http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/news-gop/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2050267/posts Glenn has pretty well covered the imbroglio-inducing statement, but here’s a less-examined claim that really shows how separated from reality Klein has become: Obama, the poker player, has drawn to an inside straight: the Iraqis favor his plan over McCain’s long-term bases. Only the most intellectually dishonest reading of the situation could justify that statement; the WaPo has devoted an entire op-ed to debunking the ridiculous notion that Iraqis would rather see al-Ameriki withdraw on a fixed timetable from Washington without regard to conditions on the ground: But an Iraqi government statement made clear that Mr. Maliki’s timetable would extend... Dean's World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2050267/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2050183/posts It appears that Camp Noriega held a fundraiser in London at the "Texas Embassy" in support of his campaign last week. The "Embassy" is a Tex-Mex restaurant in Trafalgar Square. The fundraiser brought in a ::brace yourselves everyone, this one's a killer:: monumental "$400.00! Woo hoo!!! They sure gave him a Texas sized welcome. There was about 12 people attending the fundraiser...all of which were Americans living in London. 3 were Texan. Here is some commentary from Camp Cornyn on the fundraiser: "As he was hauling in $400, Rick Noriega told his London supporters that Texas is "not quite meeting... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2050183/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:28:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2049976/posts Should John McCain choose Mitt Romney as his running mate? 83% - Yes. Romney appeals to conservatives and helps balance the ticket in other ways, too. 7% - No, McCain should consider someone less known to the nation, such as Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal. 3% - No, McCain should choose someone who adds to McCain’s own foreign policy strengths, such as General David Petraeus. 6% - Not sure any of the above are the qualities McCain should focus on. Total Votes: 1,307 Quite an interesting perspective coming to us courtesy of the Boston Herald. Looks like Romney's business background, charm,... Right Up Front, Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2049976/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:41:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2049972/posts John McCain appeared on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric to do an interview regarding the two Presidential candidates position on the status-quo in Iraq. Although it is no secret who Mrs. Couric favors, McCain did a great job at holding his own while not holding back on Obama's ever changing yet dangerous position on the War on Terror. Here are some of the highlights of the "discussion": Couric: Why do you think Prime Minister Maliki publicly supported and endorsed the concept of a timetable - a 16-month timetable? And isn’t that one of the main objectives of the... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2049972/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:28:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2048649/posts Sunday's Washington Post ran a column by a woman named Sophia Nelson. The title of the column tells you everything you need to know about it: "Black. Female. Accomplished. Attacked." As little faith as I have in liberal newspapers such as The Washington Post, the fact that they would run this column is appalling. There are very real problems for America in having a first lady who has no problem calling America "downright mean" and saying she has never before been proud of America (youtube here--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WNGjawtP48&eurl=http://www.notwrightforamerica.com/--watch it for yourself and decide if her explanation is believable). Not WRIGHT for America... Not Wright for America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2048649/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:12:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2048253/posts I still think the GOP screwed themselves when they failed to take Fred Thompson seriously. The old cat never ceases to amaze me. A Google Alert popped these two stories from the Indian Blogosphere into my in-box this morning: Gandhian self-destruction from Indian Raksa - Defending Secular India, and Gandhi’s Way Isn’t the American Way: Collective suicide is no foreign policy from Islamic Terrorism in India. Both of these posts are based on this March 15, 2007 National Review Online transcript of a Fred Thompson radio spot. Listen to Fred right here. (mp3 file) Doesn't he sound presidential? Here is... Plains Feeder http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2048253/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:30:40 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/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/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/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/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 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039177/posts As Barack Obama gets ready for his trip to Iraq (made at the behest of John McCain), many are beginning to wonder if his "unconditional and immediate withdraw" will suddenly morph into something more moderate in his attempt to move toward the middle. Kavon Nikrad at Race42008.com sites two seperate reports that suggest that is exactly what he plans to do: Observers from the Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol to George Packer, the New Yorker writer and author of “The Assassins Gate” can already see it coming: Said Kristol yesterday on Fox News Sunday: The next big flip for Obama, and... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039177/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:08:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039173/posts An interesting trend has developed in the Obama campaign that I feel compelled to discuss... RUF reported yesterday on the blogger who questioned McCains military service and Wesley Clark's comments as well. In the past we've reported on Obama address not one, but TWO preachers from his former Church and their radical comments that led to numerous youtube hits. Additionally we've addressed the Obama campaign responding to members of his campaign staff refusing to seat women of a Muslim faith behind him during speeches... The Obama campaign continuously responds to all of these outrageous stories with the generic 'this is... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039173/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:05:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039171/posts Hold your horses their cowboy! It's not that type of fence ya'll (Yes, I said it. I'm from Texas sue me). Demos are not in support of a fence that'll keep illegal immigrants out of the country, but they are in support of a fence that'll keep undesirables OUT of their convention. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the DNC regarding the fence they have decided to set up outside their Convention arena. The ACLU is claiming that the demos attempts to keep other democrat protesters out is a violation of their 1st amendment right to peacefully gather. This... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039171/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:04:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2038692/posts John Aravosis of Americablog has decided that since Barry Obambi doesn't have the service record or experience that McCain does....the clear attack should be to call John McCain a war criminal and incompetent for having been captured by enemy forces and spending several years as a POW during his service in the Vietnam War. Aravosis writes: "Getting shot down, tortured ...is not command experience". Does anyone else wanna slap this guy? I believe the American people are well aware of the McCain's service record and many consider him an American hero for enduring and sustaining all that he did. For... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2038692/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:21:38 GMT