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EXCELLENT interview with Sarah Palin. It's about 7 minutes and she's dead-on. Maybe McCain can 'channel' the Palin mystique in tonight's debate... as she says, "we'll see". http://www.wmur.com/video/17723155/

A look at the life of William F. Buckley, leader of one of the most successful intellectual movements in American history. William F. Buckley: Right From The Start

If you're a politically correct type of person you may not want to read this column because I'm going to trash your ridiculous ideology to the max. Let me just say to start with, political correctness be damned. America, how long is it going to take us to realize and act on the fact that America is being sold down the river by a bunch of pompous, arrogant, conceited intellectuals without enough common sense to pour Kool-Aid out of a boot with the directions on the heel. It is absolutely insane to send seven hundred billion dollars a year to...

Please check out American Glob. http://www.americanglob.com/ If you like it, please suggest new links & stories for it. It's Drudge style but with more concentration on blogs. Also, it's a cross section of conservative & PUMA news.

Michael Moore, the controversial American film-maker, appeared at an all-candidates debate in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario this week, where he knocked on doors with the NDP candidate and mocked the local Conservative candidate. I was at the debate because I live in the riding. As an undecided voter I felt the debate presented a wonderful opportunity to question local candidates. Yet by the end of the debate my questions were for Mr. Moore: What had brought him to our little neck of the Northern Ontario wilderness, a camera crew in tow? Moore was tight-lipped when I approached him. He was...

t can't be easy being Jim Gilmore these days. Republican leaders in Washington long ago wrote off his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Political action groups have closed their checkbooks. Some Virginia GOP elders have endorsed his opponent. Pollsters have him trailing by 25 percentage points - or worse. So what keeps him going? The answer may lie - at least in part - in the former governor's pugnacious personality, what he's done, and where he came from. The Senate race is the kind of challenge that brought Gilmore into politics in the 1970s; he is both experienced and comfortable...

There were shouts of "Nobama" and "Socialist" at the mention of the Democratic presidential nominee. There were boos, middle fingers turned up and thumbs turned down as a media caravan moved through the crowd Thursday for a midday town hall gathering featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin.

Noses out of joint because the Prime Minister says most people don’t really care about the arts? He was just being nice. Let me put it more directly: get a job and stop sucking off the collective teat.

Whither Conservatism? by: Jesse Masai, October 10, 2008 For anyone disillusioned about the current health of the conservative movement, the Heritage Foundation is the place to have been on October 7. There, at its Allison Auditorium, Harvey C. Mansfield delivered a lecture on the movement’s future as well as a constitutional basis for it. The William R. Kenan Jr. professor of Government at Harvard University delivered the lecture in honor of Russell Kirk, one of the patron saints of the conservative movement. He said: “Conservatism is faced with three important dilemmas: Should it be compassionate, interventionist, international?” He suggested that...

October 10, 2008 All That Darned ConservatismBy Randall Hoven Did you realize that we conservatives got all we wanted and that's what screwed up just about everything, from hurricanes and Iraq to the global financial meltdown?  That's a rapidly-developing propaganda theme being disseminated in the Big Media. Case in point: Thomas Frank (What's the Matter with Kansas?) in the Wall Street Journal. "Over many years of ascendancy, conservative Republicans have filled government agencies with conservative Republicans and proceeded to enact the conservative Republican policy wish list -- tax cuts, deregulation, privatization, outsourcing federal work, and so on. "And as a...

Sean Hannity fans will be happy to learn that the Fox News host just signed a multimillion-dollar deal to remain on the network through the 2012 election. And that's on top of his $20 million-a-year radio deal he signed earlier this year. Today, Hannity sits down with both McCain and Palin, and caught a few reporters off guard on the plane to Pennsylvania this morning, as he made his way up to the off-limits staff area to say hello. There was a bit of grumbling since the rest of the traveling press corps don't seem to have that privilege.

FIGHT FOR JIM GILMORE By Dick Armey Dear Virginia Taxpayer, I know what it's like to fight for what you believe in. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 18 years, and the Majority Leader from 1995 to 2002, I know it takes courage and dedication to stand up for working families and protect taxpayers who are facing an ever growing burden as a result of what's happening in Washington. There is always someone who believes bigger government and higher taxes are the answer to every problem, someone determined to take away more and more of...

October 8, 2008 Republican Jim Gilmore wants another debate with Democrat Mark Warner in the Virginia Senate race. Gilmore says in light of the recent financial situation, a debate is the best way to show voters the candidates' real positions. The former governor says he would like to work with the League of Women voters to schedule the event.

A look at Celebraties who run on the Conservative side. A good source to know who to support in Hollywood.(Photo show on site, Click to get)

For those of us who are starting to be more and more alarmed with Senator Obama, this video of him mocking the Bible does nothing to ease our fears.commonsensicalcat.blogspot.com

THE MORE I LISTEN TO AND READ ABOUT “the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate,” the more I like him. Barack Obama strikes a chord with me like no political figure since Ronald Reagan. To explain why, I need to explain why I am a conservative and what it means to me. ---SNIP--

There is only a month left until our next President is elected; it is crunch time. I would like to urge all of you to do whatever you can to be involved and get good Republicans, Conservatives, Republican Conservatives, and even McCain leaning independents and moderates to get out and vote. Send out e-mails to everyone you know. Remind them to vote, remind them what’s at stake, let them know the truth about Obama. Visit your states’ GOP website (click here), and see what volunteer opportunities they have available. Talk to people at work, remind them to vote, clear up...

Honestly, this is a stressful time for those of us who stand to the right in this election year. Many of us feel that this could be a major turning point in our country because of the stance and political viewpoints of our opponents on the left. Their very liberal views and policies have the potential to be destructive to this country we love. Their pro-abortion policies alone are enough for me to head in the opposite direction. My wife recently said, "If a candidate does not recognize the sanctity of life then I care very little where he stands...

I've come to realize that the conservative problem is deeper than just winning elections. We need to educate people on the principles of conservatism, and why they are the best. To that end, on a very small scale and just on my own, I've started running ads on some of the websites frequented by our liberal friends that do nothing but link to the following two Youtube videos: 1. Evan Sayet, How Modern Liberals Think2. Ronald Reagan, last 4 minutes of A Time for ChoosingOf course, the ideal (and unrealistic) response is that after watching these videos the viewers will...

This time, conservatives in Tinseltown have collaborated to communicate their ideas, but they’re doing it in jocular way. The movie has a cast that includes veteran stars Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, James Woods, Dennis Hopper, Robert Davi, and Leslie Nielsen. With this kind of lineup, you’d expect some great performances. And there are, under the master comedy direction of Zucker. The plot loosely follows Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” with Kevin Farley playing the character of Michael Malone, a modern-day Scrooge who wants to abolish the July Fourth holiday. Paris Hilton, who happens to be a Sen. Barack Obama supporter,...

This weekend, a deeply divided America will have another round of new films to choose from at the theaters. One is Religulous, a comic documentary in which Bill Maher, America's best-known agnostic humorist, presents a vision of the destructive forces of organized religion, a vision no less apocalyptic than the end-times scenarios promulgated by some of his targets. Then there's An American Carol, which its maker, Airplane! and Naked Gun alum David Zucker, describes as "the opposite of the Bill Maher movie." Mr. Zucker's proudly conservative comedy isn't primarily about religion. It reworks the Charles Dickens Christmas Carol scenario so...

What if you decided to patronize the local neighborhood park and discovered that baseball, football, softball, wiffle ball, volleyball, basketball, soccer, kickball, handball, tennis, frisbee, kite flying, model airplane flying and ping pong were all banned there? Sounds like fun, no? (I’m not sure about go-fish or European-style tiddly-winks). And what if I also told you that if you were contemplating a nice bike ride through the park, you could just forget it? Bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, shopping carts, golf carts or any other motorized-wheeled modes of transportation are also banned – although, to be fair, baby carriages,...

Dear Senator McCain, Right now, I’m pissed at you. To quote a LOTR character (Tree Beard) “There isn’t a curse in Human, Ent or Elvish that can describe my anger right now!!!! I feel that the brave GOP members in the House just got their legs cutoff. Maybe they’ll stick together and fight (even if the Dems overide them in numbers) or maybe they’ll cut a deal in exchange for a few “trinkets” and “bobbles”. I can only hope they stand together. I’ve sent several letters to my representative (Lee Terry) over this matter. At least he listens. Mr. McCain,...

I was just on a website reviewing the various proposals that Californians will be voting for next month, and I clicked on their "President" link. Lo and behold, I see that after Obama and McCain, the next name that will actually appear on the ticket is Alan Keyes, running as an American Independent.I think he's a little extreme, but I'm considering casting a protest vote for him, if only to send the message "I am not happy with our current GOP choice." Now, before you tell me I'm throwing my vote away, consider: I live in California, land of fruit...

Budget: Big changes Gov. Sarah Palin wants to slice $150 million from the state's operating budget. (Though overall, the operating budget increases under her proposal. That's because she's looking to cut in unspecified places, while spending in others, such as the Longevity Bonus and public employee retirement.) Is there $150 million worth of fat? Where is it? Her budget, which Palin talked about today in Anchorage, also includes extra money for cities, but is it a real return to revenue sharing, or a one-time deal? Palin proposes a bare bones capital budget -- a fraction of the money Murkowski...

If you are having trouble viewing this invitation click here   You are invited to a reception to support JIM GILMORE Candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia Wednesday, October 8, 2008 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Bull and Bear Club 901 E Cary Street, 21st floor / Richmond, Virginia 23219 HOST COMMITTEE: Dave Barrett Bill Goodwin Rick Sharp Linwood Cobb Bob Marcellus Gary Thompson Miles Dumville Max Pearson Chris Whyte SPECIAL GUESTS: Delegate Kirk Cox Delegate Christopher Peace Richard Glover Aubrey Stanley, Jr. Honorable David Kaechele Pat O’Bannon Delegate Jimmie Massie Elton Wade Senator Ryan McDougle Sheriff Mike Wade,...

Tory warning on multiculturalism British multiculturalism has left a "terrible" legacy which has allowed extremists to flourish, shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve has warned. A type of "cultural despair" has led "long-term inhabitants" and newer arrivals to feel alienated and unsure of UK values, he told the Guardian. Mr Grieve, speaking on the eve of the Conservative Party conference, argued this had led to support for extremism. He also warned against downplaying Britain's Christian heritage. Mr Grieve told the Guardian: "We've actually done something terrible to ourselves in Britain.

BTW I'm Voting For Mccain / Palin Escaping the Plantation  

Call the Capitol now!! Let's do the same thing we did with scamnesty. Let's take down the phone system! HELL NO TO THE BAILOUT!!! LET'S GET OUR AMERICA BACK!! SUPPORT THE TRUE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE THERE FIGHTING FOR US!!!

As I write late on Thursday evening, some conservative Republican senators and representatives are opposing the Paulson bailout plan because they think that the government should not intervene in the market—that it is better to let financial institutions that took risks that turned out badly for them bear the consequences of their actions. As one of the freest of free marketeers, I want to explain why that thinking is wrong-headed.... Continues on First Things at the URL above.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has painted a grim picture in a new Web video aimed at getting record voter turnout - a John McCain victory. The YouTube video, posted but not released to reporters, features a mock MSNBC projection that Mr. McCain "wins" the Nov. 4 contest, 51 percent to 49 percent for Mr. Obama. "John McCain elected 44th president" and "Voter turnout lower than expected" are the mock captions with an MSNBC "Breaking News" headline under a smiling Mr. McCain. "It doesn't have to be that way," flashes across the screen before the clip sends voters...

WASHINGTON -- If at one time women were considered heretical for swimming upstream against feminist orthodoxy, they now face condemnation for swimming downstream -- away from Sarah Palin. To express reservations about her qualifications to be vice president -- and possibly president -- is to risk being labeled anti-woman. Or, as I am guilty of charging her early critics, supporting only a certain kind of woman. Some of the passionately feminist critics of Palin who attacked her personally deserved some of the backlash they received. But circumstances have changed since Palin was introduced as just a hockey mom with lipstick...

"Can the Traditional Family Survive Feminism” In the movie Saving Private Ryan, there is a very moving scene in which the dying leader of a group of men that had rescued Private Ryan from behind enemy lines tells the grateful private to "earn it." Many died in World War II so that we could live in a better world. I doubt that we have earned it. The immediate post-war period did witness our mid-century's golden age of the family, with high marriage and birth rates, low illegitimacy, divorce, and crime rates, and the growth of a broad and stable middle...

Someone posted a great pix a while ago of Obama in a tin hat. I would like to put it up at the McCain booth. I could not find it on Google, but I know it came from Free Republic. Thanks,

Your office or bedroom holds telltale signs of whether you are a conservative or a liberal, finds a new study. While political conservatives tend to keep a tidy, organized office, political liberals favor colorful, more stylish but cluttered spaces. ADVERTISEMENT A person may hide their political ideology from others, including from pollsters, but the researchers were delighted to learn that a peek into subjects' living quarters or even workspaces could give that away. Conservatives and liberals leave behind distinct "behavioral residue" that can be picked up by savvy scientists and possibly other observers, according to the study by New York...

Here is what I don't understand about the bailout. Why is it necessary for the American taxpayer to foot the bill for this? How on earth does it make any sense to "solve" a problem by giving MORE power to the self-interested boneheads that created the problem in the first place? What I haven't heard anyone talking about yet is what happens when this $800 billion or so is wiped out. How is it that our economy is $800 billion short of success? Is it just me, or does the logic that this infusion of taxpayer dollars will suddenly make...

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson will address the House Republican Conference Wednesday morning as the White House continues in full battle mode to spur dubious House conservatives into supporting a $700 billion Wall Street bailout. The White House is also deploying economic "jump" teams to the House side of the Capitol to answer questions from skeptical Republicans to try to gin up support for the measure. Among those already dispatched to the Capitol Tuesday were Eddie Lazear, head of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Keith Hennessey of the National Economic Council.

Has anyone started a thread about conservative 527 groups in battleground states? I'm looking at donating, but I'm unsure which groups (and which states) would be most efficient. I'd appreciate any suggestions.

In an opinion piece by Catherine McNicol-Stock, PhD for the Philadelphia Enquirer dated September 14, 2008 entitled INTOLERANCE THRIVES IN PALIN’S PACIFIC NORTHWEST, which I include a link to here for readers’ convenience (http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/28361149.html), in her trashing of Governor Sara Palin and the residents of 6 states she not only exceeded the boundaries of good taste she provided a new definition for “low-class.” What is scary to me is the fact that she is part of academia and influences the brains of naïve young students at the Connecticut College where she teaches history. I know that I am just another...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Republican congressional candidate Jay Wolfe, a businessman and former state senator from Harrison County, told Gazette editors Friday that he's been trying to get his opponent, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, to agree to a public debate this fall, without success. Wolfe said Rockefeller also wouldn't debate him when the two ran against each other six years ago. Rockefeller won his third term in the 2002 election. "He wouldn't debate me six years ago. I sent him a letter asking him to debate [this year], but I have not received an answer." Wolfe has long been an opponent...

Startle Response Linked to Politics More Sensitive May Mean More Conservative, Study Finds By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 19, 2008; A09 People who startle easily in response to threatening images or loud sounds seem to have a biological predisposition to adopt conservative political positions on many hot-button issues, according to unusual new research published yesterday. The finding suggests that people who are particularly sensitive to signals of visual or auditory threats also tend to adopt a more defensive stance on political issues, such as immigration, gun control, defense spending and patriotism. People who are less sensitive...

A new study argues the choice is tied to DNA, and one camp is scared. Die-hard liberals and conservatives aren't made; they're born. It's literally in their DNA. That's the suggestion of a study by a group of researchers who wanted to see if there was a biological basis for people's political attitudes. They found to their surprise that opinions on such contentious issues as gun control, pacifism and capital punishment are strongly associated with physiological traits that are probably present at birth. The key is the differing levels of fear that people naturally feel. "What is revolutionary about this...

The selection of Sarah Palin as Republican vice-presidential candidate has revealed a serious chasm in conservatism, a chasm separating conservative elites – opinion leaders, pundits, spokesmen -- from the vast population of center-right Americans they purport to represent. If this is the choice of the conservative base, one said “Then we need a new base.� (We’ll leave names out of this for the moment, lest this deteriorate into an “I never liked him anyway� discussion. The problem is systemic, and not limited to a few individuals.) “It’s over,� another insisted of Palin’s candidacy (the later “explanation� for this remark was,...

The Middle-Class Wallet By the Editors By historical standards, tax rates are low, Fed policy is loose, and trade is free. Growth has been picking up. Resurgent inflation threatens the economy more than recession does. Most people have no reason for fear about their jobs. But a lot of people are getting squeezed by higher prices. A conservative economic agenda can address the public’s concerns better than a liberal one can — and John McCain has an opportunity to present one. Here is our eight-point plan to protect the middle class.

Allegedly manipulative conservative religious voter guides often get lots of media play. But Religious Left groups publish their own guidance, although for a much smaller potential constituency. The 1.2 million member United Church of Christ (UCC), whose elites are probably the most left-leaning of all major U.S. denominations, has helpfully composed “Our Faith, Our Hope” guides to direct how liberal Christians should think in politically correct terms about climate controversies, socialized medicine, the U.S. presence in Iraq, immigration and the Welfare State.

CAYCE — On a recent Thursday evening, the South Carolina Democrat sharing the top of state ballots with Sen. Barack Obama strode through a restaurant parking lot where the bumper stickers featured the presidential candidacies of Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin. The Post and Courier Bob Conley Inside the family eatery just outside Columbia, a mix of independents, Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Constitution Party members waited. A smattering of members of Southern heritage groups were in attendance. Copies of "Free the South: A Blueprint for Peaceful and Legal Secession," rested on a couple of tables. In a year...

In the last couple of weeks, there is no denying that Sarah Palin has attained superstar status in the political arena and the Democrats and the mainstream media are scratching their heads and wondering what hit them. In fact, in a matter of days, she has had more media scrutiny than Barack Obama has had in the past two years. I seriously doubt if they will admit the truth about Sarah Palin, even if they were able to accept it. There's no deep dark mystery here, no Rosetta Stone required to decipher the Palin phenomenon. It's as simple as first...

RICHMOND, Va. - There will be a televised debate between Virginia's rival Senate candidates, Mark Warner and Jim Gilmore. But the debate's timing at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, means its audience will consist largely of hardcore political junkies. The debate will be broadcast from WSLS-TV in Roanoke and will be offered for live broadcast to any Virginia television station that wishes to air it. Warner had been under fire from Gilmore and the press for not consenting to a televised debate. The two debated for the first time in July at the Homested Resort and will clash again...

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    They will do anything to destroy Sarah Palin. They will do anything to elect Obama President — the most leftwing candidate in history. Only you can stop them.Dear Fellow American:As I write this letter, the far Left — the Obama campaign, the Democratic Party headed by Howard Dean and the major (liberal) media—are all working in overdrive to destroy and smear Sarah Palin. They believe if they can destroy this courageous young woman and popular governor, they will end John McCain’s bid for president. Just this week, commentator Bill Maher ridiculed Sarah’s baby son who has Down's...