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Entries from December 2007

Ron Paul Freedom Trailer Stolen

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The South Carolina coordinator for the Ron Paul campaign contacted me yesterday to inform me that the Ron Paul Freedom Trailer had been stolen from the Columbia Headquarters during the holidays. The trailer was used to haul campaign signage across the state to different events and rallies.

Please provide information as to it’s whereabouts to [...]

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Tags: Elections 2008 · President · Republican · Ron Paul

Is Fred Thompson’s Campaign in Trouble?

December 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments

We all know Ron Paul supporters will come out of the woodworks when it is time for a “money bomb.” When the revolutionaries conjure up a new idea, they don’t take any chances. Goals are set high. So high they even have a blimp now (That has to be a Presidential Campaign [...]

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Tags: Elections 2008 · President · Republican

Tancredo Withdrawals from Campaign Trail

December 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Today, Congressman Tancredo announced his withdrawal from the Presidential Campaign.
Tom Tancredo has been the champion of illegal immigration since he entered the race in April. During his withdrawal speech, in my opinion he made a surprising endorsement…support Mitt Romney. Romney has been constantly criticized on his changing position on immigration (among other things) [...]

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Tags: Elections 2008 · Mitt Romney · President · Republican · Ron Paul

Hugh Cort - Check Out His Latest Ad

December 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

We all thought that Congressman Tancredo’s recent television add was eerily similar to Lyndon Johnson’s Daisy advertisement. Well, Hugh Cort may have taken it a step further. Fear monger? War monger? I have heard him speak, I’m afraid of what would happen if he were elected as President.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Tom Tancredo

Hugh Cort

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Tags: Elections 2008 · President · Republican

Will the Lakota Indians Suffer the Same Fate as the Confederacy?

December 20th, 2007 · 7 Comments

On the 147th anniversary of South Carolina’s secession from the union, the Lakota Indian tribe formally withdrew from all treaties made with the United States to form their own nation.
Indian rights activist Russell Means said:
“We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that [...]

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Tags: Secession