Florida Primary Results

The 2012 Florida Primary was a landslide victory for Mitt Romney as he garnered more than 46% of the vote in a four man race. The tally as of 11.30pm is below:         Romney46.4%770,991         Gingrich31.9%530,778         Santorum13.4%222,021         Paul7.0%116,643         Perry0.4%6,735         Huntsman0.4%6,173         Bachmann0.2%3,944         Cain0.2%3,480 Of...

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Religious Bigotry in the Republican Party

It pains me to have to go on the record to report bigotry and hatred within my own political party, even by some who claim to be my co-religionists. The only way to get rid of this stuff is to shine a light on it. I want these cockroaches to scurry back into the hole they came from... I've never seen such religious bigotry and hatred in an election as I have in this Republican primary. My guess is my fellow Republicans have never read the...

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The McLaughlin Group 01-27-2012

Video of this past week's episode of my favorite political round table, The McLaughlin Group. (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); ...

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Mary Forrester Speaks in Burke County Regarding Defense of Marriage Amendment

On May 8th, 2012, registered voters will be allowed to vote for against an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution that will provide that marriage between one man and one woman will be the only recognized legal domestic union in the state. NC Senator Jim Forrester led the battle on getting this amendment passed through the North Carolina legislature so that the people of the state could voice their opinion on the matter. His widow, Mary Forrester,...

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St Louis Welcomes Iraq Veterans Home

Graphic Courtesy Jan 28 Group The above video is a press conference held by organizers (see website)of a grass roots effort to show gratitude to those who served our nation in Iraq. St Louis held the first large scale welcome home parade for veterans of the Iraq War on January 28th. I have collected a few videos of the parade and embedded them below as an expression of gratitude to these men and women who served our nation in Iraq....

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The 2012 Sanford Hunt Frye Dinner

The Democratic Party of North Carolina held their annual Sanford-Hunt-Frye Fundraiser in Greensboro, NC this year. Thanks to a timely tip via Zan Bunn on Facebook, I was able to watch part of the event. I also recorded the audio and have posted it below. If you do use it on your website or blog, I have released it under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Requested license...which is a fancy way of saying, if you use it, please credit Bobby Coggins...

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Tribute to Fallen NASA Astronauts

Photo Courtesy Astronauts Memorial Foundation.  Also the source of the names of the list of fallen astronauts I have used below. Exploring a new frontier is a risky, but rewarding endeavor. The men and women who sign up to be astronauts are signing a blank check payable any amount, up to the life of the signer, during the course of their duty. The following is a tribute to the astronauts who have given their lives in the performance...

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Republicans Debate in Florida One Last Time

Last night, the candidates running for the nomination of the Republican party met for the last time in a forum in Jacksonville, Florida. Republicans will go to the polls this coming Tuesday and this is a must win for Newt Gingrich. This may have been the most important debate of the primary cycle and the full video of the engagement is below. Here are links to the previous debates, arranged by date: Jan 23 Jan 19 Jan. 16 Jan....

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