"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." ---George Orwell Welcome to the GregoTX Free Republic Page Republican Presidents Statement by the founder of Free Republic American Conservative Union Ratings for the Likely 2008 Presidential Candidates                                Republicans Name Lifetime Rating 2005 Rating Representative Tom Tancredo (CO) 99 100 Senator Sam Brownback (KS)           95 100 Senator George Allen (VA) 92 100 Representative Duncan Hunter (CA) 92 92 Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (GA) 90 N/A Senator Chuck Hagel (NE) 86 96 Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (TN) 89 92 Senator John McCain (AZ) 83 80                                                     Democrats Name Lifetime Rating 2005 Rating Senator Evan Bayh (IN) 21 20 Senator Joseph Biden (DE) 14 8 Fmr Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (SD) 13 N/A Senator Russ Feingold (WI) 12 13 Former Senator John Edwards (NC) 10 N/A Senator Hillary Clinton (NY) 9 12 Former Vice President Al Gore (TN) 9 N/A Senator Barack Obama (IL) 8 8 Senator John Kerry (MA) 5 8   ACU does not rate mayors (e.g., Rudy Giuliani) or governors (e.g., Mike Huckabee, George Pataki, Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney and Tom Vilsack). Source: http://www.conservative.org/archive2/2008potus.asp   Best response to a troll ever . The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke (1729-1797)