http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/parties-gop/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:15:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2286338/posts Sarah Palin's decision to resign as governor of Alaska was greeted with doubts, criticism and downright derision -- not just from Democrats or the media or bloggers, but from Republicans. Critical responses to her decision came from many Republican insiders -- not just people who have an axe to grind such as Mike Huckabee and Lisa Murkowski, but others such as Karl Rove. That followed criticism of Palin just before her announcement from Charles Krauthammer and Jonah Goldberg. When talking off the record, Republican insiders are even harsher toward Palin, as Marc Ambinder notes: With a few exceptions, almost every... Governing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2286338/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:15:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2286244/posts Alaska Governor Sarah Palin made her own declaration of independence yesterday by announcing that she's resigning as governor of Alaska. It was another gutsy and smart move on her part that has confounded the experts and has many writing her political obituary. I believe it's just wishful thinking on their part and these folks have no clue what just hit them. Since Sen. John McCain chose her to run as his vice-president she, her family, and her staff have been through the wringer as opponents have turned over every rock in hopes of taking her down. Every time she sneezed... Kay Brooks' website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2286244/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:20:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285814/posts Harlan Muth isn’t organizing Sarah Palin’s presidential campaign, but pledges as soon as someone does, “I’ll be with ’em. In the meantime, the Marion maintenance contractor is turning heads with his “Sarah Palin 2012” poster prominently displayed on his van. “It’s getting a fantastic response,” Muth, 63, said. “So many people give me the thumbs up or honk when they see it. Some people get out of their cars and ask me where they can get a poster.” Muth, who spent 23 years in the Air Force before settling down in Marion, couldn’t find a Palin 2012 sign, so he... The Cedar Rapids Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285814/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285786/posts Any politician willing to treat their job as a temporary one is a politician worth looking at. Like most everyone else, I sat back and scratched my head in consternation at the announcement that Sarah Palin was resigning as governor of Alaska. Its either a bold or stupid move, I thought. I placed it on the slow cook burner in my brain and let it soak in. At first glance, you say “Well thats a mistake! She shot herself in the foot!” Then I asked myself “What happens when you decide you dont want to run for re election?” Are... Orange Juice Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285786/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 06:21:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285471/posts I expected the sky to fall after my July article linking the activities of Charles Keating and General Singlaub. Nothing happened. The reaction to my September article exposing Terry Burke, former top DEA in Arizona as a possible key element in the illegal narcotics network in Arizona, however, was immediate and unmistakable. Within days of my FAXing this story I was served with a court summons, a nasty death threat was left on my answering machine and my offices were entered, my files, book cases and furniture dumped and overturned. Read the full article at - http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/conspiracy/reststory/kempermarly.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285471/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:14:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2283780/posts Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) -- the third-ranking member of the House -- is the latest Republican with (possible) national ambitions to head off to Iowa for a political event. Pence, who is due to make an as-yet unspecified appearance in Cedar Rapids on July 24th, isn't on the short list of 2012 GOP candidates, but MSNBC and other outlets have predicted he'll be in the mix. Nevada Sen. John Ensign was in northwest Iowa in early June - shortly before his career imploded -- followed by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who was in Des Moines on Thursday. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2283780/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:54:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2283531/posts The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign. At issue is a question that was never resolved following McCain’s loss in November: Who in the McCain campaign was secretly trashing Sarah Palin to the press? (snip) .... What follows is the email exchange with Bill Kristol that Schmidt rooted out, where Scheunemann speculates that the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband. Read from the bottom up: ——- Original Message ——- From: Randy Scheunemann To: William Kristol Sent: Sat Oct 25 19:44:44 2008 Subject: Re: who... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2283531/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:16:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2282791/posts Please FReep this poll! The Tribune Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2282791/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:52:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2282122/posts Dear Friends, I write to apologize and ask for your forgiveness. Well beyond the personal consequences within my own family, I know that at so many different levels my actions have upset, offended and disappointed friends and supporters and for this I am most sorry. As I mentioned in last week's press conference, I've always believed God's laws were there to protect us from ourselves, and what has transpired over this last week vividly illustrates the damage that comes personally, and to those you love and respect, in doing otherwise. So in the aftermath of this failure I want to... A message from Mark http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2282122/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:41:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2281339/posts Please view the link below; enter a birth date and watch Anthem V1 & V2. http://cervezatecate.com/ Why in the HELL is the RNC not all over this demographic with commercials like this. Hispanics/Mexicans, whomever are ardent conservatives and the RNC has not reached them. These ads run during Friday Night Fights on ESPN. Large waves of southern immigration are changing our politics, and most Republicans believe the most effective way to reach them- which we know doesn't work- is to reward lawbreakers with citizenship and hope for the best. And please don't call us racists or we're gonna cry and... Tecate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2281339/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2280628/posts The Cap and Trade passed Friday 219 to 212. Here are the House Republicans that made it possible... CA Bono MackDE CastleIL KirkNJ LanceNJ LoBiondoNY McHughWA ReichertNJ Smith (NJ) Thanks for helping to "skyrocket" our energy bills. Hosue.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2280628/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:49:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2279744/posts Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose signature manifesto swept Republicans to power in the mid-1990s, called Wednesday for conservatives to recruit Democrats who oppose tax increases and big government and form a coalition to do battle with President Obama's "fantasy wing of the American left." .................. "If you look at California on the recent vote against raising taxes or spending, when you get 64 percent of the state voting with you, it tells you that in the most Democratic districts of the state, there was a solid majority against raising taxes and spending," Mr. Gingrich told editors and reporters at... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2279744/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:48:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2277517/posts The modern GOP was created in 1965 with a stroke of Lyndon Johnson's pen. If that is an exaggeration, it is not much of one. When Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, he made a prediction: In committing the unpardonable sin of guaranteeing the ballot to all citizens regardless of race, he said, he would cause his party to lose the South ``for a generation.'' And indeed Southern Democrats, who for a century had bombed schools, lynched innocents, perverted justice and terrorized millions in the name of intolerance, responded by leaving their ancestral party in droves. They formed the base... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2277517/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:33:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2275875/posts White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel acknowledged that $1.6 trillion "is a big number" that forced administration aides and congressional staff to rework the plan. "Everybody now is going to take these bills back and come in below $1 trillion," he said yesterday. Washington Post (proudly part of the statist media regime) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2275875/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2274461/posts The fact is that we live in a time of fateful challenges. As a people and a nation we are under test. This challenge is, of course, Marxism-Leninism. There is no mystery in its strategies and tactics. It has always been concrete and spelled out in black and white. It has also been openly and actively tested in the economic, political, and ideological struggle for control around globe. Lenin, the founder of the first Communist state, put it simply: "First we will take Eastern Europe, then the masses of Asia. We will encircle the last bastion of capitalism, the United... From "Where is your America?" by IMPRIMIS of Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, 49242 Vol 11, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2274461/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2273171/posts While searching an entirely different matter ... I happened on this. A little difficult to read and it is VWERY long (you've been warned), but I find it fascinating reading and I (at least) can glean some parallel and insight from this. http://www.archive.org/stream/republicancampa03commgoog/republicancampa03commgoog_djvu.txt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2273171/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:34:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2271401/posts There's a new leader at the top of the Minnesota Republican Party. State Republicans chose Tony Sutton, a Twin Cities businessman and active GOP party member as its leader at a gathering in Brooklyn Center Saturday. Sutton replaces Ron Carey, who is stepping down from the post. Sutton served on numerous campaigns and Republican committees on both state and national levels. He most recently served as secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota Republican Party. He is also the CEO of Minnesota-based Baja Sol Restaurant Group. Radio talk show host Dave Thompson and former state Sen. Carrie Ruud also sought the post. The... KSTP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2271401/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:39:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268464/posts Vanity (?) This evening my wife answered the phone and told me it was the Republican Committee - for me. When i picked up I stated that I was not given any money because I thougth McCain was a travesty and that the way the Committee has been treating [Governor] Palin was an abomination. The nice, polite fellow who called was obviously taken aback and responded with words to the effect of "OK, well thank you for your time". I was a bit surprised that he did not have a response to my disgust with the party. I only wish... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268464/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267962/posts The first day of school and a new Indian student named Chandrasekhar Subramanjan entered the fourth grade. The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History. Who said 'Give me Liberty , or give me Death'?" She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrasekhar, who had his hand up: "Patrick Henry, 1775," he said. Internet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267962/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267767/posts Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will attend Monday night's Republican congressional fundraising dinner, according to GOP sources. Not only will she be there, Palin's husband, "First Dude" Todd Palin, will sit with National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, R-Texas, and his wife at Cornyn's table, one of the sources said. Sarah Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee, will sit at the head table. She will be recognized but will not have a formal speaking role, the sources said. Palin's decision to attend brings to an end an embarrassing public back-and-forth between Republican congressional campaign committee leaders and Palin, whose attendance... The Winchendon Courier / CQ Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267767/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 04:32:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267413/posts Democrats have remained coy on the idea of new taxes, but Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, told the Santa Cruz Sentinel last week that it is "not reasonable" for any legislator to rule out taxes . . . SacBee: Capitol Alert http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267413/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:40:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267068/posts Libertarians condemn Obama’s still-skyrocketing unemployment numbersJobless rate explodes to over 9%, highest in 26 years as 14.5 million Americans joblessTax and regulatory relief would create “the jobs Americans need” WASHINGTON -- With unemployment exploding to 9.4 percent in May instead of decreasing as Obama promised with passage of his “stimulus” package, America’s third-largest party urges Congress to instead consider tax and regulatory relief to give the nation “the jobs Americans need.” “There is no doubt our economy will recover. Americans have always overcome adversity with our tenacity, creativity and optimism,” said Donny Ferguson, Libertarian National Committee Communications Director. “But as... The Libertarian Party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2267068/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:19:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2266019/posts The Republican National Committee Chairman, Michael Steele, sent me a 2009 Republican Party Census Document in the mail which he claims was designed "just for me". After you read through all the talking points of his four page letter in which he tries to convince you that the RNC is "really trying" to turn the party around, he leaves you with a survey. At the end of the survey there are three options to choose from requesting your donation. The third option states the following: "No, I favor electing liberal Democrats over the next ten years". So, let me see... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2266019/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 05:01:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2265677/posts I'm thinking of an American president who demonized ethnic groups as enemies of the state, censored the press, imprisoned dissidents, bullied political opponents, spewed propaganda, often expressed contempt for the Constitution, approved warrantless searches and eavesdropping, and pursued his policies with a blind, religious certainty. ***** Oh, and I'm not thinking of George W. Bush, but another "W" ... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2265677/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:16:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2263770/posts Assemblyman Roger Niello, who cast a key vote to pass a state budget that raised taxes this year, has been replaced as the GOP's point man on the Assembly Budget Committee. The Fair Oaks Republican will hand his committee post to Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, who is a freshman in the lower house but served a dozen years in the Senate, leaving in 1990. The switch was made by the Assembly's new Republican leader, Sam Blakeslee of San Luis Obispo, who has stressed that taxes cannot be raised again in tackling a $24.3 billion shortfall. "There is no doubt that... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2263770/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:58:23 GMT