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ARLINGTON, VA -- The McCain-Palin 2008 campaign today announced the formation of the Honest and Open Election Committee, with a mission to ensure that every qualified citizen has the opportunity to vote in a fair and transparent manner. The committee will work with state and local election officials to anticipate, and where possible resolve in advance, problems likely to arise on Election Day. The advisory committee will be co-chaired by former United States Senators John C. Danforth and Warren B. Rudman. The committee also includes current and former members of Congress and former state secretaries of state, election officials, and...

Honest welcomes back Lt. Col. Allen West to Freedom Radio. So much to catch up on, so little time! Col West will catch us up on the status of his campaign and his take on the Republican nominee for VP, Sarah Palin. Join us for the best interview on radio!

Think the liberal mainstream media don't like the thought of Sarah Palin becoming president? Check out the editorials blasting John McCain's choice as vice president on the GOP ticket: The New York Times: "Governor Palin’s lack of experience, especially in national security and foreign affairs, raises immediate questions about how prepared she is to potentially succeed to the presidency. That really is the only criterion for judging a candidate for vice president." The Los Angeles Times: "In Palin, who is just halfway through her first term as governor, McCain has found an ardent opponent of abortion rights who won't provoke...

Rielle Hunter compared John Edwards with Gandhi and went around trashing his cancer-stricken wife, it was reported Sunday. A Newsweek writer who courted her as a source during Hunter's affair with the presidential candidate portrays Edwards' mistress as a charming but hugely indiscreet muddlehead who called reporters with New Age babble about Edwards' "old soul." Asked about Elizabeth Edwards, who is unusually well-liked by political operatives and reporters, Hunter told reporter Jonathan Darman, "She does not give off good energy. ... I've only met her once.... She didn't make eye contact with me." Darman wrote of meeting Hunter, a former...

Join us Sunday 8 pm est, Sunday June 29 as we keep Lt. Col. Russell's back while he is on active duty at the Pentagon. Peg Luksik is a conservababe icon in her own right and can hold her own in any venue. Peg got 48 percent of the vote in her first attempt at the PA governor's office with almost no money, in a state that's so blue, its green! Peg is a columnist in the PA Bulletin and an activist of the highest order. Call in at 646 478 5613 and support Lt. Col. Russell. Give me more...

Major Will Breazeale joins Honest Conservative and FRiends on Freedom Radio at 8pm EST Sunday. Visit Will's internet campaign headquarters website at http://breazeale08.com. Mr. Breazeale is a dyed in the wool conservative who supports enforcing our laws and sealing the border, the fair tax, and believes in continued support of the War against Islamofacism. He believes we need to stay on the offense and keep the enemy on defense. Join us on Freedom Radio, as the candidate takes calls from Freeperdom, BTRers, MLFrs. Remember folks, we take back the House and thus the power of the purse. Our liberal candidates...

Join us today as We dedicate our show to all Military Mom's out there. We are here to entertain, this will be one of the most fun evenings you've had on BTR! No guests, just our best friends on our favorite websites and plenty to feel strong in our conservatism about. We 've got so many laughs lined up.

Welcome everyone to Open Keg Friday, 8 pm est tonight. Join Honest and Eeevil as we tap into our weekend. Eeevil is the designated driver, so buckle up! The Levin Lounge is closing, some mosey on over to the after hours party. Relax put your feet up, have a coldy and chill to get ready for a great weekend.

Lt. Col. Wm. Russell returns to fill us in on his recent victory in the PA primaries. Join us at 8pm est, Sundays and call in tonight and speak with Lt. Col. Russell at 646 478 5613. Rich Davis of American Sheep Dogs will also be with us as well. See Rich's support the troops advocacy group's web site before the show and see what they are all about.

Join Honest and Eeevil for two hours of common sense conservative discussion. This week we'll talk about energy and our government's role in the current situation, and the implications of the Security and Prosperity Partnership. http://www.spp.gov (to read about the SPP, you know, the one that doesn't exist but has a government suffix!) Call 646 478 5613 on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 8 pm est. The show is podcast, so just plug the UrL: http://www. blogtalkradio.com/freedom into Itunes and all the shows will be automatically loaded. Bring your popcorn/and or margueritas, we're gonna need 'em! Well, I know I...

Join HonestConservative and our friend eeevil, as we once again tackle Illegal Immigration and related issue and those that seek to continue to perpetrate this disgrace on the American people. Join us tonight at 8 pm to 10 pm est. http://www.blogtalkradio.com 646 478 5613

Just what you've been asking for folks, the weekends have been missing something for a while now and now we have the cure for what ailes us! Eeevil Conservative returns to the airways as co-host of Freedom Radio! I've been wanting a co host and couldn't have done better than this! Sherri previously ruled the weekend airwaves for one short hour on Saturdays at WGKA and now you can hear her LIVE with Honest Conservative every Sunday at 8 pm to 10 pm est on BTR's Freedom Radio, for two very full hours always dedicated to supporting our troops! Wish...

HAPPY 100th Birthday to Marion Morrison of Iowa. For those of you that are from Rio Linda, Baghdad, San Francisco or Tehran, he is also known as "The Duke".....or JOHN WAYNE! SEMPER FI, SIR!! THANK GOD for AMERICANS LIKE YOU!!!

New York, Feb 13 - In a sign of continuing momentum, the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee today announced Congressman David Dreier, Chairman of the California Republican Congressional Delegation and House Rules Committee Ranking Republican, has announced his support for Mayor Rudy Giuliani to be the next President of the United States. Dreier’s endorsement follows the rousing reception Mayor Giuliani received at the California State Republican Convention and his successful swing through the state. Dreier will help lead Mayor Giuliani’s exploratory committee efforts in California. Congressman Dreier said, “America needs the proven leadership of Rudy Giuliani to tackle the difficult...

Lynnwood cabbie Vinod Mago could have pocketed the $5,950 he found in his taxi and made a beeline for the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. After all, the 55-year-old drives a Seattle-Tacoma International Taxi Association cab and ferries passengers to and from the airport. And fibs are easy to tell.     Meryl Schenker / P-I   Said cab driver Vinod Mago: "If money doesn't belong to me, I don't keep it. I know God is watching everybody, every second." But on Feb. 1, he returned a lost black wallet -- stuffed with $50 and $100 bills -- that a...

That so many U.S. residents lack health insurance is both a national disgrace and an onerous drag on the economy. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger deserves credit for helping focus the country on this problem. We doubt Republicans in the state Senate would have put forward their own proposal yesterday if the governor hadn't first raised the issue. That said, the Senate GOP plan is vastly more honest and realistic than Schwarzenegger's. It would: Provide tax and regulatory incentives for businesses to offer insurance to employees and tax incentives for individuals without coverage to buy insurance. Loosen state rules to allow a...

Caracas, Oct 2 (EFE).- The leading presidential candidate of the Venezuelan opposition, Manuel Rosales, said Monday that his rival in the upcoming elections, President Hugo Chavez, plans to impose communism on the country. "On Dec. 3 we Venezuelans will have to choose either a communist system or a democracy that guarantees us freedom, progress and prosperity," Rosales said Monday at a press conference.

Good politics is usually defined as anything that gets votes for a candidate. Honest politics means telling the voters what you will really do if elected. The jury is still out on which sort of politics are practiced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. For sure, he frequently uses sleight of hand and illusion to position himself in ways more compatible to most Californians than what he's really done. One example came when Schwarzenegger went before a bank of 16 television cameras to propose a "low-cost prescription drug plan" he said would lower the cost of needed medicines for millions of Californians....

Gettin' ready!!!!

LONDON (Reuters) - After an infamous tiff between Elton John and Madonna over lip-synching, Britain's Musicians' Union has called on performers to come clean -- audiences should be told if they are miming rather than singing. The union is urging promoters, producers and artists to back its campaign for lip-synching to be clearly labeled during TV shows, in pop arenas and on stage. "Stand up and be honest about it. We won't knock you for using recordings," said union spokesman Keith Ames, wearied by the sight of bands with miming singers backed by guitarists going through the motions to a...

Given recent revelations in the news regarding the 'Left' doing everything possible to suppress the contents of the "Barrett Report", I seriously doubt that the  perfect irony  of the below news photo... (and the included original Reuters caption immediately below it) ...will be lost on ANYONE.   http://www.seadogbytes.com/sbimages/HillaryHonest.jpg  

*Disclaimer: This is not what it seems. Some of you may think you know it all. Trust me you will be surprise. Below is taken from CNN, but I modified a bit to give you a suspense.. (sort of) ;) *I added the original source of the news. Read all of this and go to the original source later. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- From the Oval Office, the president told the nation Wednesday evening why he ordered new military strikes against Iraq. The president said Iraq's refusal to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors presented a threat to the entire world. "Saddam...

University of Oklahoma College Republicans will host the Cleveland County GOP for a Fundraising Banquet Benefiting the Cleveland County Republican Party on Nov 18, 2005, at Kerr McGee Lounge, Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma. Here are the details if any Freepers would like to attend to hear Dr. Tom speak: Keynote Address: United States Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. Friday, November 18th , 2005 Hosts / Sponsors reception 6:00 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $35, Individual $60, Couple or $100 Photo Opportunity (Including Tickets)Hosts (8 tickets) $500 Sponsors (4 tickets) $250RSVP – Freep Mail for Info Paid for by Cleveland County...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry said Tuesday his coaching staff needed to recruit more African-American athletes, reiterating a comment he made Monday while talking about the state of his struggling program. Academy officials released a statement Tuesday night saying they would review the remarks. "The senior leadership of the academy is aware of media reports about Coach DeBerry's comments on minority recruiting," academy spokesman Lt. Col. Laurent Fox said. "We can not comment further until we have a chance to review all of the reports, the coach's actual statements and to speak with the coach...

Dear Mr. Glover: The answer to your question is yes. Sincerely, Harry B. Blevins kpc -----Original Message----- From: Tom Glover [mailto:tom.glover@cox.net] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:42 PM To: hbblevins@erols.com Cc: Subject: Greetings Senator Blevins, I have received you mailing "View from the Senate" which says that it's a regular publication, but I've lived in Chesapeake since 2001 and this is the first one I've received. Be that as it may, your first headline caught my eye: "Blevins provides tax relief for Chesapeake and Virginia Beach families." Tax relief is a good thing. Now, sir, a simple question which deserves...

The percentage of people who say they consider Bush honest has dropped slightly from the start of the year. In January, 53 percent described him that way in the AP-Ipsos poll, while 45 percent said they did not believe he was honest. Now, people are just about evenly split — 48 percent saying he's honest and 50 percent saying he's not. A solid majority still see Bush as likable and a strong leader, but a growing number view the president's confidence as arrogance, up from 49 percent in January to 56 percent now. The poll of 1,000 adults was conducted...

Today, we examine the ethics of The City through a trial of our honesty. ... The wallet Orion picked up was one of 10 billfolds and five cell phones The Examiner left around town last weekend to test The City's honesty and ethics. As part of our five-part series on tourism, we wanted to know if we, as a city, are courteous, trustworthy and thoughtful. Are we the kind of city in which you can drop your phone and get it back before heading home to Duluth or Denver? The wallets contained $20, on average, an ATM card, a baby...

London 14.02.05 | Lately, in conversation with myself, I have been trying to argue in favour of socialism/communism. International, non-Venezuelan supporters of the Bolivarian revolution often accuse us, as political opponents of Chavez, of being 'Pinochetistas'. Deprived from common sense or decorum, Marxist advocates of communism/socialism the world over continue basing their relentless attack on free market/capitalism on the gross violations to human rights done under Pinochet's rule and I do believe everyone must concur with that predicament. However it is impossible to hear them criticize the equally horrendous and statistically larger record of abuses to human liberties done by...

Though she barely escaped prosecution just a few years ago for making false statements to federal investigators, New Yorkers now believe that Sen. Hillary Clinton is a truthful person. Nearly two-thirds of Empire Staters - 64 percent - told a Quinnipiac University survey last week that the former first lady was "honest and trustworthy." Thirty percent disagreed. Even among Republicans, 38 percent gave Hillary high marks for honesty. Among Democrats, the figure was a sky-high 85 percent. Quinnipaic's polling director Maurice Carroll said Hillary's new honesty numbers were a big improvement from the old days. "When Clinton took office four...

Whoever heard of spending $500,000 of American citizens' tax money to build a parking lot for a private business? Whoever heard of a supposedly conservative congressman perpetrating and defending such an abuse? And whoever heard of a businessman so brazen as to defend such crass patronage as being "the American system"? Well, Kentuckians have heard it all now, thanks to U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers. The Somerset Republican has amassed such power as one of the U.S. House's appropriations "cardinals" that even the blatant misuse of public funds for a private parking lot slides quietly past all the paper tigers who...

For Californians, this week will reveal more about their future as taxpaying citizens than at any time since voters recalled Gray Davis and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is the week that the Governor gives his state of the state address and, while the details of his proposed budget won't be known until next week, he must tell us now if he intends to follow through on some of his most important campaign promises. The stark truth is, from a fiscal perspective, he has little choice but to turn the ship of state sharply starboard. To port is the rocky shore...

Has anyone else noticed that the silent majority seems to be involved in a silent boycott of all the biased news outlets that have been attacking President Bush, our military and the nation's Christian heritage this past year? If we believe a new report from the Audit Bureau of Circulations[1], which collects and monitors circulation data for newspapers and magazines, the liberal press is in deep doo-doo. Some of the nation's largest daily newspapers reported steep circulation declines and overall circulation is down across the industry. The top 20 papers suffered the biggest weekday and Sunday declines, among them the...

I am sick of the screaming some on the left are doing about the budget deficit. To be fair, some on the right are screaming too - I always try to be objective (try mind you!). I ran across a the chart everyone has see from Reuters - can't seem to find it now, all links broken! It looked really nice and all, had great colors and a HUGE negative swing under President Bush. Problem is it isn't an accurate way to analyze finances, it is a fraudulent or at the least intentionally misleading way to analyze a deficit. Sure,...

Pop superstar Madonna's Re-Invention tour has been slammed by American critics - for overloading the show with "naive" political statements. The "American Life" singer, 45, kicked off the US leg of her tour in California on Monday but failed to impress critics with her attempts to "wipe the slate clean" by ditching her trademark raunchy routines. The Los Angeles Times sniped, "This promised to be Madonna's tour de force, a reappraisal that put her work in new and revealing contexts. But time and again she fell short of the challenge." Many critics were unimpressed by the images of the Iraq...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) called on Thursday for humility and common sense on Iraq (news - web sites) and urged President Bush (news - web sites) to make a bold and honest appeal for help to end the chaos. Fierce fighting not seen since the fall of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) a year ago has raged in Iraq over the past week, as U.S. forces battle both Sunni and Shi'ite militants. At least three dozen American soldiers have been killed since last weekend. Kerry, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam war,...

By Associated Press October 23, 2003, 2:28 PM EDT CHICAGO -- Jewelry designer Anthony Camargo says he began chasing after the cab when realized he'd left a bag containing samples of his latest collection in its trunk. But the cab -- and the $230,000 worth of jewelry inside -- were nowhere to be found. Luckily, the bag was left in a cab being driven by 26-year-old Mohammed Hussain. On Wednesday, Hussain returned the 42 pieces of ornate jewelry and received from Camargo an undisclosed monetary reward and a pair of sapphire earrings. "What he did was so admirable," Camargo said....

<p>HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — Mark Twain once called honesty "the best of all the lost arts." But it's an art that hasn't been lost in his own hometown. A Hannibal waitress is getting kudos from her boss after returning $2,000 to the tourist who lost it. Haley Cassidy found an envelope on the floor of Ole Planters Restaurant last week after a group of people had finished their meal. She looked inside and found $2,000 in cash.</p>

'A number of stories in the media have reported that I have engaged in high stakes gambling over the past decade. It is true that I have gambled large sums of money. I have also complied with all laws on reporting wins and losses. Nevertheless, I have done too much gambling, and this is not an example I wish to set. Therefore, my gambling days are over...'

Democrats Confused By President Who Keeps Promises Shortly after September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed a shocked and grieving nation. He swore that he would run to ground those responsible for the horror visited upon America, the worst since Pearl Harbor over half a century before. In his address, President Bush made that oath to the American people, and a promise to rogue nations throughout the world. He stated that America would "make no distinction" between terrorist organizations and the countries which harbored or aided them. "You are either with us, or against us," was President Bush's simple,...

The Midwest This is for all my FRiends out here in the solid, conservative Heartland... Because of misunderstandings that frequently develop when Easterners and Californians cross the 12 Midwestern States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) the Tourism Councils in those states have adopted a new policy. In an effort to help outsiders understand the rural Midwesterner's mind, the following list will be handed to each person as they enter any Midwestern State. 1. That slope-shouldered farm boy did more work before breakfast than you do all week at the gym....

An Honest Question Could yesterday's elections outcomes be the results of a diminished amount of corruption in the voting process?