http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/republican/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:51:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418038/posts It appears that some state and county Tea Party groups are trying to cleanse their ranks of libertarians. That's a shame since the movement started with Ron Paul and his libertarian followers, and was then co-opted by mainstream GOP Sean Hannity types. Lawrence Samuels, editor of Facets of Liberty: A Libertarian Primer and participant in the Monterey County Tea Party, is witnessing the purge firsthand: [A]fter a successful 4th of July Tea Party parade and Freedom Rally in Monterey, the cracks in the alliance split wide open. I was accused of belonging to too many leftist organizations. In fact, I... insidecatholic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418038/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:51:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415277/posts SUGGESTION FOR A NEW TERM TO HELP IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF REPUBLICAN I THINK WE SHOULD BE ELECTING TO ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES - RRROC - Real Republican who Relies On the Constitution! Unlike the whimpy, whiny, always-compromising RINOs, these guys and gals are like ROCKS! Be sure to sound your RRRs, as in GRRRRRRRR! I'm tired of being labeled by WHAT I'M NOT. (Well, at least I'm not a RINO!) I'm proud to be a RRROC! 2010 - 2012 (1) NO VOTES FOR RINOs (2) ALL VOTES FOR RRROCs (3) NO REPUBLICAN PARTY SPLIT All "Libertarians", "Independents"... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415277/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:00:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414100/posts I listened to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on Sean Hannity’s radio show yesterday. He sounded tired and barely able to rally the troops against the Democrats’ government health care takeover. He told Sean’s guest host at the end of an obligatory-sounding critique of Harry Reid that, and I quote, “We’re going to fight ‘em all the way to the finish line.” That’s what he said: “We’re going to fight ‘em all the way to the finish line.” Before the cloture vote on sneaky Sunday, Sen. John McCain had sounded the same message with more energy, invoking John Paul Jones... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414100/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:25:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414074/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michael Castle is a member of an endangered species in the U.S. Congress: He's a moderate Republican. ... Castle is running to fill the Senate seat for Delaware formerly held by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and his likely Democratic foe is Biden's son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. Castle, a member of the House of Representatives since 1993, is seen as among the Republicans' best bets to end the Democrats' 60-vote super-majority in the 100-member Senate. ... The contest unfolds as conservative activists take on Republican moderates like Castle, fueling an internal ideological battle that has... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414074/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413069/posts Politico is reporting that Rep. Parker Griffith, a Democratic freshman from Alabama, has flipped sides and will caucus with the Republican Party: POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican. According to a senior GOP aide familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place in this afternoon in his home district in northern Alabama. Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care vote and will send a jolt through a Democratic House Caucus that has already been unnerved by... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413069/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:06:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413007/posts POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican. According to a senior GOP aide familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place in this afternoon in his home district in northern Alabama. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413007/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:05:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410553/posts A former South Dakota lawmaker convicted of raping his two foster daughters has sent news organizations what he claims is a copyright notice that seeks to prevent the use of his name without his consent. A letter and an accompanying document labeled "Common Law Copyright Notice" said former state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is reserving a common-law copyright of a trade name or trademark for his name. It said no one can use his name without his consent, and anyone who does would owe him $500,000. Klaudt was convicted in 2007 on four counts of second-degree rape for touching his... Rapid City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410553/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:05:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410040/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama's Democratic allies will pay in November 2010 mid-term elections for the "garbage" legislation they pushed through the US Congress, a top Republican lawmaker warned Thursday. Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner took aim at Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's remark Wednesday that she was "always in campaign mode" and would sell voters next year on Democratic achievements. "I hope she does a great job of marketing all the garbage they passed this past year," he said at a year-end press conference, vowing "we're going to continue to be the party of better solutions." Recent... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410040/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410030/posts On "The Senate Doctors Show" Sen. John Barrasso, M.D., and Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D., discuss the Democrats' health care reform bill. They note the cuts in Medicare and how a Washington takeover of health care would affect health care. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410030/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409974/posts Can Scott Brown actually win this thing? On paper, the special US Senate election next month should be another walkover for the Democrats. Yet the race for the seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy will play out not on paper, but in a noxious political environment, providing a rare glint of hope for the state’s undermanned Republicans. Brown, a Republican state senator from Wrentham, is considered a long shot, but he is the GOP’s most attractive Senate candidate since Mitt Romney lost to Kennedy 15 years ago. His positions on most issues are diametrically opposed to those of the... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409974/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:42:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409930/posts Former New Mexico Republican Gov. Gary Johnson is a teetotaling triathlete who looks the part of the laid-back Mountain West politician. But don’t let the jeans and black mock turtleneck he's sporting on his new website fool you: Johnson is starting to sound like a mad-as-hell populist with an eye cast on 2012 and the building fury aimed at Washington. “I’m finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit,” he said in an interview with POLITICO this week. “I’m finding myself really angry over what’s happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I’m angry... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409930/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409837/posts I recently suggested that seniors will die sooner if Congress actually implements the Medicare cuts in the health-care bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. My colleagues who defend the bill—none of whom have practiced medicine—predictably dismissed my concern as a scare tactic. They are wrong. Every American, not just seniors, should know that the rationing provisions in the Reid bill will not only reduce their quality of life, but their life spans as well. My 25 years as a practicing physician have shown me what happens when government attempts to practice medicine: Doctors respond to government coercion... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409837/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:18:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407348/posts Michael Steele held a discussion on Twitter today under the hashtag “#listentome.” There were all but 27 questions and responses in about 20 minutes, and it proved to be simply an ambush from outraged citizens that even a well-decorated Georgetown lawyer couldn’t fend off. The premise was simple. Republicans only control 1/3 of both the House and the Senate while having lost a presidential election under the image of trying to “expand the base” into territories of “moderates.” Ultimately, the choices given to the conservative base was that you either choose a Democrat under a Democrat label or you choose... Conservative Talk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407348/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:25:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405891/posts My office sent this press release earlier in the week. You are invited to attend my town hall on Chinese drywall. See details below! Also, let me know how you think I'm doing. Take my 1-question survey here. ---Congressman Cao -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 9, 2009 ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Cao to Host Town Hall on Chinese Drywall Washington, DC - Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao (LA-2) will conduct a public town hall and briefing about Chinese drywall for Louisiana residents whose homes were rebuilt with this tainted material. The event will be held on Monday, December 14, 2009 from 9:00am - 11:00am CST at... josephcao.house.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405891/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:27:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401372/posts Cap and trade legislation may be one of the biggest issues facing the oil and gas industry according to Dr. Daniel Fine, Associate of Policy, Strategy and Development at New Mexico Tech. He also serves on the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy which is hosting the presentation by former Shell Oil executive, John Hofmeister tonight. “What is the purpose to cap and trade?” asks Fine. “Is the purpose to raise revenue? Is the purpose to lower CO2? Or both?” The bill (Waxman-Markey) coming out of the U.S. House of Representatives claims both purposes without a clear policy declaration. Lovington Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401372/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 05:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399628/posts He now will be challenging the 8-year incumbent party chair, who is seeking a fifth term in the wake of the defeat suffered by the local GOP in the 2008 elections, and amid lingering questions about the recent management of the county party. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399628/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396955/posts Nearly all dissatisfied with the administration's policies and almost half saying they are "angry" about them... Youpolls http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396955/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:23:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394651/posts Sarah Palin is keeping a tight lid on her political ambitions for 2012, but her influence on other would-be politicians can by seen by the growing number of women she has inspired to seek public office. Sarah Palin is keeping a tight lid on her political ambitions for 2012, but her influence on other would-be politicians can by seen by the growing number of women she has inspired to seek public office. The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate's conservative philosophies and her folksy, hockey-mom approach to politics have galvanized other mothers to launch political campaigns -- at all levels of... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394651/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:29:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393541/posts Looking toward the 2012 presidential primaries and election, one must ask, whether the Republicans can nominate a candidate that has the convictions of the founding fathers, the good looks of Kennedy, and the public relations of Reagan. Our current president has seen his favorable rating drop. He spoke of change but has proven himself a true blue liberal, even bordering on Marxist. So then, the question needs to be asked, Who will replace Obama as our national chief? Huntington Political Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393541/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:55:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393318/posts BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-LA, has been in the spotlight since her vote Saturday, allowing debate to begin on the national healthcare bill. Included in the deal, Landrieu secured as much as $300 million for Louisiana's Medicaid program, something she said Gov. Bobby Jindal asked for, leaving him in a sticky situation. "It is the number one request of my governor, who is a Republican," Landrieu said Saturday on the Senate floor. She told her fellow senators she is proud of the move she made Saturday. She voted to allow debate on the national healthcare bill... WAFB.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393318/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:33:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393040/posts House Republicans have floated ten points they think are strong enough to vet candidates. Further, as the preamble suggestions, they foist these ten points out there as if they reflect the believes of conservatives. They are insultingly weak. My comments [are in italics and bracketed]. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393040/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:50:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392616/posts Abortion Activist Judge Hamilton Confirmed with Help of Ten Republican Senators by James Tillman and John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Senate voted 59-39 yesterday to confirm President Obama's first circuit court appointee, the pro-abortion Judge David Hamilton. Although hailed as moderate by various news sources and dubbed "thoughtful and distinguished" by President Obama, many conservatives have condemned him as a judicial activist who places his own preferences above the law. "As a judge, Hamilton has shown himself to be soft on crime, radically pro-abortion, and hostile towards religion," wrote a group of prominent conservatives upon... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392616/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:10:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392371/posts The Republican party wonders why conservatives are so disappointed with it?Another glowing example of the problems confronting the Republican party occurred yesterday.  The Senate Republicans had the opportunity to force a full reading of the Senate's proposed health care bill so that every bit of the 2,200 pages would be made public by the reading, and so the people could become much better informed about its contents before it is passed...if it is passed.  It had the opportunity to really hold the Democrats' feet to the fire over this abominable excuse for legislation that is being crammed down the throats... Germantown (WI) Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392371/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:08:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392199/posts A Denver-area businessman has formed an exploratory committee to look into running for the suburban 7th District congressional seat now held by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. Jimmy Lakey, a Republican who owns concert-promotion and artist-management companies... is concerned with the growing size and scope of government and with “reckless spending” in Washington... Perlmutter, G-Golden, has held the 7th District seat representing parts of Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties since 2007... The seat was previously held by Republican Bob Beauprez, who stepped down for an unsuccessful gubernatorial run against Bill Ritter. Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier, a Republican, already has filed... Denver Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392199/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:56:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390169/posts November 19, 2009 Brown, Whitman tied in new Rasmussen poll With nearly a year until the general election, a new Rasmussen Reports poll puts GOP gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman and still-undeclared Democratic contender Jerry Brown locked in a tie with 41 percent support a piece. The results show Whitman gaining traction since a September Rasmussen survey, in which Brown outpolled Whitman 44 percent to 35 percent. Whitman's two rivals for the Republican nomination, former U.S. Rep. Tom Campbell and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner trailed Brown in the telephone survey of 500 likely voters. Brown came out nine-points ahead of Campbell... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390169/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:24:32 GMT