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They thought they were getting hammered with calls before-wait until tomorrow. We need to know who helped right this decision. I am thinking that suppressing fax sender information through the courts is against the law. Very sloppy indeed. I want to know who contributed to this decision and why the information was left off the fax header. Apparently whoever did this, was too stupid to remove the time stamp.

Just wondering what your opinion is about people who post vanities when their opinions could be posted to existing threads.

McCain comes on FOX News cable this morning, about 30 minutes ago, and throws the election away. All he had to do was say that he is with the American people, that the American people had concerns with this bill and he is with the American people and understands why. All he had to do was say he is working for the American people and not politicians who create the problems and then want to be the same politicians who want to be in charge with fixing the problem. That this bill didn’t have the real reform we needed, that...

It I just want to start a thread considering what the future of the GOP is with the primaries and 2008 election coming up. Many seem to think we are better to go in a route that has Giuliani, McCain or Romney as our nominee because they "can win" but what happens if they are our nominee and don't win? Should those who think the GOP is heading in the wrong direction continue to stay in the party if we now think the party should move more to being 'moderates'? And that is what our party continues to give us?...

With mid-ternm elections looming, and many Congressional seats hotly contested, Republicans may want to remind themselves & others what voting (D) means at this point in American history- (D)estruction of President George W. Bush (D)emoralization of our troops & allies (D)e-funding, even possible (D)efeat, in the War on Terror (D)e-railing tax cuts and a robust economy (D)ismantling traditional American values (D)ivision of Americans against each other (D)elighting George Soros & Osama bin Laden I'm sure others can add to this list, but these are just the (D)'s that occur to me. I freely admit to being fervently partisan. But in...

Education The public education situation in this country has become a chronic example of wasteful and ineffective government spending. It is a travesty that we have to relinquish our tax dollars to under-educate and indoctrinate our children. The public school system’s standards are so low that we have high school students who literally cannot read. The majority of the public school students have no idea about world events, government, geography, history, or grammar. On the flip-side, their knowledge of modern pop-culture is amazing.The Republican idea of vouchers lends a solution to the failed school system. This idea has been fought...

Now finally the GOP is starting to see that the Democrats aren't in as strong a position for November as the myth that's been perpetuated he past months. I never have thought they had a chance and argued that since I first joined here months ago. The idea defies logic and the reality of the nations top issues. Well it's about time the GOP is starting to see this and act on it. Well past time IMO. I've never felt that the GOP was going to lose the House or Senate. I argued here months ago when I first came...

There is absolutely no chance that the Democrats can win back the congress in 2006. That’s what this essay is about. If you think otherwise, you’re fooling yourself. It is time to stop even talking about a Democrat take over as a real possibilty because the energy and time involved would be much better used thinking about how to take more seats from the minority party. Last Labor Day I posted an essay describing the insurmountable problems the Democrats will face next year and in 2008, as they set about trying to re-take power. This second essay will outline these...

Fortunately I did not have to think too hard about this one. It's just that some of you may be surprised by my choice, as it is someone you may not expect....It all started on June 2, 2004. A software engineer from Salt Lake City named Ken Jennings became the new Jeopardy! champion. He would defend this title 74 consecutive times, only to be defeated on the episode that aired on November 30. At first, when he began his run, Ken was just an okay guy to me. That turned into frustration as he continued to win, and I desired...

You could see it in that first presser.....This wasn't Georgie Bush, this was Tex.....In the old west, when your name needed to convey a lot of different things, (stature, type, origins, etc.) you could end up as either Georgie, or a harder name; the most favored name for an out of state Texan was simple: Tex.....Well, for sure our President is out of state, and he has proven he ain't no Georgie, (no offense).....Me? I like Tex just fine......for a lot of reasons.....

I haven't done this before (and the moderators may not post this) but I've reached my limit. This past weekend our local newspaper had two columns from 'enlightened' national commentators, and one political cartoon, all saying that those of us with a professed faith who voted for George Bush were uninformed, unsophisticated lunatics. This was followed by still another column in the Sunday paper, by another columnist, saying virtually the same thing. Today on the internet there are still more references to the "analyses" of "experts", all saying that we are silly, not-to-be-taken seriously individuals. Well, here is some food...

Please look carefully at the most recent democrat presidents: *** Clinton - Bill Clinton won in 1992 because of a couple of reasons...he ran to the center (see the DLC) of the road against a president weakened by a recession at the end 12 straight years of republican administrations. He never got a majority of the vote (only in the 40's thanks to Perot). He also won re-election due to his adoption of many things on the republican agenda (welfare reform, balanced budgets,...) thereby angering many in his own party. *** Carter - Jimmy Carter took office in the first...

55 is nice but we need to move closer to 60 in the Senate.....Lord willing, some events could make it happen... 1. Ted Kennedy's liver finally gives out 2. TheRAYSa divorces Kerry and he quits to work full time on finding a new heiress.... Mitt Romney names replacements....now we're at 57... Any other ideas?

I cant even explain the satisfaction I am now getting from watching these ppl. squirm

I see an unalterable divide. I really suggest everyone here go to Democratic Underground (where we are not allowed to post, per their rules) and read what they are saying. Expect a lot of anger, profanity, anti-religous bigotry and hatred. See a lot of mischaracterization of who we are and what we believe. I see this divide as somewhat permanant. On a personal level people can and do change. In my experience getting people to either become involved in the shooting sports or going to church and over time their politics are going to change. I run a discussion group...

As told to this FReeper: TROLL: "Look at what Republicans have posted to celebrate their victories on Tuesday. "Necessity compels me to ask, as a troll, Who in this world ever decided that the electoral map should be divided between Red states for Republicans and Blue states for Democrats? This is unfortunate and unfair. "Red has always stood for the Glorious Russian Revolution, and the Chinese Reds, not to mention Bolsheviks, Communists, Socialists, Independents from Vermont, ... and Red Sox fans from ultra-liberal Boston. "By this sinister plot, Democrats have been robbed of their colorful identity. We have lost control...

I am looking for some dialogue with fellow conservatives on the Free Trade Area of the America's(FTAA). I have been doing a lot of research into this and as a conservative it is very troubling. It would seem to be more of the globalist "new world order" agenda at work and looks to cause the erasure of the American border. One problem is, most of the groups(aside from the Birchers) who oppose the FTAA are wacky nutjob liberals- the communist party of the USA and other looney left radical marxist groups oppose it because of its association with "evil global...

The country is clearly divided and being divided feels yukky to some people. A lot of rough-housing and mean-spirited campaigning went on during this election year. Name calling like "girlie-men" and "unpatriotic" and "losers" may have hurt the feelings of emotionally vulnerable individuals. Those same individuals were probably the ones to get the balls spiked into their faces during high school dodgeball games. And that can hurt. Especially if you're wearing glasses and headgear. Anyway, IT'S HIGH TIME TO APOLOGIZE AND HEAL THE WOUNDS. PRESIDENT BUSH IS A UNITER, NOT A DIVIDER, as Nancy Pelosi reiterated today. And while President...

There's so much being said about Red vs. Blue states, it's beginning to sound as though the red states are comprised entirely of neanderthal, bible-thumping rednecks, and the blue states are comprised entirely of the intellectual, all-knowing, global-aware elites. Well, I did a summary of the Blue states and it turns out that 24,839,492 bible-thumping neanderthals from those states voted for George W. Bush. In looking at the Blue states, they comprise the largest cities in the country - Detroit, New York, Baltimore, etc., i.e., the government handout crowd coupled with their liberal sympathizers. In D.C., George got less than...

Linda Vester finally just broke in and said on Dayside....President Bush has just been declared the winner of Iowa's electoral votes....the crowd erupted in applause...it's about time! MSNBC should color the box in on their democracy ice rink sometime around Christmas.