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Senate Candidate: Homeschoolers, Pro-Lifers, Gun Owners Threaten American Values   I haven't been following closely the Virginia senate race between Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Jim Gilmore (to replace the retiring Senator John Warner). But I came across this clip this morning and found it startling. I found it startling not for what was said--because I hear Democrats saying things like this every day, just not ones running for office--but because someone was actually able to record it. Democrats--at least ones running for public office--are usually more circumspect about their true feelings like this. In this clip, you'll hear...

Palin In Estero, Florida Yesterday: "Bless your heart sir, my son is in Iraq fighting for your right to protest."

Not like we have not seen how truly pathetic Obama supporters are, but I found this on YouTube would shows the extent of the "patheticness" of his followers. Obama seems to attract those who are incapable of living on their own, without govt. intervention, handouts and control. Her Encounter with ObamaHis support is purely emotional since he has no record (that he will tell us about) and has accomplished nothing

Mainstream pundits and well-known liberal Kentucky columnists are again accusing our state of racism in the presidential election. Their evidence: Barack Obama trails John McCain by 18 percent in the polls. That's it. That's all they've got. Obama trails in the polls, so we must all be racists. Those who make this dangerous assertion are using the wide gap in the state polls as their premise. If you have ever been accused of racism, you know how horrible an accusation it is. It's a game-ending political chess move. Those who can be successfully branded with this image can have their...

John Maynard Keynes was twitted with changing his mind. He replied, "When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?" My favorite example of a change of mind was Norman Mailer at The Village Voice. Norman took on the role of drama critic, weighing in on the New York premiere of Waiting for Godot. Twentieth century's greatest play. Without bothering to go, Mailer called it a piece of garbage. When he did get around to seeing it, he realized his mistake. He was no longer a Voice columnist, however, so he bought a page in the...

The current financial bailout crisis has propelled Barack Obama back into a substantial lead over John McCain-- which is astonishing in view of which man and which party has had the most to do with bringing on this crisis. It raises the question: Do facts matter? Or is Obama's rhetoric and the media's spin enough to make facts irrelevant? Fact Number One: It was liberal Democrats, led by Senator Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, who for years-- including the present year-- denied that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taking big risks that could lead to a financial crisis....

The founders messed up. We should do away with the office. Sarah Palin is the product of a design flaw -- the unintended consequence of the founders' decision to create the vice presidency. For two centuries, presidential nominees have used the office to balance the ticket by naming a running mate from a different region, or one who speaks with a different ideological accent to a specific constituency. This means that a president's death generates a double shock: The nation not only mourns a fallen leader, it must deal with a replacement who may push politics in a new direction.

Teachers union e-mail touting Obama scorned Mike Drost Thursday, October 2, 2008 An e-mail distributed by a Virginia teachers union encouraged members to bring politics into the classroom by wearing blue in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and simultaneously suggested that the union's voter registration efforts include those "you teach." The Virginia Education Association (VEA) e-mail drew strong criticism Wednesday from elected Republican officials and some residents after the state Republican Party obtained a copy. The author of the e-mail conceded Wednesday that the e-mail should have been worded differently. The VEA is an affiliate of the...

The headline on the Boston Globe-Democrat’s editorial page, “Wasilla Made Rape Victims Pay,” says it all. All wrong. The Globe-Democrat yesterday asserted as fact that “during her tenure as mayor of Wasilla, the town started charging rape victims or their insurers for rape kits.” But the truth is that there is no record of a rape victim ever being charged for a rape kit by Wasilla; there’s no evidence Mayor Palin knew about the policy or took any action on it either way; and no record of a victim’s insurance company being charged by the town. How does an alleged...

Obama's Nazi Youth

The spot has been seen more than 566,000 times, and features the image of Tom Brokaw and voice of Keith Olbermann announcing a mock victory for Sen. John McCain.

Those who believe Barack Obama would avoid wars after withdrawing from Iraq are not paying attention. He has laid out a coherent strategy for fighting wars. After the July, 2007 CNN-You Tube debate, Barack Obama was pilloried for his agreement to "talk without preconditions to leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea." All of this sounds like typical dove rhetoric. But Obama, in August, 2007 promised to relocate war, not end it. Islamists in the summer of 2007 were rioting in the streets to bring down Musharraf. Pakistan's corrupt democrats demanded a snout in the trough. Obama chose...

And not just speculation and a "feeling," either, but hard evidence. Last month, JB Williams wrote an article using donations as an indication of just how biased the media (and other sectors) truly are. The results are not a surprise to those who know them, but astonishing nonetheless, especially when you see them listed all in one place: The Media Sectors and their to-date 2008 Political Investments Computer & Internet - $24,255,207 (62% to Democrats) Books, Magazines & Papers - $12,187,548 (78% to Democrats)Computer Software - $8,922,053 (61% to Democrats)Motion Picture Industry - $7,523,136 (88% to Democrats)Cable & Satellite...

"Do we have a point of view with our shows?" MSNBC President Phil Griffin asked. "Definitely. But we've established ourselves as a news organization, NBC News, as uncompromised and as good as anybody in the country." “For her part, Maddow said she doesn't think of her show as a platform from which to espouse her political viewpoints. "I certainly have beliefs and opinions, just like anybody does," she said. "But I don't have an agenda. Still, there's no question that Maddow's unrestrained indignation at Republican policies is a big part of her appeal. On a recent night, in discussing Iraqi...

So I thought I would do a little research. I am so sick and tired of celebrities pushing their liberal agenda on us, and using every opportunity to tell us how to vote. So I thought, what exactly qualifies these people to give us political advice? Well, it definitely isn't what they do for a living, so I figure maybe it was their education. So thanks to IMDB.com and Wikipedia, I found the following: Actor George Clooney briefly attended NKU but did not graduate Brad Pitt attended the University of Missouri, where he majored in journalism with a focus on...

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine is defending why his administration forced the sudden resignation of five Virginia State Police Chaplains because they prayed publicly “in Jesus’ name.” Police Superintendent Col. W. Steven Flaherty single-handedly created then enforced a strict “non-sectarian” prayer policy at all public gatherings, censoring and excluding Christian prayers, then accepted the resignation of five chaplains who refused to deny Jesus or violate their conscience by watering down their prayers. House Republican Leader Morgan Griffith and Delegate Charles W. Carrico, (R-Grayson) both issued public statements defending the chaplains, questioning Governor Kaine’s role in terminating the chaplains, and vowing to...

Pledging support Despite Warner’s reluctance to talk about these issues, numerous gay Virginia residents have pledged their support to the candidate. About 60 people attending the Virginia Partisans barbecue last month showed their support by cheering Warner during his speech and urging him to pursue the White House. Warner focused on non-gay issues during his speech, but he briefly acknowledged gay Virginians. “I thank the GLBT community for their active support, and more importantly for their engagement in Virginia,” he said. Osborne, who hosted the barbecue at his home, said it could be problematic for Warner to bring gay issues...

"Can the Traditional Family Survive Feminism” In the movie Saving Private Ryan, there is a very moving scene in which the dying leader of a group of men that had rescued Private Ryan from behind enemy lines tells the grateful private to "earn it." Many died in World War II so that we could live in a better world. I doubt that we have earned it. The immediate post-war period did witness our mid-century's golden age of the family, with high marriage and birth rates, low illegitimacy, divorce, and crime rates, and the growth of a broad and stable middle...

"Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said in his convention speech that the promise of America is “the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.” Now, the easiest criticism to launch against Mr. Obama is the charge of hypocrisy given that his own brother lives in a Kenyan shack on a dollar a month and receives no assistance from his famous sibling. More perilous though is the collectivist message that he and his supporters send — i.e.,...

…Psst. If I let you in on a little secret, you promise not to tell? Pinkie swear! Alright. I have never been to a political meeting in my life. OK. Now that’s out of the bag, I’ll let you in on another one. Thursday, September 25, 2008 I plan to attend my first Democrat party meeting… and I’m takin’ popcorn and candy. I’m not sure what to expect, but I figure it’ll be pretty cool. I think Whoopie Goldberg is the keynote speaker (I’m told she’s some Jewish chick from the Bronx). She’ll probably drone on about fiscal responsibility and...

Your office or bedroom holds telltale signs of whether you are a conservative or a liberal, finds a new study. While political conservatives tend to keep a tidy, organized office, political liberals favor colorful, more stylish but cluttered spaces. ADVERTISEMENT A person may hide their political ideology from others, including from pollsters, but the researchers were delighted to learn that a peek into subjects' living quarters or even workspaces could give that away. Conservatives and liberals leave behind distinct "behavioral residue" that can be picked up by savvy scientists and possibly other observers, according to the study by New York...

Sen. Barack Obama Graces BankUnited on the Day it Fired Over Half its Compliance Staff, Gave New Duties to Regional Manager Recently Arrested for Drug Possession and Possibly Planned to Cancel Quarterly Interest Payments to SeniorsBankUnited is America’s most liberal bank. It may also be America’s nastiest. The bank is well known as a proud and repeated sponsor of South Florida’s Pride Festival, an event for which they pressure employees to volunteer. So it would seem natural that Barack Obama would choose the BankUnited Center for his grand appearance in South Florida last Friday. But given the flurry of negative...

Harry Potter Author Backs Labour PM Gordon Brown faces his party conference today, after winning the backing of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. She's donated £1m to the Labour Party. Sky's Joey Jones reports from Manchester. Harry Potter joins the Labor Party    

Ever wonder where former CNN'r Aneesh Raman went? The Middle East correspondent left CNN in June to "try something different." Well, now we've found him. Raman is now with the Obama campaign, as witnessed by this Obama campaign email blast, obtained by FishbowlDC

One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain's campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years. Mr. Davis's firm received the payments from the company, Freddie Mac, until it was taken over by the government this month along with Fannie Mae, the other big...

So I posted a reply critical of this video on you tube. Warning, profanity. If you look at the profile of creator of the video, he states the following: heartofdrakn is back from censorship!!!...... YouTube was our last refuge for truth and free speech, the powers that be want to shut us down. Free speech is not a privilege...FREE SPEECH IS A (censored) RIGHT!!! Odd then he would reply to me thusly: Hey (censored) clown, I have three university degrees and 20 years of research in History and the Media. So please, you little pathetic remarks, keep them to yourself...

"The private sector got us into this mess. The government has to get us out of it," said Barney Frank, which illustrates why conservatives often say liberals have a socialist bent. Free market conservatives understand that many problems have been caused by government's officious intermeddling in the private sector. The subprime mortgage crisis is no exception. History has shown that liberal prescriptions don't work, but when they fail, liberals invariably not only deny responsibility for their do-gooder manipulation but also insist on even more government intrusion. Think of it as "the hair of the dog" remedy on steroids. For example,...

I read a FR thread the other night that said IGNORE liberals (like hanging up on a prank phone caller). One problem...they don't care about being ignored by you and there's never going to be unanimous compliance with ignoring them. Liberals really believe they are intellectually superior and there is no contest about it. Far worse than a Latter Day Saint pushing the word door to door, liberals believe it is their mission to push the word of liberalism. Logic and dissection of their arguments is futile every time - they never say, "Good point"...never say, "I didn't think of...

"...Getting to the bottom of evolution...Genetic study investigates the origin of the anus...research is opening a lively debate on the origin of the anus...Today, two evolutionary biologists have published genetic evidence in Nature1 that they claim refutes the leading theory of anal evolution..."

If Barak Obama pulls off a win this year, either by legal, or not-so-legal means? Given the current economic climate and other factors...how are you preparing? Are you preparing?

Startle Response Linked to Politics More Sensitive May Mean More Conservative, Study Finds By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 19, 2008; A09 People who startle easily in response to threatening images or loud sounds seem to have a biological predisposition to adopt conservative political positions on many hot-button issues, according to unusual new research published yesterday. The finding suggests that people who are particularly sensitive to signals of visual or auditory threats also tend to adopt a more defensive stance on political issues, such as immigration, gun control, defense spending and patriotism. People who are less sensitive...

A new study argues the choice is tied to DNA, and one camp is scared. Die-hard liberals and conservatives aren't made; they're born. It's literally in their DNA. That's the suggestion of a study by a group of researchers who wanted to see if there was a biological basis for people's political attitudes. They found to their surprise that opinions on such contentious issues as gun control, pacifism and capital punishment are strongly associated with physiological traits that are probably present at birth. The key is the differing levels of fear that people naturally feel. "What is revolutionary about this...

"Shovel your ratings" appears to be Morning Joe's subliminal message to Keith Olbermann today. With the latest ratings showing Rachel Maddow's new MSNBC show beating Olbermann's Countdown, the MJ panel went out of its way to congratulate Maddow on her success, repeatedly mentioning what a "good person" she is and how nice it is to see such people do well. The crew was riffing off the Drudge headline "Move Over, Olbermann, Rachel Maddow Tops MSNBC Ratings." As seen in the Drudge screencap [after the jump], on Tuesday Maddow beat Olbermann--the perennial MSNBC ratings leader--by a count of 1.8 million to...

Right before the 1796 presidential election, Charlie Gibson of ABC interviewed Thomas Jefferson. However, the version that aired and the actual transcript were quite different. Mark Levine got a hold of the original text and released it on his website, where it is faithfully reproduced here.

THE STAR TREATMENT Actress Janeane Garofalo: Jail all Republicans Activist says GOP 'small-minded,' only Democrats 'decent' The latest "Real Time with Bill Maher" show erupted into a vicious 4-against-1 bashfest of conservative columnist John Fund and Republicans in general, culminating in one left-leaning guest on the panel calling for all Republicans to be "jailed." From the start of the HBO show, Hollywood activist Janeane Garofalo, a Barack Obama supporter, expressed agitation over the overnight national popularity of GOP vice presidential nod Gov. Sarah Palin, who has helped running mate John McCain pull within the statistical margin of error of Obama...

Allegedly manipulative conservative religious voter guides often get lots of media play. But Religious Left groups publish their own guidance, although for a much smaller potential constituency. The 1.2 million member United Church of Christ (UCC), whose elites are probably the most left-leaning of all major U.S. denominations, has helpfully composed “Our Faith, Our Hope” guides to direct how liberal Christians should think in politically correct terms about climate controversies, socialized medicine, the U.S. presence in Iraq, immigration and the Welfare State.

The function of a journalist long ago metastasized from being one that reports what is happening in as objective a manner as possible to one who fancies himself (or herself) a kind of modern day crusader, desirous of righting the wrongs around them, revealing injustices, and saving the planet from second-hand smoke, chlorofluorocarbons, God and conservatives (quite possibly in that order). Perceptions and reality are often as one. In a Fox News poll published in late July, almost 70% of Americans said they believed that the majority of those who frolic in the rolling meadows of the main stream media...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:  This report studied the voting records of Senator Obama and Senator Reid as provided by Project Vote Smart (see links below).  Obama supports the Democratic leadership as much as McCain supported the Republicans.  But unlike McCain, when Obama bucks his party, it is not to work as a bi-partisan to come up with a solution, but it is to move to a more liberal extreme position pandering to the far left elements of the party.  One of Obama's most disgusting plunges to far-left liberalism was to protect adults (non-parents) from talking minor children across state lines for abortions. ...

Paul Reiser used to make a million dollars an episode, now he’s writing for free at Huffpo and probably refreshing the comments every 8-seconds to take the pulse of his self-worth. Four times now, Barack Obama Who’s Not A Muslim has accused McCain of racism with his “I don’t look like…” race baiting, but Reiser calls foul on McCain: "So everyone’s talking about the nasty spike of nastiness in the presidential race — a spike brilliantly orchestrated by the Republican machinery — and Republican John McCain takes a moment to point out that even this is Barack Obama’s fault. Y’see,...

From Lindsay Lohan's Blog.... --------------- I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin. I couldn't be more supportive of a woman in office, but let's face it, it comes down to the person, and their beliefs, male or female. Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth control? Or to have sex before marriage? Or even to have a child out of wedlock? I find it quite interesting that a woman who now is running to be second in command of the United States,...

Top Left Radio Host Suggests Palin Might Sleep With Teen Boys TOP LEFT RADIO HOST SUGGESTS PALIN MIGHT SLEEP WITH TEEN BOYS

Liberal radio host, Randi Rhodes went on a tirade about Sarah Palin and who she thinks the GOP VP nominee hangs around with with. AUDIO

Will it still be a liberal? Have fun with this one freepers!

CABARET, Haiti - Matt Damon stayed calm and joked around while he helped with a chaotic food distribution Saturday in western Haiti, where hundreds of people remain homeless and hungry. He arrived in the town of Cabaret with Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean to distribute rice, beans and oil to residents of a town that saw 60 people die in flash floods when Hurricane Ike grazed Haiti last week.

Note: Go to the site and see the images this guy claims are subliminal messages in McCain's ads. Toooo funnyMind control McCain style It has been widely known but not widely discussed that Advertisers have been using subliminal techniques to get the attention and subconsciously influence the behavior of consumers. Psychologists and advertisers have demonstrated proof that people are capable of reacting to and being influenced by images that are shown for as little as 1/20th of a second. The nature of reaction can be so subtle that it cant even be felt by the victim of persuasion but it...

ActivistCash.com, a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom, provides the public and media with in-depth profiles of anti-consumer activist groups, along with information about the sources of their exorbitant funding. Despite their innocent-sounding names, many of these organizations are financial Goliaths that use junk science, intimidation tactics, and even threats of violence to push their radical agendas. We've analyzed over 500,000 pages of IRS records to bring you a comprehensive snapshot of where their money comes from, tracking more than $800 million to date. As you read through the site, you may be surprised by some of the connections...

Democratic Party fundraisers John Graham and Michael Kempner have scheduled a Sept. 22 money event for former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, who’s running for U.S. Senate to succeed retiring Sen. John Warner (R-VA). Members of the Clinton fundraising team called the Group, Graham and Kempner have their own ties to Warner, whom they talked to last year during the run-up to the Democratic presidential primary. At the time, Warner was mulling a presidential run. He ultimately opted instead for a U.S. Senate bid. By helping to raise money for the Virginian, Graham and Kempner still have their eye on presidential...

Jack Wheeler is a brilliant man who was the author of Reagan's strategy to break the back of the Soviet Union with the star wars race and expose their inner weakness. For years he wrote a weekly intelligence update that was extremely interesting and well structured and informed. He consults(ed) with several mega corporations on global trends and the future, etc. I think he is in semi-retirement now. He is a true patriot with a no-nonsense approach to everything. He is also a somewhat well known mountain climber and adventurer. Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler The O-man, Barack Hussein Obama,...

Now, I know what you’re thinking: what moderate Republicans? It’s true: the most endangered political species today is not a liberal Democrat but a moderate Republican. But that’s “endangered,” not “extinct.” They’re out there, folks, and a lot of them are feeling betrayed by their own party. They just don’t understand how a party that always says it trusts in the people is now trying to tell us how to live, what to believe, whom to include, whom to exclude, and what we can or can’t teach our children. They’re even getting involved in the most personal decision a family...

The liberal blogosphere — which usually erupts with ad hominem attacks on the messenger whenever it is subject to the mildest, even-handed criticisms — has been eerily silent since last week’s revelation that MyDD.com founder and DailyKos ally Jerome Armstrong is the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation for allegedly taking money to promote a stock on a prominent online bulletin board.