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Quincy Tea Party Turns Table on City Council (Update)

May 6th, 2011 · 8 Comments

In a post two years ago this week, I reported on the story of Steve McQueen, a leader of the then-fledgling Quincy (Ill.) Tea Party, who was prevented from speaking at a meeting of the local city council: It was the last thing McQueen expected to have happen when he appeared at the meeting last [...]

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Black Protest Organizers Could Be Tea Partiers

April 22nd, 2011 · 7 Comments

When I examined the fine print on the flyer about the National & International Day of Action & Unity, I looked for a Tea Party logo but didn’t find one.  Still, I concluded, blacks organizing these protests could, with a little direction, qualify as Tea Partiers. The fine print appeared below an ALL-CAPS BOLDFACE declaration:  [...]

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Dick Durbin Hunting for Muslim Votes

April 12th, 2011 · No Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The Democratic Party is the oldest of the two major U.S. political parties.  It was first organized in the early 1790s by anti-federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, as the Democratic-Republican Party.  Unlike the Democratic Party of today, it was distinguishable by its support for states’ rights [...]

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Black, Brown, White: Leftists Come in All Colors

March 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Whether black, white, brown, red, pink, orange, green, or purple, leftists come in all colors… depending on their issue de jour. Watching the turmoil in Wisconsin in recent weeks, and seeing Democrats on the floor of the General Assembly… all decked out in their stylish orange t-shirts…  shouting childish [...]

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Cuomo Tries to Fool Public Into Thinking Tea Party Members Support His Budget Proposal

February 6th, 2011 · No Comments

It appears as if a dyed-in-the-wool liberal is trying to fool the public into thinking members of the Tea Party Movement support his controversial budget proposal for the Empire State.  That politician is New York’s recently-elected Democrat governor, Andrew Cuomo. Tonight, because I suspect it won’t be the last attempt by libs like Cuomo to [...]

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Saint Louis Loses Bid for DNC 2012 (Update)

February 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment

More than nine months ago, I reported that Saint Louis was making a bid to host the Democrat National Convention.  Today, according to this article in The Wall Street Journal, the Democratic National Committee has picked Charlotte to host the 2012 gathering of communism-loving, socialism-leaning, big-government liberals. While the Journal’s contention is that the decision [...]

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Tea Party Movement Goes Global (Update)

January 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Little did CNBC reporter Rick Santelli know how far his message would carry after he issued a call for a Chicago Tea Party from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Feb. 19, 2009.  After spreading across the United States during the past 23 months, it appears that a grassroots movement, similar to the Tea [...]

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