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Democrats also attempted to remove Abraham Lincoln from the ballot. Lincoln prevailed anyway. The rest is history. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Democrats in the Colorado Supreme Court ruled last night that President Trump’s name will not be listed on the Colorado ballot in 2024. Ironically, these far-left justices used a post-Civil War Amendment that no Democrats voted for at the time, to block the leading opposition candidate from the ballot. This was not the first time Democrats pulled this trick during a national election for President of thee United States. As Randy DeSoto reported at Western Journal back in November – The last...

Let's face it. Black politics post-Obama has black leftists in uproar. They don't consider black conservatives like Clarence Thomas, Jim Brown, Candace Owens, Colin Noir, Boyd Rutherford, Jeanean Hampton etc. as real black people because they are not liberals. Black conservatives don't matter to them. That's why John James (MI) is not in the news. He's not "a true brotha". Barack Obama is no longer relevant nationally and black leftists need momentum. LeBron and Kaepernick can't save the Left. Do you really think Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum can win in the fall?

Alabama last elected a Democrat as governor 20 years ago. Former Gov. Robert Bentley received nearly twice the votes as Democrat Parker Griffith in the most recent gubernatorial contest four years ago. The Cook Political Report labels Alabama's governor's race as "solid Republican." The same label comes from the Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball, produced at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "Barring some major developments in this race, it's difficult to see a path for a Democrat to win," said Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor with the Crystal Ball. Said Waymon Burke, a political science professor at Calhoun Community...

My "Rewriting American History" column of a fortnight ago, about the dismantling of Confederate monuments, generated considerable mail. Some argued there should not be statues honoring traitors such as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis, who fought against the Union. Victors of wars get to write the history, and the history they write often does not reflect the facts. Let's look at some of the facts and ask: Did the South have a right to secede from the Union? If it did, we can't label Confederate generals as traitors. Article 1 of the Treaty of Paris (1783), which...

Democrat Stacey Abrams entered the campaign for Georgia governor on Saturday with a pledge to expand pre-kindergarten programs and make technical college education free, promising she’d bring a “bold and ambitious approach” to state government that will invigorate the economy. Abrams, who heads her party’s caucus in the Georgia House, said that as governor she’ll embrace the same knack for compromise with Republicans who have controlled the statehouse for more than a decade when she sees common ground. But she said she would stick to a fiercely progressive agenda on some of the biggest partisan divides, including efforts to restrict...

The collapse of Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare was bad news for Donald Trump’s HHS secretary, Tom Price, who will have to deal with bitter recriminations between his old friends in the House and his new boss in the White House. But you know what would make Price feel a whole lot worse? Being replaced in the House by a Democrat. For the first time, Democratic hopes of picking off this seat, once occupied by Senator Johnny Isakson, and before that by Newt Gingrich, are beginning to look like something more than wishful thinking. With the first round...

The values that are pre-eminent for Republican Party voters are probably freedom, independence, autonomy, limited government and self-reliance, and a strong belief in the powers of capitalism and a free market,” Cross said. “We see them in the South: the calls or less government, the call for people to take personal responsibility, the inveighing against the dependent class.” And in Louisiana and other energy-producing states, he said, the perceived antipathy of national Democrats for the oil and gas industry helps swell Republican ranks. “We’re looking at something more than just a bad year,” said Charlie Cook, the Shreveport native who...

The recruitment drive to join the Ku Klux Klan in Covington, Ga., is in full swing again as residents are being urged to join the brotherhood of White supremacists via fliers dropped outside their homes, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The “Save Our Race” fliers were placed in to clear plastic sandwich bags with a rock and distributed throughout the Laurel Ridge subdivision. According to one of the complex’s residents, who chose to remain anonymous, though, most of her neighbors threw the racist announcement away. “I think they are just trying to [stir] up the little bit of racism that some...

I was recently emailed an article by Frank Ross called 15 questions for Democrats. It demonstrates some of the lies being told that republicans are racist. Reality check. Its the opposite. Liberals are racistWhich is the Real 'Racist' Party: Fifteen Questions for Democrats Big Journalism Posted by Frank Ross Feb 8th 2010 Once upon a time former Governor, Presidential candidate, and Chairman of the Democrat National Committee called the GOP the "White Party." CNN commentator Lou Dobbs took Dean to task for his language. So was Dr. Dean, and those among the Left who share his understanding of history, accurate?...

There is much hand-wringing now in Washington about the inability of Republicans and Democrats to compromise even on seemingly unimportant issues. I think it is the inevitable result of long-term trends going back 100 years. The movement started in 1913 with the 17th Amendment to the Constitution. This requires election of senators by popular vote. As provided by the Founding Fathers, senators previously were elected by state legislatures. Before the 17th Amendment, senators represented states as states. This made the states much more significant players in national politics -- collectively coequal to the national government in our federal system. But...

BATON ROUGE — Amid criticism that the Louisiana Democratic Party has abandoned black voters and lost its focus, the head of a Fortune 500 company was chosen Saturday as the party's chairman. James Bernhard, the top official at The Shaw Group Inc., was the unanimous selection of the Democratic State Central Committee. He replaces Mike Skinner, a former U.S. attorney, who quit late last year after the party took a battering in the fall elections. Bernhard had the support of such top Democrats as Gov. Kathleen Blanco, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. After his election, Bernhard...

Two 800-pound gorillas sat in the room with the Georgia Democratic Executive Committee in Atlanta last weekend as it met to chart a new course in the wake of its party's devastating election losses. Most of the assembled Democrats tried to pretend the beasts were not there. Named Gay Marriage and Abortion Rights, the gorillas remained silent wallflowers as old-timers Bert Lance and Andy Young told stories of the party's golden years. Bobby Kahn led cheers for future greatness.Talk filled the air about targeting voters, recruiting candidates, raising money and even selecting a new national party chairman. But no ranking...

If Tuesday's election returns were a bitter pill for Democrats nationally, they were pure poison for Democrats in the South. Five formerly Democratic U.S. Senate seats were up for grabs. Republicans swept them all. Superficially, the results simply continued the region's long-running shift into the embrace of the GOP. In a fractured nation, however, the aftershocks may be felt for years to come. On Capitol Hill, Republicans have fattened their Senate majority to at least 55 with a batch of young conservatives likely to be deeply loyal to President Bush and his agenda. U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, already plans...

Reporter: Lisa Millar HAMISH ROBERTSON: Now to the United States, where, with the opinion polls putting the presidential candidates John Kerry and George W. Bush at a dead heat, Democrats are discovering they can't count on some states that were once considered their party's heartland. In America's south, even some registered Democrats look set to throw their support behind Mr Bush. Our North America correspondent Lisa Millar compiled this report in Louisiana. LISA MILLAR: When the temperature drops, and the leaves start falling, it means just one thing to Louisiana locals – squirrel hunting season. RICHARD TAYLOR: I try and...

A Georgia Democrat who's adamently and openly proclaimed his strong allegiance to the Democratic party while having denounced various groups who'd expressed hope for a flip over was the most Conservative candidate at the Republican Convention. [Besides our President]. Small wonder that some on the far right are leaving our party for third parties such as the Constitution party. I'm certainly not anywhere near far right, but why not include at least one Conservative Republican at the convention to satisfy those who have stronger Conservative view within our party? In 2000 it seemed to be minority speakers, in 2004 it's...

Bouquets of roses were placed on doors to the clerk of superior court’s office in Fayetteville Tuesday in memory of long-time former clerk W.A. “Bud” Ballard, who died Monday. Ballard, 78, is survived by his wife, Jo Ballard, and several nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held today at 2 p.m. at Woolsey Baptist Church. The family will receive visitors at Mowell Funeral Home prior to the service between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Ballard first took office in 1969 when Fayette County had a population of just over 11,000. Ballard saw the office grow tremendously in his...

ARLINGTON, VA – Today, State Rep. Charlie McDonald (D-LA), Louisiana Democrats for Bush Chairman, issued the following statement on John Edwards' visit to Louisiana: "John Kerry says Democrats make a 'mistake' in looking to the South for votes, but Southern Democrats aren't going to make the mistake of looking to John Kerry. Kerry doesn't have much credibility in the South after telling rural voters that he represents their 'conservative values' despite being ranked the Senate's most out-of-the-mainstream member, and Kerry isn't taking us seriously considering his decision to stop competing in Louisiana. "Kerry and his running mate both voted for...

Neshoba County, Miss. Governor Haley Barbour criticized Senator John Kerry and praised Mississippi at the Neshoba County Fair today. Last year at this time, Barbour was campaigning for the office of governor. Thursday he used the fair to praise Mississippi's accomplishments. "The fair was great to me last year, and it’s a great tradition. But this is also an opportunity for me to talk about what we have done, to thank the legislature for passing some of the things I proposed. And also the future, what we are going to do for education, to make sure we have a strong...

Mississippi Dems more conservative Magnolia man among those working for more moderate position By Ernest Herndon The Enterprise-Journal Mississippi’s Democratic Party platform is more conservative than the national platform, thanks in part to arguments by conservative Democrats like the Rev. William Brown of Magnolia, said state party platform committee chairman Rep. Jamie Franks of Tupelo. At the recent state convention, Brown and others argued for more conservative positions on the issues of abortion and gay and lesbian marriage. The platform committee took those arguments into consideration, and the state platform reflects them, Franks said. Under the topic of “choice,” the...

Dear Neighbors of the 10th District, Thank you for taking the time to look over my Platform. I believe that the Democratic Party has an economic policy, which serves the greater interests of the Constituency of this District. On social issues, however, I am conservative and I list some of those conservative social positions immediately below. I am Pro Life I support the ban on Partial Birth Abortion I support the Death Penalty and all due process as provided by law I am an advocate of School Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance I support the 10 Commandments. I support...