http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/projection/ en-us Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:44:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2116282/posts “If no signs of intimidation techniques have emerged yet, launch a ‘pre-emptive strike.’” The manual said this should be done by placing stories in mainstream and specialty press “in which minority leadership expresses concern about the threat of intimidation tactics” and “prime minority leadership to discuss the issue in the media; provide talking points.” Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2116282/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:44:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110803/posts Source link If your television declares John McCain the president elect on the evening of November 4th, your television will be lying. You should immediately pick up your pre-packed bags and head straight to the White House in Washington, D.C., which we will surround and shut down until this attempt at a third illegitimate presidency is reversed. A McCain "win" will not be illegitimate because I disagree with his policies, but because he himself has rendered it illegitimate. He and his campaign and allied supporters have sought to illegally remove hundreds of thousands of voters from the rolls, fraudulently registered... Global Research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110803/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:05:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099255/posts TEN words keep ringing in my ears, long after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin supposedly redeemed herself and put to rest the nation's worst fears about the bottom of the Republican ticket. "How long have I been at this?" she asked during last week's high-stakes vice presidential debate. "Like, five weeks?" Say it ain't so, Joe, she's right. No question, Palin killed. She's great on television when she's got rehearsed lines to deliver and no follow-up questions to answer. She's brash and disarming, and she makes you want to send her to Washington and give those boys a big whack on... The Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099255/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 02:57:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099221/posts BOSTON (AP) - Rep. Barney Frank said Monday that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that's racially motivated. The Massachusetts Democrat, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said the GOP is appealing to its base by blaming the country's mortgage foreclosure problem on efforts to expand affordable housing through the Community Reinvestment Act. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099221/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 02:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098966/posts ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy. The Obama campaign unveiled an ad hitting McCain as one of the "Keating Five" senators who met federal regulators on behalf of a California savings and loan institution that collapsed in 1989. The ad faults McCain as unwilling to regulate the financial industry. With McCain losing ground in opinion polls, a campaign strategist was quoted as saying the Republican presidential candidate needed to "turn the page" on... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098966/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:09:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092226/posts The personality is familiar to us all: the sweet old aunt, the loving grandfather or the generous widow down the street, each of them unfailingly kind toward friends and family but given to flights of shocking prejudice when the conversation turns toward ethnic groups to which they don't belong. Often the response is a nervous laugh, a wan smile or a hasty effort to change the subject. We assume that old people are the products of less-enlightened times; they're unlikely to change; and their comments, however ugly, are largely innocuous. Now, though, in the midst of the nation's first presidential... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092226/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:01:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2090842/posts I spent the past week in New York, helping my mother recover from surgery. It was a new role for me, taking care of my mom. It must, I think, have been somewhat destabilizing. Perhaps when previously untapped wells of care-for-others are accessed, there’s no stopping the flow. Or perhaps it was just that, after five days locked in stare-downs with my mother’s cat, my eyes were playing tricks on me. This may explain why, on Tuesday afternoon when I went to The Times Web site and saw the photo of Sarah Palin with Henry Kissinger, a funny thing happened.... nytimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2090842/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:51:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088096/posts It sounds like the rabid rantings of some poor demented shlub posting at the Democratic Underground. Instead, it is Al Gore's former fashion adviser, Naomi Wolf, indulging in sanity-challenged fantasies on her Huffington Post blog. The target of Wolf's derangement is Sarah Palin and it is so over the top that one might suspect Wolf is an agent provocateur working for conservatives in order to discredit the left. Think I'm kidding? Check out this sampling of Wolf's plunge off the political deep end (emphasis mine): Please understand what you are looking at when you look at Sarah "Evita" Palin. You... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088096/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:14:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087432/posts The thought has occurred to me, as I'm sure it has to many of you, that the critics of our politics, our lifestyles (as imagined by them), and our values tend to be miserable creatures. It never fails that conservative Republicans are parodied as white suburban idiots, the two kid, two car, evangelical churchgoing families who are closet racists, prudes, and simpletons. Of course, I know plenty of conservatives who defy this description. What I've noticed over time is that way too many lefty types seem to hate themselves. They hate their lives. Perhaps its because their lives are screwed... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087432/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083153/posts Monday, September 15th 2008, 9:52 AM Beck/Getty Gov. Sarah Palin The current lie of the presidential campaign, current but certainly not last, is that you are some kind of lousy, sexist bum if you question Sarah Palin's lightweight credentials to be vice president of the United States, or the judgment of the 72-year-old who put her on the ticket in the first place. It means you're supposed to do about as much vetting on her as John McCain. She's a spunky mom, she has a son who's a soldier, she loves guns and hates Roe vs. Wade, and don't worry... Ny Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083153/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:29:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082622/posts Link to this to see what Obama supporters really think about the rest of the country. Ft.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082622/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:11:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080639/posts Anyone else see this? This guy was attacking Sarah Palin as inexperienced and became frustrated when forced to compare hers to Obama's. He then SHOUTED: "Sarah Palin wants a free pass because she's a WOMAN!" LOL! Another gaffe, another news cycle devoted to Sarah Palin. Fox and Friends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080639/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:33:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074989/posts (IsraelNN.com) In recent weeks, Muslim leaders have been heavily focusing their efforts on inciting the their followers over alleged Jewish "threats" to the al-Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The incitement has come from the Palestinian Authority - both Fatah and Hamas - as well as from the Arab League, from within Israel's Arab minority, from Muslim organizations abroad, and from the al-Qaeda terrorist group. An Israeli Muslim radical has even taken the show on the virtual road, for consumption among English-speaking Muslim masses. In the past, Muslim incitement over fictional Jewish "attacks" on al-Aksa Mosque has been... arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074989/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075154/posts Sen. Barbara Boxer says Sarah Palin's acceptance speech for the Republican vice presidential nomination was "laced with ridicule" and calls the Alaska governor an extremist. At a Thursday meeting with transportation officials in Los Angeles, the Democratic senator told reporters that Palin's views are "way out of the mainstream." Boxer said Palin doesn't believe global warming is caused by human activities, is against abortion and opposed to stem cell research. Palin's speech Wednesday in St. Paul, Minn., combined some of her beliefs, jokes about being a hockey mom, and attacks against Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. NBC11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075154/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063785/posts By Michelle Malkin  •  August 18, 2008 12:52 AM No, really. The Obama camp and its media water-carriers are seriously accusing John McCain of “cheating” in his appearance over the weekend at Rick Warren’s Saddleback church forum because he was in his motorcade when the program started– and then escorted to an empty room without media hook-ups. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell spread the unsubstantiated rumor that somehow McCain heard Obama’s questions while on his drive. The nutroots went, well, nuts. The NYTimes piled on (“Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn’t In a ‘Cone of Silence’“). The McCain camp has protested. And now we have... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063785/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:23:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044424/posts A unique feature of Freedom's Lighthouse is the "Average of Electoral Vote Projections," which you will see updated daily at the top of the left sidebar (see table below). The table shows the ten sites that are regularly updating their Electoral Vote Projection for the Presidential Race. At the bottom of the table are averages for all the sites. There is an average that includes "tossups" and an average of the sites that do not include "tossups." Right now, Obama leads handily in both averages. Come back and check the table on a regular basis. It will be updated at... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044424/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:38:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042836/posts Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today pointed to President Bush’s unpopularity as an explanation for Congress’s single-digit approval rating. "Any time you have a president that is down so, so far in poll numbers, it drags down a city councilmember. It drags down any elected official, including us, and we recognize that," Reid said when asked about Congress’s rating. Rasmussen reported today that Congress’s approval rating has slipped to 9 percent—down two percentage points from last month, and the first-ever single-digit rating for Congress in Rasmussen’s history. Polls this month show Bush’s approval between 29 and 30 percent. But... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042836/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:50:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041680/posts The swift boats are coming. They'll go by different names this year, but the largely unregulated interest groups like Swift Boat Veterans for Truth - which in 2004 torpedoed Democrat John Kerry with allegations he'd inflated his war record - are gearing up for the 2008 White House race like never before. So far this year, so-called 527 groups - named for a section of the IRS tax code - have raised a staggering $210 million, up from $182 million at this point in 2004. But here's the ideological bottom line - roughly two-thirds of that $210 million has been... The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041680/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 04:18:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040914/posts Hollywood, CA (BANG) - Sharon Stone has been offered a free brain scan. Animal rights group PETA are determined to discover why Sharon "demonstrates a lack of empathy" towards animals by wearing fur, and so have written her a letter telling her they would be willing to pay for the scientific scan.The letter reads: "Scientific studies suggest that the prefrontal regions of the brains of people who lack empathy might be underdeveloped. Here's our offer - would you allow PETA to pay for a scan of the prefrontal region of your brain to determine if comments and actions that seem... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040914/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:50:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031519/posts Here is the updated Electoral Vote Projection Scoreboard for today, June 15, 2008: Electoral Vote Projection ScoreboardUpdated: 6/15/08 – 3:40 PM EDT SITE McCAIN OBAMA TOSSUP Real Clear Politics 190 238 110 Real Clear Politics – No Tossups 266 272 -- Electoral-Vote 221 304 13 Election Projection 234 304 -- 270toWin.com 189 235 114 FiveThirtyEight 229.5 308.5 -- The Hedgehog Report 259 279 -- Obama has widened his lead over the last week on most sites, reflecting the bounce he received from Hillary Clinton dropping from the race. But that is deceiving right now. Many of the Battleground States are... Blogs for John McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031519/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:13:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029851/posts "The problem with the Republican Party is that they value ideology over what's good for the country," said Dean. "They haven't been willing to work with people to find reasonable middle ground. They've basically adopted a scorched earth policy." He said the GOP practice of ignoring Democrats has reached the White House, which has taken the same approach with foreign governments, a move he said has been "terrible for our national image." He also defended his previous "brain-dead" comments, joking that it was a "clinical diagnosis." Dean is a medical doctor. In assailing Republicans, especially conservatives, he said that there... US News and World Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029851/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:46:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000404/posts TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Sen. Barack Obama was criticized Friday by his two fellow presidential candidates for statements he made recently at a San Francisco fundraiser that could be viewed as derogatory toward rural America. "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," Obama said Sunday, according to the Huffington Post web site. "And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate... The Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000404/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:54:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1980171/posts High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week. Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy. "As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an... Breitbart, drudgereport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1980171/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:46:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966876/posts The essence of Howard Fineman's Newsweek column about the demise of Mitt Romney's campaign is the glorification of authenticity, and Mitt's perceived lack of it. Ironic, then, that Fineman would resort to one of the oldest, and least authentic, journalistic dodges: suggest the worst about someone, then slyly slink away. To wit [emphasis added]: [M]aybe the campaign revealed what his closest friends never imagined him to be. They thought he was a decent classy guy. But maybe he really is a soulless throat-cutter who would do and say anything to win. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966876/posts#comment Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:55:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931956/posts On Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show,"co-host Hannah Storm, who tvnewser.com reports will soon be leaving the show, teased an upcoming segment about the controversy over the atheist-inspired movie, "The Golden Compass": "And Nicole Kidman on why the Church doesn't want your children to see her new movie." Of course, the "Church" has said no such thing, but rather the Catholic League has called for a boycott of the movie. Later during the segment, Storm talked with Catholic League President, Bill Donohue, as well as Ellen Johnson, the president of American Atheists. To Storm’s credit, she challenged Johnson by quoting the atheist... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931956/posts#comment Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:36:04 GMT