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DENVER – A store clerk's curiosity about why Najibullah Zazi was buying large quantities of beauty supply products indicated that something about the transaction wasn't quite right — and it's an example of the kind of citizen vigilance that can combat terror, a police commander said Saturday. Los Angeles police Cmdr. Joan McNamara cited this summer's incident as police chiefs meeting in Denver adopted a model for a nationwide community watch program that teaches people what behavior is truly suspicious and encourages them to report it to police. Federal authorities allege Zazi, 24, tried to make a homemade explosive using...

Frankly, I could care less that Powell chose to endorse Obama for the presidency. However, I find his logic and reasoning for doing so very weak. It is like he tried to find a better answer than that Obama is the black guy, but couldn't. And, Powell is quick to point out that he greatly respects McCain and knows that he has disappointed a long-time friend by making this endorsement. Sounds like Powell is conflicted about the endorsement, right? Well, my biggest problem with the whole thing is the timing of his announcement. If he really respected McCain as he...

Kerry was much closer to Powell on many issues than Obama is. Especially national security. Kerry was in Vietnam like Kerry was. Obama/Biden have never served a day in the military in their entire lives. Kerry at least wanted to finish the job in Iraq. Obama wants to surrender. Now why did Powell NOT endorse Kerry but DOES endorse Obama? Oh wait...oh yeah, that's right.

Bill Clinton, given golden opportunity, fails to endorse Barack ObamaBY MICHAEL McAULIFF DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU Updated Monday, August 4th 2008, 1:58 PM WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton regrets some things he said - and didn't say - on the campaign trail. But one thing he still can't bring himself to utter: Barack Obama is ready to be President. "You can argue that nobody is ready to be President, the former President told ABC. "I certainly learned a lot about the job in the first year," Clinton said from Rwanda. "You can argue that even if you've been vice president for...

Washington, DC -- One of the leading pro-abortion groups issued its endorsement on Wednesday for Barack Obama, apparently believing he will represent the Democratic Party against John McCain. NARAL has supported Hillary Clinton throughout her career but Obama appears more likely to win the nomination.

I think since they--whomever they are--since they could not find anything wrong with him as a person, there seemingly has been an attempt to reach out and find something wrong with those who are allegedly around him. Everybody keeps saying, “Well, he sat there for 20 years." For starters, he didn’t sit there for 20 years, right? He’s been a member for 20 years. He’s not sat there for 20 years. For three years, he was in law school. Another eight years, he was in the state senate, and another three years--or three years, really now four--he’s been in the...

"RALEIGH, N.C. - Gov. Mike Easley will endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, The Associated Press has learned." "Easley was expected to announce the endorsement Tuesday morning in Raleigh, the state capital, one week before North Carolina's primary on May 6, according to persons close to the governor and to Clinton. The individuals spoke on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement had not yet been made. Easley is a Democratic superdelegate who has served two terms as governor. His decision comes despite several recent polls showing Clinton trailing rival Barack Obama ahead of the state's May 6 primary."

WASHINGTON -- Rolling Stone is backing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president, the first time the music magazine has endorsed a contender for the White House during the primary. "The reason for the early choice is twofold," the editors explain in the publication's upcoming issue. "Undoing the damage of the disastrous Bush years will take a leader who can unite a deeply divided nation, and politicians with gifts like Obama's are so rare that it's imperative for each of us to do our part." The magazine has endorsed presidential candidates since 1972, beginning with Democrat George McGovern. Other recent candidates...

THE Blade has a long-established principle of seldom endorsing a candidate in any primary election. It's easy to see, however, that this isn't a typical year. For the first time in history, the outcome of the Ohio primary may well determine the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. We are not yet ready to say who we will endorse in November. But we wholeheartedly agree with something our editorial board heard on Sunday: 'We have to have a government that works for ordinary people. We've got to be able to bring the country together so we have a...

Union officials say the powerful Teamsters union will endorse Barack Obama. The officials say the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is expected to make an official announcement later Wednesday. Teamster President James P. Hoffa plans to meet with Obama in Austin, Texas, before an announcement is made.

Fred Thompson, the one-time Republican presidential candidate, endorsed Sen. John McCain Friday, calling on the party to "close ranks" behind the presumed nominee

Duncan Hunter Endorsed Mike Huckabee Little Rock, AR- “ Former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee accepted the endorsement of Congressman Duncan Hunter, the former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee who withdrew from the Presidential race earlier this week. Huckabee stated, "I'm honored to have Duncan Hunter's support. Over the past year, I have come to admire him on a personal and professional level. We share many of the same positions on the military and immigration. I look forward to having his support as our campaign continues to surge ahead to Super Tuesday and beyond." "I...

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday endorsed Barack Obama for president, a Super Tuesday boost in a GOP-leaning state that Democrats hope to reclaim in the White House campaign.

OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama...

California Rep. Duncan Hunter endorsed Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, four days after dropping his own presidential bid. “I got to know Governor Huckabee well on the campaign trail,” said Hunter. “Of the remaining candidates I feel that he is strongly committed to strengthening national defense, constructing the border fence and meeting the challenge of China’s emergence as a military superpower that is taking large portions of America’s industrial base,” he said in a statement. Huckabee said that the other quality compelling his endorsement is that Huckabee “is a man of outstanding character and integrity. I saw that character over the...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Jim in Kansas City, Missouri, I'm glad you called, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network. CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thanks for taking my call. RUSH: Yes, sir. CALLER: Earlier you had mentioned that when the time comes, you're going to announce or get behind somebody, and I'm just wondering, what's your selection criteria for picking a candidate, and two, how do you decide when that time is that you're going to announce? I'm more interested in how you pick a candidate. Because especially this year with -- there's really not a true conservative. How do you narrow it...

SACRAMENTO -- Softening his past opposition to changes to California's term-limits law, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is endorsing a Feb. 5 ballot measure that would allow many sitting lawmakers to run for office again this year rather than be forced to leave the Legislature. Schwarzenegger, who as a candidate in 2003 supported California's existing term-limits law as a shield against "special interests" obtaining too much power, reversed himself in an essay released Monday that said the original law "went too far." "Under the current system, our elected officials are not given the time they need to reach their full potential as...

SACRAMENTO -- Softening his past opposition to changes to California's term-limits law, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to endorse a February ballot measure that would allow many sitting lawmakers to run for office again this year rather than be forced to leave the Legislature, said people close to the governor and the campaign. Schwarzenegger's backing is a boost for the Proposition 93 campaign and its chief proponent, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles), who will be forced out of his seat after this year unless the term-limits law is changed. Nunez endeared himself to Schwarzenegger by pushing the governor's health...

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will endorse Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign today, according to two sources familiar with the decision. Napolitano's endorsement has literal and symbolic significance. As a popular western state governor, she could prove as an effective surrogate for Obama in Nevada's Jan. 19 caucuses. Napolitano is also one of a handful of female governors in the country, and her decision to go with Obama could undercut Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's attempts to unify female elected officials behind her candidacy. Arizona has traditionally gone for the GOP presidential candidate in past general elections, but it is increasingly becoming...

Thompson: Strong values By Morgan Hunter Issue date: 1/10/08 Section: Opinion Originally published: 1/9/08 at 9:55 PM PST Last update: 1/9/08 at 9:53 PM PST For months, I have been searching for a Republican candidate that I can support for president. I want a candidate who will uphold conservative principles and also win the general election. After watching the coverage of the Iowa Primary, I found my answer: Fred Thompson. His address to the people of Iowa clearly shows his almost Reaganesque oratory and his firm commitment to conservative ideals. What are these ideals? Personal freedom paired with personal responsibility;...

"Barack Obama is building a broad new coalition that brings together Democrats, independents and Republicans by once again making idealism a central focus of our politics," Bradley said in a release scheduled to be released on Sunday. "Because of his enormous appeal to Americans of all ages and backgrounds, Obama is the candidate best positioned to win in November. ... His movement for change could create a new era of American politics — truly a new American story."

Delegates from across Arkansas participated in a special Arkansas Republican Assembly (ARRA) Endorsement Convention. They considered 9 Republican presidential candidates. Unlike the Republican Party of Arkansas (RPA), who may not endorse a candidate before the primary, the ARRA may endorse candidates. While all the members of the ARRA are Republicans, the ARRA is an independent caucus made up of social, moral, and fiscal Conservative Arkansans who believe in God, family, and country and who work together in County Republican Assemblies in Arkansas to strengthen and to uphold moral and traditional family values and Republican principles and ideals. An endorsement convention...

Beside a patently obtuse view of the war and a penchant for awful and insulting analogies?

Update: Obama Site Removes Pastor's 'Endorsement' By Nathan Burchfiel CNSNews.com Staff Writer January 26, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - An unofficial website encouraging Sen. Barack Obama to run for president on Friday removed a prominent California pastor from its unapproved list of celebrity "endorsements" of the Illinois Democrat. As Cybercast News Service previously reported, the website DraftObama.org on Thursday unveiled a list of 17 celebrities who "work hard for a better America and have made statements in support of Senator Obama." The list compiled the public statements of 17 celebrities expressing admiration for Obama, a first-term senator who is considering a bid...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Lawmakers across party lines Tuesday endorsed the prime minister's new plan for stopping sectarian killings, but Shiite and Sunni leaders still must work out details of how to put aside sharp divisions and work together to halt the bloodshed. At least 33 people died in violence around Iraq, including a suicide attack on a fish market in Baghdad that killed three people and wounded 19. A bomber detonated a belt rigged with explosives in the outdoor market in the primarily Sunni area of Sadiyah in southwestern Baghdad, police Lt. Maitham Abdul Razzaq said. Meanwhile, the U.S. command...

Groups, daughter endorse JeffersonBy JANET MCCONNAUGHEY Associated Press writer Published: Oct 3, 2006 U.S. Rep. William Jefferson delivers brief remarks Monday after receiving endorsements at his campaign headquarters in New Orleans. Jefferson, an eight-term congressman, has endorsements including more than a dozen political groups, including the Democratic Executive Committees of both Orleans and Jefferson parishes, 18 ministers, and 19 labor organizations, including the state AFL-CIO. Associated Press photo by BILL HABER NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Rep. William Jefferson’s initial endorsements this year are led by his daughter and five other state legislators, a former legislator and one of the city’s...

California's prison guards have given Democratic gubernatorial challenger Phil Angelides a maximum $22,300 donation, but representatives for the powerful union say the contribution does not constitute an endorsement. "While we continue to evaluate the direction we are going to take in the fall, we do recognize that candidates have to be able to reach out to the voting public and voice their vision for California," said Lance Corcoran, spokesman for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). The union has not donated to Gov. Schwarzenegger's campaign. The well-heeled union is believed to be sitting on a $10 million--or larger--war chest...

Updated at 3:42 p.m. Thursday] ANTIOCH -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday there is a possibility that he might endorse Democratic candidates in other statewide political races. "If I like someone, absolutely," the Republican governor said in response to a reporter's question inside the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall at a campaign even in the Delta town near the banks of the San Joaquin River. "Let's see. But right now, I'm just thinking about moving the state forward." Schwarzenegger's campaign manager, Steve Schmidt, said in an interview later, however, that the governor has endorsed all of the down-ticket Republican candidates...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Several of the state's agricultural leaders gathered in a packing shed to endorse Arnold Schwarzenegger's special election agenda, saying he has made good on promises to promote the state's agriculture industry. "We're here to do all we can to help you," Barry Bedwell, president of the California Grape and Tree Fruit League, told the governor as he stood amid boxes overflowing with recently picked grapes. The governor has been good to the $32 billion industry, keeping promises he made on the campaign trail, farm representatives said. They thanked Schwarzenegger for reforming workers' compensation insurance, promoting California's...

Homosexual Group Admits Obscene Material Was Handed Out at Conference 'Outed,' GLSEN Boston Confesses Sexually Explicit Literature Was Made Available to Kids at Its Event Caution: This story contains terms that some may find offensive. By Jim Brown and Jenni Parker May 19, 2005 (AgapePress) - A Boston health clinic has admitted to distributing pornographic books to middle school students and others at a Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) conference hosted by a Massachusetts high school. Initially GLSEN Boston categorically denied its recent 15th Annual Conference event at Brookline High School featured sexually explicit materials. However, the Fenway...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Eight of the 20 California Republicans in Congress have endorsed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's push for new legislative and congressional districts for the 2006 elections. In a letter to the Republican governor, the lawmakers said they agreed that drawing new districts for 2006 was a "necessary reform to restore fair and democratic electoral choice to the voters of California." Schwarzenegger is backing legislation and an initiative to take the power to draw districts away from the Democrat-dominated Legislature and turn it over to a panel of retired judges, saying it would result in more seats that either party...

...Venezuelans would prefer at this time if the Carter Center stayed away from our country. The role the Center played in the recall referendum, before and after it, left a very bitter taste in all of those like me, who are certain that the outcome was fraudulent. ... Carter ... did not demand that the CNE do the “hot audits” on August 16th. ... There are lies in the reports from the Carter Center, such as that the boxes containing the ballots never left their sight. Thus, Venezuelans in the opposition think the Carter Center failed them completely by being...

Bwahahahah!!! Gasp! Bwahahahahahahah! (tears of laughter, blogger convulsing on the floor subject to one of the biggest laugh attacks recorded in blogdom). (Breathe, breathe deeply, garner composure, start writing again) Today we learn that Jennifer Mc Coy of the Carter Center will brave Venezuela to offer help in consolidating peace and democracy! The nerve! What is in store for us? Are they going to approve the new judicial system whose near uniform composition will ensure "peace" through a "uniform justice" (pun intended)? Will they offer to monitor the 2006 elections to validate yet another "fair" Chavez victory? ... I have...

The respected columnist Andres Oppenheimer of the Miami Herald has gotten hold of a pretty seamy secret document showing an emerging alliance between South America and the Arab League. The 28-page draft document for a May 10-11 summit in Brazil will endorse Arab terrorism and condemn Israel. It would also 'study' the 'root causes' of terrorism, and 'distinguish' the kinds of terrorism they justify and the kinds they can condemn without consequence. We all well know what that means. Oppenheimer writes: My conclusion: South American countries are playing with fire by extending the focus of the summit to Middle Eastern...

Amid monstrous electoral turmoil in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin decided to hold a press conference today in Moscow, with none other than Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. [snip] So what is this really about? Last August 15, Hugo Chavez won a hugely fraudulent recall referendum victory comparable to the nightmare going on in Ukraine. However, the West didn't stick up for clean elections in Venezuela. Instead, it entrusted the matter to Jimmy Carter

Wisconsin newspaper endorsements for presidential candidates (Published Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:08:07 AM CDT) Associated Press Wisconsin newspaper endorsements for President Bush, a Republican, or Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat, in the 2004 presidential campaign: The Post-Crescent of Appleton endorsed Bush on Oct. 24: "This election is a process not of choosing the better, but of eliminating the lesser. Bush has at least demonstrated he can be a strong leader, particularly in the days following Sept. 11. Kerry, in the Senate or in this campaign, hasn't sufficiently made the case that he's better in that regard." Beloit Daily News...

Al Jazeera today is airing a new video by Al Qaida in which Usama Bin Ladin endorses Kerry for the presidency. Usama is quoted as saying "the infidel Bush's killing and capturing of the majority my operatives has severely hampered my ability to conduct terrorist operations". Usama goes on to say that he feels that Al Qaida would flourish during a Kerry presidency. He even went so far as to predict that within on year of Kerry's election Al Qaida would have full control of Iraq.

The Columbus Dispatch: Kerry Lacks Convictions On Iraq.  "During the presidential campaign, Kerry has revised his stance on Iraq almost as frequently as there have been shifts in opinion polls. He appears to lack solid convictions on how to proceed."  (Editorial, "Despite Missteps, Bush Is Better Able To Steer Nation Through Difficulties Ahead," The Columbus Dispatch, 10/24/04)  The Cincinnati Enquirer: "We Believe George W. Bush Has The Strength To Meet This Challenge And The Others That Will Confront America In The Next Four Years."  (Editorial, "George Bush For President," The Cincinnati Enquirer, 10/24/04)The Cincinnati Post: Kerry's Record Makes Decision Clear. ...

Kerry for president It's time to reunite America With the presidential election just nine days away and polls showing a dead heat, the country appears as divided as it was four years ago, when George W. Bush eked out a victory over then-Vice President Al Gore. And that's no place to be. With the nation at war against terrorist radicals, there has never been a greater need for unity. We found that unity after the terrible 9-11 attacks, but under President Bush's leadership we have become dangerously polarized. To wage an effective war on terrorism, we must restore national unity...

George W. Bush For President Posted 10/20/2004 By EDITORIAL BOARD It was George W. Bush’s lot to have been elected president at a time when two defining developments were at work, fundamentally changing the world landscape. The European Union’s burgeoning determination to fill the international political void created by the collapse of the Soviet Union was one. And the unprecedented challenges presented by an international terror crusade on the move —underscored eight months into Mr. Bush’s presidency by 9/11 — was the other. Both these developments required — and will continue to require — leadership not rooted in outdated geopolitical...

To our fellow Americans: We have given much thought to the values and characteristics that make a great athlete. Our lives have been spent trying to run farther, push further, and jump higher than the person beside us, or across the field of our chosen sport. With years of training and exhaustive competition beneath our belts, we have identified the values necessary to compete and win--values like personal strength, determination, a sense of fair play and faith. The same qualities that make a great athlete make a great President - he determination to do what is right, regardless of the...

Newspaper endorsements in the 2004 presidential campaign between President Bush (news - web sites), a Republican, and Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), a Democrat.Bush:The Chicago Tribune endorsed Bush on Oct. 17."There is much the current president could have done differently over the last four years. ... But for his resoluteness on the defining challenge of our age — a resoluteness John Kerry has not been able to demonstrate — the Chicago Tribune urges the re-election of George W. Bush as president of the United States." The Carlsbad Current-Argus, Carlsbad, N.M., endorsed Bush on Oct. 17."We believe President Bush should...

Most know what a big deal the mainstream media made of the Bush hometown newspaper (The Iconoclast of Crawford, Texas, with 400 + population) endorsement of John Kerry. Well, just in case you missed it, here is a real big endorsement from Senator Kerry's own hometown paper, The Lowell Sun, in Lowell, Massachusetts, a traditional Democratic town, which has somewhere in the vicinity of 220,000 population. The Lowell Sun has not only endorsed President Bush, but it's a ringing endorsement, and a scathing editorial against Kerry to say the least.

MIAMI, FL - On Thursday, October 7, 2004, the Florida Police Benevolent Association announced its endorsement of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in the 2004 presidential election during a visit by the Vice President to Miami, Florida. "The Florida PBA is honored to endorse the President's re-election campaign during the Vice President's visit to Florida," said David Murrell, Executive Director of the Florida PBA.  "The President and Vice President are strong on principles and tough on terrorists and officers across Florida know that those are the leadership qualities that it takes to make America safer."             Police officers...

On Ohio Bus Tour, President Meets with Fraternal Order of Police Leadership CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH - During his Ohio bus tour today, President George W. Bush met with the Fraternal Order of Police leadership to accept their unanimous endorsement of his reelection. The FOP’s endorsement of the President is the organization’s first-ever unanimous endorsement of a presidential candidate.  In between his events in Mansfield and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, President Bush met with National President of the Fraternal Order of Police Kenneth C. Canterbury, Executive Director James Pasco and FOP of Ohio President Nicholas DiMarco to thank them for their support and officially...

RACINE, WI - Today, the National Troopers Coalition (NTC) declared their endorsement of President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election; marking only the second time that this 46,000 member organization has endorsed a presidential candidate. The NTC endorsed George W. Bush in the 2000 election against Vice President Al Gore. "The National Troopers Coalition is proud to stand with President Bush and offer its endorsement today. The President’s commitment to family values, education and community affairs is the right recipe for reducing crime in America." said NTC Chairman Casey Perry. "President Bush is not just talking the talk,...

SAN DIEGO ---- County supervisors today could ask the state to toughen election laws by requiring people to show proof that they are U.S. citizens when they register to vote and identification at the polls before being allowed to vote. Under current law, people are not required to show proof of citizenship, and only first-time voters who register by mail are required to show identification ---- which does not have to include a photograph ---- at the polls. Supervisor Bill Horn, who recommended the Board of Supervisors petition the state to change state voting laws, said having to show birth...

Five outspoken Sept. 11 widows on Tuesday will publicly endorse John Kerry

Hello FreeRepublic Posters! --I'd rather take the chance of being " laughed at " as being a " newbee " here--than NOT post something new that maybe might help out at least just ONE other poster here. The site http://www.opensecrets.org had posted info I used to show: @ The DONATIONS this year (and past) to election support GROUPS of :INDIVIDUALS and COMPANIES and ORGANIZATIONS. @ ALL the stats that I am sure that these " Contibutors" would LOVE to hide. They JUST STARTED a NEW THREAD that is titled, " the 527 Contributers " !!!-- Listing all the PRIVATE/GROUP/COMMITTEE memebers,...

The group Gun Owners of Vermont (GOV) has endorsed Hardy Machia's campaign for governor in that state. Machia is running on the Libertarian Party ticket. The GOV endorsed Republican James Douglas in 2002, but Douglas lost the support of the state's gun owners when he made a deal with the federal government to have Vermont's law enforcement agencies enforce the federal gun laws. Federal gun laws are much more stringent than Vermont's laws; Vermont has never required a permit for gun ownership or for carrying firearms. Some of the state's very few gun laws prohibit carrying a firearm to school...