http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/republican/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:27:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286030/posts Veterans In Politics Talk Show Introduces Clark County Republican Party Chairman Candidate Debate LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net July 11: Clark County Republican Party Chairman Candidate Debate the following candidates will be participating Mr. Jim Jonas, Mr. Dave McGowan, and Mr. Steve Esh:: "Veterans In Politics" is a weekly radio show produced by the Veterans In Politics International and hosted by Steve Sanson and co-hosted by Ronda Baldwin Kennedy on www.alltalkradio.net. The "Veterans In Politics" show is live every Saturday 2:05 PM Pacific Time you can call in and speak to the guest or/and hosts at (702) 309-6690. Veterans In Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286030/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:27:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285058/posts She does things her way as usual. What do you think she will do next? me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285058/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:39:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283435/posts V TO THOSE CALLING THEMSELVES REPUBLICANS: “Only to realize far too late in the day,/As stone becomes dust/The world is a field of chameleons.” — from Chameleon by G. G. Falderal I am writing to those of you who currently take the mantle of “Republican” but hold to little, if any, of the party’s core conservative beliefs. Those in this group include, but are certainly not limited to, John McCain, Olympia Snow, Colin Powell, David Brooks, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, Mary Bono Mack, Mike Castle, Mark Kirk, John McHugh, Frank LoBiondo, Leonard Lance, Dave Reichert, and Chris Smith. The last... The Constitutional Alamo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283435/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:21:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282760/posts Healthy Debate by: Mytheos Holt, June 29, 2009 Reacting to what some have called President Barack Obama’s recent health care “infomercial” on ABC, Representative Charles Boustany, M.D. (R-LA) recently spoke via conference call to bloggers and journalists about the emerging Republican alternative to the 852-page Democratic proposal. At the start of the call, Rep. Boustany gave a short and optimistic statement about the potential savings and benefits which the Republican approach possessed. “We believe that we can provide near universal coverage at a fraction of the cost of what the Democrats are proposing by using what’s working today in health... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282760/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:56:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282338/posts The GOP party platform (by the way, where are the GOP folks who represent this platform? I want them in office), has many sections, but the core values, the ideas and values that make the GOP what it is, are based on our Judeo-Christian foundation, as Americans. The main stream media (MSM) attacks social conservatives at every turn and uses every weakness shown by a GOP politician as a way to drive a wedge between the two factions of the party, conservatives and rino’s. Social values are where the GOP must make a stand. The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282338/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:39:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280555/posts Congresswoman Mary Bono, a liberal pro-gay Republican from the Palm Springs area VOTED YES for today's massive Democratic/Obama Cap & Trade Tax Increase. Congresswoman Mary Bono married the former Sonny & Cher entertainer, then she took her husband Sonny's place in congress when he was killed in a skiing accident. Her yes vote today adds billions of dollars in increased taxes, energy and fuel costs onto the backs of the working moms and dads who wealthy Mary Bono is completely disconnected from. Congresswoman Bono has earned a notorious reputation for being a political patsy for the rabid homosexual group Log... The James Hartline Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280555/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:49:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278908/posts Republicans were just starting to breathe a little easier. The news that Senator John Ensign had had an affair with a former aide who was married to another former aide was fading. Polls showed some voter impatience with President Obama’s policies, if not with the president himself. And the Politico, the insidery Web site that is widely read in the capital’s political precincts, even featured an article exploring the possibility of a Republican Party comeback. Then Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, a fiscal conservative seen by many Republicans as an attractive standard-bearer for the next presidential campaign, went missing.... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278908/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278231/posts South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's mysterious disappearance from his state is the latest sign that Republican governors, once thought to be President Obama's most credible adversaries, haven't quite lived up to their billing. From Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's cringe-inducing nationally televised response to Obama's first budget address to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's suggestion that his state might secede, GOP governors — including those said to be eyeing a potential 2012 presidential bid — haven't exactly looked like the political grown-ups many party strategists had promised. And none has had a rockier go of it than the party's best-known governor, Alaska's... Associated dePress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278231/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:12:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277931/posts The Republican Party, in order to return to relevancy and power, must firstly, admit the errors of their ways under the previous eight years. THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277931/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:52:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277532/posts As Americans had bought into Obama‘s catchy phrases of “Hope“ and “Change“ and “Yes, we can!” that he had used during the election, we are reminded of the Latin phrase “Caveat Emptor,“ which is used widely when talking about consumers. Obama’s poll numbers have slipped this week to 58%, which is the lowest that it’s ever been, and many Democrats seem to be following Obama’s own doctor of 22 years in turning their backs on ObamaCare. What does all this mean for Republicans and Conservatives alike? The road to defeating Obama in 2012 is still going to be a long... Obama Information http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277532/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:51:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277442/posts A Gallup poll last week showed that far more Americans describe themselves as conservatives than as liberals. Yet Republicans have been clobbered by the Democrats in both the 2006 elections and the 2008 elections. In a country with more conservatives than liberals, it is puzzling — in fact, amazing — that we have the furthest left president of the United States in history, as well as the furthest left speaker of the House of Representatives. Republicans, especially, need to think about what this means. If you lose when the other guy has all the high cards, there is not much... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277442/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275155/posts As President Obama thunders ahead with his liberal agenda, unencumbered by any significant opposition in either chamber of Congress, the focus for the Right has been on how to re-invent the Republican Party so as to be competitive in the 2010 and 2012 election cycles. This renewed and urgent focus is more akin to a meeting of rival mafia families, each faction unwilling to cede influence, power, control or status to another, than it is a quorum of individuals dedicated to true and original Republican principles. In light of this it is appropriate to revisit the founding platform of the... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275155/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:51:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274579/posts Grandstanding against obvious and violent hate is easy – too easy. The mainstream media and politicians make a living off violent hate. Campaign contributions are raised, donations given and newspapers sold through this grandstanding against hate. On June 11, Democratic Congressman Ron Klein sponsored a resolution, unanimously passed by the House, condemning the sicko racist James von Brunn, 88, who gunned down a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in our nation’s capital. That’s all well and good, and something all reasonable people agree with. But it’s easy – too easy. Let’s be truthful here. Passing a resolution... The Sun Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274579/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:30:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274508/posts The split among Conservatives who define themselves as social conservatives (SoCons) and fiscal conservatives (FiCons), each contending that their view and theirs alone is the key to conservative political success, is unraveling conservative unity. Social and fiscal issues are inextricably linked. Unlink them at your peril and you become the divided party of nebulous ideas and principles that appeal only to the ideological faithful. Liberals suffer no such division and win elections despite the fact most Americans are conservatives at heart and generally apolitical by nature. Liberals support gay marriage, abortion on demand at any time, the welfare state, racial... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274508/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:55:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273673/posts Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) Tuesday declined to confirm or deny a report in the New York Daily News that he turned down a White House offer to become United States ambassador to Ireland. “I’ve had conversations with [White House chief of staff Rahm] Emanuel, and I’ve had conversations with the president,” King told POLITICO. “But those conversations are private.” The report follows the Obama administration’s June 2 nomination of Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) to serve as secretary of the Army. McHugh and King are two of the three remaining Republican congressmen in the 29-member New York House delegation. King, who... Politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273673/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:27:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273556/posts Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Redneck? Here is a little test that will help you decide. The answer can be found by posing the following question: e-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273556/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:57:39 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-bloggers/2272741/posts Non-ideological, as used here by Schlesinger, is a euphemism for disengaged and civically irresponsible. "Most people have more important things to do than ponder the role of government," he says. Do they? Or is it just that pondering the role of government is not important to most people? I will grant you the latter. However, if you are at all concerned with actual importance, and not just perceived importance, you must concede that few things are as pressing as government's role when you consider what it is capable of, particularly when so few are pondering it. But that does not... Rightnation.us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2272741/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:19:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271087/posts MUTH'S TRUTHS L’IL NATE'S EXCELLENT BATHROOM ADVENTURE When not dispensing advice on what a woman needs to do to make her man happy - “rub her man’s feet at the end of the night” and watch NASCAR with him - you might find GOP gadfly Nathan Taylor sipping on Cosmopolitans with those pink umbrellas and cherries in them and getting tossed out of a bar for starting a fist-fight in a bathroom. I sh--….er, kid you not. Got this second-hand report yesterday on Li’l Nate’s election night adventures from last week: “Seems Nathan he got pretty drunk at a Stavros... Muth's Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271087/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:33:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268762/posts This is what we need to be talking about. Conservative Values and Standing for Something instead of Standing for Everything. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rigML-twftY YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2268762/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:08:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268066/posts The Democrats play for keeps - they play to win at any cost. When will the GOP learn that they have to play hardball to win? Or has the GOP simply accepted its role as the permanent minority party? ECR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268066/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:08:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268030/posts Congressman Brian Bilbray (R-CA), spoke of the importance of implementing 'E-Verify'. Delayed for yet another time, Rep. Bilbray is suspicious of the Obama Administration and the liberals in Congress. Please visit our website for the full video interivew. http://washingtonnewsobserver.com/?p=89 Washington News Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268030/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:25:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268029/posts Congressman Brian Bilbray of California spoke to WNO on the importance of implementing E-Verify. According to Rep. Bilbray the Obama Administration along with the Democrats in Congress have delayed implementation for political reasons. Please visit the complete video interview here: http://washingtonnewsobserver.com/?p=89 Washington News Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268029/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:24:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267630/posts As the President jamming throw his agenda, his party is beginning to lose public confidence on key issues. Porkulus, the Omnibus bill, along with the auto bailouts, and a look ahead to programs such as cap and trade has made the Republican party the most trustworthy when it comes to the economy. It even gets better than that Rasmussen asks the public about ten Issues, Republicans are more trusted in Six, Democrats in three and one (abortion) was a tie. The GOP made impressive gains in trust to handle the economy, ethics and corruption,national security. It seems as if the... Rasmussen/ The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267630/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267032/posts "a collection of facts,opinions and arguments FOR FREEDOM" ............................. "What every working Republican will desire, in the way of fact,argument and opinion, for himself and for his neighbor, to inform the ignorant,convince the prejudiced, and stimulate the lukewarm, will be given in this POCKET PISTOL series, in a form at once compact, neat and at a price which will enable our Republican Clubs to put a copy of it into the hands of every voter who can read." http://ia341040.us.archive.org/3/items/republicanpocket00burl/republicanpocket00burl.pdf us.archive.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267032/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:53:09 GMT