http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gop-forum/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:08:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047908/posts Reid Wilson of Real Clear Politics had a column yesterday, "Dems finding success in the center" about how democrats have been having success winning House seats by recruiting "conservative" democrat candidates, and they were following the model again in 2008. While it is true that the democrat party has had success in executing this tactic, this success is due more to their ability to fool the public about these candidates than anything else. Wilson mentioned a few members such as John Barrow of Georgia and Heath Shuler of North Carolina (perhaps better known in the South for his college football... Not Wright for America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047908/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:08:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047751/posts Plenty of evidence has existed before, but now the conclusion is inescapable: the Democrats cannot understand the most basic law of economics, the law of supply and demand. Faced with spiraling fuel costs and a demand to act, the Democrat-controlled Congress cannot or will not act. Nancy Pelosi claims the idea to drill in protected coastal areas is a “hoax” and is “echoing the demands of big oil.” Ms. Pelosi, whose husband’s company has received millions of dollars worth of government contracts directly as a result of her efforts, states a plan to release the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to consumers,... Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047751/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047056/posts So in addition to the Demos attempting to cram down our throats an unqualified and inexperienced candidate for President...we've got to deal with the Wesley Clark backing Noriega. In a letter distributed to Noriega-ites, Clark talks about Senator Jim Webb's victory in Virginia against a Republican incumbent with a large war chest in the bank...expecting us to believe that Noriega can take Cornyn based on what exactly? Hope? Wishful thinking? Clark mentions how he is friends with Noriega: "I know Rick personally, and I know he'll be a great Senator for Texas." Well that's great Wes! But Texas needs more... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047056/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047044/posts For the first time in over 30 years, the United States will station diplomats in Iran, marking a major turn around in Bush Administration policy. I am, to say the least, bewildered at President Bush's recent change of heart on diplomatic relationships with two of the three actors in his now infamous "Axis of Evil", North Korea and Iran. The administration is already going to be sending Undersecretary of State William Burns to attend talks with Iran, although he will be there primarily "to listen": [T]he Bush administration has decided to abandon its longstanding position that it will only meet... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047044/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:31:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047043/posts Both Presidential contenders have released a list of their top Texan Contributors on their respective websites... While McCain released the donors occupation and employer, Barry withheld that information. Granted that information is public record that can be located on the Federal Election Commission website, my question is why did the Obama campaign go out of there way to conceal that information on the site? Because honestly ladies and gentleman, would could Barry possibly have to hide? ::coughs:: Special Interests::coughs:: Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047043/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:29:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046961/posts This is a Gospel video, with a balloon message and is created with scenic pictures of autumn and the song is, “ Higher “, sung by: Evangelist Ezekiel Cash. Also the best for American GOP, just ahead and will fly higher than she has ever been. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046961/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046564/posts Barack Obama "says what he thinks people want to hear" according to a majority in the latest New York Times Poll. Admittedly, John McCain's numbers aren't any better, but then again he hasn't based his entire campaign upon being "new politician" whose honesty and integrity is matched only by Christ himself. And why has the halo of honesty faded? Because of statements like those in his Iraq press conference this morning, in which he was pummeled by Democrats and Republicans alike. During the primaries, Obama insisted he would have all troops out of Iraq within 16 months of his election.... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046564/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:12:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046180/posts Barack Obama believes you, the taxpayer, should pay for lawyers whose job it is to find slick legal loopholes to keep illegal aliens HERE IN THE U.S. This hasn't received the attention it deserves. In pandering to his far left friends at National Council of La Raza the other day, Obama went off: "The system isn't working...when communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids, when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, WHEN PEOPLE ARE DETAINED WITHOUT ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL..." Illegal aliens can have a lawyer, they just... Not Wright for America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046180/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:57:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046004/posts There was a fantastic article today in National Review Online by Kudlow praising Dubya for putting pressure on Congressional Demos to drop ban on offshore drilling. Kudlow writes: "Democrats keep saying that it will take 10 years or longer to produce oil from the offshore areas. And they say that oil prices won’t decline for at least that long. And they, along with Obama and McCain, bash so-called oil speculators. And today we had a real-world example as to why they are wrong. All of them. Reid, Pelosi, Obama, McCain — all of them." Kudlow adds: "Crude-oil futures for August... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046004/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2045404/posts Presidential hopeful John McCain address La Raza Unida, in attempts to swing the Hispanic vote his way. When the moderators of the event attempted to end questioning John McCain refused handing his microphone to members of the audience to allow their questions to be presented and answered. Obama then attempted to hit McCain's record (again) by saying he admired McCain & Kennedy's legislation regarding immigration, but stated that McCain wasn't likely to make that same move again because it wouldn't be politically sound for his Presidential run. Evidently, Obama believes everyone in the race for Presidency has his John Kerry-esque... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2045404/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:19:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2045393/posts I wrote about this very topic a few weeks ago as it related to some polling that had been released. But it wasn't until my own personal experience with Democrats within my own family that it became more personal to me, and its impact on this year's election more evident and probable. Many Democrats do not like and will not vote for Barack Obama. This fact was on display on my two most recent visits to my childhood home while visiting my parents and family. I am blessed to have a very politically diverse family. I have an ardently Republican... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2045393/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044882/posts The way I see it, there are three albatrosses we should be hanging around the necks of the Democrats: 1) sky high oil prices (anti-drilling, global warming nonsense); 2) the mortgage meltdown: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Countrywide (Jim Johnson, Jamie Gorelick, Chris Dodd); and 3) Iraq defeatism: (Harry Reid: "this war is lost," etc., etc.) My question is: where are the attack ads showing Reid, Gorelick, Dodd, Anthony Mozillo, Chuck Schumer and the rest of the traitors? I can write them if need be, for God's sake, we should win Congress this Fall. Does anyone know what's going on in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044882/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044242/posts Glow Fading?: The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by only 3 points. What a difference a few weeks can make. (Jonathan Darma, 7/11/08, Newsweek) A month after emerging victorious from the bruising Democratic nominating contest, some of Barack Obama's glow may be fading. In the latest NEWSWEEK Poll, the Illinois senator leads Republican nominee John McCain by just 3 percentage points, 44 percent to 41 percent. The statistical dead heat is a marked change from last month's NEWSWEEK Poll, where Obama led McCain by 15 points, 51 percent to 36 percent. Obama's rapid drop comes at... The Brothers Judd Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044242/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2043919/posts Just dropped John a line telling him his immigration stance sucks-Your turn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2043919/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:42:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2043680/posts McCain should throw it right back in Obama's face, he should say: Sen. Obama understands the power of perception to influence behaviors, I mean that's why he started using the Presidential Seal – even before he had the nomination. Or say: Obama knows a lot about perception, that's why he wants to speak at the Brandenberg Gate... Or whatever he can say without seeming to take too cheap a shot. If anybody from the McCain campaign is reading this, please, wake up! I wrote my college thesis on perceptions and how they impact economic expectations. And the eminent Martin Feldstein... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2043680/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:02:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2043578/posts Luke Boggs of Journal-Constitution did a great piece about Barry's seemingly never ending pile of "regrets" that he keeps stacking up as the November election nears. Maria Menounos recently did an interview with the Obama family that aired a few days ago on Access Hollywood...which came as a huge surprise to me as I was not aware that Hollywood like to associate itself with Liberals (::sarcasm::). This exclusive interview allowed AH to speak to Obama's little girls for the first time while on the campaign trail. Two days after the first of the three part interview aired, Obama came out... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2043578/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:46:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042662/posts RUSH: Have you heard about this? Folks, I'm thinking, and I haven't finalized details. We've been working on the operational plans all morning here at the EIB Network. But it may be time to implement a Phase II of Operation Chaos. Donald Sutherland, who is the father, as you know, of Kiefer Sutherland, who stars in "24," posted something on the Huffington Post, and this is what he wrote. "The Democrat National Committee's Terry McAuliffe mind-set ruined the campaigns of Algore, John Kerry, and Senator Clinton, and now the legions of McAuliffe-ites who have surrounded Barack Obama are doing their... Rush Limbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042662/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:02:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042639/posts Presidents are term limited, so they can only do so much damage to the country. What I am very concerned about is our crummy Congress, which gets worse every year, and needs to be term limited. But Congress has a LOCK on never letting us get term limits on them. So I suggest the only way to do it, is to NEVER REELECT any incumbent! In the meantime, we can try to use the presidential race to give us a boost. Such as the following: McCain is a maverick. He likes to make waves. And he specializes in townhall meetings.... tenurecorrupts.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042639/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042170/posts One reason people are unhappy with the way politics and governments operate is that people who run for office are known to “say one thing and do another.” Thus, we have the call for “change.” Candidates for high office make frequent use of that word. Even our House Republican Conference’s recently released slogan highlights that word. Yet, bringing about change is easier said than done. The American people are aware that government is broken and must be fixed. They will demand more than lip service as our problems become more severe. Change, then, cannot simply be a word. It must... House.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042170/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 01:42:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042047/posts For today's news on the war on terror, we turn to Britain since the America media may never, under any circumstances, report any story containing the word "victory", "win" or "accomplish(ed)". The Times of London is reporting on a "spectacular victory" against al-Qaeda in Iraq. After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul. A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042047/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:34:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042043/posts John Kerry went on record on Sunday July 6th, stating that he did not believe John McCain was fit to serve as President. Additionally, he mentioned that: "John McCain has flip-flopped on more issues than I was even ever accused possibly of thinking about..." The thing that caught my attention here is that Kerry is accusing McCain of being a flip-flopper on several issues... the mere fact that he is even MAKING this unwarranted claim is yet ANOTHER flip flop from Kerry himself! My question to Senator Kerry is if John McCain is so horribly unqualified and unfit to serve... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042043/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:32:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2040429/posts One of the most consistent messages we've heard through out Barry's campaign trail is "We need to get our troops out of Iraq. Bring them home. We'll be out within 16 months" .... and now (not surprisingly) it appears that what the Iraqi conflict needs (which according to Barry was the wrong move and the wrong direction for our country) is not an immediate troop withdraw, like he's been promising for months now. Evidently, the Illinois first term Senator would like to listen to what the men (and women) on the ground have to say, before bringing them home. Is... Right Up Front, Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2040429/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:06:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2040118/posts Sacramento CA - June 28, 2008 California's American Independent Party, which has a forty-year history in the Golden State, today announced its affiliation nationally with the newly-formed America's Independent Party of Fenton, MI. The Party had previously affiliated on a national basis with the Constitution Party of Lancaster, PA. The State Central Committee of the American Independent Party voted unanimously in its Friday meeting to make the switch, after which the new 2008 national affiliation was duly filed with the Secretary of State's office in accordance with the requirements of California's Election Code. State Chairman Edward C. Noonan, on hand... The American Independant Party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2040118/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 05:40:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039569/posts There is a statue in Hanoi where McCain was shot down. I am amazed this exists: taken from http://www.everywheremag.com/places/4940/ The inscription apparently says " on October 26, 1967, John McCain was shot down here. Thirty-one other U.S. aircraft were also downed on this day, according to the inscription. " very strange. I guess they want tourism. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039569/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 03:37:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039422/posts Day three of the Clark controversy, and things keep getting more and more interesting. Today, Barack Obama is apparently denying that his own speech yesterday in Ohio -- where we all assumed he was specifically repudiating Clark's comments -- was, in fact, aimed at Gen. Clark. Here is what Obama had to say today: "... I notice that I think in at least one publication it was reported that my comments yesterday about Senator McCain were in a response to General Clark. I think my staff will confirm that was in a draft of that speech that I had written... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039422/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:50:46 GMT