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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and their child early Tuesday morning. Members of America's gay community, who had long accepted Edwards as one of their own - reacted almost universally with stunned disappointment at the apparent proof of Edwards's heterosexuality. John Edwards: no longer 'batting lefty'? [pics] "I cried for hours," admitted San Francisco native Bruce Liteloafers. "Until now, I never once questioned the fact that Edwards was gay. The way he used to paw at and rub up against John Kerry, that two minute video where he did nothing...

The Conservative Leadership Conference was held at John Ascuaga’s Nugget Hotel/Casino in Sparks, Nevada (Sparks is right next door to Reno, Nevada), from Thursday, October 11 through Saturday, October 12, 2007. There was a very large turnout. There were several conservative speakers who attended, including Mitt Romney and Duncan Hunter. Ron Paul and Alan Keyes were also among the featured speakers. I was working the conference itself, as a concierge to the public speakers in the VIP room, as well as helping to register guests, media and speakers. Governor Romney spoke on Friday, October 12th. He first spoke at the...

PELHAM, N.H. (AP) - Republican hopeful Mitt Romney complained Wednesday that one of the Bush administration's chief domestic security accomplishments—the Department of Homeland Security—is inefficient and requires major restructuring. At a coffee-and-donuts meeting with about 100 supporters, Romney said the department does some things well, but it has challenges rooted in the fact that it is made up of different agencies "stuck in one big bureaucracy." He noted that he was a member of a Bush administration homeland security advisory panel while he was governor of Massachusetts. "There is such duplication in Washington that you'd really like to take the...

I am a member of NICPAC (Nevada Independent Conservatives Political Action Committee). We are hosting a symposium in Reno, Nevada featuring, among others, Chris Simcox of the Minutemen Project. Apparently, the same people who organized the illegal immigration march have caught wind of this and are planning to protest our symposium (it will be held at the Meadow Wood Courtyard Hotel - next to Wild Oats Market - on Friday, June 2, 2006 at 5:30 p.m.) I am asking my fellow freepers to help me organize a counter-protest in support of our symposium. Signs, American flags, and a great spirit...

Calling them, "endorsed perversion," the Topsham town clerk says she will not personally issue civil-union licenses to same-ex couples and she is asking residents whether the town should defy state law by not making the licenses available at all.The law, which goes into effect July 1, states that if a town clerk does not want to issue the licenses he or she must at least apoint someone else to do so.In a memo sent on town letterhead to every Topsham household earlier this month, Town Clerk Juanita Claflin tells voters she will not issue the licenses and asks if they ...

A liberal friend of mine sent this email to me to review (and to try to thump me, I'm sure) prior to sending to Dr. Laura (you'll note, it is dripping with sarcasm). She is an intellectual in the education and business world, but when it comes to common sense and a sense of moral values in the REAL world, she is a screaming liberal. I am the type of person who likes to give people a chance to prove to me they're not complete idiots, and since she has many redeeming characteristics, I tend to give her more chances ...

Robert J. Grady, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret): "I was embarrassed to read that President Clinton and his advisors have said, "The older generation must learn to sacrifice as other generations have done." That's my generation. I knew eventually someone would ferret out the dirty secret: we've lived the "lifestyle of the rich and famous" all our lives. Now, I know I must bare the truth about my generation and let the country condemn us for our selfishness.During the Depression we had a hilarious time dancing to the tune of "Brother Can You Spare A Dime?" We could choose to dine ...

Jewish World Review June 30, 1999/ 16 Tamuz 5759 Marianne M. Jennings http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- LISTENING TO OUR BOY PRESIDENT and his court jesters on guns is similar to hearing a teen describe I Know What You Did Last Summer. Guns wander aimlessly on the cul-de-sacs of upper middle class suburbs and mercilessly seize control of the minds of young people faster than Austin Powers. Gun show guns pack more power for conquering the will and reason than a gun purchased with a waiting period at, say, K-Mart. Mrs. Clinton warned children last month that if they visited a friend's house ...