Free Republic

Over at the Weekly Standard, Willy Stern has some interesting theories (that are not connected to degree of religious observance) as to why Israel's Jews overwhelmingly support John Sidney McCain's quest for the American Presidency (Hat Tip: Hot Air).

Why is it so difficult for them to conceive of a black man in charge of America? The answer is quite simple. When Chinese people think of America, they think of the color white. Chinese women use umbrellas in the sun to keep their pale skin while both Chinese men and women try to change their hair color to blond or at least something lighter. Chinese people know all about Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Britney Spears, and the Backstreet Boys but not so much about Bill Cosby, Martin Luther King, and Oprah Winfrey. The fact that someone other than a...

From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Thu, 2008-01-03 11:45 A quote from the editorial in the Brussels newspaper De Standaard, 3 January 2008 American presidential elections are not “home affairs.” American decisions have repercussions all over the globe. The American mortgage crisis affects banks in Europe. The insatiable American demand for oil makes the Arabian sheiks rich. The American refusal to care for the environment causes the North Pole ice to melt and coastal areas in Asia to flood. A weakened dollar and an immense budget deficit affect the global economy. Hence, the world should be given the...

Please look at the results and comment. I confirmed it from the official government web site for the actual numbers. Please look at the Republican votes.... ----- in 2000 here is the break down in voting Democratic votes = 828,902 Republican votes = ***** 448,077 ***** Other votes = 34,282 The 2006 results: Lieberman votes = 562,850 Lamont votes = ***** 448,077 ***** Schlesinger votes = 109,329 Ferrucci votes = 5923 Knibbs votes = 4638

Electronic Voting Machine Headaches Shut Out Citizens Kansas City infoZine - San Francisco, CA - infoZine - Problems with electronic voting machine failures kept some polls from opening, created long lines, and left many voters puzzled about whether their votes were counted in Tuesday's high stakes election.

Hugo Chavez wants your vote Looking for something to be alarmed about? Forget Dubai. Try Venezuela’s potential takeover of the U.S. voting apparatus. A secretive, intransparent company called ‘Smartmatic’ that’s known to have ties to the Venezuelan government, has just bought a U.S. voting machine company called Sequoia. And the deal has gotten no scrutiny from federal regulators, who cite outdated criteria for national military security as their only watchpoint. That’s right, Venezuela, a country that holds the dirtiest, filthiest most intransparent and fraudulent elections in the hemisphere, elections that match those of Zimbabwe or Belarus, has just got its...

Jerrold Nadler's Two Faces on Terror By Jacob LaksinFrontPageMagazine.com | June 13, 2005Last Friday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Patriot Act had already been adjourned, but Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic blimpish congressman from New York and one of the leftmost members of the House Judiciary Committee, was too wound up to care: “We are not besmirching the honor of the United States, we are trying to uphold it,” bellowed the hefty Nadler. By this, Nadler meant to defend his attacks on the alleged abuses of the (in fact) privileged  prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. Thanks to the efforts of the...

“Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.” Proverbs, 26:27 Hours before the American presidential election a few days ago was held, there were supporters of President Bush’s reelection bid who said they believed Senator Kerry was going to come out on top in the end. Indeed, I had such partial thoughts as well. But, thankfully, we were wrong and the elections resulted with President Bush being given a mandate by the American people for four more years, though for some hours it would seem it was a Florida all...

That at least CBS isn't even MENTIONING the popular vote total, which has W up by damned near FOUR MILLION VOTES as we speak?

Kerry, are you lacking a spine? Music : Running on Empty Mood : Frustrated Ok, Mr. Kerry, you lost the popular votes and you lost Ohio by a margin of 145,098? Can you tell me what in the world you are thinking? Let's see a little arithmatic: Difference in the two candidate's #s= 145,098 Upper end of predicted provisional ballots= 175,000 # of ballots after 10% are thrown out due to irreg= 157,500 Now, to tie the 145,098, Kerry will have to get 92% of said votes. Uh, OK, he's really gonna manage that. Bush won Mr. Kerry and we...

For two years Osama bin Laden remained in hiding. No one heard a word from him, to the extent that many thought he could be dead. Suddenly, in the eve of the American presidential elections, this terrorist came out of his hole with an ominous message. Those who analyzed the tape concluded that there was no hint of a specific threat. But they are mistaken. We'll get to that later. For now let us assume they are right. In that case what was the message? Did this terrorist come out to say that he is impartial in this election? Osama...

Swiss wants to improve American voting system Swiss computer specialist Beat Fehr wants to export Switzerland’s voting system to the United States to make US elections much more reliable. He argues that he could save the Americans millions of dollars, as well as promote confidence among voters that the elections are secret and secure. "Swiss Voting System gives practical tips on how it works in Switzerland" caption to photo (SwissVS)

A Swiss parliamentarian is to lead an international team of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) observers at next month's United States presidential election. Barbara Haering told swissinfo that the delegation’s presence would give more credibility to both the US electoral process and the OSCE. "Barbara Haering will lead a delegation of OSCE observers at next month's US presidential elections" (photo caption)

Iran Mullahs' regime "chomaaqdaaraan", wish to observer U.S. presidential election Oct 18, 2004, 11:41 (Persian Journal) Iran's hard-line Basij militia known as "chomaaqdaaraan" of mullahs has written to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to ask if the mullahs' regime can send observers to the United States presidential election in November, a government newspaper said on Monday. "By this symbolic request, we want to ridicule the so-called democratic slogans of the American leaders," a Basij official, Said Toutunshian, told the Iranian newspaper. "We want to say to the whole world that the presence of observers from the Islamic republic of...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's hardline Basij militia has written to UN secretary general Kofi Annan to ask if the Islamic republic can send observers to the US presidential election in November, a government newspaper said on Monday. "By this symbolic request, we want to ridicule the so-called democratic slogans of the American leaders," a Basij official, Said Toutunchian, told the Iran newspaper. "We want to say to the whole world that the presence of observers from the Islamic republic of Iran, the most democratic regime in the world, is necessary to guarantee the smooth running of the American elections." The...

I've been thinking about what's been going on in the news concerning the accusations of the Swiftboat Veterans, how the big media has tried to smother and kill the story, and the panic that is so palpable emanating from the Kerry camp right now. There's no doubt in my mind this is the beginning of the end for John Kerry. He will NEVER become president because not only will this scandal NOT blow over; it is only the opening salvo of a systematic destruction of his credibility amongst the American public. By the time November comes along, he may actually...

Kerry lodges complaint against TV commercial He accuses a vetranen's group of illegally coordinating its campaign with the republicans. Bushs Team rejects the charge   Scene from the controversial ad Foto: AP   Washington - A full two months before the presidential election in the USA, the election campaign, conducted in a reserved manner until now, is heating up. The team of the democratic candidate John Kerry filed a complaint with the Federal Electoral Commission (FEC). It concerns TV advertisements by a group of veterans that accuses Kerry of lies in the representation of his service days in the...

SEARCY, Ark. (AP) — The recent rise in insurgent attacks in Iraq could be tied to the U.S. election cycle, the former commander of American forces in the region said Thursday. Retired Army Gen. Tommy Franks said he expects the attacks on military forces and civilians to escalate in frequency and sophistication as the presidential election nears. April has been the deadliest month since the war began March 20, 2003. "When you see simultaneous bombings, that implies a level of organization which we haven't seen before," he said. "If you were a terrorist, you would work very hard during this...

The North Vietnamese general in charge of the military campaign that finally drove the U.S. out of South Vietnam in 1975 credited a group led by Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry with helping him achieve victory. In his 1985 memoir about the war, Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap wrote that if it weren't for organizations like Kerry's Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Hanoi would have surrendered to the U.S. - according to Fox News Channel war historian Oliver North. That's why, he predicted on Tuesday, the Vietnam War issue "is going to blow up in Kerry's face." "People are going to...

Saddam Hussein Charges Voter Intimidation It's hard to say whether election night was worse for Saddam Hussein or Barbra Streisand. Apparently America doesn't want to surrender in the war on terrorism or outlaw the Pledge of Allegiance. It was a stunning, record-breaking night. George Bush is the first president in 68 years to gain seats in his first midterm election. Historically, the party in the White House loses seats in the midterm election. This is true even in wartime: Franklin D. Roosevelt lost 50 House seats and eight Senate seats 10 months after Pearl Harbor. Though Democrats gleefully cite the...

| WASHINGTON DC In the last week of a becalmed campaign, a puff of wind behind the Democrats IT IS often called the “Seinfeld” election—a patternless, meandering campaign about nothing. A better term might be the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” election, after another television comedy also about nothing, but with a blacker tone and a title more in keeping with a poll in which only one in three voters will show up. That is how it has been for weeks. America's mid-term elections have not been a national campaign with any over-arching theme. Rather, this has been a series of local...