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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, fresh off the first Democratic candidates’ debate on CNN this week, will hold a campaign rally Friday in Market Square in Alexandria, her campaign announced Friday. Market Square is located in the heart of Old Town Alexandria, at 301 King St. Clinton will travel to Alexandria Friday, Oct. 23 to rally grassroots supporters with Gov. Terry McAuliffe, to continue building her organization outside of the four early states, and work for votes ahead of the March 1 Virginia primary. McAuliffe is a family friend and longtime supporter who was co-chairman of Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.

Chris Plante Dan Joseph Bob Parks Cal Thomas Terry Jeffrey Brent Bozell Brent Baker Mia Love, Mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah Howard Portnoy at our table This after-action report comes to you courtesy of Matthew Sheffield (an Editor at NewsBusters and President of Dialog New Media). At Matt's invitation, Angelwood and BufordP had the pleasure of attending the Media Research Center DisHonor Awards Gala Dinner on Thursday, September 26. Thank you, Matt, for allowing us to join in the festivities: A fun-filled evening with other conservatives, great dinner and participation in voting for the DisHonor award winners from the...

If a Marine spots two men in his battalion kissing off-duty at a shopping mall, he should react as if he were seeing a man and woman. If he turns on the television news to see a fellow Marine dressed as a civilian and marching in a parade with a banner that reads, "Support Gays and Lesbians in the Military!" he should accept it as a free right of expression. Prescriptions for those possible scenarios are being played out at Marine bases as the military prepares to allow gays to openly serve, ending a 17-year-old policy commonly known as "don't...

Time: December 5, 2009 from 11am to 2pm Location: BJ's Street: 13053 Fair Lakes Shopping Center City/Town: Fairfax VA Website or Map: http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin Event Type: book, signing Organized By: O. P. Ditch Latest Activity: 1 day ago

Week 233 (Oct 2) Week 232 (Sep 25) [Mr] Trooprally Me and Fraxinus Cindy-True-Supporter RonGKirby Week 233 (Oct 2)   Week 232 (Sep 25) CTS and Dennis from Families United [Mrs]texaschip Sep 25: A woman pulled over and asked Dennis does he think "we", meaning herself and her ilk, don’t support the troops. Cindy suggested she pull into the parking lot to talk. So she did and they talked for about 30 minutes. She had an Obama sticker on her car window. Said she graduated from Howard University. She said we don’t read enough to see how good Obama...

If Matt Latimer’s new book had been released a few weeks ago, the Tea Party marchers would have hoisted him onto their shoulders and carried him -- laughing and cheering -- all the way up Capitol Hill. Laughing, because Latimer’s new book,Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor, renews conservatives’ license to chuckle at ourselves. Cheering, because it lifts the burden of George W. Bush from our shoulders. There are only two kinds of people who won’t like this book. First are the liberal media who tied the Gordian knot that binds conservatism to Bush. As Byron York reported in...

Week 225 (Aug 7) Week 224 (Jul 31) Lurker Bill Memorial Statue Cindy_True_Supporter, me RonGKirby [Mr] Trooprally Fraxinus, me Jimmy Valentine's Brother Week 225 (Aug 7)   Week 224 (Jul 31) Lurker Bill Memorial Statue Jul 31st - I wasn't there but Mr T tells me the weather was great which seems obvious from the beautiful sunset photo taken by Mrs T that you can see near the upper left corner. They were paid a visit by a troop who was assigned to Walter Reed 6 months ago and works as an LPN. She was previously assigned to Ft...

Week 216 (June 5) Week 217 (June 12) ToleranceSucksRocks, Fraxinus [Mr] Trooprally Lurker Bill, Cindy_true_supporter Small bus RonGKirby Bus Week 216 (June 5) Week 217 (June 12) RonG's shirt Titusville crew, Frax, and TSR VFW Post 5958 June 5th - Drizzly rain. I wasn't there. Then the bus. The End. June 12th - Drizzly rain. I wasn't there. Then the ... NO, WAIT! The weather was great and I WAS there! We got a visit from the Titusville VFW. Bob, Beth, and Carrie drove all the way from the other side of Pennsyvania to spend the evening with us...

About 10 anti-abortion protesters gathered across the street from a downtown Wichita vigil where supporters of George Tiller remembered the slain abortion provider. The protesters outside Sunday's vigil were from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, which also pickets military funerals. The protesters held signs emblazoned with such messages as "Abortion is bloody murder" and "Baby killer in hell." The protesters and about 20 Tiller supporters shouted at each other. A large number of police officers stood by to make sure the scene stayed under control.

Honor Roll: Hellinahandcart, sauropod, bufordp, gunsareok, fraxinus, Cindy True Supporter , Buford’s friend Vijay, Rod Bemo, [Mrs] Trooprally, Angelwood People seen: Frank Luntz, David Schuster, Carl Cameron, Norah O’Donnell, Michael Barone, Al Sharpton, Kiran Chetry, Michael Hayden, Rep. Ed Markey, David Axelrod, George Stepanopolous, Cindy McCain, John Fund, Steve Moore, Ricky Schroeder, Matthew Modine, Bob Corker, Mort Kondracke, Claire Shipman? Code pinkos, Ben Nelson, Mort Zuckerman, Steve Centanni We arrived at 5 pm at the Washington Hilton (Connecticut and T Street) and several FReepers were already set up. Cindy-True-Supporter had a great sign that compared Abraham Lincoln’s America to...

BufordP and Cindy-True-Supporter Fraxinus Lurker Bill Pics of "not the usual" perps. While we were setting up for Walter Reed, a little excitement happened. About four patrol cars sped around our corner chasing another vehicle and all came to a screeching halt at the entrance to the lot we use to park our cars. During the commotion a couple of fellows coming from Walter Reed entered the lot to retrieve their cars. Since they were unable to leave the parking lot I had a chance to talk to one of the young men. Found out he was from India....

Everyone knows it's Windy! Boy, it was windy! Gusts up to 40 mph. It was our 4th Anniversary and we were going to unveil our new MOAB. Had we put up the MOAB Windy would have... Tripped down the streets of the cityand destroyed it,Smilin' at everybody she sees.But it wouldn't have been funny. Not at all. Windy even captured a moment ... and Cindy's sign ... and sent it sailing right into a little kid in a stroller. Nope, the new MOAB unveiling will have to wait - weather permitting. Honor Roll: Cindy-True-Supporter; [Mr/Mrs] Trooprally; Lurker Bill; RonGKirby;...

The Zambian economist and author of the new book Dead Aid explains her beef with the U2 frontman, her love for the Chinese, and her high hopes for her home continent. If there is such a thing as a sensation in African development, it would be Dambisa Moyo. The author of the new book Dead Aid, she has taken on many of the conventions of the relationship between the West and Africa--aid, celebrity spokespeople, the "China does bad" storyline that has been covered in this magazine. In her book, she argues that government aid has not helped Africa, despite...

Cindy-T-S and Frax RonGKirby Lurker Bill Conversation with Bruce: "Bruce, thanks for holding signs protesting against cuts in troop funding. With Obama as President, it has never been more appropriate." Mr Trooprally and me OUR 4TH ANNIVERSARY IS THIS FRIDAY! That means the MOAB Slogan Contest has reached A. Chris Shendow. What Chris Shendow has to do with the slogan contest and how it reached him - I don't know. But I was told it reached him and I'm happy to report. The unveiling of the new banner should take place this Friday - weather permitting. Stayed tuned to...

 Photo credit: Marooned in Marin It's been six years since President Bush launched an attack on - not Iraq, not Bagdad, not a country and its people, but - Saddam Hussein -- Saddam Hussein and; those who would attack the U.S. And on this anniversary day, Brian Becker, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.) or cANSWER ("CANCER") as we like to call it, organized his scruffy, useless, parasitic contingent to march on Washington once again. The DC Chapter has been there each time to counter protest. In the early years, cANSWER was able round up great...

I know the term “Orwellian” has probably been overused lately, but it is truly applicable. When someone says what he actually means like Rush Limbaugh did a few weeks ago, people are somewhat confused. I have some advice for us all. Let’s take a look at a familiar phrase: “I am personally against abortion, but I don’t want to impose my beliefs on others.” See how comfortably the top rail of that fence fits in your crotch? Now do you know why Arlen Specter walks funny? You recognize the evils of abortion - I mean, who doesn’t - but if...

Many Freepers don't believe it, and though there is very little evidence on the internet, we do now have proof that Mister Obama has from time to time spent quality time with the troops. Mister Obama talking to a troop outside the Men's Room. Is that a bottle of Purell? Our very stealthy PleaDeal snuck into Walter Reed behind Mister Obama's very large entourage of Secret Service agents, staffers, manicurists and pedicurists, make-up personnel, and general purpose "yes" men as they entered the facility. Once inside, she was able to take some very rare and candid photos. It's not...

Fraxinus and [Mr] Trooprally RonGKirby and me VictoryNY Lurker Bill It's getting cold in DC. Tomorrow will be even colder. Possibly in the single digits when the DC Freepers man the streets and keep the perps away and down the block. Pray they're able to make it through the night. Sadly, I won't be there. I need to pick the wife up at the airport. MOAB Slogan Contest Current MOAB has been in use for some time and is starting to show a lot of wear and tear. Time for a new one. Here's our current Son of MOAB...

Santa looks in on a car full of kids. Tells them they're all getting coal in their stockings! Sent them all off crying. BAD Santa! Notice you'll never see Mr Trooprally and Santa together in the same picture? Lurker Bill Mr Scrooge! What's the CO2-friendly equivalent for coal? MOAB Slogan Contest Current MOAB has been in use for some time and is starting to show a lot of wear and tear. Time for a new one. Here's our current MOAB as seen in Freep 193. The Original MOAB read: GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS LIBERATING THE WORLD OF ONE TYRANT...

The Trooprally's did it to me again. Left town for the weekend. It was another Friday afternoon dinner at their house. I usually go over to their house right after work and spend a few hours killing time before the three of us head down to Walter Reed to keep Code Pink away from the front gate. We were sitting down to eat and [Mr] Trooprally says, "Me and the Mrs are going out of town next Saturday." Cindy-True-Supporter and Janet I should of jumped up out of my chair right then and pretended that I needed to go...