a true leader in Congress. He cosponsors legislation that lowers the corporate tax rate to zero. Republican Representative Marsha Blackburn does not support this legislation. She, instead, supports legislation that reduces the corporate tax rate to about 20%. The current rate is about 38% Is it not a little [...]
Pacific Views (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Gosh, the Republican brand certainly has taken a turn for the worse . Representative Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, said, We need to, No. 1, prove that we are listening to the American people, and, No. 2, show that we have a plan of action to respond to what they are telling us. They sure have done a great job of listening to the American people and acting on their concerns. Sort of...
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
I see that Congressman Marsha Blackburn got the endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce. This is the same bunch of money hungry NAFTA - WTO - GATT - CAFTA loving America haters that will sell out our country for a dime. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Endorses Congressman Blackburn for Re-Election May 14, 2008 - The United States Chamber [...]
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
My Congressman of the 7th district of Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn, DID NOT VOTE AGAINST money for unemployment. (money for unemloyment is unconstitutional and shoud be voted NO) Why doesn't she just vote NO if a bill has items in it that are bad or amendments (like amendment 1) that are Bad? Why does she vote “I [...]
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Deadbeats like YOU are the problem. Your constituents have been getting the crappy end of the stick with your ‘we’ll wait and see what happens’ approach to matters like this. Working people cannot continue to carry this burden. It is already to large and it's growing daily. You are part of the government that has perpetuated [...]
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Tom leatherwood has finally gotten his website up and running. It looks pretty dern good! He minces no words as he takes Marsha Blackburn to task for her part in the US Congress. I have been hearing Tom's name being bought up a lot. There are a lot of good things to say about him apparently. [...]
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
My congressman Marsha Blackburn talks about how she is not submitting earmarks this cycle. Well she has been doing it for over 6 years, so why is she stopping now? Let see, could be that the evil democrats control the House and the Senate… could be that Tom Leatherwood is running in the republican primary [...]
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Man she is out and about as of late.. Guess Tom has her on the run. That line in the sand Leatherwood has drawn also promises to make the Republican primary for Blackburn's seat, which will be decided by voters on the Aug. 7 ballot, a closely watched race. And the incumbent apparently isn't taking anything [...]
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Well the good guys over at the point radio show have posted an article about Marsha Blackburn that was written by conservative journalist Jonathan Lindberg at the Memphis Mainstreet Journal. Now the Mainstreet Journal is too long on culture and too short on politics, and the only good writer is Mr. Lindberg. The Point Radio Show, [...]
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
This reporter makes a great point about Marsha Blackburn knowing the negatives that affect the GOP, but not the name of a soldier killed in Iraq from her district. He may have ulterior motives, but it was a good point. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s__F9TcdBk Austin
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
My brother handed me a flyer on Monday and asked me what I thought about it. It was a rather expensive piece from Marsha Blackburn, the congressman from TN's 7th district. It announced a meeting on May 2, 2008 at the Lakeland, TN City Hall. This meeting was to talk about such hot topics as [...]
Truman's Take (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
... McMillan as a possible opponent and counterweight to 7th District Republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn , who is reported to be looking at a gubernatorial race in 2010. Blackburn, who now has a race on her hands in the Republican primary, where she is challenged by Shelby County register Tom Leatherwood , recently owned up to a failure to properly disclose some $250,000...
ElephantBiz (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Jonathan Martin points to an interesting VP bracketology at CQ Politics over who will be John McCain's running mate. Many of the names we have mentioned before are included. Some interesting match ups: Condoleezza Rice vs. Chuck Hagel Marsha Blackburn vs. Mitt Romney Colin Powell vs. David Petraeus Fred Thompson vs. Sam Brownback Michael Steele vs. Tom Coburn Mike Pence vs. Bobby Jindal...
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
I hope you remember way back in Feb 2005, what did Marsha Blackburn vote for???? MORE GOVERNMENT and LESS FREEDOM ofcourse….. To protect seniors from identity theft and strengthen our national security by providing for the issuance of a secure Social Security card. HR 5405 IH The bill calls for redesigning the Social Security card to include [...]
