Thoughts, essays, and writings on Liberty. Written by the heirs of Patrick Henry.

May 12, 2009

A suggested mea maxima culpa for Republican leaders

While hanging out on Twitter earlier today, I made this observation: “American voters will not take the GOP seriously until they make some sincere and MAJOR mea culpas.”
This got me to thinking about what it would take for me to start taking the Republican Party more seriously.  My initial observation is that I’m suddenly [...]

Posted By: Stephen Gordon @ 8:59 pm || Permalink || Comments (6) || TrackBack URI || Categories: Election '12, Republicans
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May 5, 2009

Last Minute Senate Rewrite Jeopardizes Colorado Death Penalty Repeal

Only 2 weeks ago the Colorado House passed H.B. 1274, a bill which would repeal the death penalty and use the savings to solve homicide cold cases, by a single vote. Foes of the bill in the Senate stripped out the death penalty repeal provisions and added an alternative source of funding to satisfy [...]

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March 11, 2009

Name That Socialist

Today, a news story came out where a company planned on purchasing chicken processing plants and the government was going to match the private company’s bid dollar for dollar. This plan is proposed under the guise of saving jobs. Now let me give you a hint who this socialist leader is; he’s a national leader.
Is [...]

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March 4, 2009

Two Potential Libertarian-Leaning GOP Presidential Candidates for 2012?

That Mitt Romney came in first in the CPAC presidential straw poll isn’t all that surprising.  That Ron Paul tied with Sarah Palin for third place certainly is.
Now, The American Conservative is asking whether South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford will run for president.  In a rather flattering-to-Sanford profile, Michael Brendan Dougherty outlines why the former [...]

Posted By: Stephen Gordon @ 2:07 pm || Permalink || Comments (13) || TrackBack URI || Categories: Election '12, Republicans
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February 26, 2009

Quick Thought — Bobby Jindal Will Never Be President

Again, this is why I hate politics. Now, I know little about Jindal personally, and not being from Louisiana, don’t know how good of a president he’ll make. I’ve really only seen him on TV for a very short time, in response to Obama’s non-SOTU speech.
But I was immediately struck with [...]

Posted By: Brad Warbiany @ 11:45 am || Permalink || Comments (19) || TrackBack URI || Categories: Election '12, Media, Open Thread, Politics
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