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Betty Ryan Douglas, who turned 78 last week, lives at least part time in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea in Broward County. A Republican, she has been registered to vote in Florida since 1997...... ....It was Paul Ryan’s mother who helped push him off the ski slopes and into politics. From Wisconsin Interest magazine: “Upon graduation, he headed to Oxford, Ohio, to attend Miami University. (Twenty-three years later, he would return to give the commencement speech.) His junior year, Ryan took an internship with Wisconsin Sen. Bob Kasten’s foreign affairs advisor. Ryan says he spent more time opening mail than working on the study...

WASHINGTON — A blistering letter written by former vice-presidential candidate Jack Kemp to congressional leaders, criticizing the 1998 U.S. bombing of Iraq, has raised new questions about whether he was promoting a secret agenda on behalf of Saddam Hussein's oil spy in the United States, The Post has learned.[snip] In a statement issued by Kemp's office, Empower America, over the weekend, the former upstate GOP congressman and Buffalo Bill football star said he believed Vincent was "motivated by the national security of the United States and thought the Iraqi government believed the sanctions could never be lifted, which he...

No nationalists on Jack's 'shining hill' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 19, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 Creators Syndicate, Inc. "A struggle is underway for the soul of the Republican Party, between a minority of protectionist xenophobes and those who are pro-trade and pro-immigration." Thus does Jack Kemp begin a column in which he jettisons the black conservative running for Congress in North Carolina whom he earlier endorsed. Kemp accuses Vernon Robinson of "running a very negative and aggressive anti-immigration campaign ... contrary to the core values of the party of Lincoln." Jack is right about that struggle for the soul...

CAMARILLO, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salem Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: SALM - News), the leading radio broadcaster focused on religious and family themes programming, said that Salem Radio Network (SRN), a division of Salem Communications, this morning announced that former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett will host a new, national morning talk radio show on the network beginning Monday, April 5th. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040225/SALEMLOGO ) "We'll deliver a fast-paced, eye opening national morning show with news, headline-making guests from the worlds of politics, media, sports and entertainment, and we'll open up a dialogue with listeners from coast to coast every...

Thursday, October 30, 2003 Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Empower America 10th Anniversary Dinner Remarks Rumsfeld: Thank you thank you very much. Thank you I appreciate that. Well, this is a delight! Joyce and I are so pleased to be here. Organizations come and go they start and they end only a few last a decade and very few not only last a decade but make the kinds of contributions that this organization has and I must say that Floyd and all of those that support this organization -- congratulations to you. You're doing a good thing and I...

No Plan? Go it Alone? 'Humbug,' Rumsfeld Says By Linda D. KozarynAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2003 – When Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gives a speech, people listen. When he responds to people's questions, they really listen. Unfettered by prepared remarks, Rumsfeld tells it the way he sees it – with style, Rumsfeld style. Last night, for example, the secretary spoke at the 10th anniversary of the founding of Empower America, a group devoted to ensuring government actions foster growth, economic well-being, freedom and individual responsibility. Rumsfeld received Empower America's Freedom Award for distinguished public service during...

'Virtues' author concedes heavy gambling From the National Desk Published 5/3/2003 7:06 AM WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Conservative author of "The Book of Virtues," Bill Bennett, concedes he has wagered millions of dollars in Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos during the past decade but says it's not a moral problem, Newsweek Magazine reported Saturday. The popular author, lecturer and Republican Party activist is a "preferred customer" in at least four casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, the magazine said. Bennett's games of choice are video poker and slot machines, some at $500 a pull. The former drug...