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A former White House adviser has been arrested and charged by the FBI with stealing $218,005 from charter schools he helped found. Seth Andrew, 42, served under former President Barack 0bama as a senior adviser in the Office of Educational Technology. He was arrested on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to a financial institution. Federal prosecutors said that he used more than half of the allegedly stolen money to maintain his bank account above a threshold that enabled him to get better interest rates for a mortgage of his multimillion Manhattan apartment. “As alleged, Seth...

According to the Constitution, to be eligible for the presidency (or vice presidency), a person must be a “natural born citizen” of the United States. The purpose of this restriction is to prevent a foreigner from becoming the nation’s chief executive. How can people become U.S. citizens? There are just two ways; either they are born citizens or they become citizens later in life. In the first case, anyone who is a citizen by nature of his birth is a “natural born citizen.” In the second case, anyone who is a citizen of another country at birth, but is granted...

Republicans should welcome a comparison of the history of the GOP with that of the Democratic Party – the party of slavery and socialism, Big Government and the Ku Klux Klan. To quote Back to Basics for the Republican Party: “The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more the Democrats will worry about the future of theirs.” Here,you can test your knowledge. The answers are below. Q. How many Democrats in Congress voted to abolish slavery? 127 95 34 0 Q. Which park was established by a future Chairman of the Republican National Committee? Central...

On this day in 1901, the Alabama Democratic Party called for a convention to write a new state constitution that would prohibit African-Americans from voting. Despite vocal opposition from Booker T. Washington and other Republican civil rights activists, the Democrat scam succeeded. Democrats dominated Alabama's 1901 constitutional convention, and its chairman was a Democrat. In his opening address, he said: "If we would have white supremacy, we must establish it by law -- not by force or fraud... The negro is descended from a race lowest in intelligence and moral precepts of all the races of men." Alabama's African-American citizens...

On this day in 1967, Che Guevara, the Argentine communist, was executed by the Bolivian Army. He and his pals had invaded Bolivia a few days earlier in hope of establishing a communist dictatorship. [At left, an Obama campaign office in Texas proudly displays an icon of Che Guevara on the Cuban flag.] While working for Fidel Castro, Che Guevara had ordered the execution of nearly two thousand anti-communists. He boasted that he had shot dozens of prisoners with his favorite pistol. [At left, a Democrat judge in Ohio displays a picture of Che Guevara alongside a picture of his...

On July 2, 2008, Barack Obama announced: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." Obama's Civilian National Security Force: • What sort of people would be in this paramilitary force? • What sort of weapons would they have? • Who would command them? • Would they be subordinate to the U.S. military? • Would they be subordinate to the police? • What would be the purpose of this paramilitary...

On this day in 1937, sixteen Republican Senators voted against confirming a former Ku Klux Klan member to the U.S. Supreme Court. Senator Hugo Black (D-AL) was known to have been in the KKK, but President Franklin Roosevelt and the Democratic Party kept the documentary proof hidden until after his confirmation.

Most history books written by Democrat professors downplay the fact that the Worst President Ever was a Democrat. Did the Democrats nominate him? No, he was the 1864 Republican nominee for vice president.Andrew Johnson – Andrew Jackson Johnson, to be precise – was the only southern Senator not to go with the Confederacy. For being strong on nation security, this hardline Democrat was nominated to be Abraham Lincoln's 1864 running mate. // continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/andrew-johnson.html

A young, inexperienced orator captures the Democratic presidential nomination and squares off against the war hero and senior statesman nominated by the Republicans. Speaking as if from a pulpit, in a style learned from fiery preachers, the magnetic newcomer had the crowds swooning. I’m referring, of course, to the presidential election of 1896. [continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/barack-jennings-obama.html]

Most American history books -- but not Back to Basics for the Republican Party -- are written by liberal professors, who downplay or ignore Democrat villainy. As a result, few people today know the political element of the New York Draft Riot. Here's the story from the Republican point of view: On this day in 1863, Democrats began a four-day killing spree in New York City -- continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/the-new-york-draft-riot-was-democrats-attacking-republicans.html

On this day in 1960, per an executive order by President Dwight Eisenhower, the nation's 50-star flag became official. Especially on the Fourth of July, patriots salute Old Glory -- continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/mccain-is-a-hero-and-obama-is-a-zero.html

On this day in 1998, state senator Barack Obama was an honored guest at a gala dinner in Burbank, IL. Hosting the event was an anti-Israeli organization, the Arab American Action Network. The keynote speaker was PLO advisor Edward Said... [continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com}

Please pray for Zak Dievendorf! -Kit Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:18 PM Subject: Urgent prayers needed! Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ. I know some of you have already heard but others of you are not aware of the journey my family began yesterday. After seeing an Ear Nose and Throat Dr, we were referred to the University Pediactric Emergency Room. After a CAT Scan, & MRI the Dr's determined my son Zak (13) has a brain tumor. It is located in the brain stem where they are unable to operate and or biopsy. Our son is of great...

On this day in 1963, police in Birmingham, Alabama -- under the command of the Democrat sheriff, Eugene "Bull" Connor -- attacked several thousand African-American schoolchildren who were demonstrating peacefully for their civil rights. At the time, it should be noted, Connor was the Democratic National Committeeman for Alabama. Connor's men used dogs and clubs... [see http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com for more] Republicans would benefit tremendously from appreciating the heritage of our Grand Old Party. See www.republicanbasics.com for more information.

For decades after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan was the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party. Klansmen murdered hundreds of Republican activists and office-holders, including U.S. Representative James Hinds (R-Arkansas). On this day in 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed and the Republican President, Ulysses Grant, signed into law the Ku Klux Klan Act. The law banned the KKK and other Democrat terrorist organizations. President Grant then deployed federal troops to crush a Klan uprising in South Carolina. Eleven years later, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned most provisions of the Act. Though legalized, this original version of the...

For decades after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan was the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party. Klansmen murdered hundreds of Republican activists and office-holders, including U.S. Representative James Hinds (R-Arkansas). On this day in 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed and the Republican President, Ulysses Grant, signed into law the Ku Klux Klan Act. The law banned the KKK and other Democrat terrorist organizations. President Grant then... continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com. Each day, Grand Old Partisan -- http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com -- highlights 154 years of Republican heroes and heroics (and, occasionally, Democrat villainy).

Today, the nation's capital celebrates “Emancipation Day” –- commemorating the Republican Party's abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, on April 16, 1862. That’s right, the Republican Party freed the slaves in DC, despite fierce opposition from the Democrats. Of course, none of the Democrats running the DC Government dares mention that fact. During the Civil War, one of the nation’s leading abolitionists was U.S. Senator Henry Wilson (R-MA), who would later serve as Vice President during President Grant’s second term. In December 1861, Senator Wilson introduced a bill to abolish slavery in the District. The measure met with...

Saturday is the 150th anniversary of the first Republican National Convention, which opened on June 17, 1856. Why is it that Republicans are so easily outmaneuvered by Democrats? Why do Republicans so readily fight among themselves? Why is it so difficult to advance the Republican policy agenda? Here's why. Democrats control most of the media, but they also write most of the history books, thereby controlling what even Republican activists think they know about their Party's glorious heritage.