http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/conservatism/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:03:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286354/posts In case you haven't been reading the conservative blogs over the weekend (and judging by our numbers here, you haven't) I've provided links to some of the best and/or most entertaining posts I've read from the past few days. Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286354/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:03:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286351/posts With the GOP still making noises about pushing for the nomination of yet another RINO, despite the disaster of 2008, conservatives often feel as if we are in political no-man's land--homeless pilgrims in a strange and barren land. What's a conservative to do in these unfortunate times when conservatism seems to be abandoned, even by the Party of Reagan? Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286351/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:41:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286323/posts Soon the Republican party will have no choice but to make Mitt Romney its leader. We've seen a suspiciously steady trickle of losers quietly exiting the ranks of 2012 hopefuls -- Bobby Jindal with his disastrous State of the Union rebuttal; John Ensign and Mark Sanford with their affairs; and most recently, Sarah Palin's bizarre resignation from the Alaska governorship. The only candidates left are Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty and Romney. If history is any guide, we should expect some foul disclosure out of the Huckabee camp any day now. You just can't get away with saying something like this... NBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286323/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 05:48:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285953/posts On April 15, thousands of people in 100's of cities and towns gathered to protest rising taxes, failed bailouts, 1st and 2nd Amendment clamp downs and, in general, failing policies of the current Congress and Administration. Yesterday, there was a repeat of the Tea Party grassroots movement. Although conservatives make up the majority of those gathering, there are people participating from all over the political spectrum. Is it time for the Tea Party Movement to have a leader? To have an organized structure and means of communication? To have a fund raising instrument? Or would that ruin its goals and... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285953/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 15:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285455/posts Sarah Palin's resignation as Governor of Alaska is a brilliant liberating move for her career, and a potential turning point for the national conservative movement. The biggest problem with her responsibility as Governor of Alaska is that the state is so far away from the rest of America. No one hears of the good work she has been doing there, and the left is free to paint their own false caricature of her. ... I am hoping she spends two weeks of every month now touring the states doing fundraisers for a the sweeping Republican revival in 2010 that is... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285455/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:48:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285356/posts Sarah Palin said on Friday that she will not run for a second term as governor of Alaska and will transfer her responsibilities to the state's lieutenant governor. Palin to Step Down2:03The Alaska governor makes the surprising announcement the she will not be seeking re-election and will leave office by the end of the month. Courtesy Fox News.Read MoreText: Palin's statement Washington Wire: Is Palin's Resignation a Shrewd Move or Political Suicide? Washington Wire: Lt. Gov. Parnell Says Palin 'Felt Frustrated' Political Wisdom: Could the Vanity Fair Hit on Sarah Palin Actually Help Her? Speakeasy: HarperCollins to Go Forward With Palin... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285356/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:52:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285018/posts Link only, per FR copyright rules (Gannett publication) The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285018/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:29:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284346/posts Reminder: download "The Tea Party Anthem" to play at your 4th of July Tea Party. http://bit.ly/zMYfG Hear "The American TEa Party Anthem" here: http://bit.ly/6mfvC LloydMarcus.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284346/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:52:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283347/posts Providing all of my research were the "family values" Republicans. Last week, second-term Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina disappeared for six days, leaving the state without a chief executive who could make decisions in an emergency. His Republican lieutenant governor didn't know where he was, and had not been given any authority to make decisions in his absence. The state police said they had not been informed. His wife told the Associated Press she didn't know where he was, wasn't worried about him, and thought he was "writing something and wanted some space to get away from the kids"... standard speaker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283347/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:15:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282618/posts The definition of conservatism used in academia too often reduces it to a blind and ignorant adherence to past principles and ideologies. The root of the word - conserve - is used in an attempt to characterize the conservative world view as a stubborn opposition to progress. This is inaccurate. http://conservativebrawler.blogspot.com/ Conservative Brawler http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282618/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:16:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282137/posts It's confirmed that CA GOP Chairman Ron Nehring will receive a list of questions from me and provide answers I can publish on FreeRepublic. I've asked that he also come online and answer follow-up questions but that has not been confirmed. I plan to group the questions as much as possible by the classic three components of Conservatism. Based on some crucial questions raised, I plan three additional question categories for a total of six, not listed here in any priority: 1. Social/Moral Conservatism 2. Fiscal Conservatism 3. Sovereignty/Nationalism 4. Candidates, Primary & General Elections & Party Leadership 5. Constitutional... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282137/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280756/posts With the New York Times calling for the resignation of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, it is imperative that we consider some deeper issues at play. Each political scandal is unique, and thus, they cannot all be treated as the same. It is time for cooler heads to prevail and to consider a more balanced approach to the Sanford situation than the knee-jerk reaction of the NYT. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280756/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:05:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279135/posts Mark Sanford's summer adventure to Argentina -- no, he was not hiking the Appalachian Trail, as his aides incorrectly told reporters -- is now a full-fledged personal and family embarrassment, a story of infidelity followed by a public confession of the kind that has become all too familiar from political leaders. But Sanford's story is more than personal. For a Republican Party down on its luck, the governor's disappearance and subsequent rambling apology to his wife, his family, his close friends and all the people of South Carolina draw more unwelcome publicity to a party that needs but cannot seem... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279135/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:58:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277442/posts A Gallup poll last week showed that far more Americans describe themselves as conservatives than as liberals. Yet Republicans have been clobbered by the Democrats in both the 2006 elections and the 2008 elections. In a country with more conservatives than liberals, it is puzzling — in fact, amazing — that we have the furthest left president of the United States in history, as well as the furthest left speaker of the House of Representatives. Republicans, especially, need to think about what this means. If you lose when the other guy has all the high cards, there is not much... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277442/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277420/posts At the height of the Ownership Society, when George W. Bush was pushing private accounts for Social Security, Grover Norquist explained the political rationale in the Washington Monthly: "Owning $5,000 worth of stock makes you 18% more Republican." Last November the GOP learned that Norquist's math worked just as well in reverse. Americans watched the value of their 401(k)s drop by half, and between 2004 and 2008, the electorate became 9 percent more Democratic. Now chastened Republicans have scaled back their plans in order to make Americans a more modest offer. Mitt Romney and Sen. Lamar Alexander recently proposed turning... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277420/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277253/posts Republican state party leaders are rebelling against new Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele for failing to dub President Obama and the Democrats as "socialists." And the rebels insist that the label matters. Even though Mr. Steele has called his Democratic adversaries "collectivists," at least 16 state leaders say the term lacks the pejorative punch needed to sway public opinion and want all 168 members of the Republican National Committee to debate and vote on it.It is the first time in memory that a sitting national leader of the Republican Party has faced a public challenge over his ideological... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277253/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:58:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277007/posts "A new European Parliament group that is pro-free market and anti-EU integration unveiled its membership list on Monday (22 June), bringing together 55 MEPs from eight EU states. Calling itself the "European Conservatives and Reformists Group," the new faction lists "free enterprise," the "sovereign integrity of the nation state" and "probity in the EU institutions" among its principles. The British Conservative party dominates membership with 26 MEPs, followed by Poland's Law and Justice with 15 deputies and the Czech Republic's ODS party with nine members. The other five MEPs come from the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Hungary and Latvia." "The new... EU Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277007/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:31:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276182/posts Glenn Beck is an American hero. Considered a buffoon at best by his liberal detractors, Beck is in fact a showman par excellence who draws on the passions of a small and alienated minority to create a television program that has done more to keep Americans safe than 10,000 public-service announcements. And for that, he deserves a medal from the Department of Homeland Security. DHS, you might recall, issued a report in April on the threat posed by right-wing extremists, a report that many conservatives angrily denounced as a crude smear. Michael Savage, a radio host known for his scabrous... Daily Beas http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276182/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:37:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275094/posts In the Age of Obama, many conservatives are consoling themselves with this thought: Conservatism wins on the issues. Polls show majorities of Americans want less government and fewer and lower taxes; they want leaders who will stand up to our enemies; they are skeptical about the science of global warming; they want public policy to show respect for human life at all stages, and, yes, most Americans still believe marriage should remain between a man and a woman. A Gallup poll this week showed 40 percent of Americans interviewed describe their political views as conservative, while just 21 percent self... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275094/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:30:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2274880/posts Once again Newt Gingrich identifies practical, workable solutions to a crisis. To get the country’s economy back on track the former House Speaker and present general chairman of American Solutions for Winning the Future, suggests 12 sensible things America should do: Create a payroll tax credit to help workers and small businesses. Cut the 25 percent marginal tax rate to 15 percent. Reduce the business tax rate. Stabilize housing prices by providing tax credits so responsible home buyers can avoid foreclosures. Control federal spending and move to a balanced budget. End Medicare fraud by requiring states to adopt anti-theft and... Annuit Coeptis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2274880/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:51:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274014/posts Expect to start hearing something like this very soon on the campaign trail: “I’m a conservative Republican — emphasis on the ‘conservative’!” While the label “Republican” is polling about as low as it’s ever polled, its part-time synonym — “conservative” — is the most popular ideological descriptor in politics. A Gallup poll this week found that the number of Americans defining themselves as conservative is at its highest point in 20 years, at 40 percent. That compared to 35 percent saying they are moderate and 21 percent saying they are liberal. The results track closely with another Gallup poll, from... The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274014/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:56:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273637/posts Lonewolf Diaries: Republicans Need to Grow a Sense of Humor Posted By Steven Crowder On June 16, 2009 @ 5:58 pm In Featured Story, Lone Wolf Diaries | 4 Comments Yes, you’ve read correctly. To all of you GOP types playing the “offended” card on a daily basis… Prepare to have your feelings hurt, because according to my carefully calculated research… Republicans need to shut up and laugh a little.Never has the GOP’s lack of funnybone been on sharper display than the last 5 months. For a party that claims to “shun political correctness,” we’ve certainly done a good... bighollywood.breitbart.com - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273637/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:38:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272519/posts According to Gallup, "conservatives" are the single largest ideological group.  The poll was based on how people described themselves, given the choices of very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, very liberal and no opinion. Forty percent of those polled described themselves as conservative or very conservative, almost twice as many as the 21% who described themselves as liberal or very liberal.  Self-described "moderates" were 35% of those polled.  (Four percent gave "no opinion" as an answer.)  That 40% "conservative" figure is even higher than it was when Republicans took over the House of Representatives in 1994, for the first time in... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272519/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:41:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271781/posts As recently reported by the Associated Press, liberal blogger Geoffrey Dunn accused the Alaskan Governor of stealing the words from a 2005 Newt Gingrich speech in a recent introduction the Governor made in Alaska for talk show host Michael Reagan. Like a typical liberal, Dunn found a friendly venue at the Huffington Post to spew his slanderous statements, and then later edited his post to soften his accusation of Palin as a plagiarist to someone who failed to give complete and proper attribution. In retrospect, Dunn grudgingly reported later that Palin had given verbal accreditation to Newt Gingrich in her... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271781/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271763/posts FR EXCLUSIVE: RON NEHRING, CALIF GOP CHAIRMAN TO FREEP YOUR QUESTIONS! -- ASK AWAY! I was invited to participate in a strategic GOP meeting on June 5, during which many topics including the Internet, voter registration and fundraising were discussed from a tech/strategy standpoint. Durind the event I had the chance to speak with Ron Nehring, California GOP Chairman. I mentioned to him that GOP leadership is perceived as RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) by much of the grassroots. When I noted that an enormous GOP opportunity exists among both Republicans and Democrats on the issue of our borders, fighting... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271763/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:28:12 GMT