Zachary Earl Smith

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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As Congress goes on vacation having done nothing to alleviate the energy crisis, we here in The County keep on working hard and continue to pay excessive prices at the pump. The Maine election season is also starting to heat up, and we local politicians are gearing up for the hard work of campaigning for [...]

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Got some online press this week. Check out www.politickerme.com there is an article talking about Tyler Clark and myself, and there is another article in which again we are both mentioned. Links are attached.
Potatoes and politics: two college republicans
Potatoes and politics: look candidates and issues northern maine
Hopefully this is only the begining
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As a young republican in Maine and as a member of the state committee I believe I have a unique view of our party. The Maine Republican party has become too comfortable with second place, the minority, but why not? Politics is a contact sport with those in power being under constant siege, constant scrutiny, [...]

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Hello readers, this will be my first real personal blog to my new web site, so this may get interesting. I was going to open with ‘greetings Zak fans,’ but then it occurred to me that not everyone reading will be a fan and or may change their minds after reading this blog. A mild [...]

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I’m glad to see so many are taking an interest in the campaign, and the campaign is going well, very well. I will also be updating the website some more here soon for those who are also interested. Aroostook County is facing some truly challenging issues. One key issue we are going to have to [...]

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