by Javier Manjarres and Pamela Geller (AtlasShrugs) The abhorrent practice of ‘honor killings’ by radical Islamists beholden to the precepts of Sharia law is going on right here in the United States- some say that these killings are becoming more prevalent, although no statistics for such killings are recorded. Unfortunately, political correctness and fear of [...]
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by Javier Manjarres The Shark Tank caught up with Governor Rick Scott in the wee hours of the morning during last week’s CPAC-FL/ Presidency 5 events in Orlando. In the interview, Scott gave his take on the current state of Florida politics and also discussed the possibility of whether or not he might endorse a [...]
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by Javier Manjarres U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner, the recent winner of the CPAC-FL Republican Senate primary straw poll, sat down with the Shark Tank to talk about the state of his campaign as well as the importance of winning a Republican-activist driven straw poll. Hasner had some interesting comments after I asked him about [...]
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by Javier Manjarres Last weekend’s CPAC Florida event in Orlando was an important high-profile event for candidates to hob nob amongst the activists within the Republican Party of Florida and give a boost to both their name recognition and their campaigns. While the focus of attention was on the Republican Presidential nominees, the Senate candidates [...]
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by Javier Manjarres The leadership of the Broward Republican Executive Committee has hit a new low with its latest act of desperation, as it authorized BREC Treasurer Mark McCarthy to file a false police incident report in order to try to instigate a false wiretapping claim. On July 7, 2011, BREC Secretary Sheela Venero conducted [...]
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by Javier Manjarres Early on in the 2010 U.S. Senatorial race in Florida, then candidate Marco Rubio was down 35% in the polls to popular Governor Charlie Crist. Rubio’s fledgling campaign was struggling to stay viable, and there were several supporters within his organization who were actively trying to persuade Rubio to run for Attorney [...]
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by Javier Manjarres At last weekend’s Florida Family Policy Council Senate Forum, former U.S. Senator George LeMieux stated that he supports both the state and Federal Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMA). The 1996 federal DOMA signed by President Clinton defined marriage as between one man and one woman. But somewhat contradictory, LeMieux also believes that [...]
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by Javier Manjarres Senator Marco Rubio took some time out of his August vacation to lend his support to the 2nd annual Dolphin Cycling Challenge at SunLife Stadium, a fundraising event that benefits the University of Miami/Sylvester Cancer Center. The event featured a number of retired Dolphin players, and Rubio was looking very comfortable in [...]
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by Javier Manjarres This past weekend’s Republican U.S. Senate forum in Orlando hosted by the Florida Family Policy Council showcased all four of the candidates vying to unseat Democrat Senator Bill Nelson. The forum primarily focused on issues of of special interest to social conservatives, and all of the candidates expressed agreement on all of [...]
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El Sharko Takes POLITICO To the Shed
August 25, 2011 12 Commentsby Javier Manjarres As much as I try to refrain from shameless self promotion, I, El Sharko, am now forced to step up take my turn at the plate in order to restore balance in the political blogosphere. In a blog post featured on yesterday’s version of POLITICO, once of its reporters mischaracterized an earlier interview [...]
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