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William F. Buckley, Jr. 1925-2008

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Rage Grows over Pelosi’s Obstinance

Nancy Pelosi refused to allow the House to vote on the reauthorization of the Protect America Act, which had already passed the Senate. Her decision resulted in expiration, on February 16, of surveillance provisions it afforded our intelligence community to keep Americans safe from a terrorist attack.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Director of National Intelligence [...]

Wiretaps Go Day-by-Day

On Saturday, the White House announce that phone companies “with understandable misgivings” are going to day-by-day cooperation with intelligence tracking of terrorist activities.  If nothing more than a signal to the jihadists to not get too carried away, this is a shred of good news in what continues to be a dismal display of irresponsibility [...]

VFW to House Democrats: “Asinine”

“Adopt the Senate version of the Protect America Act to safeguard Americans” - VFW statement, February 21, 2008
The Veterans of Foreign Wars called Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats’ unwillingness to pass the Protect America Act “asinine.” Because Pelosi blocked the Senate bill to come to the floor for a vote, the PPA expired at [...]

In Case You Missed It - Video History of House Democrats’ Wiretap Debacle

Watch here, as Released by the House Republicans February 21, 2008.

Troubles in the House of Clinton

“We didn’t raise all of this money to keep paying consultants who have pursued basically the wrong strategy for a year now,” said a prominent New York donor. “So much about her campaign needs to change — but it may be too late.”
Barack Obama has 11 consecutives primary wins and now holds a slim advantage [...]

Democrats – Hope for Defeat, Change for the Worse

Barack Obama has built his remarkable ascendancy to front runner status on two words: hope and change. The Democrat leadership has adopted that mantra in expectation that they can ride it to a White House and Congressional victory in November as well. Yet, the “hope” they hold is for defeat in Iraq, and the last [...]

Teamsters Endorsement Trumps Free Trade for Obama

As if you needed any evidence that Democrats kowtowing to labor unions trumps every other campaign promise, consider Barack Obama’s announced opposition to the Korean Free Trade Agreement as proof.
Democrats, beholden to the unions, routinely oppose free trade agreements by falsely claiming that expanding global market opportunities somehow damage American workers. The Korean FTA is [...]

In Case You Missed It – Outrage Grows over Democrat’s Security Failure

Public outrage boiled in the days immediately following the House Democrats’ failure to even vote on the Protect America Act. This bill would have extended the ability of our intelligence community track Islamic jihadists activities but as a result of their inaction, the wiretapping authority granted within PPA expired at midnight February 16, 2008.
We’ve written [...]

Remarks to the Laramie Lincoln Day Dinner

A Line of Sight’s Bob Beauprez was the keynote speaker at the Laramie County Lincoln Day Dinner in Cheyenne, Wy on February 15, 2008. About 150 local Republicans gathered at the annual event.

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