"That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."
-- President Abraham Lincoln - 1864
"The supply-side claim is not a claim. It is empirically true and historically convincing that with lower rates of taxation on labor and capital, the factors of production, you'll get a bigger economy."
-- U.S. Rep. Jack Kemp
In a fight between Jim Webb and Ollie North, who would win? Oh, that's right, we already know the answer to that question.
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Redskins InsiderThe Louisiana State Republican Primary this past Tuesday did not get much attention in the media. The outcome- Ron Paul finished 2nd- with the possibility still lingering that he may have even won. Hundreds of provisional ballots have yet to be counted. Many Paul supporters, even those that pre-registered as delegates, were forced to use provisional ballots for no [...]
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The thoughts below are not mine. They belong to Jeff Artis, the President of the Roanoke, VA, chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He has a blog he calls The Artis Blog (www.jeffartis.com). I thought his comments from today regarding the Presidential race we worth giving some attention to:
THE ARTIS BLOG
1/25/08
* Have you listened [...]
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My old boss Steve Forbes has an op-ed in the WSJ today where he delineates all the positives of Rudy Giuliani’s tax cut plan. Of course, Steve is the main economic adviser to Giuliani, so I’m pretty certain that he is the one who developed most of this plan.
If Steve himself can’t be president, I hope [...]
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That is one scenario being floated out there, with the historical precedent of Warren G. Harding to guide you:
Harding had two huge advantages over the other candidates, even though they had proven themselves far bigger vote getters. He looked and sounded like a president. And, much more important, no one disliked him nor had any [...]
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– or “The Rise of the Christian Socialist.”
Today’s WashTimes has an excellent article on how Mike Dukakabee completely destroyed the Arkansas GOP, at times even supporting Democrat candidates with money provided by the GOP.
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The AP has a story about how even if a candidate were to sweep every contest on Super Tuesday it wouldn’t be enough for anyone, in either party, to reach the magic number to claim the nomination. With tight contests on both sides of the aisle and the likelihood of split results on Feb. 5, [...]
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-- President Ronald Reagan from "The Speech" - October 27, 1964
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