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  • Congressional candidate Ward: blue dog Minnick's nay votes on health care 'didn't stop anything'

    11/09/2009 12:32:43 PM PST · by Sergeant Tim · 17 replies · 429+ views
    Freedom Radio ^ | November 8, 2009 | Honest Conservative
    Last night, Freedom Radio spoke with Combat Vet for Congress and conservative Republican candidate for Idaho's 1st District Vaughn Ward. Ward's 18 years of experience of public service includes: service with the Marines on missions in Liberia, Cuba, Japan, Korea and as a company commander in Iraq; as an Operations Officer with the CIA in the Middle East, Africa, and Washington, DC; and as a Legislative Aide on Senator Kempthorne’s staff where he worked on commerce, defense, energy, transportation, and veteran’s issues for the people of Idaho. He is running against first-term incumbent and self-proclaimed blue dog Democrat Walt Minnick....
  • OBAMA APPOINTMENT: ARIF ALIKHAN, ASST SECRETARY DHS

    11/09/2009 11:25:19 AM PST · by La Lydia · 49 replies · 1,059+ views
    Atlas Shrugs ^ | June 7, 2009 | Pamela Geller
    Arif Alikhan, currently deputy mayor for the city of Los Angeles, was appointed as assistant secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security. "Muslim Democrats welcome Alikhan’s appointment" At a banquet/fundraiser for the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California last weekend, the first speaker was Arif Alikhan (Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles - in charge of public safety for the city). He bid farewell, as he is going to take a post as Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. Arif Alikhan is a devout Sunni and the son of Pakistani immigrants. Professor Agha...
  • Wasserman Schultz: Foxx, Bachmann "repulse" women

    11/09/2009 10:23:12 AM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 52 replies · 1,043+ views
    politico.com ^ | Nov. 9, 2009 | Glenn Thrush
    Meredith Shiner and I write today on the GOP's persistent trouble recruiting, retaining and attracting women, particularly in the House. The exception seems to be among hard core conservatives, with Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Virginia Foxx (R-NC), emerging as populist folk heroes on the right. But that doesn't necessarily make them appealing to independent and moderate women, says Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), herself a rising star among a larger class of Democratic women. Asked about Foxx and Bachmann, Wasserman Schultz, blasted away: “This is a party that doesn’t respect women, a party that doesn’t believe women are equal to...
  • Sarah Palin: Commemorating a Victory for Freedom

    11/09/2009 3:34:00 AM PST · by euram · 13 replies · 404+ views
    Facebook ^ | 11--08-09 | Sarah Palin
    Twenty years ago, the ultimate symbol of the division between freedom and tyranny was torn down. The Berlin Wall was constructed for one purpose: to prevent the escape of East Germans to the freedom of the West. The Wall’s cold, gray façade was a stark reminder of the economic and political way of life across the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. Ronald Reagan never stopped regarding the Berlin Wall as an affront to human freedom. When so many other American leaders and opinion makers had come to accept its presence as inevitable and permanent, Reagan still hammered...
  • Were They Duped Or Were They Stupid?

    11/09/2009 7:17:34 AM PST · by Kaslin · 104 replies · 2,092+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | November 9, 2009 | Bruce Bialosky
    In the 2008 presidential election, young adults voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. This voting pattern has generated much discussion and no small amount of head scratching, principally because the main consequence of these young adults’ electoral choice appears to be a huge tax on them. Ultimately, the question becomes: Were they duped or were they stupid? In late 1999, I went to Washington, DC, for a political forum that included all the Republican presidential contenders. Each candidate made a presentation followed by questions and answers. My question was for Senator John McCain. A significant element of Mr. McCain’s political platform...
  • Third-party candidacies should be a last resort

    11/09/2009 7:01:39 AM PST · by Wolf13 · 76 replies · 457+ views
    Politico ^ | 11-9-09 | Gary Bauer
    Doug Hoffman’s narrow defeat in New York’s 23rd Congressional District special election was one of few blemishes in a nearly flawless Election Day for Republicans. But Hoffman’s strong showing — coupled with the successful uprising against Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava’s candidacy — will embolden some conservatives to consider abandoning the GOP and initiating a broader third-party movement. As a staunch conservative Republican whose political action committee invested much in Hoffman’s campaign, I believe nothing would hurt the conservative movement, or the GOP, more. National Democrats would love nothing more than for conservatives to start looking for third-party candidates all across...
  • What would be in the political platform of a "third party" to replace the GOP?

    11/08/2009 1:54:07 PM PST · by MNJohnnie · 56 replies · 474+ views
    Ok, I hear around Free Republic those who argue "the GOP is hopeless, Conservatives got to form a third party". Now without debating the merits of if a third party is, or is not, the route to go for Conservatives, tell me what you put in the political platform of such a replacement party? Think of it this way. You are actually writing the plank to put in the platform, what do you personally want put in there?
  • Healthcare Bill marks the first stage of the coming tyranny

    11/08/2009 10:25:27 AM PST · by Cacique · 17 replies · 643+ views
    Unpopular Wisdom Blog ^ | 11-08-2009 | Unpopular Wisdom
    I manage campaigns for candidates I agree with, (right to life, conservative party etc.). I am a political scientist by training and web designer when not engaged in a fight. I am quite familiar with the political game and I know what is going on. In my college years both undergraduate and graduate level I was for some time a committed Marxist of the Stalinist variant. I devoured everything from Marx to Kautsky, Lenin, Gramsci, Guevara, Mao et al. I have a good insight to what the left does and their tactics. Conservatives have unfortunately been checkmated by the left...
  • Low key visit to Fort Hood by President and Mrs. Bush

    11/08/2009 10:51:19 AM PST · by American Dream 246 · 25 replies · 766+ views
    American Thinker ^ | 11/8/09 | Ethel C. Fenig
    No photo ops, no grandstanding, no comments--just a quiet comforting visit from former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura to Fort Hood, Texas. After traveling to the base, which is about 30 miles from their ranch, the former first couple spent about two hours visiting the wounded before slipping away as unobtrusively as they arrived, specifically telling the base commander no press coverage according to Bill Sammon of Fox News. A fine example to set. Except President Obama decided to take a break from passing health care reform and holiday at Camp David. The worst terrorist attack on...
  • PALIN LAMBASTS PELOSI FOR "RAMMING" HEALTH CARE REFORM THROUGH AT MIDNIGHT

    11/08/2009 6:14:56 AM PST · by Patriot1259 · 49 replies · 1,210+ views
    TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 11/08/2009 | Gary P.
    “The same government leaders that got us into the mortgage business and the car business are now getting us into the health care business. “Despite Americans’ decisive message last Tuesday that they reject the troubling path this country has been taking, Speaker Pelosi has broken her own promises of transparency to ram a health “care” bill through the House of Representatives just before midnight. Why did she push the 2,000 page bill this weekend? Was she perhaps afraid to give her peers and the constituents for whom she works the chance to actually read this monstrous bill carefully, if at...
  • Zelaya Asks for U.S. Troops to Reinstate Him

    11/08/2009 9:45:12 AM PST · by John Semmens · 12 replies · 377+ views
    A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative ^ | 7 November 2009 | John Semmens
    Honduras’ deposed would-be “strongman,” Manuel Zelaya called on US President Obama to send troops to help him regain control of the Honduran government. Zelaya was president of Honduras until he was removed from office earlier this year by joint action of the country’s supreme court and legislature. “Micheletti has pissed on the agreement we made to restore my power,” Zelaya angrily alleged. “He is going ahead with the scheduled elections without my approval. He has refused to include my proposed constitutional amendment to extend my term of office. A new government will be formed without my consent.” Acting President Roberto...
  • London Telegraph: Barack Obama is beatable - but by whom?

    11/07/2009 8:03:30 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies · 486+ views
    Daily Telegraph ^ | 11/7/2009 | Simon Heffer
    A year on from its meltdown in the Obama landslide, the Republican Party has cause to celebrate. As predicted, it won two state governorships this week – and that was predicted because of the disillusionment with the image machine that is President Obama and his chums. Those victories, in states Mr Obama won last year, Virginia and New Jersey, have caused not just many Republicans, but also their acolytes in the press, to proclaim they are on the road back, and that the spectre of George W Bush no longer hangs over them. Perhaps they are right: but things don’t...
  • 860 ballots in vandalized drop box (King Co. WA "finds" more ballots in tight Mayoral race)

    11/07/2009 11:42:07 AM PST · by matt1234 · 25 replies · 791+ views
    KIRO via mynorthwest.com ^ | Nov 7, 2009 | JASON BROOKS
    Some votes critical in determining the Seattle mayoral race may not get counted until next Tuesday. Vandals tried to get at a ballot drop box in Tukwila in the early morning hours after the election. "The metal cover plate that we seal the ballot drop box with at 8pm on Election night was ripped off," said Kim Van Ekstrom, with King County Elections. Ekstrom said the ballots themselves weren't tampered with because the box's design doesn't allow access unless you have the keys. The question is whether anything was slipped in that shouldn't have been. "They were in the process...
  • Obama's Frightening Insensitivity.

    11/07/2009 11:26:27 AM PST · by American Dream 246 · 38 replies · 875+ views
    The Obama File ^ | 11/7/09 | The Obama File
    Robert George says Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships. After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that Obama would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to Obama. The situation called...
  • Sarah Palin: Speaker Pelosi: Your Blue Dogs are Howling

    11/07/2009 4:59:49 AM PST · by euram · 16 replies · 887+ views
    Facebook ^ | 11-07-09 | Sarah Palin
    Like many Americans, I’m very concerned about the efforts underway to rush through the 2,000 page Pelosi health care bill this weekend. Why the rush? That’s a lot of pages to read. Why not give everyone the chance to read it and debate it? How much will this bill cost us? It’s unclear because the figures coming out of Washington keep changing – and always in the direction of costing more, not less. The latest numbers show it will cost more than a trillion dollars over the decade, but when has a government program ever come in on or under...
  • Arcuri to support latest health care reform legislation (blue dog falls in NY)

    11/07/2009 10:09:30 AM PST · by Behind Liberal Lines · 28 replies · 1,011+ views
    Auburn NY Citizen ^ | Saturday, November 7, 2009 12:16 PM EST | The Citizen staff report
    Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri, whose district includes a large portion of Cayuga County, said Saturday that he will support the health care reform bill now under consideration in the House of Representatives.
  • Moderate Democrats 'Anguished' Over Unpopular Votes as House Weighs Health Bill

    11/07/2009 9:45:31 AM PST · by yoe · 16 replies · 993+ views
    Fox News ^ | November 7, 2009 | Wendell Goler
    Some moderate Democrats still are “really anguished” over voting for the energy bill, Rep. Jason Altmire told Fox News, and they “would be reluctant now to vote for health care and take a second vote that might be unpopular in their district.”With Republicans raising the volume of their protests and House Democratic leaders uncertain if they have enough rank-and-file support, some moderate Democrats sense that passing a health care reform bill will be as difficult as the House’s energy bill, which was approved by a slim margin June. That has caused quite a bit of hand-wringing among the Democrats. Some...
  • Throw the Bums Out Song

    11/07/2009 6:16:25 AM PST · by OldPossum1 · 4 replies · 253+ views
    YouTube ^ | Nov. 6, 2009 | David Hass
    Our nation was founded by men of high honor, Fighters for freedom from abusers of power, We're now run by people who lie, steal and more, And that's why we all have to show them the door. Throw the bums out, just throw the bums out Kick 'em in the can and throw the bums out They lie about justice, they lie about sex, They lie about health care and say it's a mess, They lie about freedom, they lie about war And that's why we all have to show them the door. Throw the bums out, just throw the...
  • Members fear their jobs are next (good)

    11/06/2009 11:26:32 AM PST · by markomalley · 38 replies · 1,270+ views
    Politico ^ | 11/6/2009 | Jonathan Allen and Manu Raju
    Of all the numbers swirling around this week Capitol Hill this week – health care whip counts, CBO estimates, winning and losing margins in Virginia, New York and New Jersey– one stands out from the rest: 10.2 percent. That’s the national unemployment rate. And lawmakers from both parties know that, if it doesn’t go down dramatically before next November, they could be adding to it themselves. “I think anytime unemployment is high and people are concerned about their jobs, the economy, incumbents on both sides of the aisle need to be concerned,” Republican Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker said Friday. “What...
  • Election Wrap Up: "We have saved or gained or 57 Democrat Governorships.." (Vanity)

    11/06/2009 5:27:13 PM PST · by Don@VB · 36 replies · 642+ views
    Just me | 11/6/09 | Don
    Election Wrap Up: Flash! Dems lose TWO Governorships in VA & NJ. Obama's analysis, "We have saved or gained or 57 Democrat Governorships.."
  • Hello, Tipping Point

    11/06/2009 9:43:26 AM PST · by Bobkk47 · 5 replies · 435+ views
    WSJ ^ | 11/5/2009 | Kim Strassel
    We don't look at either of these gubernatorial races . . . as something that portends a lot for our legislative efforts," insisted White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday, as New Jersey and Virginia voters gave Democrats a thumping. Unfortunately for the White House, its opinion no longer counts. On Jan. 20, Barack Obama began a race against time. The White House knew its liberal agenda would prove unpopular in many parts of the country represented by Democrats. So long as the president looked strong, those Blue Dogs and freshmen and swing-state senators would stick. Show them any...
  • KILL THE BILL

    11/06/2009 8:00:58 AM PST · by Just A Nobody · 134 replies · 3,581+ views
    First Hand ^ | November, 6, 2009 | Just A Nobody
    While roaming the grounds of the US Capitol yesterday, Kristinn Taylor obtained a list of possible democrat defectors of the now infamous “Healthcare” bill. Kristinn was asked to post this list of wobbly democrats on FreeRepublic in an effort to mobilize our forces and overwhelm these members with phone calls and e-mails asking them to vote NO on the socialization of our healthcare. We also learned that Nancy Pelosi had just scheduled the vote for tomorrow; Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM. For all those who were unable to answer the call to surround the Capitol yesterday, here is...
  • Clinton's reaction upon finding out Obama wasn't paying attention to the elections in NJ and VA

    11/06/2009 8:59:15 AM PST · by nutsonthebus · 1 replies · 925+ views
    www.daveweinbaum.com ^ | November 4, 2009 | Doug Ross
    You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll plotz.
  • Agency theory explains why our country is in a funk

    11/06/2009 7:13:34 AM PST · by John David Powell · 4 replies · 228+ views
    Digital Journal ^ | Nov. 6, 2009 | John David Powell
    Even before the polls opened on Tuesday, pundits and spinners were managing election-night expectations. The pros of politics and journalism can read the polls as well as the rest of us. Better, in fact. They knew Republican candidates in Virginia and in New Jersey had better-than-even chances to win their races. One African-American talk-show host, and an unabashed supporter of the president, emphatically warned victories by Robert McDonnnell in Virginia and Chris Christie in New Jersey should not be interpreted as referendums on Barack Obama. Virginia, he pointed out, historically elects a governor from the party not occupying the White...
  • 360 days left!!!

    11/06/2009 7:09:18 AM PST · by An American! · 11 replies · 350+ views
    self | 11/06/2009 | An American!
    Elections to the United States Senate will be held on November 2, 2010, with at least 37 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate being contested. Senate Contests in 2010 State Name Party AK Lisa Murkowski Republican AL Richard Shelby Republican AR Blanche Lincoln Democratic AZ John McCain Republican CA Barbara Boxer Democratic CO Michael Bennet Democratic CT Chris Dodd Democratic DE A Ted Kaufman Democratic FL George LeMieux Republican GA Johnny Isakson Republican HI Daniel Inouye Democratic IA Chuck Grassley Republican ID Mike Crapo Republican IL Roland Burris Democratic IN Evan Bayh Democratic KS Sam Brownback Republican KY Jim...
  • HELP! My childs school just decided that there will be no Christmas tree this year!

    11/06/2009 12:09:22 AM PST · by Anti-Hillary · 57 replies · 1,074+ views
    self | 11-6-09 | anti-hillary
    Many of us parents just learned that ONE teacher complained that it offended her and they nixed the tradition. We are HOPPING mad and plan to do something about it. Any EFFECTIVE ideas????
  • Election puts 10 Dems on high alert

    11/05/2009 10:54:18 PM PST · by sonofstrangelove · 17 replies · 1,012+ views
    Politico.com ^ | 11/05/2009 | Jonathan Allen and Manu Raju
    Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) says Tuesday’s Republican victories in Virginia and New Jersey should be a “wake-up call” for Democrats in Congress. Here are 10 likely to be hearing alarm bells. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) No one noticed the election results more than Reid’s advisers, who know he faces a situation similar to that which befell New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. Like Corzine, Reid is an unpopular incumbent running in a state whose economy is in the tank. And like Corzine, he’ll have to use his massive war chest to create a negative impression of his opponent...
  • SEN. BOXER BREAKS SENATE RULES… Passes Cap-&-Tax Out of Committee Without Single GOP...

    11/05/2009 9:17:14 PM PST · by American Dream 246 · 24 replies · 871+ views
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 11/5/09 | Gateway Pundit
    Senator Barbara Boxer Breaks Senate Committee Rules… The liberal California senator passed the dem’s cap-&-tax legislation out of committee without a single GOP member in attendance. This is against the rules and the first time it has ever happened. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) discussed the outrageous move by the democrats: The Politico reported: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved climate change legislation Thursday with no Republicans voting for the bill or even participating in the process. With Republican boycotting the proceedings, Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) relied on a little used interpretation of committee rules to move the...
  • Hark! The Voters Speak! (NY Times Hack Tries to Spin NJ, Virginia result as hard as she can)

    11/05/2009 5:46:51 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 11 replies · 376+ views
    New York Slimes ^ | 11/5/2009 | Gail Collins
    In Ohio, citizens marched to the polls on Tuesday and voted to allow gambling casinos in the state. This was obviously a message to President Obama that independent voters are not happy with the way the health care bill is going. Really, I don’t see how else you can interpret it. Ohioans were looking forward to the lower insurance costs that would come with a robust public option, and if the president can’t deliver, they’re planning to pay their future medical bills with their winnings at the roulette wheel. Also, people here in Cincinnati rejected a proposal that would have...
  • Speaker Pelosi’s Government-Run Health Plan Will Require a Monthly Abortion Premium

    11/05/2009 8:58:03 AM PST · by Rutles4Ever · 27 replies · 840+ views
    Republican Leader ^ | 10/05/2009 | John Boehner
    Speaker Pelosi’s Government-Run Health Plan Will Require a Monthly Abortion Premium Health care reform should not be used as an opportunity to use federal funds to pay for elective abortions. Health reform should be an opportunity to protect human life - not end it. Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi’s 2,032-page government takeover of health care does just that. On line 17, p. 110, section 222 under “Abortions for which Public Funding is Allowed” the Health and Human Services Secretary is given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the government-run plan. The Speaker’s plan also requires that at least one...
  • McCain tussles with Palin over whipping up a mob mentality

    11/05/2009 7:01:13 AM PST · by WalterSkinner · 32 replies · 1,249+ views
    Times Online ^ | October 12, 2008 | Times Online
    With his electoral prospects fading by the day, Senator John McCain has fallen out with his vice-presidential running mate about the direction of his White House campaign
  • CARTOON: Obama, "It's Not About Me"

    11/05/2009 6:39:04 AM PST · by NetRight Nation · 3 replies · 790+ views
    NetRight Nation ^ | November 5, 2009 | William Warren
  • Republicans gain majority on PA Supreme Court

    11/05/2009 6:13:00 AM PST · by HamiltonJay · 24 replies · 443+ views
    Joan Orie Melvin, a Republican judge from Western Pennsylvania, prevailed in the Philadelphia suburbs yesterday to claim a decisive win in the hard-fought battle for a vacancy on the state Supreme Court. Melvin's victory shifts the political balance on the state's most powerful bench to Republican, and could portend a re-energized conservative base in the 2010 gubernatorial and congressional elections.
  • OK All what we FRers need to do NOW is get on EVERY ballot next year.

    11/05/2009 5:47:55 AM PST · by US Navy Vet · 9 replies · 259+ views
    05 Nov 2009 | US Navy Vet
    DO IT! Now is the time. Any opinions!?
  • The Best Thing About Our Election Day

    11/05/2009 4:55:03 AM PST · by ajernig · 1 replies · 100+ views
    Irish Examiner ^ | 11/4/2009 | Alicia Colon
    Some would say that the best thing about Election Day is that we don't have to watch any more lying television campaign ads or receive more political junk mail that goes straight into the recycle basket. But it's this day that signifies the freedom that's made this country so great. It's also the day that only interests some Americans every 4 years when they come out in droves to elect a president. Unfortunately, they tend to stay at home during the other 3 years and that apathy is what's behind the crisis we're going through
  • Obama Gets Run Over by the Change Bus......(He was too busy primping and posing)

    11/05/2009 4:40:44 AM PST · by IrishMike · 4 replies · 538+ views
    CFP ^ | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | Daniel Greenfield
    The 2009 Democratic party playbook hinged on three elements, Obama's charisma, painting the Republican party as radicals, and relying on ACORN style Get Out the Vote operations. If the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia were to be seen as a way of taking the pulse of Obama’s popularity, the White House spin machine has to be just about ready for a trip to the ER. Obama’s people were already braced for a loss in Virginia, writing off Deeds for being insufficiently willing to turn over his campaign and office to Obama’s people to do with as they please....
  • President Barack Fonzarelli-One Year Later

    11/04/2009 11:50:04 PM PST · by sdkruiser · 5 replies · 351+ views
    Stephen Kruiser ^ | 11/04/09 | Stephen Kruiser
    We were accused of rooting against America because we laughed after President Obama's ego trip to land the Olympics failed. All we were doing was mocking the drooling hordes who were shocked that the Olympic committee was immune to the charm in which they've invested all their hopes for the future. After all, he showed up. He smiled. He said "Heyyyyy!" That's the formula people, get on freakin' board already!A year later and I'm not sure about what we've learned from this ('Cause you can't hear it enough!) historic presidency. The post-racial tone has manifested itself in a small army...
  • DID VOTERS SAY 'YES' TO THE 'PARTY OF NO'?

    11/04/2009 9:40:30 PM PST · by TheFreedomPoster · 5 replies · 205+ views
    THE FREEDOM POST ^ | November 4, 2009 | TheCapitalist
    Did voters in the elections last night say, "Yes," to "The Party of No?" Were the convincing victories in last night's elections a victory for the Republican Party? And, were they a defeat for President Obama?
  • Political Climate for 2010 Not as Favorable to Democrats

    11/04/2009 9:02:21 PM PST · by Milhous · 15 replies · 547+ views
    Gallup ^ | November 4, 2009 | Jeffrey M. Jones
    PRINCETON, NJ -- The 2010 election cycle begins in a political climate that is shaping up to be not as favorable to the Democratic Party as the 2006 and 2008 elections were. Having capitalized on broad public discontent with the course of the nation in general and the Republican Party in particular to win control of the White House and both houses of Congress, the party faces the 2010 midterm elections trying to preserve its recent gains.Gallup's generic congressional ballot provides a summary measure of current voting intentions for Congress. This currently suggests the 2010 midterm elections could be highly...
  • Young voters who helped elect Obama stayed home

    11/04/2009 7:20:33 PM PST · by greatdefender · 32 replies · 832+ views
    Tampa Tribune ^ | November 4, 2009
    RICHMOND, Va. - Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Barack Obama bumper sticker on her townhouse door. She voted for Obama because she felt like the election was about "being a part of something." But on Tuesday, the Virginia Commonwealth University student didn't bother voting in the governor's race because, she said, the candidates didn't give her anything to get excited about. "The simple fact is, unless you put it in front of somebody, they're really not going to seek it out," Hill said. Many of the young,...
  • Michigan: Muslims Dominate Hamtramck City Council

    11/04/2009 4:01:29 PM PST · by Islaminaction · 20 replies · 440+ views
    Islam in Action ^ | November 4Th, 2009 | Christopher Logan
    Unfortunately for America the Islamic dominance in sections of Michigan is growing stronger, and stronger. Will the Islamic influence there get as bad as it is in the UK? Time will tell... NOV. 4, 2009 Muslims given strong role in Hamtramck BY NIRAJ WARIKOO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER After Tuesday's election, Muslims are to make up half of the city council members in Hamtramck, a percentage believed by advocates to be the highest Muslim representation in a municipality in the United States.
  • Tea Party Express Leaders Join Bachman in D.C.

    11/04/2009 12:25:53 PM PST · by joesjane · 19 replies · 1,491+ views
    NoisyRoom.net ^ | November 04, 2009 | Levi Russell
    Breaking News: Leaders of the Tea Party Express (website: www.TeaPartyExprss.org) are flying out to Washington, D.C. to join Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann on Thursday, November 5th at 12:00 Noon.
  • Bill Clinton's reaction upon learning Obama wasn't paying attention to the elections in NJ and VA

    11/04/2009 1:51:53 PM PST · by nutsonthebus · 8 replies · 2,186+ views
    Doug Ross ^ | November 4, 2009 | Doug Ross
    Want to see how Bill Clinton reacted when he found out Obama wasn't worried about yesterday's elections?
  • Palin: NY-23 race 'just postponed until 2010'

    11/04/2009 12:58:45 PM PST · by markomalley · 29 replies · 876+ views
    CNN ^ | 11/4/2009 | Lauren Kornreich
    Democrat Bill Owens may have won last night's special election in New York's 23rd congressional district - but Sarah Palin said Wednesday that race "is not over." Writing on Facebook early Wednesday morning, the former Alaska governor praised Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman and "all the other under-dog candidates who have the courage to put themselves out there and run against the odds." "The race for New York's 23rd District is not over, just postponed until 2010," Palin wrote. "The issues of this election have always centered on the economy – on the need for fiscal restraint, smaller government, and...
  • Conservatism is the soul of our nation [Chris Simcox challenges McCain]

    11/04/2009 11:40:16 AM PST · by Simcox · 134 replies · 2,650+ views
    www.simcoxforsenate.com ^ | Nov 4, 2009 | Chris Simcox
    Many thanks to Jim Robinson and Hildy who encouraged me to post here. I don't do much blogging or posting other than Facebook so you can go over there to learn more about me and my platform. I am running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. I will be a primary challenger to John McCain. I am a Constitutional conservative. I need your support in our effort to right the wrongs of how our federal government operates and repeal bad laws, regulations and protect states. Thanks for taking the time to read all this and yes I look forward to...
  • Countdown to Midterm Elections

    11/04/2009 11:59:24 AM PST · by SouthWall · 1 replies · 175+ views
    http://imfoxnews.com/ ^ | 11/04/09 | Doug Wall
    Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the countdown clock
  • Democrats thank God for Conservatives like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh shaking up GOP (barf alert)

    11/04/2009 11:53:51 AM PST · by MNDude · 27 replies · 554+ views
    WASHINGTON -- Democrats had a grim election Tuesday, but they're giving thanks to a growing conservative revolution in the Republican Party that cost the GOP in Northern New York last night and threatens to do so nationwide. "It's happening in every state in the union," said one otherwise anxious Democratic operative who spoke candidly on background. Republicans "are facing primaries from the right all over, and that's the only thing saving our asses." The problem for Democrats is they face several tough races, including primaries of their own, and the independents who bought their messages of change and hope in...
  • The Democrats Hired GangBangers to GOTV for Corzine

    11/04/2009 11:20:03 AM PST · by OneVike · 13 replies · 1,196+ views
    Post Scripts ^ | 11-4-09 | One Vike
     If you are the Democrat party of New Jersey and it looks like you may lose the Governors office to a 500 pound fat guy (Jon Corzine's words, not mine), what do you do? After all, even the great One, Obama himself, could not seem to turn the tide that was ready to hit them from the Republican Party and it's candidate, Christie. Well, we have documented the story after story about intimidation tactics used by the left in this country, but what the Democrats did in this election has even left some liberals scratching their heads. Imagine you are...
  • Welcome to the “Post-Obama” Era!

    11/04/2009 10:20:36 AM PST · by opentalk · 6 replies · 473+ views
    Canada Free Press ^ | November 3, 2009 | John Lillpop
    Rarely are the American people fooled as completely and utterly as was the case on November 4, 2008. That date, which will live in infamy along side December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 as watershed awful, was the date on which 69,000,000 Americans acted foolishly and voted with their hearts rather than with their minds. Thinking minds should have alerted the American electorate of the dangers inherent in voting for a candidate with no significant experience, a history of unsavory associations, no accomplishments in nearly 50 years of life, and obvious disdain for American culture and history. Alas, the...
  • You say Halo ...

    11/04/2009 10:13:33 AM PST · by guyshomenet · 4 replies · 498+ views
    Cowboy Confessional ^ | 11/4/2009 | Guy Smith
    Since March I have predicted Barack Obama will be a one term president. My prognostication (more of a diagnosis, really) shocked local liberal friends who thought this cowboy had lost the last of his gray matter, the rest having been beaten out of me by bull kicks to the cranium, above average whiskey consumption and a few agitated women with blunt objects. ... Nobody with even disposition and functioning dendra thinks that Barack Obama is a smart fellow. A sly politician, sure, but such critters are only suitable for modeling tar and feather fashions (Fashions for Fascists, a new ABC...