http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/senate-gop/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:24:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2051399/posts * Refers to the rated R language that was changed from the original text * And its about time! According to The Hill Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is ready to go balls to the wall to stop surging fuel prices and hold Democrats accountable for the obstruction on drilling in the outter continental shelf (OCS). What are they planning to do? Well, play some hardball: Senate Republicans have threatened to block nearly all other bills pending before the August recess if Democrats refuse to vote with them on expanding offshore drilling. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said bills... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2051399/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:24:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2050267/posts Glenn has pretty well covered the imbroglio-inducing statement, but here’s a less-examined claim that really shows how separated from reality Klein has become: Obama, the poker player, has drawn to an inside straight: the Iraqis favor his plan over McCain’s long-term bases. Only the most intellectually dishonest reading of the situation could justify that statement; the WaPo has devoted an entire op-ed to debunking the ridiculous notion that Iraqis would rather see al-Ameriki withdraw on a fixed timetable from Washington without regard to conditions on the ground: But an Iraqi government statement made clear that Mr. Maliki’s timetable would extend... Dean's World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2050267/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2048253/posts I still think the GOP screwed themselves when they failed to take Fred Thompson seriously. The old cat never ceases to amaze me. A Google Alert popped these two stories from the Indian Blogosphere into my in-box this morning: Gandhian self-destruction from Indian Raksa - Defending Secular India, and Gandhi’s Way Isn’t the American Way: Collective suicide is no foreign policy from Islamic Terrorism in India. Both of these posts are based on this March 15, 2007 National Review Online transcript of a Fred Thompson radio spot. Listen to Fred right here. (mp3 file) Doesn't he sound presidential? Here is... Plains Feeder http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2048253/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:30:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047751/posts Plenty of evidence has existed before, but now the conclusion is inescapable: the Democrats cannot understand the most basic law of economics, the law of supply and demand. Faced with spiraling fuel costs and a demand to act, the Democrat-controlled Congress cannot or will not act. Nancy Pelosi claims the idea to drill in protected coastal areas is a “hoax” and is “echoing the demands of big oil.” Ms. Pelosi, whose husband’s company has received millions of dollars worth of government contracts directly as a result of her efforts, states a plan to release the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to consumers,... Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047751/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044882/posts The way I see it, there are three albatrosses we should be hanging around the necks of the Democrats: 1) sky high oil prices (anti-drilling, global warming nonsense); 2) the mortgage meltdown: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Countrywide (Jim Johnson, Jamie Gorelick, Chris Dodd); and 3) Iraq defeatism: (Harry Reid: "this war is lost," etc., etc.) My question is: where are the attack ads showing Reid, Gorelick, Dodd, Anthony Mozillo, Chuck Schumer and the rest of the traitors? I can write them if need be, for God's sake, we should win Congress this Fall. Does anyone know what's going on in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044882/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044242/posts Glow Fading?: The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by only 3 points. What a difference a few weeks can make. (Jonathan Darma, 7/11/08, Newsweek) A month after emerging victorious from the bruising Democratic nominating contest, some of Barack Obama's glow may be fading. In the latest NEWSWEEK Poll, the Illinois senator leads Republican nominee John McCain by just 3 percentage points, 44 percent to 41 percent. The statistical dead heat is a marked change from last month's NEWSWEEK Poll, where Obama led McCain by 15 points, 51 percent to 36 percent. Obama's rapid drop comes at... The Brothers Judd Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044242/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2043919/posts Just dropped John a line telling him his immigration stance sucks-Your turn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2043919/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:42:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039422/posts Day three of the Clark controversy, and things keep getting more and more interesting. Today, Barack Obama is apparently denying that his own speech yesterday in Ohio -- where we all assumed he was specifically repudiating Clark's comments -- was, in fact, aimed at Gen. Clark. Here is what Obama had to say today: "... I notice that I think in at least one publication it was reported that my comments yesterday about Senator McCain were in a response to General Clark. I think my staff will confirm that was in a draft of that speech that I had written... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2039422/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2038929/posts There is a chasm between the GOP Party and the American people that has been created by a break-down of communication as to where the Party stands on issues relative to the good of America and the American people. 110congress.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2038929/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:52:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2038313/posts Barack Obama recently said that spouses are off the table: In a taped interview with the network, Senator Barack Obama suggested that Senator John McCain should have done more to tamp down attacks on Mr. Obama’s wife, Michelle, who has been the target of false rumors and criticism about her personal character and her patriotism. “I think families are off limits,” Mr. Obama said, speaking in Taylor, Mich. “I would never consider making Cindy McCain a campaign issue. And if I saw people doing it, I would speak out against it. The fact that I haven’t seen that from John... Environmental Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2038313/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2036185/posts I'm thinking of a word. Ah, yes. A#%hole. That's the one. Massachussetts (go figure) State Representative James Fagan took to the floor of the state house to oppose Jessica's Law, a bill sweeping through state legislatures across the nation that creates mandatory sentences for criminals who rape a child. Mr. Fagan, a defense attorney and hardcore liberal, opposes the bill on the grounds that...well, I guess he just hates children and loves child rapists, I dunno. It defies good sense, logic and simple moral decency. In the video below, Fagan explains what he would do to a child rape victim... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2036185/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:36:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2036184/posts Hillary Clinton returned to the Senate today with cheers from her Democrat colleagues. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) led the way with chants of “we need you!” Mikulski was not alone in her praise as fellow New Yorker Chuck Schumer was part of the small contingent of senators that welcomed back their junior colleague. Striking was that Clinton made her entrance on the east side of the capital in the door that is rarely used. Not even good ole Dick Cheney uses that door! As the Politco reported today Clinton was greeted with a standing ovation during the Democrats weekly luncheon... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2036184/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:34:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2032614/posts I guess the desire for a black president is so compelling, that some black Republicans are considering voting for Obama. If you are a bona fide Republican, you'd be giving up a lot of your principles to vote for a left-wing whacko like Obama. Black Republicans already get a lot of grief because they struggle against the slavery traps of the Democrat Party. They are already classed as traitors to their race because they refuse to accept the chains of socialism. Black Republicans have already suffered enough abuse so why weakly surrender to a plainly inferior presidential candidate like Obama,... Val's Bien http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2032614/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:58:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2029711/posts Senator Kerry accused John McCain of being confused today stating McCain “confuses the history going back to 682 of what has happened to Sunni and Shia.” Well now I am confused Senator, exactly what was the significance of the year 682? Could it be that Senator Kerry was confused himself when making that statement? As Michael Goldfarb points out the year Senator Kerry actually meant was 632: Among the accusations he leveled this morning, Senator Kerry said Senator McCain “confuses the history going back to 682 of what has happened to Sunni and Shia.” Now, we at the McCain Report... Constitutionally Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2029711/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:11:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2028141/posts The media fell all over themselves when Obama spoke in front of AIPAC as he did his best to cozy up to the Jewish community. But the media fails to mention that the liberal wing of the Democrat party is dangerously close to outright anti-Semitism (if not there already). Charles Johnson has detailed this extensively every time someone at Obama-backing Daily Kos (including old "screw them" Kos himself) lets down their guard and lets their true anti-Semitism be seen. Still the Jewish vote goes for whatever Democrat happens to be running. I'm guessing that they feel that a Jewish president... Environmental Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2028141/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 02:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2027670/posts His wife going off on a rant about how evil "whitey" is, and conspiracies that he is a covert Muslim trying to infiltrate our democracy are nothing more than rumors...at least at this point. However, there are plenty of things the media don't put enough focus on that are true about the Obamas. Instead they would rather focus on things like his playful fist-bump. They have to keep their priorities on the important issues. His connection and close friendship with a corrupt crook and convicted felon. Obama supports sex education for Kindergarten! Obama sought the endorsement of the Marxist Party... Right Wing News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2027670/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:21:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2027395/posts Bob Kelleher, a former Green who sued the Montana University System for excluding the Green and Libertarian candidates from a gubernatorial debate in 2004, scored an upset victory in the Montana GOP primary race for U.S. Senate. Kelleher, who still maintains his Green beliefs, will be the Republican nominee versus Democratic incumbent Max Baucus. The Montana Green Party does not currently have ballot access. The theme of Kelleher’s campaign was “no more tax cuts until hunger, health, HRDC, and job needs are satisfied and social security, Medicare and Medicaid funds are secure.” Ballot Access News reports that Kelleher apparently raised... The Independent Political Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2027395/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2025586/posts It is not physically possible to show that ANY Global Warming law will have ANY effect on the climate. We will lose millions of jobs to India and China, where they don't buy this liberal hoax. Pure and simple, this is a tax to try to stop the sun from heating the earth. God help us. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2025586/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2024714/posts By a paper-thin margin, former Virginia governor James S. Gilmore III captured the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Saturday at a state party convention here that exposed some GOP doubts about Gilmore and highlighted the influence of social conservatives. Gilmore defeated Del. Robert G. Marshall, a staunch opponent of abortion rights making his first bid for statewide office, by about 70 votes out of 10,378 cast. The margin was less than one percentage point. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2024714/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:09:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2022131/posts It gets funnier by the day unless this guy actually cons enough people to win the Oval Office, then it will be downright scary. Obama and his advisers are making huge mistakes at every at every turn and not just little ones but doozies. Just over the weekend we have him saying this: On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong. The guys at Powerline take him to the woodshed and rightfully so as... The Environmental Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2022131/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 22:47:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2021526/posts Is James C. Jones a bedfellow with Bill Ayers? It appears that the a leading Democrat and academic, James C. Jones, has been corresponding with the terrorist group FARC. The Colombian government has found many emails that are alleged to demonstrate James C. Jones was closely linked to the organization. Is this the same James C. Jones from Chicago's Childserv and is there a connection to Obama? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2021526/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 18:09:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2019538/posts When there’s trouble in Idaho for Republicans, you know they’re hurting everywhere. We’ve already seen the grassroots revolt in the works on the part of Paul supporters. But the fissures in the Idaho party run deeper. At the core of the party split is a fight over Idaho’s primary system between the state central committee and many elected officials. The battle came to a head this week, causing one Idaho observer to take note of the strong contrast between a united Democratic party in Idaho, and the Republican infighting [sub. required]: With Obama at the top of the ticket, Democrats... New West Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2019538/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 04:13:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2018529/posts Barack Obama is whining about the GOP attacking his wife Michelle: Barack Obama has a simple message for Republicans looking for a target: "lay off my wife." The Democrat who each day strides closer to his party's White House nomination showed a flash of steel Monday, in trying to shield Michelle Obama from the campaign trail crossfire. "These folks should lay off my wife," Obama told ABC News, hitting out at a Tennessee Republican Party ad questioning the patriotism of his wife, a driven Ivy League-educated lawyer and mother of their two daughters. "If they think that they're going to... Politik Ditto http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2018529/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 08:37:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2018396/posts There once was a time where liberal men were tough and would fight for their positions. Think FDR standing up to Hitler and Hirohito, JFK staring down Khrushchev or even LBJ with the creeping communism of Soviet Russia. Juxtapose that with what we have today. We have Obama who whines so incessantly as to seem like more of a woman than Hillary. We have potential VP nominee John Edwards sending his cancer-stricken wife out to fight his battles as well. These are the faces of the liberal movement today. The opposition throws statements they've made back in their faces and... The Environmental Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2018396/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 00:33:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2017100/posts So we all know that Cindy McCain is loaded. She’s an heir to the Anheuser Busch fortune and has millions upon millions. I love how the McCains & Clinton’s have 10-100X the millions that Obama has and he’s the elitists. Whatever. I want to challenge the idea that money is what defines whether one is a member of the American Elite. In doing so, I rely mainly on Christopher Lasch’s work The Revolt of the Elites. According to Lasch: The new cognitive elite is made up of what Robert Reich called “symbolic analysts” — lawyers, academics, journalists, systems analysts, brokers,... Stephen Bainbridge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2017100/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 23:13:51 GMT