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The Democratic party has been hi-jacked. The party that gave us Harry Truman, John F Kennedy and Franklin D Roosevelt, has fallen to the likes of Michael Moore, P.Diddy and Al Sharpton. The people the party has embraced are reprehensible to me. I am a Democrat that did not leave the party. The party left me. When Harry Truman said, "Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything", I am not reminded of the mainstream Democratic party, I am reminded of George Bush. When John...

The Springsteens support Kerry, the Schillings support Bush. Bruce Springsteen held a free concert for Kerry with 80,000 people in attendance. Schilling helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 84 years. While being interviewed by Good Morning America, Schilling threw in a last minute political comment. "just tell everyone to vote...and vote for Bush". The look on Charles Gibson's face was worth the price of admission. Both "celebrities" symbolize their perspective candidates values. Springsteen, a rich, famous musician who spends most of his time ensconced in his own world. Schilling is a rich...

My very good friend called yesterday really upset and worried. Her daughter has two more Monday's in Iraq. She is in Mosul and had just witnessed the latest car bombing. My friend asked me to say prayers for Sgt. Amanda Sandoval serving right now as we speak. I told my friend I was Freep the request. I also might add that all our soldiers need the strength and comfort they might get from our collective prayers. If your church has a prayer ring, please add Amanda and all her brave collegues. Thank-you Free-Republic! PS AManda is voting for Bush and...

Best and Worst of the Debate Best Kerry Line of the Debate: "From the looks of the people in this audience, the only ones in this room who will be affected by the president's tax cut for the rich will be myself, the president, and Charles Gibson." Kerry's inner snob made an appearance last night at the debate. How could he tell the annual income of the audience? I guess no one was wearing Prada. One must have a trained eye for spotting designer clothes. Maybe there were no five hundred dollar haircuts like the one Kerry sports. There might...

Grit vs. Grandiose While Bush was comforting Florida hurricane victims, John Kerry was getting manicured. This says a lot about both men. While the Commander in Chief was handing out water bottles and saying prayers with people whose lives and homes had been ravaged by nature, John Kerry was soaking his fingers in Palmolive and exfoliating the ravages of his spray on orange tan.

BUSHAfter straining relations with major European allies and the United Nations over war in Iraq, Bush has shifted his foreign policy focus to the spread of democracy by pushing a Greater Middle East Initiative that would aim to resolve the region’s political, economic and social problems through democratic reform. The president, criticized for the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, is also pursuing a policy that seeks to unravel the black market in nuclear components and block programs in North Korea and Iran, countries he has labeled an “axis of evil” along with prewar Iraq. KERRYWhile insisting...

Hi fellow Freepers. I just got this e-mail from one of my misguided Liberal Dem friends. I don't know how to answer this, because, I don't know if it's true. Does anyone out there have some info on this? Is it a Democratic dirty trick, playing on the fears of mothers everywhere? I would love to reply to my friend with some concrete information. I know Israel has a mandatory draft, and it's a good thing, but I'm not sure how well it would go over here in USA. Your help my lovable pj bloggers, is desperatly needed.

For the many readers who have requested a brief synopsis of the moral arguments in the Arab-Israeli conflict, I offer the following list of numerical data. Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Old Testament: over 700 Number of times Jerusalem is mentioned in the Koran: 0 Number of Arab leaders who visited Jerusalem when it was under Arab rule (1948 to 1967): 1 Number of Arab refugees who fled the land that became Israel: approximately 600,000 Number of Jewish refugees who fled Arab countries: approximately 600,000 Number of U.N. agencies that deal only with Palestinian refugees: 1 Number...