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Erykah Badu is singing the blues after unintentionally sparking Obama drama on social media. The soulful Grammy Award winner took to Twitter seeking the former first family’s forgiveness for being a "terrible guest" by posting pictures and videos of Barack Obama’s massive 60th birthday party in Martha’s Vineyard on Aug. 7. "Mr. And Mrs. Obama, Please forgive me 4 being the ‘terrible guest’ at such a sacred event for your family," Badu, 50, real name Erica Wright, tweeted Thursday. The "Window Seat" singer’s unauthorized social media posts showed the birthday boy with wife Michelle, 57, dancing mask-free among the hundreds...

An enthusiastic House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told a news conference on Wednesday, “Donald Trump pulled off an amazing political feat, and he deserves tremendous credit for that. It helped us keep our majorities, but it also showed the country that people don’t like the direction we were going. We need to change direction.“And what I’m excited about is, we in Congress, along with our nominee who is now the president-elect, offered a very specific and clear and coherent agenda on which direction we should take the country, and that is now the direction we are going to go. And...

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews calls Obama the ‘perfect American’ — again MSNBC host Chris Matthews just can’t say enough nice things about President Obama. Already remembered for 2008 remarks about Mr. Obama’s speech sending a “thrill” up his leg, Mr. Matthews has now suggested the president may be “the perfect American.” Mr. Matthews‘ comments on Wednesday’s episode of “Hardball” came in context of discussion of Southern Poverty Law Center findings of a correlation between White House pushes for gun control and a rise in patriot group memberships. “I look at Obama as perfect American,” Mr. Matthews said, according to the show’s...

The maelstrom of political controversy regarding Free Republic founder Jim Robinson and his attitude towards the then Republican presidential candidate front runner and odds-on favorite to win the nomination, as anointed by the msm as the weakest candidate in the Repuplican field, was one punctuated by severe criticism of Mr. Robinson for his uncompromising, vituperative take-no-prisoners stance towards the liberal bent, RINO candidate Mr. Romney,as unacceptable under any circumstances as Republican Party nominee in the 2012 presidential election. While his intensely vociferous stance against Mr. Romney surprised, confused, alienated many, the political rationale for the utter blanket rejection of Mr....

I'd like to express my thanks to our astute and vigilant Admin Mods for doing such a great job in ZOTTING Trolls and pulling threads which don't belong on Free Republic. I'm sure we can agree that Freepers enjoy, even relish, a good debate among individuals who hold differing socio/political views, and interests. Our openness ends when Trolls attempt to enter the discussion not with the intent to argue in defense of their convictions, but rather-to attack an ideology, or political candidate, or individual- all under the guise of "joining in on the discussion". This form of deception and false...

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown said he has no plans to run for president next year, but will support Mitt Romney if the former Republican Massachusetts governor jumps in the race.

One of the dumbest things about the Clark kerfuffle is that because there are so many elements of military service that people respect, the narrow critique he’s offering against McCain seems almost beside the point. I see service mainly as a testament to character and fortitude; others see it as evidence of good judgment, and others as an important lesson for a C-in-C to have (i.e. “experience”) before committing other men to war. So far as I know, McCain has never staked his own wartime ordeal to any one of these, preferring to let voters draw whatever they find most...

I just wanted to publicly thank you Jim for restoring my account today. I also made this post to apologize to the following FReepers: Jim Robinson, John Robinson, BobJ, Doug from Upland, Howlin, nopardons, onyx, Golden Eagle, and any others I might have missed that are still here for the assorted personal attacks and badmouthings I made about them while associated with TLBSHOW and sites like ClownPosse/Anti Kooking/Anti Freeping. However DON'T expect me to be making more personal attacks against such former associates. I have returned here as a part of a Gun Rights Crusade I'm currently engaged in and...

TRANSCRIPT FROM TUCKER CARLSON SHOW: Adding to the sexism, elitism, faith, and threat cards in the White House arsenal, comes the "far right" card. Speaking in support of Harriet Miers on Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show last night was Brad Blakeman, described by Carlson as "a former deputy assistant to President Bush [who] shared an office with Harriet Miers for three years." I'm posting the entire transcript of the Blakeman interview below. Go to the parts in bold to see the "far right" business. CARLSON: ...today one of the many questions regarding Harriet Miers has been answered, in part, anyway, in...

The title carries punch: "World Mayor 2005.'' And for the second year in a row, San Francisco's own Gavin Newsom has made the list of finalists in the Web-based, international competition in which constituents nominate their favorite mayor. Although Newsom hasn't been campaigning for the title, his administration's liaison to the gay community who works in the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services used his city e-mail Tuesday to drum up support for his boss. James "Jimmer'' Cassiol wrote to people on the e-mail list "gays4gavin" that now that Newsom has made the finals, "we need folks to take a minute...

Who are the Dummies? They are the extreme left wing liberal kooks of “Democratic Underground” known to us as DummyLand. Who are the Loonies? They are the phony conservatives of “LibertyPost” known to us a LoonyPost. What is common between Dummies and Loonies? I. They both hate President Bush and the Republican Party. For the Dummies President Bush is the worst President ever because he has cut our taxes, defends our freedom, protects our free market economy, destroys our terrorist enemies, removed the terrorist and brutal regime of Saddam Hussein, spreads freedom and democracy to the dark places of the...

Hey, Mr. Robinson, I like the new home page! Pleasing to the eye. Easier to navigate. Aye, matey, ya done good!

FreeRepublic: the safe-haven of the world. The one place of sanity in a global insane asylum. But what makes it safe? Or more correctly, WHO makes it safe? Why, the AdminMods and Jim Robinson, of course, as well as several others (no, not you, you vain freeper). But we seldom take the time to tell them "thanks" or "keep up the good work". Oh sure, we do it NOW, when the fundraisers happen, and we do it when there is a ZOT thread. But what if an Admin exerpts that was left unexerpted? Do you FReepmail him and say, "Thanks,...

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania May 8, 2003 For Immediate Release: Long-time Freeper William Wallace announced today that he has no complaints whatsoever about FreeRepublic. Wallace claims he harbors no animosity, deep-seated grudges or pathological hatred toward forum management and moderators. “I’m not as active on FR as I was during the Clinton years and the election controversy,” Wallace admitted. “I lurk a bit, but rarely post these days.” Wallace went through a period where he spent most of his free time here, but now mainly uses the forum as another news source and antidote to the mainstream media spin. “For the most...

Americans who value the Constitution should stand with Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., and oppose George Bush's attempted power grab in conjunction with establishing a Department of Homeland Security. The Bushies are trying to frame the debate as either protecting bureaucracy or providing security for Americans. In fact, the debate is about preventing an authoritarian president from sacrificing the Constitution in the name of providing security. Let me remind you that those who prefer security to freedom will lose both. Bush wants to be able to disregard labor contracts and civil-service rules, as well as move money within the department as...