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NEVER VOTE FOR THESE REPUBLICANS: THE UPDATED STORY When I first started lurking on FreeRepublic in late ‘98/early ’99 during the Clinton impeachment, one of the big threads was a piece from Freeper “Dead” entitled “NEVER VOTE FOR THESE REPUBLICANS”. It listed the names and titles of the Republicans in Congress who had given Clinton a free pass on every charge during impeachment. I was inspired to join FR because I too felt the rage over those Republicans who were more concerned about tearing down their own party than doing their duty to hold Clinton accountable. And I also...

THE MISERY OF BEING A HOUSE DEMOCRAT. Oppressed Minority by Michael Crowley Post date 06.12.03 Chris Van Hollen came to Washington to make a difference. Running for the House of Representatives in suburban Maryland last year, he called himself a candidate "for people who care about issues." The Washington Post agreed, raving that he had "the makings of an exceptionally effective member of Congress." Although he was an obscure state legislator at the time, Van Hollen worked furiously to defeat three strong opponents in a September primary, including the handsome and stupendously well-connected Mark Shriver, who happens to be the...

<p>WASHINGTON — Several of the House's more prominent and colorful members, including GOP leader Dick Armey and Democratic stalwart David Bonior, are leaving office with the close of this Congress. Some are taking the short walk down the Capitol hallway to the Senate. One took a longer trip to a Pennsylvania jail.</p>

<p>"Looks like the Bill Clinton era is over," the New York Post's Deborah Orin writes.</p> <p>"Democrats led by Clinton's handpicked chairman, Terry McAuliffe, decided [Wednesday] to take their 2004 national convention to Boston instead of New York — where Bill and Hillary Clinton could relive their 1992 glory days and be the stars of the show," Miss Orin said.</p>

In a race that began as a coronation for Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, U.S. Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. now has the edge in his quest to become the first Republican governor since Spiro T. Agnew was elected in 1966, according to a new independent poll. The survey of 869 likely voters taken Oct. 26-28 by Potomac Survey Research, sponsored by The Gazette and The (Baltimore) Sun, shows Ehrlich with 46 percent and Townsend with 42 percent of the vote. The margin of error is 3.4 percent. Twelve percent of likely voters are undecided.

Listening to WBAL Baltimore yesterday-Ron Smith Show 1090 AM As his guest he has Frank DeFilippo, the liberal political analyst for WBAL who represents the left in the Left/right crossfire style debates Ron has with him. Frank DeFilippo, press secretary to former (D) Gov. Marvin Mandel, stated that "Its was pure politics-a democrat media show" refering to the sniper press conference that featured MD and VA Democrat leaders. "And poor Connie who represents the area didn't even get invited".Anyone in Maryland who knows DeFilippo, knows this would be like carville admitting clinton lied. Except for a mention on Rush, I...

Election: Late-deciding voters will likely sway close contests for the state's top office and for two congressional seats. The race for Maryland governor is deadlocked and will be decided by voters who have yet to choose between Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., and by a shrinking pool of others still willing to change their minds, a new poll released yesterday shows.

P.J. Hogan's HeroesGraphic credit: Maryland Tyranny Response Team Flier raises questions of `hate speech' By WHITNEY L. JACKSONJournal staff writer Steps are being taken to remove a Bethesda man from a county committee on hate and violence after he ruffled political feathers on both sides of the aisle with a flier depicting three Montgomery legislators who support gun control as Nazis. Gus Alzona, an elected member of the county Republican Central Committee and a gun-rights advocate, could lose his spot as treasurer of the county's Committee on Hate/Violence if the County Council agrees with County Executive Douglas M. Duncan's decision...

First, some relevant facts:1. Mr. Alzona submitted this controversial flier, solely as testimony on behalf of the Maryland Tyranny Response Team, directly to members of both the Maryland Senate and House Judiciary Committees during last week's hearings. This flier was submitted in OPPOSITION to a NAZI-like gun control bill that called for the photographing, fingerprinting, numbering and registration of all Maryland gun owners.2. Montgomery Democrat leaders, Senators Frosh and Van Hollen, plus Delegate Mark Kennedy Shriver, were the lead sponsors of their proposed final solution to the problem of "gun violence" allegedly afflicting Maryland's children.3. The multi-million dollar Kennedy Shriver...