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While organizing my basement a few weeks ago, I discovered an incredible trove of Sore Loserman bumper stickers, almost 200 of them, which are not doing any good at all in my basement. They are very much like the white version at the link. So starting now, for every $30 contributed to Free Republic, the contributor will qualify to have their very own piece of history mailed directly to their domicile. All you have to do is freepmail me your address and the link to where you brag about your new acquisition and associated contribution in the fundraiser thread. So...

Sen. Ted Cruz for the first time said he believes the Republican Party is headed to a contested convention. Cruz had previously called a contested convention likely and that it seemed the party was heading in that direction. But after a disappointing third-place loss in New York Tuesday, the Texas Republican is no longer saying he plans to beat front-runner Donald Trump at the ballot box. "We are headed to a contested convention,” Cruz said in an interview with Philadelphia talk-radio personality Chris Stigall this morning. “At this point, nobody is getting 1,237. Donald is going to talk all the...

Ted Cruz came in second in the recent Louisiana Republican primary behind Donald Trump but could win more delegates -- and the the real estate mogul is crying foul. Trump beat the Texas senator in the March 5 contest by 3.6%. Under party rules the pair each won 18 delegates. But Cruz's campaign is using its organization muscle to sway ten more delegates toward his camp, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday -- a situation that seems to have caught Trump's ire.

Katy Tur ‏@KatyTurNBC 1h1 hour ago Carson claiming Cruz foul play at caucus sites - saying cruz team told voters Carson was dropping out. eets Tweets & replies Photos & videos Women 4 Trump Retweeted Dave Bohnenkamp ‏@PenaltyBoxBones 1h1 hour ago @KatyTurNBC @MomMilkshake Truth. A Cruz campaigner grabbed the mic at our caucus and said this right as the vote started. View conversation 26 retweets 18 likes Women 4 Trump Retweeted chris hooks ‏@cd_hooks 1h1 hour ago Carson campaign here is apeshit. Says Cruz surrogates tried same thing in dozens and dozens of precincts 45 retweets 41 likes Women 4...

<p>The Carson camp claimed Cruz's team spread false rumors at caucus sites that Carson had dropped out.</p> <p>Ben Carson was incensed as the results of Monday night's Iowa caucuses rolled in, accusing the winner of spreading falsehoods about him at caucus sites.</p>

The Ames Straw Poll, a sideshow Iowa Republican Party fundraiser, is finally over. The best thing about this straw poll is that it cuts to the chase and gets to the very heart of American politics – bribery.The presidential politicking season finally kicked off in earnest as Republican Party candidates all gathered in the heartland for a bit of old fashioned Americana. They feasted upon heart clogging delicacies such as fried butter on a stick and engaged in the fine political art of bribery. Yes, the straw poll results are not about the candidates’ ideas, their personas, their debate skills...

Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama says Israel is a "constant wound" and a "constant sore" that infects "all of our foreign policy." Obama, under fire for attracting praise and support for his presidential run from the terrorist group Hamas, spoke to Atlantic Monthly at length about his views of the Middle East. Asked if he thought Israel represented a drag on America's reputation overseas, Obama said: "No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy. The lack of a resolution to this problem provides an excuse...

Gov. Schwarzenegger issued the following statement today after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) granted California a long-awaited waiver allowing the state to enforce a measure aimed at controlling harmful types of emissions from small engines such as lawnmowers: Since my very first week in office, I have fought for California to have clean air so the people of our state can breathe easier," said Gov. Schwarzenegger. "This waiver is the culmination of three years of work, and I will continue to work Senators Feinstein and Boxer, the California Congressional delegation and the federal government on other pending waivers so...

State officials Monday certified Republican Vern Buchanan won the House seat being vacated by Republican Rep. Katherine Harris, though the loser immediately sued for a new election, arguing that touch-screen voting machines had malfunctioned. Democrat Christine Jennings contested her 369-vote loss in the 13th District, asking a judge to order a new election because of problems in Sarasota County, where more than 17,000 voters who cast ballots in other races Nov. 7 failed to vote in the congressional contest. That rate is nearly six times higher than in the other counties in the congressional district or on Sarasota's paper absentee...

A bitter-sounding Sen. John Kerry dismissed the historic Iraqi election on Sunday, warning Americans not to "overhype" the watershed event. "No one in the United States should try to overhype this election," Kerry told NBC's "Meet the Press." The failed presidential candidate questioned the historic referendum's legitimacy, saying, "It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote." Kerry also pooh-poohed reports of a surprisingly high 72 percent turnout by Iraqi voters, insisting instead that the election has "gone as expected." Asked if he thought Iraq was now less of...

Most political lawn signs come down right after an election. But this year a few die-hard partisans in the east metro area still have signs in their yards. Almost all the remaining signs belong to supporters of the Democratic ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards. And the vast majority of those posters can be found in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Political posters are now a rarity in the suburbs. The election is over, so why can't those Kerry-Edwards supporters acknowledge their candidates lost and move on? "I'm protesting the election and George Bush's presidency for the next four years,"...

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary March 26, 2004 Statement by the Press Secretary Announcement of Election Results on Taiwan We join the American people in congratulating the people of Taiwan on the successful conclusion of their March 20 presidential election. Taiwan's Central Election Commission on March 26 officially proclaimed that Mr. Chen Shui-bian has won reelection, and we congratulate Mr. Chen on his victory. We recognize that there are pending legal challenges to the results of the March 20 election. We applaud the people of Taiwan for embracing established legal mechanisms and rejecting extra-legal options to...

...Gore’s overbearing intellect and rigid persona turned off voters when they watched him debate the more affable Bush...

Former vice president Al Gore inched toward a third presidential race in 2004 when he assured key supporters Saturday in Memphis that he would spend less time on strategy and tactics and more time speaking about his values and vision for America. "If I had to do it all over again, I'd just let it rip. To hell with the pollsters, the consultants and all the rest," donors said they were told at the beginning of a daylong strategy session at The Peabody. More here...

KABUL (Reuters) - A friendly basketball game between U.S. soldiers and an Afghan team turned ugly when a guard shot into the crowd after an American player was kicked in the head, the International Security Assistance Force said on Friday. The mayhem started during the second game of a three-day tournament at a stadium in the capital on Thursday when one of the Afghan spectators kicked a U.S. player who had fallen near the side of the court. ``One Afghan guard with the U.S. personnel cocked his rifle and pointed it at the crowd and tried to push them back,''...