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When he mentions that his daddy fought for the Confederacy, H.V. Booth gets more than a few raised eyebrows. “Really? Really?” Booth says, mimicking people’s incredulity. “They just can’t believe it.” His father, Isham Johnson Booth, a country boy from north of Athens, played a bit part in the Civil War. But it was a grim role, the memory of which never left him and was something he rarely spoke about. He was a guard at Andersonville, the prisoner-of-war camp in south-central Georgia that has become synonymous with suffering. Booth, who turns 92 this month, is the end of a...

To all my friends and supporters, I know you are a bit disheartened but you need not be. I can not tell you how many calls and e-mails I received this past week congratulating our campaign. In ten months, with no support from the State or National GOP organizations, and with a small operating budget of $600K, we were able to garner 45% of the vote. Over 130K people in District 22 voted for us on Novemeber 4th. This has sent a huge message to many across the district, South Florida, and indeed the Nation. We ran against a career...

August 01, 2007, 5:00 a.m. Fusion CandidateThe congressman from Texas has something for all conservatives. By Todd Seavey John Derbyshire is wrong to resist the Ron Paul Temptation. Embrace it. Embrace it: conservatives, libertarians, pro-lifers…Right-minded Americans, all. Sure, Paul, currently hovering in the single digits in polls, looks at first glance like a textbook case of a fringe candidate. And that’s unfortunate, because he ought instead to be our next president — and would be if he made it to the general election, since in a one-on-one match-up with likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, he could fare remarkably well....

Dr. Ron Paul has become an internet sensation, according to his website www.RonPaul2008.com. The Ron Paul 2008 site states that he is the most requested Republican candidate on Eventful.com, a site which allows users to request that a person (usually an entertainer) visit their area. In addition, the Ron Paul 2008 site reports that Dr. Paul has twice as many You Tube subscribers as all of the other Republican candidates combined.

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Happy to report that after much hard work and commincation we held a successful FReep of the PROPAGANDIST Michael Moore who came to Jacksonville, Fl at the request of Rep Corrine Brown, (D)FL, on his "Get out the slacker vote tour. FReeper honor roll for tiday's FReep: Dutchgirl & her dog 'Willie Gumbo', OXENinFLA, Taxman, solsrchr2 & wife, and Chieftain. Unfortunately, Warrior Nurse was called in to work in the ER, but he was with us in spirit.We were joined by Swiftee Pete Webster from Vietnam Veterans for Truth (www.kerrylied.com), as well as Jax Beaches for Bush, Duval GOP, and...

Egypt has issued an order barring pop star Madonna from entering the country because she visited Israel. Members of Egypt's parliament have demanded Madonna, who has not requested entry into Egypt or announced any plans to visit the country, be barred from entering Egyptian soil. The parliament directed Egyptian embassies abroad to deny any visa requests from Madonna. The demand comes after Madonna, aka Esther, visited the Jewish state last week making daily headline news with midnight trips to a Jewish cemetery, a quick drive by past the Wailing Wall, and even the arrest of her security detail. The Material...

While Stacey Hansen was vacationing in Vietnam, she found some dog tags in a museum. She purchased them for about $2 each. Then, she spent the remainder of her trip looking for more tags. She now has over 500 dog tags that she wants to return to their rightful owners--the veterans themselves, or their families. You can contribute tags and check the list online here: http://www.vietnamdogtags.com Stacey Hansen,35 years old a Firefighter with a West Coast City