Memorial Day is one of the holiest of days to a veteran, regardless of creed. It is a solemn day, a day of remembrance. It is a day to appreciate what was given and mourn losses. It is a day to count our blessings that this is not our holiday. It is a day to revel in the freedoms we have. In 2012, our liberties | Read More »
From the diaries. Pete Hegseth – Decorated Combat Veteran, Executive Director of Vets for Freedom, U.S. Senate Candidate, Patriot Pete Hegseth, who is running for the GOP endorsement for U.S. Senate in MN, was kind enough to sit down and provide his valuable time for an interview. In the interest of time, I edited the interview down, but was careful to keep the core of | Read More »
Any of the delegates/alternates in Minnesota still on the fence about who to support for U.S. Senate at the state convention received a lot of help today in making that decision. Governor Rick Perry, a favorite presidential candidate among conservative activists (who had an admittedly troubled campaign), came forward today to endorse Pete Hegseth. As many who follow me may recall, I was very vocal | Read More »
The Minnesota State GOP Convention is on May 18th-19th and Pete Hegseth needs your help. Due to the interesting political landscape in Minnesota, the primary is more of an afterthought than a deciding factor. In Saint Cloud at the convention, the delegates will vote to endorse one of the Senate candidates. The votes are taken and retaken as necessary until one candidate receives 60% of | Read More »
Most non-Minnesotans have a certain view of our political situation. When Minnesota and politics come together in a conversation, the following names and phrases come to mind – Jesse Ventura, Al Franken, Mark Dayton, Paul Wellstone, and voted Democrat in presidential elections since 1972. People forget that we also have had Rod Grams as Senator, numerous Republican governors, and currently have Michele Bachmann and Phil | Read More »
CPT Pete Hegseth is a man of courage and honor. He has served with the United States Army in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at Guantanamo Bay. He was one of the dominant faces of Vets for Freedom. VFF was composed of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who worked diligently to urge congress, particularly after Democrats took control in 2006, to support the effort in Iraq. VFF also | Read More »
Cross-posted at UnifiedPatriots.com There are currently five major candidates running for President: Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Who is in the lead or mostly likely to win has changed from time to time, and it may or may not change again. However, of those five – Only one candidate voluntarily joined the military and proudly wore the uniform. Rick | Read More »
As I have stated before, I am a full-spectrum conservative. I believe in common-sense, Constitutional conservatism based on the “three-legged stool” – fiscal, social, and national defense conservatism. All three of those legs are important, but my heart is especially with the national defense concerns. Many long time Redstate readers know me from the posts I started writing on my first deployment. Some of you | Read More »
I have been absent from Redstate for quite some time, I have missed some of you greatly. (Cross-Posted at Unified Patriots) Fred!! - 2012 I know it isn’t a choice – too bad. Seriously, I’ve waited throughout this pre-primary season: weighing the candidates, watching performances and plans, and examining reactions. I am now ready to announce what the blogo-sphere has no doubt been breathlessly waiting | Read More »
Memorial Day 2011 I do not know the source of the following quote, but it has a profound effect on me whenever I ponder it – “Only one bullet, one mortar, or one roadside bomb separates Veteran’s Day from Memorial Day.” I’d like to bend your thinking about these two days a little. On Veteran’s Day, we celebrate those who have served on our behalf, | Read More »
Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Nine. That’s the number of men and women from our nation’s armed forces who left for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and did not return alive. You can find more on these brave men and women here: Honor the Fallen. Yet that is only one part of the number of those who have sacrificed greatly for our freedoms. | Read More »
Since I was old enough to remember I have had a single favorite holiday. There are some good ones out there. Christmas is the favorite for most; for the secular-minded the presents make the day and Believers know that it marks the day that the Son of God came into this world to seek and save. Many love Easter. Again, there is something for both | Read More »
from the diaries by haystack I have missed interacting with my Redstate family for the last 6-8 months. Rest assured, I have been reading Redstate as often as I can and think of all of you often. For the last 6 years of my life, each Memorial Day has had new and powerful meanings to me. This year, tragically, is no different. On Easter Sunday, | Read More »
Cross posted at Freedom Defended This installment is one of the more important ones, even though it deals mostly with minor players. This is the one that puts the lie to two very prevalent media myths about NY-23. See The Other McCain‘s excellent write up about Frank Rich and the media’s misrepresentation of NY-23. The first myth is that the revolt in the GOP in | Read More »
Cross posted at Freedom Defended As I continue the observations about what happened in NY-23 from my boots on ground perspective, I am now going to do one that is a little different. Sarah!! was catapulted to national prominence when she was picked as John McCain’s running mate. The right instantly fell in love and the left was immediately driven to irrational hate. The left | Read More »
Cross-posted at Freedom Defended . Some might wonder why I use the term unexpected to refer to Fred Thompson’s support of Doug Hoffman for Congress. In hindsight, it seems perfectly natural. Let’s look a little closer though. NY-23 was originally a small time special election. The result would not have affected the balance of power in the House regardless of who won. It is unexpected | Read More »
I’ll admit that I have become heavily emotionally invested in the Doug Hoffman race. These last two days I have gone with very little sleep and put a lot of effort in. I saw a lot of things, met people I never thought I’d meet. I was treated as any other member of the press here, and this is something I would never have imagined | Read More »
The campaign is cautiously optimistic. Anecdotal reports from all over are looking very good, but the campaign is not satisfied with the turnout numbers so far. They can’t emphasize enough how much they need to get Hoffman voters out to the polls. The biggest difficulty at this point is that there is only so much to be done to get those people out. The district | Read More »
John Rich is a giant in the country music industry. He is one half of the country duo, Big & Rich. He was responsible for the country music reality show Gone Country. John Rich is not a person that anyone would consider a rabid conservative. He recently was all over radio with the song “Shutting Detroit Down”, a populist lament of bailouts to big business | Read More »
Okay, so maybe unexpected isn’t the best word, but certainly not people who come to mind when you think of politics, especially not the type of politics that the old stream media suggests is going on in NY-23. CPT Scott O’Grady is a former Air Force pilot. His F16 was shot down over Bosnia in a story that spawned two books, a history channel documentary. | Read More »
I arrived here in Watertown, NY about an hour ago. There is lots of energy as the campaign enters the final stretch. Bob Adney, field director for Hoffman for Congress greeted me as I came in and immediately asked me to go to work at the phone bank.
Unless you’ve been in a political coma, you know about the three way race in NY-23 between Owens(D), Scozzafava(R?) and Hoffman(Conservative Party). The election takes place on November 3rd, 9 days from now. You probably know by now that the endorsements break down as follows – Owens- President Obama DNC Scozzafava- NRCC RNC Newt Gingrich DailyKOS Margaret Sanger Award Hoffman- Fred!! Club For Growth Police | Read More »
Minnesota’s GOP had their state convention on October 3rd. The night before they held a forum for the Governor candidates. For those just tuning in, two term Governor Tim Pawlenty(R-ish) will not be running for re-election in 2010. Most assume that he is interested in a 2012 run at the Presidency. This leaves the race wide open, without an automatic nominee for either side. What | Read More »
Death panels. Cash for clunkers. Guns at protests. Racism! Racism? Card check. Everyone is debating and discussing, arguing and accusing on all these issues. Average American is concerned about whether he can get $4500 for his old car or whether Uncle Sam is going to pay for his Viagra. Meanwhile, here are some friends of mine that I have never met – Army Pfc. William | Read More »
If you have never heard of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, don’t feel bad. Based on the 2000 Census, this town has 59,107 people, and is located in the middle of the northern most state in the center of the United States. Per Capita income in 2000 was $19,769 as opposed to a nationwide number of $21,587. We are a mostly working class town strongly steeped in | Read More »
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