Michael R. Shannon

Michael R. Shannon (The Whole Shebang (mostly)) is a Virginia-based public relations and media consultant with MANDATE: Message, Media & Public Relations who has worked in over 75 elections on three continents and a handful of islands.

Most Recent Articles by Michael R. Shannon:

The Only Good ‘Redskin’ Is a Deleted ‘Redskin’ February 22, 2013
Stand firm in the face of the Thought Police hysteria
Now Soliciting Bids for the G.I. Jane Combat Hall of Fame February 13, 2013
Too many women will learn too late that "being on the right side of history" puts one on the wrong side of knee surgery
Jesus, Another Innocent Man Wrongly Convicted February 1, 2013
“Is gun ownership Christian?"
Conservative Pacifists in the Culture War Part 2 January 16, 2013
Rev. Louie Giglio, Obama’s second inauguration
Gov. McDonnell Suffering from Legacy Fever January 11, 2013
Legacy fever doesn’t confine its damage to the infected politician. Visible scars include Obamacare, No Child Left Behind and The Great Society
House Republicans Have More Than Two Options January 4, 2013
Boehner huffs and he puffs and he blows his own House down
Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bolling? December 28, 2012
Virginians don’t cotton to inheriting office
Surprised a Degraded Culture Produces Depraved Individuals? December 21, 2012
Based on gun control logic, we should also ban automobiles that look like racecars, because sleek design encourages drivers to go too fast
Misinterpreting Obama’s Tax Mandate December 13, 2012
Government grows because politicians aren’t spending their own money. The money Jenkins and Principi want to spend is free, because it’s yours
Let Obama Leap the Fiscal Cliff Alone December 6, 2012
Two years of short term pain will result in House and Senate gains that will allow Republicans to start reversing the course of Obamaism
Distinguishing Leadership from Politicianship November 23, 2012
Stewart’s budget cutting is leadership, and it is a standard conservatives should apply to politicians at all levels
Republicans Advocate Surrender After Defeat November 15, 2012
Social Conservatives, Amnesty, Immigration Reform, Marriage Reform
RepubliKKKans Fail to Defeat Obama November 9, 2012
America Found Guilty
Private Sector Ends Unwanted Alien Invasion October 26, 2012
Hydrilla In Quantico Creek, herbicide treatment, Montclair Lake
Gargoyle Joe Is Your Debate Firewall? October 12, 2012
The best part about the debate was viewers now realize to their horror that a lying boastful buffoon is a heartbeat away from a President that is helpless without a teleprompter
The Media Beats a Dead Macaca October 5, 2012
Consultant-pecked candidates pledging to tinker around the edges of Obamacare are everything that’s wrong with conservative politics today
Where’s that Teleprompter When You Need It? October 4, 2012
Obama spinmeisters are complaining about the replacement referee, er moderator
Finally a Democrat on the Right Side of Taxes September 28, 2012
It’s a real shame that Tim Kaine is not willing to extend his “open” to everyone paying taxes to being “open” to everyone being born
Taxation Without Participation September 21, 2012
Conservatives agree to abandon photo ID requirements for voting if in return Democrats agree any citizen who is dependent on the federal government for his livelihood is not eligible to vote
President Obama: Jihad Your Chance to Win the Election September 14, 2012
But one doesn’t have to live in the Middle East to be a dhimmi. You could be the President of the United States and impose dhimmitude on an entire nation.
Social Security: Issuing Checks & Hollow–Points September 7, 2012
The real issue at hand is why does the SSA have a police force in the first place?
The Inverse Political Ratio Between National Prominence and Life August 27, 2012
Gov. McDonnell is proving to be another Republican who “grows in office” but not in stature
You Don’t Have to Be President to Impose Amnesty August 17, 2012
Chief Charlie Deane — Virginia’s foremost practitioner of “ignoring while Hispanic” law enforcement
Chick–fil–A: Fast food, faster hate August 3, 2012
Dan Cathy, Chamber of Commerce, Guest Speaker
Gun Control Laws Only Control the Law Abiding July 27, 2012
Only you can save you
Penn State: A Season in Purgatory July 19, 2012
Refusing to play Penn State is the right and honorable thing to do
Participants Revolt Against The Derecho Project July 13, 2012
Where were the hardy greens recharging their iPads with solar panels, cooling their house with wind power
Refresh My Memory; Is Justice Kennedy the Wobbly One? July 5, 2012
If this is a victory for conservatives, God save us from defeat
Please, Don’t Let Another Congressional Staffer Go to Bed Hungry July 3, 2012
Elected officials aren’t looking for the next Steve Jobs, they are looking for Donald Segretti: someone who is loyal, takes orders without question and gets the job done.
All Massachusetts People Look Alike to Me June 29, 2012
John Kerry is not portraying Barack Obama in debate rehearsals, he’s portraying Mitt Romney for Barack Obama