http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/trysearch/ en-us Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:29:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130132/posts The Federal Election Commission is unlikely to conduct a potentially embarrassing audit of how Barack Obama raised and spent his presidential campaign’s record-shattering windfall, despite allegations of questionable donations and accounting that had the McCain campaign crying foul. Adding insult to injury for Republicans: The FEC is obligated to complete a rigorous audit of McCain’s campaign coffers, which will take months, if not years, and cost McCain millions of dollars to defend. Obama is expected to escape that level of scrutiny mostly because he declined an $84 million public grant for his campaign that automatically triggers an audit and because... Politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130132/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:29:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121878/posts ZOGBY SATURDAY: Republican John McCain has pulled back within the margin of error... The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama 48% to 47% in Friday, one day, polling. He is beginning to cut into Obama's lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all... The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121878/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:58:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103089/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to announce on Saturday that it will take North Korea off its terrorism blacklist in a bid to salvage denuclearization talks, a U.S. official familiar with the decision said. The official, who asked not to be named as the announcement is set to be made later in the day, said Pyongyang had provided assurances on verifying its nuclear activities and President George W. Bush decided to proceed with taking the North off the U.S. list of states considered sponsors of terrorism. The move, which will be unpopular with some conservative Republicans who see... reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103089/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:22:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101528/posts A U.S. missile attack by a pilotless drone killed at least six people on Thursday, including 3 Arabs, in a Pakistani tribal region regarded as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, an intelligence official said. The target was a house in Tappi, a village 20 km east of Miranshah that has been hit before in recent days, according to an intelligence official in the region. yahoo/reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101528/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:00:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100594/posts A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release 17 detainees at Guantánamo by the end of the week, the first such ruling in nearly seven years of legal disputes over the administration's detention policies. The judge, Ricardo Urbina of U.S. District Court, ordered Tuesday that the 17 men be brought to his courtroom Friday from Guantánamo, where they have been held since 2002. He indicated that he would release the men, members of the restive Uighur Muslim minority of western China, into the care of supporters in the United States, initially in the Washington area. "I think the... International Heral Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100594/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:20:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084370/posts I have been very good about this lately too. When you go to post a story use the "Search" button and put one of the key words from the stories title in the textobx and select "Titles" in the dropdown and then do the "Search". Odds are it's been posted cause' folks are quick around here. Lately, the same story is posted 4 to 6 times right out of the box with conversations going on in most of them. I'm just saying .... Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084370/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:08:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079342/posts South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler reportedly lashed out at Sarah Palin Wednesday, saying the Republican vice presidential candidate’s “primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.” Politico.com reports that Fowler, wife of former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler, said that John McCain’s decision to choose an abortion rights opponent would not boost his candidacy among many women. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079342/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:55:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074187/posts Bill O'Reilly will interview Barack Obama tomorrow night. FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074187/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:58:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072011/posts 6 things Palin pick says about McCain The selection of a running mate is among the most consequential and the most defining decisions a presidential nominee can make. John McCain’s pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says a lot about his decision-making — and some of it is downright breathtaking. We knew McCain is a politician who relishes improvisation and likes to go with his gut. But it is remarkable that someone who has repeatedly emphasized experience in this campaign named an inexperienced governor he barely knew to be his No. 2. Whatever you think of the pick, here are... Politoco http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072011/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:56:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071594/posts Brash McCain pick of AK Gov. Palin neutralizes historic Obama speech, stunts the Dems' convention bounce UTICA, New York - Republican John McCain's surprise announcement Friday of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate - some 16 hours after Democrat Barack Obama's historic speech accepting his party’s presidential nomination - has possibly stunted any Obama convention bump, the latest Zogby Interactive flash poll of the race shows. Data from this poll is available here The latest nationwide survey, begun Friday afternoon after the McCain announcement of Palin as running mate and completed mid-afternoon today, shows McCain/Palin at 47%, compared... Zogby http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071594/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:02:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071573/posts 1. He’s desperate. Let’s stop pretending this race is as close as national polling suggests. The truth is McCain is essentially tied or trailing in every swing state that matters — and too close for comfort in several states, such as Indiana and Montana, that the GOP usually wins pretty easily in presidential races. On top of that, voters seem very inclined to elect Democrats in general this election — and very sick of the Bush years. McCain could easily lose in an electoral landslide. That is the private view of Democrats and Republicans alike. McCain’s pick shows he is... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071573/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:19:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071386/posts 6 things the Palin pick says about McCain By: Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris August 30, 2008 01:44 PM EST The selection of a running mate is among the most consequential, most defining decisions a presidential nominee can make. John McCain’s pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says a lot about his decison-making — and some of it is downright breathtaking. We knew McCain is a politician who relishes improvisation, and likes to go with his gut. But it is remarkable that someone who has repeatedly emphasized experience in this campaign named an inexperienced governor he barely knew... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071386/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:59:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065913/posts Two McCain offices evacuated after letter threat Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:45pm EDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Two offices of John McCain's U.S. presidential campaign, in Colorado and New Hampshire, were evacuated on Thursday, and several staffers were hospitalized, after threatening or suspicious envelopes arrived in the mail, one with an unidentified white powder. The first parcel, described as containing an unspecified threat and a powdery white substance, was opened by a staff member at the campaign's Centennial, Colorado, office, near Denver, at about 3 p.m. local time, U.S. Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065913/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:15:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061992/posts The Russian invasion of Georgia has not changed the balance of power in Eurasia. It simply announced that the balance of power had already shifted. The United States has been absorbed in its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as potential conflict with Iran and a destabilizing situation in Pakistan. It has no strategic ground forces in reserve and is in no position to intervene on the Russian periphery. Stratfor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061992/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:21:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061351/posts There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and “government dictating content policy.” FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell raised that as a possibility after talking with bloggers at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. McDowell spoke about a recent FCC vote to bar Comcast from engaging in certain Internet practices – expanding the federal agency’s oversight of Internet networks. The commissioner, a 2006 President Bush appointee, told... Business & Media Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061351/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:01:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061290/posts The Russian invasion of Georgia has not changed the balance of power in Eurasia. It simply announced that the balance of power had already shifted. The United States has been absorbed in its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as potential conflict with Iran and a destabilizing situation in Pakistan. It has no strategic ground forces in reserve and is in no position to intervene on the Russian periphery. This, as we have argued, has opened a window of opportunity for the Russians to reassert their influence in the former Soviet sphere. Moscow did not have to concern itself... Stratfor.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061290/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058712/posts John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extra-marital affair with a novice film-maker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today. In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 42-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her. Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter's baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test. Edwards said he knew he was not the father based on timing of the baby's birth... ABC NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058712/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:00:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058711/posts ohn Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extra-marital affair with a novice film-maker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058711/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:58:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058159/posts what is the deal with all the duplicate threads lately? it seems like there are several of the same threads posted over and over sometimes there are threads that were posted from the day or days before often there are muliptle threads of the same topic on the first page. I have been guilty of this as well even though I have searched for the keyword http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058159/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:54:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053858/posts <p>JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, facing corruption allegations and plummeting approval ratings, announced Wednesday he will resign in September. The move threw his country into political turmoil and raised doubts about progress for U.S.-backed Mideast peace efforts.</p> <p>Appearing angry and reading from a prepared text, Olmert made the brief statement at his official Jerusalem residence where he harshly criticized the corruption investigations against him. He said he was choosing the public good over his personal justice.</p> AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053858/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:46:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053415/posts Thousands of blank passports worth £2.5million on the black market were stolen from a van after the driver stopped to buy a chocolate bar, it emerged last night. Security experts warned the theft of the 3,000 passports and visas, which were destined for British embassies abroad, had handed a 'real coup' to terrorists, illegal immigrants and fraudsters. The Foreign Office, which was in charge of the delivery, admitted it was the latest in a string of serious security breaches by the Government. The documents were being transported in a non-armoured white Citroen van from Oldham in Greater Manchester, to London... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053415/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:06:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049955/posts The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention has used the city's gas pumps to fill up and apparently avoided paying state and federal fuel taxes. The practice, which began four months ago, may have ended hours after its disclosure. An aide to Mayor John Hickenlooper released a statement Tuesday evening saying that Denver 2008 Host Committee members would pay market prices for fuel and would also be liable for all applicable taxes. However, Public Works spokeswoman Christine Downs told City Council members just hours before that host committee members were fueling up at the city pumps. The city does not... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049955/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:53:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046977/posts The three network anchors will travel to Europe and the Middle East next week for Barack Obama's trip, adding their high-wattage spotlight to what is already shaping up as a major media extravaganza. Lured by an offer of interviews with the Democratic presidential candidate, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric will make the overseas trek, meaning that the NBC, ABC and CBS evening newscasts will originate from stops along the route and undoubtedly give it big play. washingtonpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046977/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042087/posts September's national convention for Republicans won't be a bed of roses for Sen. John McCain. There's at least one impediment to keep him from his party's nomination — a probable fight over the platform. At issue are his stances on such explosive issues as global warming, immigration, stem-cell research and campaign finance. The Washington Post reports that, "Virtually the entire platform will have to be rewritten to lessen the imprint" of President Bush, whose name appears on nearly every page." Although McCain has yet to reveal how he plans to alter the strongly conservative platform, the Post reports that many... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042087/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 23:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041704/posts About a month ago, the California Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, issued a declaratory opinion that Proposition 22, which states that, “Only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California,” enshrined into statutory law by 61.4% of California voters in 2000 (over four million voters), was “unconstitutional” on the basis that "gender discrimination" violates the equal protection clause of the state constitution. The LA Times reported that: "The California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage Thursday in a broadly worded decision that would invalidate virtually any law that discriminates... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041704/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 05:37:12 GMT