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Our Next Meeting is Saturday,
September 13th.
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During the election season, we are
moving our regular monthly meetings to the 2nd Saturday of the
month. Our August meeting will return to our regular
place and time of 9:00 AM.
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We are currently
meeting at Family Savings Credit Union, 342
Charles Hardy Pkwy, in Hiram.
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of Charles Hardy Pkwy (Hwy 120) and Atlanta Hwy (Hwy 6), right next to
SunTrust Bank.
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You don't have to be a member of the
Republican Party to attend our meetings. We are open to
everyone. Please join us at our next meeting and bring a friend!
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"If you
look at folks of color, even women, they're more successful in
the Democratic party than they are in the white, uh, excuse
me, in the [laughs] Republican party."
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--
Howard Dean,
Democrat Party Chairman [link]
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Sarah Palin:
conservatives find
the girl of their dreams
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The Alaskan
governor’s family life and political views press the right’s
buttons
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...History was on
the march again the morning after Barack Obama became the
first African-American to accept his party’s White House
nomination. After the fireworks, the 80,000-strong crowd who
had cheered Obama to the skies at the Mile High stadium in
Denver woke up with a hangover.
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“We may be seeing the first woman
president. As a Democrat, I am reeling,” said Camille Paglia,
the cultural critic. “That was the best political speech I
have ever seen delivered by an American woman politician. Palin
is as tough as nails.”
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Times
Online (UK)
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‘Suburban
mom’ who took
on her own party
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 ...The
meteoric rise of Alaska’s first female governor, a mother of
five who is a conservative Christian, soared to even greater
heights on Friday after John McCain, Republican presidential
candidate, chose Ms Palin as his running mate.
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In some ways, the
choice reflects Mr McCain’s own narrative of being an
outsider within his own party, a politician who chooses
country first with “grit, integrity, and good sense”.
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Financial
Times
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"Sarah
Palin: babies, guns, Jesus. Hot damn!"
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--
Rush Limbaugh
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Lefty Bloggers
Go After
Palin's Daughter
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Members of the lefty
blogosphere haven't stopped perpetuating the rumor Sarah Palin
"faked" her last pregnancy and are now humiliating her
daughter Bristol on the blatantly incorrect suspicion she is the
real mother of baby Trig.
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...Not only is the
DailyKos disgustingly inspecting Bristol's midriff with all
the fervor of LA paparazzi examining J-Lo's or Jennifer
Aniston's washboard stomachs for evidence of a
"bump," the DailyKos is wrong on when the photo was
taken. It was taken, and published, by the Anchorage Daily
News in 2006. Baby Trig, a child with Down's Syndrome, was
born on April 18, 2008. That's a long time for a teen girl to
be carrying a "bump" which looks nothing more than
the curve of a tight sweater.
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Townhall.com
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Yeah,
About that 'Experience' thing...
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by
Kevin McCullough
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Only a fool would
question Sarah Palin's experience as a basis for her readiness
to be Vice-President, especially as compared to Barack Obama's
experience as a basis for his readiness to be President.
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 Never has such a
scurrilous set of accusations been less founded. Those who argue
them, such as the Obama campaign, because they know the truth to
be irrefutable end up rendering themselves silly. The truth is
that Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Biden or
Obama. But let's examine the facts for what they tell us.
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Townhall.com
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Obama Played by Chicago Rules
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By DAVID FREDDOSO
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Democrats don't
like it when you say that Barack Obama won his first election
in 1996 by throwing all of his opponents off the ballot on
technicalities.
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By clearing out the
incumbent and the others in his first Democratic primary for
state Senate, Mr. Obama did something that was neither illegal
nor even uncommon. But Mr. Obama claims to represent something
different from old-style politics -- especially old-style
Chicago politics. And the senator is embarrassed enough by what
he did that he misrepresents it in the prologue of his political
memoir, "The Audacity of Hope."
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Wall
Street Journal
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Obama Needs to
Explain His
Ties to William Ayers
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Michael
Barone
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...For Obama, the
outsider who gained the trust of the insiders, the position is
different. He was willing to use Ayers and ally with him
despite his terrorist past and lack of repentance. An
unrepentant terrorist, who bragged of bombing the U.S. Capitol
and the Pentagon, was a fit associate. Ayers evidently helped
Obama gain insider status in Chicago civic life and
politics--how much, we can't be sure. But most American
politicians would not have chosen to associate with a man with
Ayers's past or of Ayers's beliefs. It's something voters
might reasonably want to take into account.
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RealClearPolitics
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Biden, Obama
share liberal leanings
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WASHINGTON - Sens.
Joe Biden and Barack Obama are left of center on many issues but
still differ on a number of proposals.
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Both enjoy high
ratings from unions and some liberal groups. Biden, who chairs
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is rated more
conservative than Obama on foreign policy issues.
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Here's a look at
where the two have differed on key votes and how they're rated
by various interest groups.
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Lower
Hudson Journal News
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“If the
Democrats think we're going to be able to nominate someone who
can win without that person being able to table unimpeachable
credentials on national security and foreign policy, I think
we're making a tragic mistake.”
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Sen. Joe Biden
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The 'Wisdom' of
our "next President", Joe Biden
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 On
racial stereotypes: "In
Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans
moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin'
Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not
joking."
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On Barack Obama
and racial stereotypes :
"...the
first mainstream African American [presidential candidate]
who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking
guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
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On himself:
"I think I
have a much higher IQ than you do."
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Source:
Washington Post
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Rise in Tax,
Drop in Cigarette Sales May Squeeze Md.'s Expected Revenue
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Cigarette sales
have dropped by nearly 25 percent in Maryland since the
state's tobacco tax doubled in January, as sticker shock
apparently has curtailed some residents' smoking and sent
others across the border for better deals.
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...Although the
higher tax rate has increased tobacco tax collections
significantly, the larger-than-expected decline in sales means
the state could be short of its budgeted revenue by $40 million
to $60 million this year if current trends continue. The state
had been projecting about $440 million in revenue from the
tobacco tax this year.
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Washington
Post
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Wind turbines
across Oregon stir up health scare
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Study
suggests living close to an energy farm can cause a variety of
physical ailments
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..."I started to
cry," Eaton, 57, recalled of her first sight of the Willow
Creek Wind Project in late July. "They're going to be
hanging over the back of our house, and now there's the medical
thing."
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"The medical thing" is new
research suggesting that living close to wind turbines, as Eaton
and her 60-year-old husband, Mike, soon will be doing, can cause
sleep disorders, difficulty with equilibrium, headaches,
childhood "night terrors" and other health problems.
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chron.com
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"You
cannot legislate new energy technologies into existence. If
the market cannot find a replacement for gasoline at four
dollars a gallon, the replacement doesn't exist, and there's
nothing anybody in Congress, Gang of Ten, gang of 100, can do
about it."
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--
Rush Limbaugh [link]
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A GOP divide
over energy: Gingrey rejects bipartisan energy proposal pushed
by Chambliss, Isakson
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U.S. Sen. Saxby
Chambliss, operating in high re-election gear, has suddenly been
forced to defend his “Gang of Ten” energy proposal — not
from Democratic attacks, but from slashes by fellow Republicans.
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On Saturday, U.S.
Rep. Phil Gingrey declared that Georgia’s two senators —
Johnny Isakson is also part of the bipartisan effort — are
on the wrong track. Other House Republicans from Georgia are
likely to follow Gingrey’s lead.
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Reaction started on
Friday, when conservative radio godfather Rush Limbaugh declared
the “Gang of Ten” energy package to be “bipartisan
garbage.”
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Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
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Related:
The
Hill: Conrad,
Chambliss defend compromise energy plan
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American Energy Yes,
Taxes No
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Newt
Gingrich
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But even as some
members of the House stand heroically for energy price relief,
for reasons beyond my understanding, a group of Republicans in
the Senate has signed on to an $85 billion tax increase
disguised as an energy bill.
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Last week a
"Gang of 10" from the Senate - including Republican
Senators Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Saxby Chambliss, Bob
Corker and Johnny Isakson - announced a "sweeping"
energy bill that raises taxes but does little to develop more
American energy.
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The fact is, if we aggressively
pursue new sources of energy, we do not need a tax increase of
any kind.
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Human
Events
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Related:
Saxby Chambliss Calls Rush Limbaugh
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A not-so-public
man: the private character
of John McCain
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It's
pretty amazing when you think about it. War hero John McCain has
been in the public eye almost his entire adult life. He's run
numerous campaigns, served in Congress for 25 years, and is in
his second run for the presidency.
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Yet,
there is so much of his life that reveals an absolutely
sterling character, but remains largely unknown to the public.
And in spite of the tremendous political advantages that
publicity could confer, McCain instinctively keeps that
information private. Although as a presidential candidate he
may be forced to overcome this reticence, he honorably shies
away from using his personal heroics for political gain.
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Jerusalem
Post
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67 Antioch
Road 