Many high profile Republicans are advising conservatives not to put up too much resistance to Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Their argument is that opposition to her appointment would further alienate Hispanic and other minority voters making future Republican gains more difficult. Republicans taking this position demonstrate their inability to learn from past [...]
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Republican: A Party of Losers?
Posted in 2010 election, Constitution, Politics, Socialism, barack obama, commentary, john mccain, tagged barack obama, democrats, moderates, Politics, Republican, Sonia Sotomayor, supreme court on May 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Still Waiting For That Republican Form of Government?
Posted in Constitution, Politics, barack obama, bill of rights, commentary, enumerated powers, founding fathers, scope of government, tagged Constitution, enumerated powers, founding documents, founding fathers, framers, james madison, limited government, republic, republican government, republicanism, Thomas Jefferson on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government…” ~~Article 4, Section 4, U.S. Constitution
Throughout our history, the one thing all American Patriots have agreed on is that republicanism is the ideal political philosophy for our form of government. The Framers not only believed in this principle, they [...]
Obama’s Flawed Constitution
Posted in 2010 election, Constitution, Politics, Socialism, barack obama, commentary, enumerated powers, founding fathers, scope of government, tagged Adams, Benjamin Franklin, bill of rights, Constitution, declaration of independence, founding fathers, Hamilton, Jefferson, obama, Philadelphia Convention, President Obama, Socialism on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
President Obama has expressed, on several occasions, his belief that the Constitution is a flawed document. He has also indicated a primary goal of his administration is to change the way things are done in America to match the principles on which he believes the nation was founded. Millions of Americans cheer his efforts, believing [...]
The Republican Outreach
Posted in 2010 election, Constitution, Economic Bailout, Politics, commentary, founding fathers, tagged Socialism, Constitution, conservatism, republicans, Republican Party, conservatives, 2010 election, tea parties on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is no shortage of advice to the Republican Party regarding the need to “reach out” to Hispanics, Blacks, women, moderates and younger voters. Conventional wisdom says that the way to do that is to moderate our position on social issues and offer an equal or better program to solve the problems of healthcare, education, [...]
Marketing the Republican “Brand”
Posted in Constitution, Politics, Socialism, commentary, scope of government, tagged brand, democrats, freedom, liberty, moderates, niche market, opportunity, Republican, republican brand, Republican Party on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, the mass media, TV talking heads, and the political wizards of both parties seem to be obsessing over what the Republican Party needs to do to revive its tarnished “brand”. The overwhelming consensus of these clairvoyant readers of the voter’s mind is that the Republican Party needs to dump its conservative base and become [...]
Supreme Court Justice Wanted: Social Work Experience Preferred
Posted in Constitution, Justice, Politics, barack obama, commentary, tagged America's Flaws, Constitution, Justice Souter, obama, Politics, President Obama, Souter, supreme court on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With the upcoming retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter, speculation naturally turns to the type of person President Obama will nominate to replace him and who that person will be. Since the primary responsibility of the Supreme Court is to apply the Constitution to laws passed by Congress, to determine its constitutionality, it is [...]
The Self-Deception of America
Posted in Constitution, Politics, Socialism, commentary, scope of government, tagged dictator, dictatorship, party, political party, Politics, tyranny on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If a suggestion is made to someone that a dictatorship is possible in America, it is met with derision and the assertion that “it could never happen here, the American people would not stand for it”. The average person clings to this belief even as they continue to witness an increase in the tyranny of [...]
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Taxes And Tyranny
Posted in Politics, barack obama, commentary, scope of government, tagged freedom, government spending, Jefferson, liberty, national debt, Politics, taxes, tyranny, VAT tax on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“No earthly consideration could induce my consent to contract such a debt as England has…to reduce our citizens by taxes to such wretchedness, as that laboring sixteen of the twenty-four hours, they are still unable to afford themselves bread, or barely to earn as much oatmeal or potatoes as will keep soul and body together.”
~Thomas [...]
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