Thank you for your interest in the picure recently posted on this site. As this picture has gotten plenty of attention, I would rather change the focus of this discussion to Sen. Obama’s record on National Security. Please see the post above.

A memo from Susan Aiken (Anderson County Member of the SCGOP State Executive Committee)
As promised, an Anderson County Republican Party Headquarters has been secured.    If you want to ride by and take a look at the building it is across from the Anderson Recreation Center on Murray and was formerly a dance studio.    It has ample space for parking and for us to use for projects, meetings, phone banks and of course a Victory Party in November!!!
Chairman Rogers is in the process of finalizing all of the details so we will have more details later this month.
Below you will see a list of items we will need.  If you have anything you can donate to the cause please let us know.
Also please start thinking about when you will be available to help staff the office.  It will take a group effort to make work properly.
Thank you for all you do. 

 

Desk and Chair
Computer
Small Refrigerator
Folding Chairs
Card Tables and Folding Tables
Coffee Pot and supplies including coffee, cups, napkins, sugar and creamer
Cleaning supplies – including a broom and mop
General offices supplies – including copier paper, stapler and pens
Televison
Radio

By Aaron Klein © 2008 WorldNetDaily
…Ali Abunimah, a Chicago-based Palestinian-American activist and co-founder of Electronic Intifada, a pro-Palestinian online publication, recalls introducing Obama at one such event, a 1999 fundraiser for the Deheisha Palestinian camp in the West Bank.

Abunimah is also a harsh critic of Israel and has protested outside pro-Israel events in the Chicago area.

“I knew Barack Obama for many years as my state senator – when he used to attend events in the Palestinian community in Chicago all the time,” stated Abuminah during an interview last month with Democracy Now!, a nationally syndicated radio and television political program.

“I remember personally introducing [Obama] onstage in 1999, when we had a major community fundraiser for the community center in Deheisha refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. And that’s just one example of how Barack Obama used to be very comfortable speaking up for and being associated with Palestinian rights and opposing the Israeli occupation,” Abunimah said…continue

Is Jim DeMint the next Jesse Helms? The State

Three reasons the South Carolina senator could be on track to become — as Helms was famously known — the most conservative member of the U.S. Senate.

1.HE’S IDEOLOGICALLY RIGID – DeMint, like Helms, is an ideological purist who holds fast to conservative principles such as low spending, low taxes, deregulation and strong national defense.
         
DeMint also, like Helms, doesn’t mind antagonizing fellow Republicans who drift leftward on those core principles. DeMint emerged as a leader in the Senate during his fight to sink illegal immigration reform, splitting with much of the Republican Party to kill a plan designed by President Bush.
          
“I spent a number of years as a team player, trying to work with our leadership, only to find that our leadership was taking us in the wrong direction,” DeMint said earlier this month about his willingness to take on his party.
          
2.HE’S A CONTRARIAN — AND HE LIKES IT – DeMint, like Helms, doesn’t mind being a lone voice and using Senate rules to block legislation he doesn’t agree with.
            
Last week, DeMint blocked a bill that would provide assistance to lending institutions to help homeowners facing foreclosure. The bill eventually passed the Senate on Friday.
         
“Ninety-nine senators like (the bill), and DeMint’s holding it up,” said Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, in The Washington Times. “I question the entire Republican caucus for not doing something about (DeMint). I think it’s wrong.”

3.HE’S SPEAKING UP FOR CONSERVATIVES – DeMint, like Helms, wants to be the national voice of conservatism.
     
DeMint:
• Set up the Senate Conservatives Fund PAC to raise money for Senate candidates who pass his ideological litmus test of opposing wasteful government spending, standing strong on national security issues and supporting traditional family values. He said he could see a day where he would use the money to challenge Republican incumbents.
• Penned a recent book, “Why We Whisper,” that says conservatives are too silent about their beliefs and values. The book prescribes more aggressive advocacy of conservative causes.
• DeMint is raising his national profile by aggressively using the Internet to blog and post videos of himself speaking on an array of social-networking and conservative Web sites.

There are many things John McCain needs in a vice presidential candidate. The most obvious is a running mate who must be prepared to lead should the president be unable to. Other characteristics? Conservative. Youthful. Diverse. There is one name among those Mr. McCain is interviewing this weekend that fits the bill: Bobby Jindal.
              
The newly elected Louisiana governor is an exciting breath of fresh air to the national ranks of the Republican Party. At age 36, Mr. Jindal is our youngest governor and the first person of color to serve as Louisiana governor since Reconstruction. A first-generation American (his parents are Indian immigrants), Mr. Jindal successfully won over Louisiana on a platform of change and ethics reform in the midst of Louisiana’s notorious reputation of corruption.
                      
Among his first acts as governor, Mr. Jindal issued an executive order on Transparency and Ethical Standards, and in less than three months he was able to pass a sweeping comprehensive ethics reform package in a special session. Mr. Jindal calls it “the first bold step toward a new Louisiana.” Impressive. And among the many reasons that make this young conservative an attractive (and necessary) addition to the McCain ticket.
             
A staunchly pro-life Roman Catholic, Mr. Jindal has the voting record to match his socially and fiscally conservative rhetoric.
              
During his tenure as a congressman for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District (2004-07), Mr. Jindal voted in favor of energy reforms to address increasing gas prices, including a measure to crack down on oil company cartels engaged in price-fixing and making allowances for offshore drilling.
                 
Mr. Jindal has been an outspoken advocate (sometimes in contrast to the Bush administration) for more recovery and rebuilding funding for the Gulf Coast region after Hurricane Katrina. He has voted for legislation that would restrict independent PACs, require lobbyist disclosures of bundled donations and protect whistle blowers. His goals to reign in government spending mimic those of Mr. McCain, and Mr. Jindal supported making the Bush tax cuts permanent. Mr. Jindal also favors tough immigration reform — having voted for building a fence along the Mexican border (a position that helps to solidify Mr. McCain’s flip-flop on the issue). continue