The Clock is Ticking

By Robin Itzler

Editor's Note:    This is a grouping from the commentaries in Robin's weekly newsletter Patriot Neighbors.  Any cartoons will have been added by me.   If you wish to get the full edition, E-mail her at PatriotNeighbors@yahoo.com to get on her list, it's free. RK 

In Virginia, governors cannot run for re-election. They can serve a term and run again at a future time, but they cannot be elected to two consecutive terms. This was put in the state’s Constitution in 1851. Winsome Earle-Sears is currently the state’s lieutenant governor and is running for the top position. She has done an outstanding job and has much going for her that includes:

1. U.S. Marine Corps veteran. 
2. Naturalized citizen; a legal immigrant from Jamaica. 
3. Working-class roots. 
4. Black woman. 
5. First woman of any race to hold this office in the former capital of the Confederacy. 
6. First woman of color to hold statewide office in Virginia.

Earle-Sears’ opponent is a white left wing Democrat, Abigail Spanberger. In May, Spanberger was leading by 17 points in a Roanoke College poll. The latest poll (August 11-15), has the Democrat ahead by 7 points. The gap is closing. Let’s keep the Virginia governor’s mansion in Republican hands with Winsome Earle-Sears!

Spanberger said that if elected, one of her first acts would be to undo Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s February directive that requires Virginia law enforcement to help carry out federal immigration crackdowns. Great! More illegal aliens in Virginia!

Click here to learn more about or donate to Winsome Earle-Sears. 

In Texas State Representative Brian Harrison is disgusted that there are so many RINOs in his state legislature. He includes Governor Greg Abbott. (Of course, compared to morons like Gov. Newsom, Pritzker and Hochul, Abbott is much better.) Harrison asks why Abbott has not followed through on any of his threats when Democrats walked out of the special session. In “Congressional RINOs Do Democrats’ Bidding,” Patricia McCarthy shares Harrison’s frustrations: ...(Democrats) should have been arrested and lost their seats, but they did not even lose their parking spaces, let alone their seats now that the new map has passed. They’ve been fined but will probably never pay them. It’s all been a show. 

These Dems knew what the outcome would be, and Abbot did not disappoint. He had threatened Texas would add as many as ten new GOP seats, but he is a coward: all hat, no cattle. He waved the white flag of surrender. The speaker of the Texas house, Dustin Burrows, has an “R” by his name but does the Democrats’ bidding. The reddest state is under siege by Soros and his billions. Except for Harrison, Texas Republicans are useless as fighters for the cause. 

I really like this story.  The wealthy (and white) suburb that voted for Kamala Harris is up in arms about a five-story, 75 affordable unit building being built in their community. The developer let it be known that if his plan is not approved, there will be costly litigation. (Hmmm, maybe the liberal folks on Martha’s Vineyard would welcome low-income housing.)

I often wonder, do “Karens” have a club where they meet to discuss how they can take their fancy college degrees and use them to damage successful businesses? Haven’t they heard of the Bud Light fiasco?

Cracker Barrel has been woke for at least 15 years. This is why their woke board hired Julie Felss Masino as their CEO. Masino (and the board) believes that taking a well-loved brand and tossing it aside for a yuppie look is the answer. In the process, the latest “Karen” has turned off loyal customers who regularly eat at the restaurant chain. Ms. Masino must think that progressives (the ones who are pro-Hamas, support illegal aliens and want to defund the police) are now going to start eating at Cracker Barrel because it changed its logo and added décor in pastel colors.

Yes, Cracker Barrel is going back to its original logo, but the company has been woke for about 15 years, as Robby Starbuck explains. They need to change more than their logo.

To share your thoughts with CEO Masino (or to send her some Bud Light beer): Email: Click here   Phone: 615-444-5533 Write: 305 Hartmann Dr, Lebanon, TN 37087