http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dems/ en-us Tue, 2 Sep 2008 03:22:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072757/posts U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden never said Israel would have to accept Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, his spokesman said Monday. Army Radio in Israel reported Biden, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Jerusalem officials three years ago he opposed an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities and Israel would likely have to come to grips with a nuclear-armed Iran, The Jerusalem Post reported. This is a lie peddled by partisan opponents of Senators (Barack) Obama and Biden and we will not tolerate anyone questioning Senator Biden's 35-year record of standing up for the security of... moldova http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072757/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 03:22:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070116/posts I've commented on numerous occasions about the way editorial cartoonists use men as the default for bad in their cartoons. The cartoon above is not sexist in and of itself, but I can't help but notice that there are three "bad" figures--the one who doesn't want to send the kids to school, the one too lazy to plant a tree, and the one too stupid to get a 401K--and, no surprise, all three are male. There aren't short-sighted women? There aren't women who'd rather lay on a hammock (or the couch) rather than go do yard work? There aren't women... Men's News Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070116/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:53:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068024/posts Romney, Cantor, Diaz-Balart, Blackburn Host "Not Ready '08" Press Confrence "Not Ready '08" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068024/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:39:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067993/posts Fox Reporter Assaulted By Anti-war Protestors In Denver August 24, 2008 - 15:30 ET The Democratic National Convention hasn't even begun, and the protestors are out trying to Recreate 68. For those unfamiliar, the group "was created for all the grassroots people who are tired of being sold out by the Democratic Party," and are gathering in Denver to "resist a two-party system that allows imperialism and racism to continue unrestrained." High profile activists such as Cindy Sheehan and Cynthia McKinney have already joined the festivities. On Sunday, Fox News's Griff Jenkins tried to speak to these folks as they... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067993/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:44:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067692/posts A solid crew of guys have put this blog together in a short time frame, but already have it stocked full of relevant content (remind me again how Joe Biden's selection was supposed to attract Catholics?). Go visit, bookmark and please consider promoting. See my first post on Joe Biden here. Labels: 2008 presidential race, catholicism and politics, notable links, pro-abort politicians American Papist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067692/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065913/posts Two McCain offices evacuated after letter threat Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:45pm EDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Two offices of John McCain's U.S. presidential campaign, in Colorado and New Hampshire, were evacuated on Thursday, and several staffers were hospitalized, after threatening or suspicious envelopes arrived in the mail, one with an unidentified white powder. The first parcel, described as containing an unspecified threat and a powdery white substance, was opened by a staff member at the campaign's Centennial, Colorado, office, near Denver, at about 3 p.m. local time, U.S. Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065913/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:15:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065758/posts Breaking news from Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065758/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061848/posts The Democratic Party and the mainstream media work together on behalf of terrorists. That fact has been extensively covered in this column. But that working combination does damage in many areas of national life, one of the most important being in the area of race relations and civil rights. The Democratic Party, the mainstream media and black leaders keep identifying racism as a central problem in our society and they thus manage to create a real and effective roadblock to ending any problems caused by past racism and improving the life and well-being of blacks and minority groups. The Democratic... The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061848/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:12:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060553/posts Missing: 52 years of history. Ignored: The other 113 years that take the Democrats from their birth in 1800 to 1965. As Democrats prepare to nominate Senator Barack Obama to be the first black president, the Democratic National Committee and its chairman Howard Dean have whitewashed the party's horrific and lengthy record of racism. The omission is in the section of the DNC website that describes the party's history. The missing history raises the obvious question of whether the Democrats, unable or simply unwilling to put their party on record as taking direct responsibility for one of the worst racial... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060553/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058248/posts The clock is ticking. Only five months and change to get impeachment done. So why isn't the Democrat Congress doing anything? DUmmie answer: Complicit Dems and the Braunschweiger Theory. It will all become clear in a moment, grasshopper, as we explore this THREAD, "We are all very clever with our posts on how to impeach & try Bush Co for the crimes." So let us now enjoy a Pelosi-on-wry with Bermuda Red opinions, while the commentary of your humble guest correspondent, Charles Henrickson, still savoring the Swedish pancakes with lingonberries and meatballs he had for breakfast today in Door... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058248/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:44:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050520/posts The National Rifle Association is putting the election-year squeeze on conservative Democrats, demanding that they buck their leadership to support a bill to erase more of the District of Columbia’s gun laws. Democratic gun rights supporters will risk losing their A-plus rating if they don’t sign a discharge petition to be filed Wednesday bringing the gun-rights bill directly to the floor. It will be the first time in more than 20 years that the NRA has “scored” a discharge petition in determining the grades it gives lawmakers before the November election, said spokesman Andrew Arulanandam. “We’re making this a priority.... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050520/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:08:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048336/posts Democrats do not take Islamofascism threat seriously Democrats do not take the threat to our civilization by Islamo-fascists seriously. They think defending our country against them is a job for cops, not the military. They want to try terrorists in our civilian courts as if they were petty criminals. And now, a senior advisor to Obama says the following: In arguing that the country should back off a policy that causes too much pain, Danzig said, “”Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.”He read a section from the children’s book where Pooh... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048336/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047642/posts The Democratic National Committee is asking America to weigh in on its party platform, and this week kicks off more than 1,300 meetings to hear from voters across the country on the big question: What should Democrats stand for - and against? If the idea sounds politically challenging, or even risky - think Rush Limbaugh and his dittoheads weighing in - San Francisco attorney Michael Yaki, who heads the party's platform committee, says not to worry. In fact, he's even invited Limbaugh and his dittoheads to come on down and take part in the meetings that will happen around the... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047642/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046679/posts Hundreds of Denver's homeless could be cooling their heels in a movie theater or museum while the Democratic National Convention is in town next month. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless plans to get 500 movie tickets as well as passes to the Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and other cultural facilities for the people it helps. Many day shelters will have expanded hours during the convention, and big screen TVs are being donated to some shelters so patrons can watch convention goings-on without being caught up in the mayhem. A two-day voter registration drive is also... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046679/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038907/posts AS if Barack Obama doesn't have enough good will in his bid for the White House, along comes "Why I'm a Democrat." Former Page Six editor Susan Mulcahy, who interviewed 55 movers and shakers for her new book, notes, "GOP candidates often win simply by acting, as one Democrat observed, like the kids of folks you'd enjoy having over for a barbecue . . . the barbecue with no beef, as it were." New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038907/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:07:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037812/posts Okay, I'm waiting for Republicans to go on the attack here. If Democrats hold up drilling, aren't we then, in theory, using up more of the world's existing supplies? When is the GOP going to get clever here? This is such an easy position to take. By not drilling, we are using more of our foreign neighbor's supplies, an argument the Dems have used against us for decades. Also, ethanol taps into our food supply. If we use our food to make fuel, then we have less food to feed the poor. That's downright "evil"! Another dacades old Dem argument.... Ann Coulter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037812/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:31:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036509/posts The Greenest Show on Earth: Democrats Gear Up for Denver From Organic Fanny Packs to 'Pure' Trash, Party Planners Face Logistical Nightmare By STEPHANIE SIMON June 25, 2008; Page A1 DENVER -- As the Mile High City gears up to host a Democratic bash for 50,000, organizers are discovering the perils of trying to stage a political spectacle that's also politically correct. Consider the fanny packs. With biodegradable balloons and organic snacks, Denver Democrats hope to stage the "greenest convention" ever. See examples. The host committee for the Democratic National Convention wanted 15,000 fanny packs for volunteers. But they had... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036509/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:46:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035938/posts Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) have said in recent weeks that U.S. oil refineries should be "socialized" -- that is, nationalized and run by the federal government. But Waters apparently is now backing away from those comments. In speaking to oil company executives at a May 22 hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Waters tried to hold her tongue but nonetheless said: "This liberal will be all about socializing, uh, uh ... would be about basically taking over and the government running all of your companies." At a June 18 press conference, Rep. Hinchey said he... Cybercast News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035938/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:05:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034457/posts When someone starts yammering about transcending partisanship, renouncing “hatred and venom” and “bringing us together” – head for the hills. He’s talking capitulation on the right, with long lines of defeated, dejected conservatives in tattered uniforms being marched away to political POW camps. Former Bush flak Scott McClellan, author of a tell-all book on his White House service, is worse than a rat fink. He’s worse even than a fawning sycophant craving the establishment’s favor. He’s a defeatist who bids his party to stand with him in the middle of a four-lane highway at rush-hour. Can we say “road-kill”? Here’s... Don Feder.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034457/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:51:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033139/posts As gas prices soar past $4 a gallon, Congress and the presidential candidates are hard at work trying to assign blame for the record prices, and when they finish that, suggesting fixes. For Republicans the answer is simple: We need more energy and the best way to get it is to expand domestic production through new drilling. For Democrats the problem is the energy industry itself -- both domestic and foreign -- and it needs to be brought to heel under new regulations. The stakes are high. Polls show anxiety over energy prices now trumping terrorism as a top concern... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033139/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:25:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032624/posts City proposal targets aggressive panhandling Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:59 PM By Bobby Pierce THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Columbus' panhandlers might have to watch their step to continue soliciting in the city. Aggressive panhandling was the topic at a City Council public hearing tonight. Councilman Andrew Ginther moderated the testimony of 12 Columbus residents, as well as the deputy safety director, assistant city attorney and a police officer. “You can't simply throw panhandlers in jail,” Ginther had said last week. “Some are following people for blocks; in the University area, people feel badgered and threatened; they are coming up to people... THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032624/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:19:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031257/posts Don't listen to the liberals - Right-wingers really are nicer people, latest research shows George Orwell once wrote that politics was closely related to social identity. 'One sometimes gets the impression,' he wrote in The Road To Wigan Pier, 'that the mere words socialism and communism draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, nature-cure quack, pacifist and feminist in England'. Orwell was making an observation. But today a whole body of academic research shows he was correct: your politics influence the manner in which you live your life. And the news is not so... The Daily Mail (Great Britain) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031257/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:29:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030544/posts Since literally the founding of the American Communist Party in 1919, the extreme left -- specifically, the communists -- have relied upon genuine liberals to be dupes, or suckers, to help further their cause. Here's how it typically worked: the communists would engage in some sort of work or agenda, very focused, and which they would be prepared to publicly deny. Anyone who has done any work with or on communists, from New York City to Moscow, can speak at length about how they operated with deceit. As Vladimir Lenin had said, in a favorite quote cited often by Ronald... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030544/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:50:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030574/posts   100 Republican Firsts (for Leftwing Dummies)  by Ben-Peter Terpstra   Part 1 (1-50): For Mr. Clooney! 1. 1854: Pro-life Americans establish the first major anti-slavery party. The Republican Party is born. 2. 1862: Pro-life politicians are the first to abolish slavery in Washington, D.C. They are Republicans. 3. 1863: Pro-life politicians issue the Emancipation Proclamation, in order to set all slaves free. They are Republicans.   4. 1865: Attorney John Rock (a registered doctor), becomes the first black member of the Supreme Court bar. He is a Republican. 5. 1870: Pastor Rhodes Revels becomes America’s first black Senator. He is... ntellectualConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030574/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027484/posts Return to the Article June 07, 2008The Audacity of the DemocratsBy Rocco DiPippo There was a pre-Lewinsky time, before moral relativism blurred America's vision, when associating with people like Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers would have automatically excluded someone from attaining the highest office in the land. Back then, anyone with well known connections to such America-averse personalities would have been rejected by a super-majority of the electorate during primary season and almost certainly blocked by the Democratic Party before they could have gotten to within a mile of the White House. But those days -- when patriotic, true... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027484/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 06:09:25 GMT