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Hey all! I've been inactive for a while but now I need your help. You see, back in 2007 I watched an interview with then candidate Obama wherein he actually discussed what he deemed his great strength as a candidate in the context of answering a question about if people who vote for him will end up being disappointed in a President Obama. I remember the conversation with reasonable clarity BUT I do not remember who the interview was with, what channel ... though I'm pretty sure that it had to be before the election. Here is why this is...

The GOPe is running a bluff on conservatives, "Vote for Paul Ryan or else!" Here are the facts: 1. The Chamber of Commerce already has $100 million raised to target tea party Republicans. They are your enemy and going along with Ryan won't change this. 2. ALL Republicans are going to face the wave of anti-establishment sentiment in the country. Every ad I see is, "Joe Republican stood up to Obama..." That's the focus group tested phrase, "...stood up to Obama." Giving Obama everything he wants isn't standing up! 3. The GOPe has the most to lose. They are in...

The Progressive Movement: A Synopsis All productive discourse must begin on a point of agreement in order to have meaningful results. Conservatives are not in agreement regarding the Progressive Movement. The Progressive Movement arose around the beginning of the 20th century. Socialist support gave the movement a bad name and they began to call themselves Liberals. However, as of late, bolstered by the open Socialist support they have returned to calling themselves Progressives. The socialist support makes it nearly impossible to distinguish between Democrats, Socialist, and Socialist Democrat. I will share my opinion about the origin and agenda of the...

No text from article. Carson is just 2.5 points behind Trump in the overall polling - why? Carson is doing something right even in light of Trump being in the headlines the most, almost 2 to 1 over Carson. Who are the people that are following him? Secular Conservatives? Christian conservatives? Liberal RINO's? Libertarians? What has he been doing to get such a following? If you believe Trump will be the nominee because of the polls, you have got to believe that Carson is a threat to Trumps achievement. I have an idea why he is high in the polls...

Regardless of who may be right or wrong on the current Trump/Bush keeping America safe debate, the bottom line is whose policies would you rather have in place going forward and which will keep America safer? Trump's deport and secure the border policy or Bush's amnesty and open borders?

The American media has been providing evidence since 2013, that the so-called Free Syrian Army and The Al-Nusra Front, are one and the same organization. Here is a Washington Times article from 2013: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/30/al-nusra-front-free-syrian-army-seize-border-cross/ Al-Nusra Front, as the Washington Times makes clear, is the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda Have Al Qaeda now become the "moderates"? The so-called Syrian moderates belong to a movement that has killed more Americans than ISIS (Remember 911?) ISIS used to be the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda, before they re-organized themselves into a new movement - ISIL/ISIS Both the Al-Nusra Front and ISIS want...

In 1991, Russia had one of the lowest birth rates in the world. The population of Russia reduced every single year from 1991 to 2011, because of an ageing population. Vladimir Putin began to address the problem in 1997, by paying mothers who had more than one child $11,000. The government also gave people the opportunity to win prize money, cars, refrigerators, etc., if they had babies. Putin also gave families days off work to help increase birth rates and take care of young children. Finally, the heavy investment in the future of Russians began to bring results. In the...

VANITY Sanders email line (scripted) shows he's nothing more than part of the Clinton shell game. Have someone even older than her and more to the left run to make her appear vigorous and moderate. Sanders is leading Hillary in some of the northeast states, but she'll wipe him off the map in the south. None of the candidates laid a glove on Hillary. Contrast this with the constant bomb tossing Trump gets as the front runner in the GOP race. Hillary had also been supplied with the questions in advance. She started answering the first one immediately after it...

This video is of a NBC Nightly News report on Cecile Richards testifying to Congress on Planned Parenthood recently. It's a textbook case of secular-humanist media bias, so a good one to take a close look at: As Lester Holt introduces the report, there are some distant, hazy shots of pro-life activists holding signs. Holt's introduction focuses on the day's hearing almost entirely, barely mentioning what the whole matter was even about. He says the hearing was “contentious,” with Cecile Richards “offering a spirited defense,” just before Kelly O'Donnell's report begins. But with Holt's introduction completely devoted to the “contentious”...

Every day brings us closer to what I'm convinced will be a VERY UGLY time in what remains of America, the IDEA! The "progressives" (aka "communists") will continue pushing until they provoke a reaction from those who still remember what freedom was. As was the case in 1775, the flash point will almost certainly be a thrust to seize private firearms and related items. It is then that we will see what their plans are for those MILLIONS OF ROUNDS of ammunition and thousands of weapons now in the hands of previously UNARMED bureaucracies. Oh, did I mention that millions...

America's power is being tested to a greater extent, than in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961. Russia is attacking the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist organization, the Free Syrian Army, which is a so-called ally of America. China indicated that it will join the military strikes against the anti-Assad forces, because China considers Assad as an ally: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/100915-774990-china-joining-russia-to-humiliate-us-weakened-by-obama.htm China is now ready to fight to defend its unilateral control of the Spratley Islands in the South China Sea. Does America have enough military power to defeat a combined force of Russia and China?

 In the unlikely event that the President were ever impeached, what would Senator Mitch McConnell's position be regarding arbitrary restrictions on the scope of prosecution?  On Sunday, November 24, 1963, my sister and I were watching TV in our pajamas. Our Mom was standing behind us, watching too. We watched Lee Harvey Oswald get shot by Jack Ruby on live TV. We listened to various news stories through the years for explanations of those memorable events. As a teenager I listened to a "Boston Conspiracy Conference" carried live for several days in the 1970s on KPFK, socialist radio in Los Angeles. I...

Says pretty much how it is, an old spiritual that rocks and talks... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b6xuHwAj2A God Bless

. Florida Republicans and Conservatives … Let’s defeat “Barack Hussein Obama” in November 2012 and reclaim America for George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton (et al) ! Newt Gingrich is a conservative revolutionary, with the COURAGE to stand-against President Bush (41) when Bush foolishly broke his "Read My Lips, No New Taxes" promise. Future President Newt Gingrich includes these promises in his "21st Century Contract with America": 1) Abolish the EPA 2) FIRE Federal Reserve Banker Bernanke 3) Actively protect America against Islamic Jihad 4) Prayer in the Public Schools -- RETURNED 5) Liberal (Activist) Federal Judges REMOVED 6) Business...

Just felt like a victory lap was called for. You know who posted the FR article on McCarthy's "alleged" adultery? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3341101/posts Of course, I found internet articles confirming the rumor I had heard, so real credit must go to Breitbart, GotNews and Haymaker for uncovering the scandal back when McCarthy had just been chosen... but I was amazed no-one was running with this as a way of opposing McCarthy and his liberalism. So I turned to the best source I know of to get people talking about important things. So of course, despite my cheekiness, the real thanks goes to...

Proviso – for those who know the answer right off the bat this is entirely obvious. But there are new people to the fight for our God-given and Constitutionally affirmed Civil-Rights just entering the fray and so this is for them. So why does the #nationalSocialistLeft obsess over this issue. It wouldn’t of helped in many recent shootings so it’s a pointless exercise if it is supposed to ‘solve’ this problem. So why do the gun gabbers keep circling back to carp on this talking point ad nauseam? It’s simple to understand if one just works backward from the gun...

Our Freeper Friend Jeff Head was diagnosed with a serious (they all are to me) form of cancer just before Christmas Please help me approach the prayer throne for our friend Jeff Head who is in Houston currently from his home in Idaho to have surgery & treatment at MD Anderson for his cancer. He will be able to respond on occasion. You can follow his story & the particulars of the cancer at his blog/HERE You might know him for many reasons.. His great mind & posts on this forum .. at which he was Freeper of the...

People wanting to restrict guns based on the Oregon shooting keep demanding "We have to do something!!!" Well, we can do something. Unfortunately, our wonderful RINO establishment won't push for it. Instead of allowing the left to drive the "conversation", our own approach should be promoted, loud and clear. Here's what we can do to help prevent these atrocities: 1. Control the border - Most illegal guns come from drug gangs smuggling weapons across. If you don't know who's coming in, you don't know which ones are armed. 2. Eliminate gun free zones - Federal buildings that disallow guns have...

You know, I heard on the incredible radio program of Bob Burney today, which I don't listen to nearly enough, what took place last night in Oklahoma. In the dead of the night, they cowardly removed a Ten Commandments monument from the state capitol grounds. When you do this at 10:30 at night, yes those are the actions of cowards. I'm reading these days in Deuteronomy, as some of you who listen to my modest Blog Talk show may be aware. What does God instruct in Deuteronomy Chapter 27, the first 8 verses? He instructs His people to keep His...