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| Palin Takes Off The Gloves |
| 2008-09-03 22:53:27 |
She’s been relatively silent for the last few days as the media has been doing its best to rip her to pieces, but Sarah Palin came out tonight and picked up the attack dog mantel and tradition of the V.P. candidate with ferociousness. (You can read the full text of her speech here). She [...]...
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| Success In Iraq Overshadowed By The Media’s Obsession With a 17 Year Old Girl |
| 2008-09-03 18:27:52 |
You may not have heard this, or maybe you saw a fleeting headline that was quickly buried, but U.S. forces in Iraq turned over primary responsibility for the Anbar province to Iraqi forces on Monday. (Read the full story here). The Anbar province (and Ramadi in particular) are significant because they had been the [...]...
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| Liberal Buzzword of the Week |
| 2008-09-03 13:15:13 |
Remember the 2000 election? Gore v Bush. We all learned a new word that year. We learned it because every major news channel beat the drum and pounded it into our skulls; gravitas. It became the de-facto buzzword to describe why Al Gore was superior to George Bush, and why Bush simply shouldn’t be [...]...
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| Lieberman Highlights |
| 2008-09-03 12:51:07 |
For those of you who don’t know who Joe Lieberman is, let’s do a brief recap. Lieberman was Al Gore’s running mate in the 2000 Presidential election. He has always had a bit of an independent streak and has more often than not voted his conscience regardless of what his party was doing. As [...]...
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| Fred Thompson Quote Of The Night |
| 2008-09-02 22:10:52 |
Now our opponents tell you not to worry about their tax increases.
They tell you they are not going to tax your family.
No, they’re just going to tax "businesses"! So unless you buy something from a "business", like groceries or clothes or gasoline … or unless you get a paycheck from a big or a [...]...
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| Why Is No One Talking About William Ayers? |
| 2008-09-02 22:06:39 |
Who is William Ayers, you ask? Ayers is a U.S. born and raised terrorist who founded a radical left terrorist group called the "Weathermen". The Weathermen were responsible for and Ayers claimed in his memoirs to have participated in bombings of a statue honoring the the lives of police lost in the line of [...]...
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| The Gun Issue |
| 2008-09-02 19:25:44 |
No one is talking about this at the moment, but I stumbled across this video tonight so I thought we’d revisit the issue. Those of you out there who are gun owners or sportsmen; Republican, Democrat, Independant or however you think of yourself, need to be aware of the fact that the Obama/Biden ticket have [...]...
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| Calling All Obama Fans |
| 2008-09-02 18:00:25 |
I need your help. I have been searching high and low for someone, anyone, that considers themselves an avid Obama supporter to engage me in an actual dialogue about what exactly it is that you support about Barack Obama. I’m not talking about telling me how much George Bush sucks and how much you [...]...
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| Obama Goes For a Diagonal Attack? |
| 2008-09-02 14:37:10 |
So this is where we are? The Democratic Presidential candidate is making a point to say that he has more experience than the Republican Vice Presidential candidate? (See the full article here). Furthermore, he goes on to compare his experience running his campaign to her experience as a mayor prior to running the state [...]...
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| Palin: The Reluctant Republican’s First Glance |
| 2008-09-01 00:25:45 |
Well, folks, I assume that if you’re anything like me you’ve been spending a little bit of time trying to answer two questions; "Who is Sarah Palin"? and "How do you pronounce her name?" Let’s start with the easy one. Its pronounced PAY-lin.
Now that we have that out of the way, who exactly is [...]...
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| Obama Quote Of The Night |
| 2008-08-28 22:55:08 |
Ladies and gentlemen, you just can’t make this stuff up. I’ll have more to say about Obama’s speech after I read over the transcript more (which you can read for yourself here), but I just had to get this quote out there given the subject of our last post. In his speech tonight, defending [...]...
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| Why Experience Matters |
| 2008-08-27 20:38:48 |
One of our faithful readers posed the question of why experience matters in a comment on an earlier post. I thought it was worth addressing so here goes. To start, let’s be clear about something. We’re talking about the Presidency of the United States of America; arguably the single most powerful position on the [...]...
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| The Democrats Remind Me Of Why I Hate Politics |
| 2008-08-27 20:15:35 |
Just when I thought I might actually make it through this election without getting ill, I started watching some news coverage of the Democratic national convention. It made me want to hurl. It may come as a surprise to you given the fact that I write this blog, but I really hate politics. I [...]...
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| Obama Gears Up The Class Warfare |
| 2008-08-21 14:55:16 |
Why is it that Democrat rich guys get to blast Republican rich guys for being rich and get away with it? Obama’s getting some attention lately for his latest campaign ad which focuses on the fact that McCain owns seven houses and is therefore out of touch with mainstream America and the economy. According [...]...
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| Obama’s Experience |
| 2008-08-21 10:08:55 |
In my last post, I pointed out that Obama almost used the word “experience” in a critique of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Obama’s lack of experience has been one of the biggest charges levied against him and represents one of the largest challenges for him to overcome. What I find interesting is that [...]...
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| The Irony Of Obama’s Slam Of Clarence Thomas |
| 2008-08-18 23:04:06 |
Obama’s horrendous performance on Saturday is filled with interesting nuggets and statements that I’m sure we’ll be looking at for some time. This particular one caught my attention though. In the video clip above, Warren asks Obama which sitting Supreme Court justice he would not have nominated were it to have been his choice. His [...]...
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| McCain Delivers a Knockout to Obama |
| 2008-08-17 22:38:55 |
What a weekend, folks. In case you missed it, John McCain and Barack Obama appeared on stage for an interview forum with Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the best selling book, "The Purpose Driven Life" for what Warren called the "Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency." (CNN has the full [...]...
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| Jon Voight Speaks Out As A Conservative: Feels The Backlash |
| 2008-08-15 13:29:31 |
Jon Voight recently wrote an op-ed piece for the Washington Times entitled “My Concerns For America” (read it here) in which he details his conservative views and opposition to Barack Obama. Coming out strong as a conservative in Hollywood has carried a price (detailed in the CNN report above) for Voight. For this Reluctant Republican [...]...
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| The More You Know |
| 2008-08-13 13:47:27 |
I’ve been thinking about the role of “knowledge” in modern politics and philosophical debate lately. It seems like we’ve reached a point in society where we are willing to concede “victory” and or bestow “authority” on whomever appears to have the greater “knowledge” on a given subject (see the issue of global warming and [...]...
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| Conservative Coffee and The First Honorary Reluctant Republican |
| 2008-08-10 19:01:00 |
We here at the Reluctant Republicans like to think of ourselves as conservatives first and anything else second. This web site and blog are our own feeble attempt to integrate our passionate conservatism with the current political landscape in a practical and poignant way. As conservatives, we hold the American entrepreneur and small business [...]...
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| The Price of Gas: Some Perspective From a Car Guy |
| 2008-08-08 13:42:10 |
Anyone that knows me knows that, among other things, I love cars. As such, one of my favorite publications is Car and Driver. Cars nuts are an interesting bunch whose political views vary, but we do tend to be a bit more pragmatic in our outlooks than most and certainly tend to be very [...]...
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| The Tire Gauge: Obama’s Newest Jimmy Carter Moment |
| 2008-08-08 11:54:02 |
I’m telling you, the echoes of our peanut farmer president just keep getting stronger and stronger with Obama. First, it was in foreign relations, and now on energy. By now you have to have been living in your underground shelter awaiting the coming apocalypse to have missed the hoopla surrounding Barack Obama’s recent suggestion [...]...
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| No Blood For Oil |
| 2008-08-06 23:01:34 |
What ever happened to the liberal chants of "no blood for oil"? Where is Viggo Mortenson ruining the lord of the Rings trilogy for me with his "no blood for oil" t-shirts? Or any of the other Hollywood leftists that were beating that drum these days? I suppose if you look hard enough you’ll [...]...
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| Obama’s Campaign Funding Shell Game |
| 2008-08-05 22:50:34 |
I’d like to say that I’m above getting some level of enjoyment from watching Obama get exposed as the double talking charlatan that he is, but alas, I cannot. Obama rode in to town claiming that he would change the face of politics, saying things like "we are the people we’ve been waiting for", [...]...
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| Obama Is The New Bill Clinton |
| 2008-08-02 13:58:59 |
One thing you had to give Clinton">Bill Clinton credit for was his uncanny ability to identify political trends and change his position just in time to ride the wave and somehow claim the idea and position as his own (check out the history of NAFTA as an example). It was amazing how the press [...]...
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| Is America Superman or Batman? |
| 2008-08-01 10:05:05 |
A friend of mine recently said to me, “Superman is how America sees itself, and Batman is how the world see us.” You know what my reaction to that is? I’m OK with that. (Firstly, I’m a huge Batman freak, but I digress). On some level, I don’t honestly care what the rest of [...]...
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| Fading Memories of 9-11 |
| 2008-07-29 10:35:01 |
Part of my road trip last week took me through New York city. On two separate occasions while there I had reminders of the September 11th terrorist attacks that were cause for some reflection. First, while walking through Times Square looking up at the buildings around me I had this thought about the sheer terror [...]...
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| Obama On Tour (Groupies Wanted) |
| 2008-07-27 15:47:00 |
While I was on vacation, Obama doing some traveling of his own and seeking some credibility in foreign policy by taking a whirlwind tour across Europe and FINALLY visiting Iraq and Afghanistan instead of just criticizing them from afar. Its no real surprise that most of Europe (where what they call a "conservative" would quickly [...]...
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| I’m Back! |
| 2008-07-26 22:55:33 |
Well folks, like Arnold in T2, I’m back, I’m refreshed, I have a lot on my mind, and I’m here to change the future. I’m sorry that you were left without any new content in my absence. A lot has happened while I’ve been away, and parts of my trip were truly inspiring. Stay [...]...
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| I’m Out! |
| 2008-07-20 22:26:27 |
Well, at least temporarily. Your faithful blogger, The Reluctant Republican, is taking some time off this week to traverse the East coast of our fair nation, spend some time with friends, and see some national landmarks. But fear not fair citizens! You can look forward to riveting posts from one of the other Reluctant [...]...
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| May We Mock, Barack? |
| 2008-07-17 23:52:18 |
Maureen Dowd has a great op-ed piece in the New York times entitled, "May We Mock, Barack?" (Read the full post here). Its an interesting read on the subject of political humor and the odd turn that is taking place with Obama. Satirists have a long history of getting laughs at the expense of [...]...
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| Why Do We Vote The Way We Do? |
| 2008-07-17 20:10:01 |
I had an interesting exchange yesterday and today with complete strangers on a networking site message forum. It was really the last place I expected to have the kind of exchange that I did, but there it was; full of passionately held positions starting with civil discourse and quickly devolving into expletive filled insults. [...]...
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| Where Is The Israel I Know? |
| 2008-07-16 23:19:32 |
Israel has agreed to “trade” Hezbollah five member terrorists that they have in custody for the remains of two Israeli soldiers that were abducted and killed two years ago (full story here). How is this even possible? What happened to the Israel that hunted down and killed anyone and everyone that had anything to [...]...
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| Obama Changes His Tune on NAFTA |
| 2008-07-14 10:52:29 |
Well ladies and gents, our friendly neighborhood Democrat superhero who arrived in our fair nation to change the face of politics and usher in a new era of political discourse has proven that while he is particularly slick, he’s just like every other politician that we’ve seen. It wasn’t but a few weeks ago [...]...
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| We’ve Lost Tony Snow |
| 2008-07-12 10:46:49 |
Tony Snow succumbed to his bout with colon cancer and has passed away at 53. Brit Hume pays tribute to Snow in the video below. Tony Snow was certain a favorite of the Reluctant Republicans. he will be missed and our prayers are with his family.
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| The Rev Jackson |
| 2008-07-11 22:50:29 |
I doubt that its possible that you haven’t heard about Jesse Jackson being "caught" on camera talking about Barack Obama saying "I wanna cut his nuts off." (Just in case you did miss it, watch Bill O’Reily show the video here and see the full story and Jackson’s explanation here.)
Now, everyone is talking [...]...
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| Another New Promo |
| 2008-07-11 14:09:36 |
We hope to have several new “themed” promo videos available on You Tube in the coming weeks. Another new one has been posted and is available for viewing below. Our new You Tube channel is located here. Spread the word....
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| New Promo Video |
| 2008-07-10 15:39:40 |
Reluctant Republicans is proud to announce our new (short and sweet) promo video on YouTube. Check it out in the player below and send it to all of your friends!...
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| Photoshopping Military Strength |
| 2008-07-10 10:22:08 |
I tell you, folks, you can’t make this stuff up. Iran’s "show of strength" the other day appears to have been at least in some part, fake. As it turns out, a photo released by an Iranian government controlled press group and ran by most major news networks worldwide looks like it was altered to [...]...
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