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... don’t believe the fact that Hoffman is a social conservative was the reason for his loss, but when it comes to priorities, Simon makes a point worth considering: Hoffman’s capital “C” Conservative campaign tried to separate itself from the majority parties by making a big deal of the social issues. He was all upset that Scozzafava was pro-gay marriage, seemingly as upset as he was with her support for the stimulus plan. The majority of Americans are conservative — not just on matters of fiscal policy, but also on many social issues. After all, in the last presidential campaign...

There are a handful of political poisons that conservatives fall victim to swallowing that inevitably lead to "death" at the polls. I could talk about the lack of political fortitude (call it like it is), or even the inability, to articulate a clear and concise message to the people in a world where cryptic political double-speak is considered graceful, but for today, the focus is placed on the importance of who should be, and who should not be, allowed to walk under the banner of the Conservative Movement. Liberals always hate the analogy, "birds of a feather flock together," because...

I have have a Canadian friend who keeps telling me that Canada's healthcare system is better because it caters to ANYONE regardless of pre-existing condition. In other words, the Canadian system has a safety net for people ( who through no fault of their own ) were born unhealthy ( asthma, diabetes, etc. ). In the USA, people who have these conditions cannot be insured because they are a drain on insurance companies and most of them are not poor enough to qualify for medicaid. The result is it drains the family's budget and makes the middle class actually poorer....

Unmentionable: Best-Selling Conservative Books and the Networks that Ignore ThemResearch reveals a glaring imbalance in network coverage of liberal best-sellers and comparable conservative titles. Since the 1940s, an appearance on The New York Times Best-Seller List has been the mark of commercial success for any book. Authors with titles on the list can count on media attention to help sell even more copies. Unless they are conservatives. Conservative books and authors have been very successful recently, as evidenced by their showing on the best-seller list. Since January 2009, conservatives enjoyed 95 total weeks on the list, compared to just 80...

"Texas has a very diverse heritage, but all Texans expect our leaders to be accountable and responsible to the people. We are taking the message to the people."

Conservative leaders today are rejoicing over the out come of last nights 2009 election victories that have taken place. Many of the conservative leaders and their base are touting that they can see the light at the end of the tunnel and our optimistic. Last night’s victories are quite encouraging in light of the past shellacking that conservatism and the Republican Party have taken but they are the last struggling convulsions of a nation on the precipice of total collapse. The absolute reality is that the conservative, optimistic ideal cannot support the excessive weight of the current crises and realities...

Lessons from Virginia for the GOP By Ed Gillespie Thursday, November 5, 2009 After losing Virginia's governorship for the first time in eight years, some Democrats are trying to console themselves that Virginia is at its core a "red" state. This ignores not only that they won back-to-back governorships but also that Democrats defeated a sitting senator in 2006, took control of the state Senate in 2007 and won an open Republican Senate seat and three House seats in 2008 while carrying Virginia's electoral college votes for the first time since 1964. Some in the White House are trying to...

New York's District 23 Congressional race should send a clear signal to the Republican party that conservative candidates can win elections, and stand up for the values that the party should support now and in the future, says Mike Brasovan, Republican Congressional candidate for Texas District 12. "I believe this race clearly indicates that if the Republican party will stick to its conservative principles and lead based on those principles, people will follow," he said. Brasovan says he's glad the campaign of conservative New York Republican Doug Hoffman overtook that of Republican state assemblywoman Deidre "Dede" Scozzafava. She was supported...

NOW is the time for all of you to become PRECINCT COMMITTEE MEN/WOMEN! It's how we take back the Republican Party! PCO's have VOTING POWERS....they elect their County GOP Chair, make State House Appointments, provide input into the PLATFORM, help choose candidates, activate voters, and some are ELECTORS of the ELECTORAL COLLEGE. If you don't know what a PCP is go to your local County or State GOP page (or even the local DEMOCRAT webpage!)....or freep mail me...and I'll email info. You represent your immediate Precinct/neighborhood. It's TIME!!! HISTORY IS CALLING YOU! It's 1775 AGAIN....what are YOU going to do....

The third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives on Wednesday endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman for the 2010 midterm elections. House Republican Conference chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) offered his support to Hoffman, who was defeated at the hands of Democrat Bill Owens in a highly contested special election in upstate New York. "Well, let me say that the lesson here is that we all need to fall behind Doug Hoffman for next fall’s election," Pence told a conservative blog today. "I look forward to welcoming him to Congress a year from now. I think he ran a brilliant campaign."

FR can't post threads from the Lower Hudson newspaper. Some more good news. I just wanted to let everyone know that a Republican and Pro-Life Catholic who is the station manager and program director of The Catholic Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio, Rob Astorino, won the election for County Executive for Westchester County, a liberal democrat bastion outside of NYC. He was attacked by the non-religious, pro-abortion left for being anti-femal and pro life. And still won!

I hope that Michael Steele and other GOP "leaders" were paying close atteniton to what happened here in Virginia and in New Jersey: Conservative Values Win In New Jersey And Virginia Governors' Races 84rules November 4, 2009

NOTE: HERE IS THE NEWS YOU'VE BEEN HEARING REGARDING THE 23RD DISTRICT IN NEW YORK -----Democrats win New York congressional race, but conservatives claim victory too Posted: November 4th, 2009 02:06 AM ET From CNN Political Producer Rebecca Sinderbrand (CNN) – The three-way race in New York's 23rd congressional district ended Tuesday night with a surprise Democratic win - the first for the party in the reliably-Republican district since the 19th century. Democrat Bill Owens defeated Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman to claim victory in a race where an internal GOP fight drew national attention - and forced the party's...

I awoke this morning to the news of yesterdays election results - and was pleasantly surprised to see that we had won in New Jersey as well as Virginia. Our victory in NY-23 has been delayed until 2010. Today would be a great day for all of us to contact our "friendly" GOP HQ, and send a shot across their bow. The message: - Nominate conservatives or become obsolete. - We will withhold funds and support if they nominate RINOS in 2010 and 2012 - We will go third party or independant where necessary to assure a defeat for ALL...

In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010. Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that includes Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida, former Rep. Rob Simmons in Connecticut and Rep. Mark Kirk in Illinois, among others. But their success in Tuesday’s upstate New York special election, where grass-roots efforts pushed GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava to drop out of the race and...

The definition is not very illustrative, so I will give you my thoughts below. RIGHT WING One entry found. Free Dictionary Define Any Word With The Click Of A Button. Free, Fast, and Simple. www.Google.com Main Entry: right wing Function: noun Date: 1856 1 : the rightist division of a group or party 2 : right 8 — right–wing \ˈrīt-ˈwiŋ, -ˌwiŋ\ adjective — right–wing·er \ˈrīt-ˈwiŋ-ər, ˌrīt-\ noun ============================================ We are called right wingers, conservatives, the radical right, sometimes even Nazis and fascists. What is there about the political positions held by those on the political right that gets the leftists,...

Marching out of Yorktown to surrender, the British Army played the song “The World Turned Upside Down.” As I drive to Mega Lo Mart to make my latest deposit of monopoly money in a Chinese savings account all I can do is mumble the final tag-line of the Wicked Witch of the West, “What a world? What a world?” There’s a massive unspoken problem in America today floating like the iceberg in front of the Titanic waiting to sink the unsinkable ship. Founded by revolutionaries crying “No taxation without representation!” the Republic these revolutionaries devised devolved into a society where...

Hoffman's supporters stage big rallyDouglas L. Hoffman's first congressional campaign stop in Watertown had more campaign staff — three — than attendees. Three months later, the Conservative Party candidate in the 23rd Congressional District race was a bigger draw here than the vice president of the United States. Mr. Hoffman's raucous rally Monday at the Jefferson County Agricultural Society Exhibition Hall drew more than 300 and featured speeches by former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson and a soundtrack by country music star John Rich. Mr. Thompson, revered in conservative circles, wasted no time reminding the crowd of what was at stake...

Sunday I spoke to a room full of potential Republican candidates at a training session in Foxboro, MA. And while I don’t like to brag, I must report that, every time a certain name was mentioned, the crowd let out a cheer. And that name was . . . Doug Hoffman. If you’re like 70 percent of America - 99 percent one month ago - you probably don’t recognize the name. He’s the obscure, underfunded, third-party candidate for an Upstate New York congressional seat. And, just maybe, the future of American politics. When President Barack Obama picked Rep. John McHugh...

Response to Vice President Biden's Comments Today About My Position On Energy Independence Today at 10:12am As the vice president knows, I have always advocated an all-of-the-above approach to American energy independence. Among other things, my alternative energy goal for Alaska sits at 50 percent because Alaska reached more than 20 percent during my term in office. The Obama-Biden administration, on the other hand, recently announced a renewable goal of only 25 percent. However, domestic drilling should remain a top priority in order to meet America’s consumption and security needs. The vice president’s extreme opposition to domestic energy development goes...

912 Denver News Blackout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-26FPN2ov4 Can You Hear Us Now? Denver Rally http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS4Z5aJ1zlQ

Conservative activist Bryan Björnson joins Fightin Words to promote The A1S8 Society, an organization committed to restoring the republic by limiting the federal government to its enumerated constitutional powers. Björnson advocates aggressive action to cut the legs out from under runaway spending by repealing the 1943 Current Payments Tax Act, ending payroll deduction and forcing people to confront how much they pay in taxes. What’s the point of the Constitution if the “general welfare” clause gives the government carte blanche to do whatever it pleases? How would the Founding Fathers react to “compassionate conservatism?” If we didn’t see government shrink...

The NY-23 special election on Tuesday has the attention of the White House at the highest levels, with White House sources saying that the endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens by "Republican" Dede Scozzafava came only after a call from White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel asking that she throw her support behind the Democrat. On Monday Vice President Joe Biden will visit the district, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Sunday was coordinating with its colleagues in the SEIU as well as the Working Families Party (ACORN) and may spend as much as $150,000 over the next 48...

Fox News reporting Christie leads in New Jersey

Michael Caine switches allegiance to Conservatives British film icon Sir Michael Caine has abandoned his support of the Labour party and announced he will vote Conservative at the next general election. By Nick Collins Published: 4:58PM GMT 01 Nov 2009 Michael Caine as Harry Brown The actor, 76, a former Labour supporter, condemned the “terrible state” that has been allowed to develop in Britain and said he planned to change his allegiance at the next election. For his latest film, Harry Brown, about violence on Britain’s streets, Sir Michael spent time with a gang from a tough inner London estate,...

..."I am supporting Bill Owens for Congress and urge you to do the same," she said. "In Bill Owens, I see a sense of duty and integrity that will guide him beyond political partisanship. He will be an independent voice devoted to doing what is right for New York. Bill understands this district and its people, and when he represents us in Congress he will put our interests first."...

Everything has a fundamental essence, a quality that makes it uniquely itself. Take an orange, for example. It's not only a citrus fruit -- it's an orange-colored citrus fruit. Horticulturists can alter its size, its texture, its sweetness, and even (to a limited extent) its color, but as long as its color is orange, the fruit remains "an orange" because that color is its definition. Change the color, however, and suddenly you have the un-orange, the anti-orange. You have something completely different that no longer contains the essence of the original fruit. Lose the essence and you lose the orange....

Although I am very happy with the events so far in New York and I support both Hoffman's run against a liberal GOP Candidate and the conservative statement to the GOP, I have some concerns. I think that Hoffman's campaign will encourage more independents to buck the GOP establishment. While I think that this is necessary in showing the GOP that the conservative grass roots don’t want the establishment’s compromising, weak spined, unprincipled moderates, when will conservative enough be conservative enough? There are few politicians that espouse the (small l) libertarian, small government philosophies that I believe in. I am...

If every American self-described as conservative identified with the Republican Party, nearly half of all Americans would support the GOP — while barely one-quarter would back the Democrats. Yet while our political parties increasingly divide themselves along ideological lines, those line are not always straight. Indeed, according to the latest Gallup poll, more than one in five (22 percent) Democrats describe themselves as conservative. This poll, which found that conservatives remain the largest ideological group in America, is welcome news to those of us who believe America is a center-right nation, but sobering to those of us who identify with...

With Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman running neck and neck with the Democrat in Tuesday’s special election in New York, some other disaffected Republicans are seeing the third-party route as more viable. And it could hurt the Republicans in those races. In Virginia’s 5th district, state Sen. Robert Hurt’s entry into the GOP primary has spurred little-known candidate Bradley Rees to switch to the Virginia Conservative Party. And in Ohio, another GOP primary contender said this week that he’ll run as a Constitution Party candidate. Both will go at the GOP nominees from their right flanks and try to expose...

MIDI - SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER Hey, GOP, we're no longer saps...we've had enough of this RINO crap Dede, it's November...we are a few days away Here you are, having your butt handed to you Dear, we've said screw you...no longer will we play It's about time a tsunami came We will shake up those who will not hear our voice In a few days we'll be voting Doug Hoffman's gonna be our choice We've screamed for years MAKE THE RINOs GO But the bigwigs kept on saying NO Let's watch Hoffman kick her derriere In all fairness, it's...

Anyone who doubts Sarah Palin as an up and coming major player on the political scene better find a doctor for a reality check. Her endorsement of Conservative Doug Hoffman in the New York 23rd Congressional District special election has caught the attention of thousands who are now donating to his campaign and pledging support. Hoffman, who is running as a third party candidate against Republican, Dede Scozzafava and Democrat, Bill Owens, is a Republican himself but had to enter the race on a third party ticket since their was no primary for the special election. Had there been one...

Sounding more like an independent than a Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., tells ABC News he will campaign for some Republican candidates during the 2010 midterm elections and may not seek the Democratic Senate nomination when he runs for re-election in 2012. ABC News' Jonathan Karl chats with Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Capitol Hill subway"I probably will support some Republican candidates for Congress or Senate in the election in 2010. I'm going to call them as I see them," Lieberman said in an ABC News "Subway Series" interview aboard the U.S. Capitol Subway System.

America is made up of hard-working people and that means you can't always get off to attend a Tea Party, even if you're lucky enough to find one in your own community. That's why we're putting together the biggest Tea Party possible, right here on the Internet. Send us a photo of you holding the message you'd like to send to Washington. Make it original, make it interesting and make it a JPEG format and send it to Dave at cyberteaparty@daveweinbaum.com. We're going to collect all the best pictures, create a musical montage to the theme from Dave's weekly radio...

The OPTION Act The Offering Patients True and Individualized Options Now Act You can follow the links below for information... Click Here for a summary of bill, and scroll down for the actual bill in PDF...

This press release is fresh - not up on his website yet ... Pelosi’s Halloween Healthcare Horrors: Death for the Baby Boomers, Jail for the Middle Class, Free Healthcare for Illegal Aliens By Congressman John Carter Today House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled the long-awaited healthcare “reform” bill in the House of Representatives. It is a horrific assault on the health, economy, and freedoms of this country, especially our senior citizens who rely on Medicare. It was created behind closed doors, with Republicans, who represent nearly half the country, literally locked out of the room by Democrats. Democrat staffers had the...

AlfonZo Rachel tells us why conservatives need to look to themselves for leadership in the latest ZoNation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWcPDQqm6rc&feature=sub

A special general election next Tuesday for a vacant U.S. Congress seat in the East Bay pits California's Democratic lieutenant governor against a Republican son of a former lieutenant governor. Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, a Democrat, is facing David Harmer, the son of former state senator and Lt. Gov. John Harmer, in the election for the state's 10th Congressional District

There is something reliable about things that are consistent. I have often said the something that is reliably wrong is as useful as something that is reliably right. Just as the public mania for stocks almost always signals a market top, the Virginian Pilot is a reliable guide. If you do the exact opposite of what they advocate in their opinion found in either their editorial (or “news”) pages the odds are heavily in your favor that you are doing the right thing. By endorsing Creigh Deeds by telling us that he will raise Virginian’s taxes I believe that the...

RedState has the scoop. It’s way past time for the spoiler radical leftist Republican Dede Scozzafava to get out of the race. Dana Loesch is keeping tabs on all the latest NY-23 developments at Dump Dede. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/10/27/redstate-exclusive-jim-demint-on-why-he-supports-doug-hoffman-for-congress/

Bien-pensant conservative elites and establishment-friendly Republican big shots yearn for a more moderate, temperate and sophisticated Republican Party. It's not likely to happen. And probably just as well. This Story A good time to be a conservative Who's 'us' to the GOP? Time to reawaken young voters The Gallup poll released Monday shows the public's conservatism at a high-water mark. Some 40 percent of Americans call themselves conservative, compared with 36 percent who self-describe as moderates and 20 percent as liberals. The conservative number is as high as it's been in the two decades that Gallup has been asking the...

Pretty good ad.I think just about any voter will understand THIS.LOL! The name "Scozzafava" (RINO), is not even brought up!!

Sally C. Pipes is president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Research Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank founded in 1979. Prior to becoming president in 1991, she was assistant director of the Fraser Institute, based in Vancouver, Canada. This proves to be a lively informative meeting that is open to the entire county of Marin. Please take time to read her partial BIO and begin to invite everyone you know to this outstanding event in Marin County.

Marin California has Conservatives. It may not be much but it’s a start. Marin County Ca. just north of San Francisco has its own Conservative group. They are the one responsible for the San Francisco Tea Parties and protest committees for both Obama and Sen. Boxer when they made appearances in the area. Information is spread through several websites including the Marin Conservative Forum http://www.meetup.com/Marin-Conservative-Forum/. You may want to join and leave your two cents worth on lively discussions. If you live in or around the Bay Area you may want to join this group to help turn the tide...

The current state of American politics presents a paradox. On the one hand, survey [1] after survey [2] testifies to the rock-bottom standing of the Republican Party. Fewer Americans identify with the party than in the past, and fewer trust it to deal with the country’s problems. On the other hand, there are hard-to-ignore signs of a conservative resurgence. A 15,000 person Gallup survey [3] out today shows that 40 percent of Americans now identify themselves as conservative (up from 37 percent at the time of Obama’s election), while only 20 percent regard themselves as liberal (down from 22 percent)....

Writing in The American Conservative, Jack Hunter opines: Warning that popular talk radio and Fox News host Glenn Beck was "Harmful to the Conservative Movement," Peter Wehner wrote on Commentary's "Contentions" blog in September: "he seems to be more of a populist and libertarian than a conservative, more of a Perotista than a Reaganite. His interest in conspiracy theories is disquieting, as is his admiration for Ron Paul and his charges of American 'imperialism.' (He is now talking about pulling troops out of Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, and elsewhere.)" Wehner is not alone in his criticism. When Beck told CBS...

On the face, this kid has it.If he has no issues, this kid can win easily. As for comments I made on the race being the testing ground for conservatives?I still hold to the belief below on the Flordia Republican senate primary race being the testing ground for conservatives, but the New York race with Hoffman has added some interest in that it could become the catalyst in the conservative movement. You have to hand it to the bigwigs within the Republican party. They know how to run a duplicitous campaign on smaller government. It should be obvious now, that...

Ever since the Republican Party nominated McCain as the presidential candidate, I feel abandoned by the Republican Party. It wasn't only because of that, but that was the latest action that made me feel abandoned. Before I continue, I need to say that the democrats will not get my vote. It started when I moved to Maryland in 1992. Back in Iowa, I was a caucus delegate, an active supporter of local candidates, including when Jack Kemp ran for president. I moved to Maryland, expecting to participate in party actions like I did in Iowa. instead, I found things ran...

While a congressional races are drawing national attention, I wanted to let everyone know about another CONSERVATIVE candidate running for SC 4th Congressional district. His name is Jim Lee. His website jimleeforcongress2010.com Jim needs our help. Especially from the local SC constituency. He is not a Lawyer, not a career politician, and adheres to true Conservative values. He is running against the incumbent, Bob Inglis who has abandoned Conservative values by voting for TARP, sided with the Democrats on the Joe Wilson incident, amongst many other non conservative issues. Jim Lee has already committed to the New Contract with America...

Link to video.Note to mods: not promoting what DCCC has to say. Merely providing link in the spirit of "know your enemy".It is has a well-deserved "Barf Alert" and hoping the thread would stay as a motivator for many to stay tuned into to and engaged in the (Doug) Hoffman vs. "The Establishment" hot race in New York state, voting scheduled for next Tuesday.