Zachary Earl Smith

Got up at 7am this morning to get ready for our 8am delegation meeting, and at which we had a surprise guest pop in. Just as we were getting ready for Josh Tardy (House Minority leader) to speak, he introduced Karl Rove. Wicked, Rove spoke about John McCain and how McCain had defied his Vietnamese [...]

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After getting to bed around 2am (gotta love 24 hour days), we got up around 9am to get our credentials which are very nice (different ones for each day for security purposes). Wasn’t too much going on at that point so we walked to the metro station and went to the Mall of America. WOW. [...]

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Hello all, started this blog from an altitude of 36,000 feet and about an hour behind schedule (I love airports, sense my sarcasm). Got up at 2am EDT and drove from Presque Isle to Bangor with enough time to grab breakfast. Checked in around 5:30am and took off on time and arrived in Newark airport [...]

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I have been watching the Democratic convention with some amusement as Hillary gave her speech. I don’t know what Obama was thinking about letting her speak during prime time, as I don’t believe her speech helped him one bit. It isn’t about what she said, but what she didn’t say. Her speech said just enough [...]

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On August 9th the Maine Republican Party state committee voted on a resolution in support of American energy independence. The resolution was not without its detractors, but in the end the resolution secured a majority vote. Then there was an objection and a member claimed that the resolution required a two-thirds majority in order to [...]

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Just a few days ago Russia invaded our ally and sovereign nation of Georgia. How quickly we forget, as I find it interesting that we are shocked that Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, or really ‘Dictator in Chief’ is behaving like the former soviet KGB agent he is. In what is a clearly a neo-soviet [...]

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Cute, funny, not bad, and a good satirical political film good for several laughs. The film does deal with some serious adult themes that may be difficult for some younger audiences as the film is really geared for adults.
Basic plot: Presidential election ties and it is down to one state, but one man’s ballot got [...]

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I was extremely disappointed by our party’s inability to pass a resolution in support of energy independence. The resolution did get a majority which was a decent consolation prize, but failed to reach the two-thirds needed to pass. The purpose of the resolution was to send a clear message that Maine Republicans not only care [...]

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Convention update; Will be staying at the HYATT REGENCY MINNEAPOLIS, and will be leaving Maine on Saturday August 30th departing Bangor by 7am changing planes in Newark, and am in Minneapolis by 11am or so local time. Will leave Friday September 5th after noon, change planes in Detroit and arrive in Bangor around 11pm, just [...]

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Oliver Stone has recently given man birth to ‘W,’ a film that will no doubt rival such blockbusters as; Redacted, Lions for Lambs, and Stop Loss, etc, etc. Ah yes, wonderful anti-American films that inspire citizens to do their patriotic duty, which is to let the film die the horrible painful death it deserves. PTL. [...]

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