http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:57:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On this day in 1964, Ronald Reagan spoke to a nationwide television audience on behalf of the Republican presidential nominee. Here are the words of Ronaldus Magnus: "If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that ... http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan/2008/10/27/as-ronald-reagan-would-say-now-is-a-time-for/ The most important endorsement in U.S. political history came during the presidential election of 1800. The House of Representatives had to choose between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Though he had long opposed Jefferson's policies, Alexander Hamilton knew him to be "a patriot and an honorable man." "If there ... http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan/2008/10/20/colin-powell-endorsed-the-new-aaron-burr/ On this day in 1967, Che Guevara, the Argentine communist, was executed by the Bolivian Army. He and his pals had invaded Bolivia a few days earlier in hope of establishing a communist dictatorship. [At left, an Obama campaign office in Texas proudly displays an icon of Che Guevara on ... http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan/2008/10/09/on-this-day-in-1967-the-death-of-che-guevara/ On July 2, 2008, Barack Obama announced: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." Obama's Civilian National Security Force: • ... http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan/2008/10/04/those-who-do-not-remember-the-past-are-condem/ Grand Old Partisan attended the McCain/Palin rally in Fairfax, Virginia yesterday. The crowd was huge and joyous and enthusiastic. See the Grand Old Partisan blog for photos. Among the preliminary speakers were Senator Fred Thompson, Rep. Tom Davis and Rep. Frank Wolf. Other Virginia luminaries in attendance, with whom I ... http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan/2008/09/11/the-mccainpalin-rally-in-fairfax-virginia/ Sarah Palin's triumphant speech at the Republican National Convention left the Democrats and their media allies afraid, very afraid. The evening was also a triumph for Senator John McCain, the man who had selected her for the vice presidential nomination. Well done! I had the honor of ... http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan/2008/09/06/sarah-palin-is-the-one-we-have-been-waiting-f-2/ Most history books written by Democrat professors downplay the fact that the Worst President Ever was a Democrat. Did the Democrats nominate him? No, he was the 1864 Republican nominee for vice president. Andrew Johnson – Andrew Jackson Johnson, to be precise – was the only southern Senator not ... http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan/2008/08/29/when-the-republicans-nominated-a-democrat-for/ A young, inexperienced orator captures the Democratic presidential nomination and squares off against the war hero and senior statesman nominated by the Republicans. Speaking as if from a pulpit, in a style learned from fiery preachers, the magnetic newcomer had the crowds swooning. I’m referring, of course, to ... http://www.redstate.com/grand_old_partisan/2008/08/21/barack-jennings-obama/