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I just wanted to say how MUCH I appreciate FreeRepublicans. It makes my day to read your funny and thoughtful comments about current politics and everything else under the sun. And it gives me great hope to recognize that, although it is not always evident out here in Collyfornia, there are great numbers of intelligent, conservative citizens in this great country who have Common Sense. aaaaaaahhhh, FR is truly a gift.

It's time to nationalize all elections and attack the Democratic party as an institution as well as going after individual candidates. The whimpy Republicans can't stand up to the Democratic PC police , they need a grass roots infusion of spine. The infusion works by independent issue oriented add campaigns. Feel free to throw in your 2 cents worth after I describe the basic concept. Commercial opens with cute kids jumping rope or playing on the playground, Fade in newborn with male and female parents, the US military, A family farm, pristine wilderness. Voice over says, "THE DEMOCRATS CLAIM THEIR...

Elizabeth Petheo of St. Paul doesn't usually get excited about political candidates, but she has been angry about President Bush's handling of Iraq and impressed by Howard Dean's blunt style and anti-war stand. So Petheo, 24, a recruiting director for a nonprofit educational organization, checked out the former Vermont governor's Web site, and there she spotted a link to Meetup.com. One thing led to another, and she found herself spending an evening with about 40 other Dean fans at a "Meetup" at the Black Dog Cafe in St. Paul's Lowertown earlier this month. Now she's got her name on a...

Four Christians were recently kicked out of Veterans Stadium during the Philadelphia Phillies' "Gay Community Day." Last Tuesday, Michael Marcavage and three friends brought a banner to the ballpark that read "Homosexuality is sin, Christ can set you free." He says their intention was to share that biblical message of hope with homosexuals who were at the stadium. [See Earlier Story] Seven minutes after unfurling their banner from their centerfield seats, however, the group was approached by security. Marcavage says the four were told that they could not display their banner. "They basically said that the [Phillies] executives said this...

So I heeded a suggestion made by a peacepuke to listen to 90.7 KPFK here in Los Angeles. I encourage everyone else within earshot to do the same. And I urge you to call. Here was my experience. Their one host explicitly stated that he does not think people should support the troops because they are doing the wrong thing, and why would you support someone like that. The next host named Don claimed after a call about supporting our troops that he assures the audience that the entire staff supports the troops. Obviously, nobody there listens to their own...

Last night on the Al Rantel talk radio show on KABC here in the Los Angeles area, he had two guests on from a new organization by and for Hollywood Republicans. It was started last year, and they have just launched a new website at this link. Information on the site, which was launched today, I believe, is thin for now. But the organizers have plans to be very politically active. They also want to provide a "safe" (meaning non-job threatening) way for entertainment industry Republicans to get information and to contribute to political candidates and causes. Al and his...

Iraq debate plays out online (MSNBC reports NO pro-Bush presence on the web) Web-savvy activists use Net to spread their views FEW SUPPORT SITES The anti-administration, anti-war presence on the Web is overwhelming. Type in any term dealing with Saddam Hussein, Iraq or regime change, and hundreds of listings will pop up — on message boards and Web sites and in news stories. There is a pro-invasion presence on the Net, but it is much smaller and exists mainly on message boards and in chat rooms. “It’s about getting a damn tyrant out of Iraq, a guy who sponsors...

If you SUPPORT massive and substantive TAX REFORM, please visit the new VOTR PROJECT web site at http://www.votr.org and add YOUR name to the growing list of Americans who are now INSISTING that the current income tax system be totally scrapped for a fair, equitable and PAPERLESS system more suited to a nation of ostensibly free men and women. If you DO support REAL TAX REFORM, please circulate this information as widely as possible. If you do NOTHING, you’ll certainly endear yourself to the Beltway Banditos and that’s PRECISELY what will happen: NOTHING!!!! And if you are one of those...