Free Republic

For Republicans hoping the 2008 campaign will bring a fresh start after the troubled tenure of President Bush, there are sobering signs: Evidence indicates that the party's problems with the American electorate are much bigger than the president and won't go away when he leaves office. [Trends]suggest a broader erosion of Republicans' appeal. In particular, three groups crucial to Mr. Bush's goal of a "permanent Republican majority" are drifting away: younger voters, Hispanics and independents. - Longtime Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio...found that the party is significantly older and more conservative than it was a decade ago. [He] suggests the Republican...

UPDATE: Murphy resigns political posts; cooperating with police in apparent criminal investigation Party chair says in letter resignation was for "business reasons" By LARRY THOMAS The chairman of the Clark County Republican Party — who last month was elected president of the Young Republican National Federation — has resigned both posts, apparently in the wake of a criminal investigation. On Tuesday afternoon, Glenn Murphy Jr. e-mailed media outlets a letter announcing his resignation from both positions, citing an unexpected business opportunity that would prohibit him from holding a partisan political office. However, the Clark County Sheriff’s Department on Friday began...

It doesn't take much to see that conservative, Republican voters are still having a little trouble deciding which way to turn in the 2008 presidential election. If you listen closely to the American people, you will hear people talking about the concept of an ideal candidate. Sean Hannity described him as someone with the optimism and the ability to speak to the public like Ronald Reagan, and with the intellectual backbone of Newt Gingrich. Let me make a proposal to you about Congressman Duncan Hunter. Congressman Hunter is not just another politician. If you look at his list of accomplishments,...

Young Republicans of Tomorrow Takes Initiative Today This blog is not just a call to action, but has innovative ideas with solutions. Well done! Excerpt: Also, if I were in charge of Fund Raising for the Duncan Hunter Campaign, I'd start immediately, trying to find a way to woo AILA. And if I found that I could not reach AILA, then I'd be acquiring mailing lists of Immigration Attorneys and would start bombarding these "individuals" with emails, fax's and mail-outs. Because these individual lawyers, too, know which side their bread is buttered on. They may pay the dues to the...

The former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans admitted today that he sexually abused a colleague during a national convention here last summer. Michael Flory, a 32-year-old attorney from Jackson, Mich., pleaded guilty to sexual battery on the day he was to stand trial for rape. The teary-eyed college student he overpowered in a downtown hotel room gasped and dabbed her eyes as Flory replied to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Peter Corrigan's question, "Are you indeed guilty?" "Sure - yeah," Flory said. Corrigan set sentencing for Sept. 13. Flory faces a sentence that ranges from probation to...

Thompson Wows Young Republicans By BRENDAN FARRINGTON,AP Posted: 2007-07-07 16:11:28 Thompson energized young Republicans with a speech Saturday that was heavy on rhetoric and short on policy pronouncements. He branded Democrats as "the party of despair." Chants of "Fred" and "Run, Fred, Run," greeted the actor and former GOP senator from Tennessee from many among the 350 people at the Young Republicans National Convention. The crowd interrupted his nine-minute speech with wild applause and mobbed him when he left. "It makes me feel like the waters are pretty warm," Thompson said afterward. He has formed an exploratory committee to gauge...

HOLLYWOOD - Republican Senator Fred Thompson spoke to the Young Republicans Saturday and hinted a run for the presidency, but did not make an announcement. He said he is “raising seed money” and “getting people together.” “We’ll be making a decision in the not too distant future,” he said. Speaking of the 2008 elections, he said “we’ll win this next election, like so many we have before.” Thompson thanked the Young Republicans for their support, noting that he started a chapter of the group as a young man after reading “Conscience of a Conservative,” by Barry Goldwater. Thompson said in...

Mich. Young Republicans leader accused in sex case 6:31 p.m. The Michigan Federation of Young Republicans’ Web site calls group Chairman Michael Flory “one of the rising stars of GOP politics in America.” Investigators in Cleveland believe the 32-year-old lawyer is also a rapist. Cleveland detectives have been investigating a 21-year-old woman’s claim that Flory took sexual advantage of her last July 8 while the two were in town for the National Federation of Young Republicans annual convention. Court records indicate Cuyahoga County prosecutors recently presented a case against Flory to a grand jury, which hasn’t yet finalized any action....

tuscon citizen storys are link only http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/9256.php

My fellow Freepers: I need your help! As many of you already know, I ran for Congress in New York’s 12th CD in 2004. As part of the experience, I became one of the principal subjects of a documentary being filmed on the Republican National Convention being held in the city that year. As a result, I had a camera follow me around during my campaigning in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, to the convention at Madison Square Garden, to various meetings and events of our NY Young Republican Club, to my uncle’s house in Staten Island, and even to my...

Sorry, no pictures. I just returned from California State University at Monterey Bay where the University is hosting Ward Churchill this evening. The Young Republicans on campus held a very nice candlelight vigil, attended by about 50-60 people. Three young ladies read the names of every 9/11 victim to remember them as people, not as the "Little Eichmans" that the left, and Mr Churchill have labled them. It was a very nice event. That is, as nice as it could be against the backdrop of about 150 of the great unwashed, chanting anti-Bush slogans throughout the reading of each name....

Throughout 2003 and into 2004, a surge of protests roiled American campuses. You probably think the kids were agitating against war in Iraq, right? Well, no. Students at the University of California-Los Angeles, Michigan and many other schools were sponsoring bake sales to protest ... affirmative action. For white students and faculty, a cookie cost (depending on the school) $1; blacks and Latinos could buy one for a lot less. The principle, the protesters observed, was the same one governing university admission practices: treating people differently based on race. The protests shocked the mainstream media, but to close observers of...

AFTER the Constitution Ball and the Commander in Chief Ball, after all the official black-tie parties wound down around midnight on Inauguration Day, members of a young Republican crowd scarcely old enough to remember the Reagan years were still looking for excitement. Naturally, they headed to a basement bar in Georgetown that has become an unofficial clubhouse for the Jenna and Barbara Bush generation. At that bar, Smith Point, these refugees in cummerbunds and gowns shimmied to a D.J. playing the Beastie Boys and slurped vodka shots poured down an ice-sculpture luge. And they entertained rumors that the twins themselves...

I CALLED UP Brian Anderson yesterday to ask him a few questions about his forthcoming book, South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias.Anderson is a senior editor at City Journal. He's typical of an increasingly influential type of journalist, the full-time, on-staff, journal journalist who, paid by a think tank like the Manhattan Institute or the Ethics and Public Policy Center, has the time and space to work on policy articles for months at a time before having to pull the trigger on a finished piece. The result is a densely fortified style of reporting and argumentation that...

Hello Folks, AirBorne senior here, I have planned my vacation time to be off that week before the election. I am planning to go down to NYC--with various posters and signs to get some " coverage" from some certain ' areas" of the media. Any other person not afraid to walk around and have their face shown on TV, or willing to spend a day or two in Manhatten please PM me here. I know it is HARD for most Conservatives to be able to afford the time to try to " campaign " during the day, considering that MOST...

Sunday at noon Wolicy Ponk, Wardaddy and I dropped in on the Nashville Coalition for Peace and Justice as they waged a demonstration just south of downtown Nashville. These activists busy themselves with a variety of projects for our mutual benefit. Some of those projects include: returning voting rights to convicted felons, overturning Tennessee’s death penalty, opposing the marriage amendment, preventing law enforcement from using racial profiling (“He looked a like a man”), and promoting everyone’s favorite street performers, The Women in Black. They also wish to involve the U.S. (under UN supervision) in Africa’s ethnic cleansing problems. Last week...

We are growing faster than most people expected. We are gaining recognition by the most vital and cheapest tool, word of mouth. We just got our website up and we are ready to go after those liberals at the local, state and federal level. Our first target of course, is John Kerry. However, we are going after Beth Troutman, in the 8th District, running against Republican Robin Hayes. Ms. Troutman is using her past accolades of beauty queen contestant and assistant to the director of the "West Wing". And she is being backed by the likes of Martin Sheen and...

Kevin Moloney for The New York Times Austin Bramwell, 26, of Denver, one of five new trustees of National Review, is a leader in a group no longer characterized by uniform views. In 1954, when he was 28, William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review to bear the standard of a fledgling conservative movement defined by three commitments: to fight Communism, to diminish the federal government and to uphold traditionalism in social affairs. That formulation held the movement together for five decades, as Ronald Reagan brought conservatives to power, George H. W. Bush declared victory in the cold war...

   Dear FReeper,Thought you'd be interested to know that the Republican National Convention and MTV are inviting adults between the ages of 18 and 24 from across the country to enter "Stand Up and Holla!," an essay contest in which the winner may appear during one of the prime-time evening sessions at the 2004 Republican National Convention.   To apply for "Stand Up and Holla!" eligible young adults must submit an essay no longer than 300 words to the Republican National Convention website at www.2004nycgop.org answering this question:  Why is the President's call to community service important and how...

The Republican Party has a new attitude that is taking form in the addition of the new Young Republicans Club. Young minds that have been brainwashed by Hollywood, TV, music and politicians have to be rescued, and shown the Road to Hope within the Republican Party. I am currently in the process of forming a board so that we can strategically target people, between the ages of 18-40, and enlighten them that the GOP is not the party that the American Left portrays it, such as snobs and bigots, but an affiliation that is open to people of all races...

I am heavily involved in politics and feel it my duty to help elect government officials. I am only 24 years old, but I have been heavily influenced by parents and have decided to help people my age understand that the Republican party is the right way to go. That is why I am helping to add a new chapter to the GOP...

What I learned at San Francisco State University (SFSU) After everything that happened today I decided to take a minute and reflect back on the things I've learned about liberals while at SFSU. I'll never forget these things. Every day they remind me why I'm a REPUBLICAN. -They walk out of school because of how bad they want to go to school -They don't understand that you can't go to school when you're dead -They think if they whine loud enough people will start to agree with them -They hate the cops and military, but want more government in their...

Advocate staff photo by Arthur D. Lauck LSU students Celeste Matte of Abbeville and Lenny Moss of Baton Rouge, both at right, prepare for a statistics exam while waiting for extra tickets, along with a long line of other students, for their May 21 commencement ceremony. President George Bush is scheduled to deliver the commencement address, which boosted demand for tickets * * <> * * LSU student Tiffany Popps of Melville was in line at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday to snag an extra ticket to hear President Bush's commencement speech next month. Bush's decision to speak at the spring...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- John Kerry, Young Republican? Or has the Democratic candidate for president been the victim of a prank noticed nearly 40 years later? Among the many activities listed under Kerry's photo in the Yale University yearbook of 1966 is membership in Yale Young Republicans. Both the Kerry campaign and the club's president at the time think the listing is a mistake, if not a prank.

John Kerry (news - web sites), Young Republican? Among the many activities listed under Kerry's photo in the Yale University yearbook of 1966 is membership in Yale Young Republicans. Both the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign and the club's president at the time think the listing is a mistake, if not a prank. "My bet is it's a joke, because John was very careful about what he did and didn't do," says Renny Scott, the president of the Yale Republicans that year. "Everything was with a mind to the future." Kerry's college roommate, Dan Barbiero, also doubts the yearbook's accuracy. "I...

Young, free, and singularly right The youth wing of George Bush's own party is unhappy at the president's complacency ... and his 'lurch to the left', writes Matthew Wells Monday February 16, 2004 The president of the New York Young Republicans, Paul Rodriguez, addresses a rally. Photograph: Matthew Wells  The New York Young Republican Club was in angry mood. The guest speaker was an expert on the still-hated Clintons, and he'd come to warn them that Hillary and Bill are still ruthlessly plotting the senator's assault on the White House. But aside from the obvious indignation levelled at the Democratic...

Vincent Gallo, actor, director and conservative, sounded like he’d just won something."I want to thank you guys for inviting me here today. It’s a big honor," he told the crowd of pearl- and pinstripe-wearing Young Republicans who had gathered to hear him speak at their monthly meeting on Jan. 15. With his shaggy hair, blue jeans, military-cut overcoat and stubbled face, Mr. Gallo looked about as natural in the ballroom of the Women’s National Republican Club on West 51st Street as a Beat poet at a 1950’s cocktail party in Cleveland.And yet he gushed: "In my whole life, no one’s...

Campus Newspeak at UNC-WilmingtonBy Mike AdamsTownhall.com | December 18, 2003 In a recent Washington Times commentary (December 7, 2003), I used language suggesting that the tactics of campus diversity proponents sometimes resemble tactics the Nazis used during World War II. A recent letter to the editor by UNC-Wilmington professor Dick Veit (rhymes with "spite") lends credence to the analogy.The UNCW College Republicans (CRs) have recently been involved in a highly publicized conflict with the university administration. The controversy began when the CRs tried to limit their membership to Republicans. The university wanted to force them to admit Democrats. When the...

College students are usually expected to be sophomoric in political outlook, only discovering conservative values once they're finally forced to pick up their own bar tabs. "Anyone who isn't a socialist at age 20," Churchill is erroneously said to have said, "doesn't have a heart." College is a time of protest and experimentation that temporarily places students to the left of their working peers and parents. However, a recently released survey conducted by Harvard University's Institute of Politics (IOP), casts some doubt on this picture. The IOP interviewed 1,202 undergraduates in the first part of October, (with margin of error...

<p>Young Republicans can topple Saddam Hussein and Christian athletes can let Jesus rock their night away at the homecoming parade after high school officials agreed Wednesday to let their floats roll.</p> <p>After officials at Dr. Phillips High School raised concerns earlier this week that the floats might offend some people, the students involved contacted the Liberty Counsel, an Orlando-based conservative civil liberties legal group.</p>

Homecoming floats stir free-speech controversy By Jason Garcia Sentinel Staff Writer November 5, 2003 Students and administrators at Dr. Phillips High School might be headed to federal court over homecoming floats with skits featuring Saddam Hussein and Jesus Christ. The flap has students hiring a lawyer and promising a constitutional battle. At issue are two floats -- one depicting Young Republicans fighting "evildoers" and tearing down a statue of Saddam Hussein, and the other, by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, urging students to "Let Jesus Rock Your Night Away." Students are building floats for Dr. Phillips' "Panther Pounce" parade on...

Young Republicans of the East End Brian Tymann was more than a little suprised when a local 16-Year-Old approached him about starting a Conservative Political Group at Westhampton Beach High School.

An aide to Orange County Executive Edward Diana is under fire after he and his friends invited some of the nation's brightest Young Republicans to what was advertised as a booze-soaked sex bash in Boston. The controversy surrounding Diana's 24-year-old staff assistant, Karl Brabenec, started at the Young Republicans national convention July 11, when his friends distributed fliers "for lots of beer, liquor and sex" at a party dubbed, "Karlpalooza '03." Since then, copies of the incriminating invites have surfaced in Orange County, prompting cries of disgust from women's groups, county legislators and fellow Republicans. The furor reached a fever...

Young Republican's party plan crashes An aide to Orange County Executive Edward Diana is under fire after he and his friends invited some of the nation's brightest Young Republicans to what was advertised as a booze-soaked sex bash in Boston. The controversy surrounding Diana's 24-year-old staff assistant, Karl Brabenec, started at the Young Republicans national convention July 11, when his friends distributed fliers "for lots of beer, liquor and sex" at a party dubbed, "Karlpalooza '03." Since then, copies of the incriminating invites have surfaced in Orange County, prompting cries of disgust from women's groups, county legislators and fellow Republicans....

An aide to Orange County Executive Edward Diana is under fire after he and his friends invited some of the nation's brightest Young Republicans to what was advertised as a booze-soaked sex bash in Boston. The controversy surrounding Diana's 24-year-old staff assistant, Karl Brabenec, started at the Young Republicans national convention July 11, when his friends distributed fliers "for lots of beer, liquor and sex" at a party dubbed, "Karlpalooza '03."

With their ranks swelling on college campuses, young conservatives say they are revolutionaries fighting a liberal establishment. They're meeting in D.C. this week to promote the cause. They've come to hear words of wisdom from Ferris Bueller scene stealer Ben Stein, funkadelic music promoter Reginald Jones, bomb-throwing bombshell Ann Coulter, and the impossible-to-squelch G. Gordon Liddy, among others. They're here to tour Capitol Hill, hear a lecture on "the failures of feminism," and hang out with others of their kind. The 187 high school and college students attending the 25th Annual National Conservative Student Conference that began Sunday and ends...

Welcome to the Texas Young Republican Federation 2003 Convention information page! The convention is scheduled for August 8-10th, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency – Downtown Houston, located in the heart of Downtown Houston. Hosted by the Houston and Fort Bend Young Republicans, the TYRF 2003 Convention will be an event you won’t want to miss. The convention theme, “We’re Branding Texas” signifies our successful and continued efforts in civic and Republican involvement in Texas. This page will be updated periodically to provide information about the convention. If you should have additional questions, please contact Convention Co-Chair Katherine Krehbiel at katherine@gopusa.com...

BOSTON (Talon News) -- Michael Mack was narrowly elected the next chairman of the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF) on Saturday, defeating opposition candidate Mike Flory to move up one rank from his former position of national co-chairman. Concerns about the integrity of the election process have been widespread since the convention began, however, and became especially pronounced after the official tally was announced. At the YR National Board Meeting on Sunday, Flory filed a complaint to investigate the charges. An official complaint would involve the establishment of a "dispute resolution" committee, led by the chairman of the YR State...

Tempers Flare at Young Republicans Convention as Delegates Clash over Amendments By Stephen Dewey Talon News July 12, 2003 BOSTON (Talon News) -- The Young Republicans convention broke down into shouting and some physical contact on Friday as delegates for opposing tickets clashed over amendments being considered by the Young Republican National Federation's (YRNF) Constitution and By-Laws Committee. Such amendments would realign the YRNF's administrative regions to match those of the RNC, easing cooperation between the two organizations. The change would also provide legitimacy to the ticket of Mike Flory and DeAnna Brangers. Currently, Brangers would be ineligible to serve...

The Kentucky Young Republican Federation Announces its new website at http://www.kyrf.org. Try posting in the forums if you like. Forums Thanks!

The New Black Panther Party leader was invited for what was billed as an "open-minded dialogue" during the group's annual meeting. The crowd, mostly white males, warmed up to the bombastic leader once he said he does not hate them or other whites, supports the GOP's stance on family values, opposes affirmative action, and belongs to the National Rifle Association. But the most spirited applause came when Quanell X described Democrats as "pimps" who often trick blacks into supporting them, only to betray them once elected. Quanell X also had caustic comments about the Republican Party, which he called a...

Republicans across world famous Palm Beach County are raving about a new website, www.yrpb.org which is the online voice of the Young Republicans of the Palm Beaches (YRPB). The universally positive feedback has been glowing about the incredibly high quality of the site.

Orange County Young Republicans P.O. Box 11081 Newport Beach, CA 92658 www.ocyr.org EVENT ADVISORY Contact: Lee M. Lowrey Photo opportunities available President Interview opportunities available 949/466-3361 wireless e-mail: President@ocyr.org YOUNG REPUBLICANS CALL ON CITIZENS TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS ON SATURDAY Young professionals to stage rally in the midst of war WHAT: “Support America/Support Our Troops” Rally WHEN: This Saturday, March 22, 12 Noon – 2 pm WHERE: Intersection of Bristol Street & Anton Blvd. Near South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA WHO: Staged by the Orange County Young Republicans… Joined by military families, military veterans, young professionals, Vietnamese Americans,...

From the after-action report posted by daviddennis on www.amazing.com: Support Our Troops Rally - 8 February 2003 Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3 It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, time to once again counter the leftists and support our fine military forces in their upcoming liberation of Iraq. Our group of about 100 charming, chanting people was united in the cause, and morale was sky-high. Support from the public was excellent, with almost constant honking from the cars. A few big trucks joined in with their mighty blasts, an impressive sound indeed! Ron was there with his Saddam...

Orange County Young Republicans P.O. Box 11081 Newport Beach, CA 92658www.ocyr.org NEWS RELEASE - For immediate use Contact: Jennifer Kerns Vice President, External Affairs 949/679-7559 E-mail: External-VP@ocyr.org CROWD RALLIES AT FIRST KNOWN "SUPPORT AMERICA/SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" RALLY Weekend rally such a success, crowd asks for encore;Second rally set for this Saturday Newport Beach, CA (February 3, 2003) --- "Support our troops." "Have faith, America." And "I trust our President, not Sean Penn." Those were just a few of the choice phrases scrawled on posters at Saturday’s "Support America/Support Our Troops" rally in Costa Mesa, California. The rally was staged by...

Forget Gangs of New York. For more than a decade, a bitter battle has raged between two competing groups. There were document grabs and threats of lawsuits. During the darkest years, the chief of one group was brought up on federal charges of attempting to have his rival killed — only to have the murder plot turn out to be a frame-up. No, it’s not the Dead Rabbits versus the Plug Uglies. It’s the New York Young Republican Club versus the New York Young Republican Club, a conflict between two groups of button-down, not-all-that-young men and women who share a...