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Joseph Farah, founder and president of World Net Daily, one of the oldest and most read Independent news sources on the Internet, has a new book out for election 2008, None of the Above: Why 2008 is the Year to Cast the Ultimate Protest Vote. In it Farah invites his readers - not tongue in cheek mind you - to cast a protest vote for “none of the above,” or rather, for the third party or write in candidate of our choice. If we don’t register this protest, he warns, it will business as usual, a steady push to the...

Why do so many Republicans pound the table and shout, "I'd rather vote for a Democrat than the 'insufficiently conservative' John McCain!"? Are these the same Republicans who cheerfully voted for then-Gov. George W. Bush in 2000? Ronald Reagan, in 1980, campaigned to shut down the Department of Education. Bush, however, promised to be "the education president" — and then delivered by expanding the federal government's role in education with No Child Left Behind. Bush promised a prescription-benefits bill for seniors — and then delivered the largest expansion of Medicare since the program began. Bush promised — and delivered —...

If these were your choices for the Presidential nomination and his running mate, who would you pick? A) McCain/Huckabee B) McCain/Guliani C) Romney/Tancredo D) Romney/F. Thompson

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Senator John McCain has won the Republican party's caucuses in Louisiana while longshot candidate Ron Paul took second place, the state party said Wednesday, citing preliminary results. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a leading candidate for the Republican nomination, came in third, Louisiana Republican party Chairman Roger Villere said in a statement. "I offer my congratulations Senator John McCain on his success in the Louisiana caucuses," Villere said in a statement. "Senator McCain is an American hero and this is further evidence that he enjoys strong support in Louisiana and throughout the South," he said. Villere did...

Patrick Ruffini is polling Fred Thompson supporters, asking who we’ll support if Fred drops out. It’s an awful prospect. Each of the other four is deeply flawed (although none quite so badly as Ron Paul). Blogger William Sjostrom recently took me to task for having a “take my ball and go home approach”: I am tired of the approach that says some candidates just upset me and so I would rather stay home and be virtuous than face up to real choices. Fair enough. Mason Colley quipped that “Victory brings obliviousness; defeat, attentiveness.” The GOP is broken. Badly. As I’ve...

Republicans Mitt Romney may be in terrific shape. Or he might be on the verge of collapsing. His strategy hinges on breakout showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, and either state could go either way for the former Massachusetts governor. In Iowa, he trails Mike Huckabee, but Huckabee’s surge in the state may have peaked, and Romney is within striking distance. Now, he’s shredding Huckabee on the stump, over the air, and in the mail. Because Huckabee is now expected to win Iowa, Romney may be in position to declare victory with a strong second place showing – and he...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A software developer running for governor and the U.S. Senate felt so strongly that voters should have "None of the Above" as a choice that he made it his middle name. The State Election Commission voted 5-0 to nix the middle name from the ballot. Now, David "None of the Above" Gatchell is challenging the commission in court to get the words on the Nov. 7 ballot. "I feel so strongly about this and I knew that it should be my name," he said. "That's who I am." Gatchell, 58, ran as an independent in the 2002...

Bill First 5/2 John McCain 7/2 Rudolph Guiliani 7/2 George Pataki 9/2 Chuck Hagel 6 Mitt Romney 6 Bill Owens 8 Tom Ridge 8 George Allen 12 Norm Coleman 12 Lindsey Graham 14 Sam Brownback 14 Arnold Schwarzenegger 66 Dick Cheney 66 Jeb Bush 66 Laura Bush 100

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

Who do you think is more qualified to win the War On Terror? * 6708 responses Pres. Bush41% Sen. Kerry59%

<p>Attorney Tim Finn got only seven votes for Beaver County district attorney on Tuesday -- 10 if you count the ones that had his name spelled incorrectly.</p> <p>But he's happy with that number.</p> <p>"That means I've trounced people like Ben Dover, Joe Schmo, Joe Mama, Humpty Dumpty and both Mr. and Mrs. Mouse," Finn said.</p>

Fighting the good fight ONE HAS TO ADMIRE the sheer gumption and staying power of Wayne Parker, the candidate for Congress in the 11th District who is 99.9 percent sure not to be on the ballot and whom most folks probably wouldn't vote for anyway. His fight is the people's fight, whether they know it or not. Parker, who is from Carroll County, is the treasurer of the state Libertarian Party. He's been beating his head out for months collecting signatures and fighting court battles against stacked odds (stacked by Georgia's two traditional major parties) trying to give voters a...