http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/elections-news/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:03:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286348/posts Listen to Quinn and Rose on XM Satellite Radio, Channel 158, 6am - 10am EST, or on any of these stations – click You can listen later on podcast at-click For all conservative shows online - click @@ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286348/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:03:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286340/posts Sen. John McCain touched on a variety of topics with The Daily Courier while visiting Prescott July 4, from single-payer health care to a revived push for a national scenic area designation in the Sedona area. . . . . . Other topics with McCain included: . . . . . * Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. McCain said he hasn't decided how he will vote on Sotomayor, especially since he still needs to talk to fellow Sen. Jon Kyl about her. Kyl serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Daily Courier, Prescott, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286340/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:29:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286336/posts Oh, Myth Romney, how do I loathe you! Let me count the ways. (in no particular order) 10. TAXES: As the Governor of Massachusetts, you raised "fees" (taxes) by nearly $730 million. In fact, at a 2008 presidential debate, you said that it's appropriate for governments to charge fees and provide services. And, in 2007, at a campaign event in Iowa, you called flat taxes "unfair." (OnTheIssues.org/NewsMax) 9. HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA: In 1994, you favored allowing unabashed homosexuals to openly serve in the U.S. armed forces. You also favored allowing homosexuals to participate in the Boy Scouts, and you were endorsed... FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286336/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286335/posts Bashing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is sport for many journalists, particularly those who are perhaps bored by the summer doldrums. "She is by far the best-looking woman ever to rise to such heights in national politics, the first indisputably fertile female to dare to dance with the big dogs," writes Todd Purdum in the August issue of Vanity Fair. He coins the term "polar disorder," concluding that Mrs. Palin is surrounded by "clouds of tabloid conflict and controversy" and "has disappointed many of those who once had the highest hopes for her." Yeah, yeah. Enough already. Mrs. Palin is not... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286335/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 06:59:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286334/posts After a low-profile Fourth of July, Sarah Palin took to Twitter this morning to decry her critics and urge supporters to weather the media criticism over her decision to resign as governor of Alaska. "Critics are spinning, so hang in there as they feed false info on the right decision made as I enter last yr in office to not run again," she wrote through TwitterBerry, a mobile device application for the popular 140-character-per-"tweet" social-networking site. The brief message, consistent with the tone of her Friday news conference, during which she condemned as "blood sport" the national political process, came... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286334/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 06:57:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286332/posts The response to Sarah Palin's surprise resignation last Friday clearly reveals the limitations of the American political class, right, left, or what have you. There's an old academic joke, probably apocryphal, about Count Metternich, Austria's foreign minister during the Napoleonic era. While attending the Congress of Vienna, Metternich is sleeping off a banquet when one of his aides bursts in at three in the morning. "Your excellency! Count Nesselrode, the Russian ambassador, just died." Metternich jerks awake. "Died, you say? What a terrible thing! I was speaking to him only tonight... Uhh... send a message to the Tsar -- Austria... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286332/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 06:56:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286330/posts What a shock that Maureen Dowd devoted her New York Times column Sunday to attack Sarah Palin. It did not so much criticize Alaska's governor for prematurely stepping down from her official duties as to finish off what sister snipers Katie Couric and Tina Fey began last fall. The assassination of Sarah Palin - by media. For those who didn't pay attention, Mrs. Palin's unexpected stratospheric rise as a national political figure threatened the media's preordained presidency of Barack Obama. In light of how the Obama machine took down Hillary Clinton, which unsettled many feminists who believed 2008 was their... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286330/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 06:46:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286329/posts Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell had an unremarkable first year in office, loyally supporting Gov. Sarah Palin. But in the past year and half, a crescendo of unexpected announcements and dramatic developments have thrust him into a more prominent role, culminating with his unanticipated move into the No. 1 seat announced Friday. One day later a spokesman for the governor's office said Parnell would seek a full term in 2010. But for the next year and a half the job is all his. Parnell made headlines in March 2008 with his surprise decision to run against 18-term incumbent Don Young in... Juneau Empire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286329/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 06:28:50 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/2286314/posts Sarah Palin lacks what the GOP needs most The Republicans need a White House candidate with ideas, steadiness and the ability to unify. That's not Alaska's departing governor. Doyle McManus July 5, 2009 Is Sarah Palin the answer the Republican Party is looking for? Not likely. Palin's abrupt announcement that she's quitting as governor of Alaska may be part of a long-term strategy that leads to the Oval Office. But at the moment, it looks more like the impulsive act of a hot-headed politician who can't abide criticism -- poor attributes for anyone who hopes to run for president. Take... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286314/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 05:24:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286313/posts Beckman radio - Michael Steele about manufacturing and health care Audio (June 23) - Frank speaks with Michael Steele, RNC Chairman, about manufacturing and health care. WJR 760 radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286313/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 05:17:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286312/posts I’m confused by all the confusion among the chattering classes about Palin. I thought her press conference explained it very clearly – though she couldn’t put it precisely this way without sounding vain, but it’s obvious. Even though she’s just a state governor, she’s a HUGE national star who is both sought after and attacked as if she is already a president (a Bush, not an Obama). But she basically can’t participate because she’s tethered to the governor’s office up in Alaska. Consequently, she has to fight with one hand tied behind her back and she also can’t go around... Women of the Web http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286312/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 05:17:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286303/posts Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum joined Chuck Todd, filling in for Chris Matthews on Hardball, to discuss his recent article on Sarah Palin. Video Cafe/Crooks and Liars http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286303/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:48:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286289/posts "Iran said Sunday it has released a British-Greek journalist detained for two weeks during its postelection crackdown..." Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286289/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286288/posts Several Hawaii churches are uniting to register tens of thousands of new voters in hopes of influencing 2010 elections for the Legislature and governor's office. Hawaii Family Forum is leading the effort, which also includes several Protestant Churches, the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, and the Mormon Church.... Even in the 2nd most unionized US state (NY is #1), churches are 64% larger than unions. Hawaii Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286288/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:19:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286286/posts Three Republicans on the House panel that oversees the Census Bureau have asked fellow GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota to end her plans to boycott next year’s count. Reps. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia and John Mica of Florida issued a statement saying every elected representative has a “responsibility” to encourage participation in the 2010 Census. “Boycotting the constitutionally mandated census is illogical, illegal and not in the best interest of our country,” they stated. . . . . . McHenry, Westmoreland and Mica – no fans of Acorn – pointed out an “unfortunate irony”... The Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286286/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:13:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286273/posts Marion man already driving around with Sarah Palin 2012 poster By James Q. Lynch The Gazette j (James Q. Lynch/The Gazette) Harlan Muth of Marion has been displaying a Palin 2012 poster on his van since last fall. Muth hopes the Alaska governor gets into the race for the Republican nomination for president. Harlan Muth isn’t organizing Sarah Palin’s presidential campaign, but pledges as soon as someone does, “I’ll be with ’em. In the meantime, the Marion maintenance contractor is turning heads with his “Sarah Palin 2012” poster prominently displayed on his van. “It’s getting a fantastic response,” Muth, 63,... GazetteOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286273/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:01:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286267/posts Andrew Breitbart takes on the elitist media, specifically the three female "feminists" who have been on the trash Sarah bandwagon from the beginning, and he does it with gusto: What a shock that Maureen Dowd devoted her New York Times column Sunday to attack Sarah Palin. It did not so much criticize Alaska's governor for prematurely stepping down from her official duties as to finish off what sister snipers Katie Couric and Tina Fey began last fall. The assassination of Sarah Palin - by media. For those who didn't pay attention, Mrs. Palin's unexpected stratospheric rise as a national political... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286267/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 03:38:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286251/posts Two groups on campus, Anns Race Alternatives (ARA) and Students Against Militarism (SAM), work within these mental limits to foster awareness and practical action necesary to counter the growing threat of war. Though the emphasis of the two p:roups differ, they share an aversion to current government policy. These groups, visualizing the possibilities of destruction and grasping the tendencies of distorted national priorities, are throwing their weight into shifting America off the dead-end track. The Reagan administration's stalling at the Geneva talks on nuclear weapons has thus already caused severe tension and could ultimately bring about a dangerous rift between... Sundial (via NY Times) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286251/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:30:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286234/posts Rush Limbaugh Comments on Sarah Palin's Resignation  July 5, 2009  BEGIN TRANSCRIPTRUSH: This is Rush. I’m on a golf vacation, parts unknown, all week long. Six cities, six courses, starting today. On this Palin business, you know, one of the reasons I haven’t said anything to anybody is I don’t know what this means – and I think all of this is just speculation. We don’t know what her reasons for doing this are yet. The speculation here and the predictions here rival some of the irresponsibility I saw with people speculating on the cause of death of Michael Jackson when... RushLimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286234/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:04:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286229/posts In his landmark 1942 book, "Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy," economist Joseph Schumpeter emphasized the key role that creative destruction plays in generating long-run economic growth. It is the driving force of capitalism. OC Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286229/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286223/posts Of all the reactions to Sarah Palin's Friday morning press conference, the most common by far is bafflement followed by gentle and not-so-gentle mockery. Those who've long since deemed Palin a criminally incompetent Lady Macbeth were delighted to see her crash and burn. Sensing some kind of ulterior motive, one emerging narrative is that she is abandoning ship before some messy ethics violation is revealed in an effort to preserve her 2012 presidential viability. One outlandish theory I've toyed with is that she intends to build a new life as an evangelical super-celebrity, the tough-but-loving mother of a large Christian... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286223/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:41:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286221/posts CAIRO — An important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment. A statement by the group, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum, represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and especially the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose word is supposed to be final. The government has tried to paint the opposition and its top presidential candidate,... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286221/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:39:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286216/posts As I was watching Sarah Palin these past weeks, even before her surprise announcement that she was stepping down as Governor of Alaska – to do what, exactly? – something kept nagging at me. What did she remind me of? Finally I figured it out: She's the Fatal Attraction of the Republican party. In the movie, Glenn Close plays an attractive and seductive woman with whom the married Michael Douglas character has a vigorous fling, never dreaming she is so loopy she will end up stalking him and his family. In one horrifying scene, Ms. Close's character boils the family... The Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286216/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:34:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286208/posts A Hillary supporter reminds of this Newsweek interview from last August: NEWSWEEK: Sarah Palin, you are a Republican and a conservative one at that. It's unlikely that you and Hillary would agree on too many issues. But, yet, as a woman, chief executive—someone who's been through the grinder—when you look at the coverage and you listen to the conversations, what do you see? Sarah Palin: Fair or unfair—and I do think that it's a more concentrated criticism that Hillary gets on so many fronts; I think that's unfortunate. But fair or unfair, I think she does herself a disservice to... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286208/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:16:21 GMT