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A Contrarian View of History and Events
Doug Wead
Doug Wead is a presidential historian and New York Times bestselling author. He served in the White House of George Herbert Walker Bush and is the co-founder of Mercy Corps, a relief organization that has distributed $US 1.5 billion of food and medicine around the world.
15 May, 2012, 12:17
Ron Paul is not OUT! He is UP!
Ron Paul has announced he will not be competing in the upcoming primary states, saying that he will focus, instead, on his delegate strategy. A strategy that is working, by the way, and transforming the Republican Party. It is something he has said many times since the February 11, 2012 caucus in Maine. Only this time, the mainstream media gave the announcement full attention and treated it...
12 May, 2012, 22:51
Presidents’ Mothers: Their secrets to success?
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to confirm that many of America’s presidents were “mama’s boys.” It would make Sigmund Freud smile, for one of his most enduring discoveries was that a mother's perceived favorite child is empowered for life. Consider the overwhelming evidence that mothers play a key role. Many recent presidents were literally named after their mothers, though none of their...
23 April, 2012, 19:16
Ron Paul Wins in Iowa and Minnesota, Romney in Panic
Ron Paul supporters surged to victory in Sunday’s Minnesota and Iowa district conventions. A number of Romney Hawks are now deeply concerned that Paul has already laid the groundwork for success in six more caucus states. Yesterday’s results for Ron Paul will only increase the influence of Hawks inside the Mitt Romney camp. Dominating the process, Paul picked up more delegates to the Republican...
22 April, 2012, 12:52
Romney revolt at Liberty University
The John McCain, eh sorry, the Mitt Romney campaign replayed a scene from past failed Republican candidates yesterday. They announced in the morning that Governor Romney would be the commencement speaker at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school, founded by Jerry Falwell, is touted as the largest Christian University in the world. And in the afternoon they announced that openly...
18 April, 2012, 14:54
Ron Paul to Obama and Romney: ‘Jerusalem is the capital of Israel’
In a private meeting last Wednesday, Ron Paul was asked about an Executive Order moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “The real issue here is not what America wants but what Israel wants,” Dr. Paul said. “We have no right to choose their capital. If they say it is Jerusalem, then it is Jerusalem.” The Barack Obama administration has consistently rejected this idea and...
13 April, 2012, 14:01
Brent Strafford, an American hero
While all the political news yesterday focused on the end of Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign a colorful drama unfolded in faraway St. Charles, Missouri Tuesday night. This was the scene of the re-scheduled, famous, St. Charles County GOP Convention. Yes, there was some booing and plenty of disagreements but after all was said and done, the 900 voters who had gathered to chose their...
11 April, 2012, 12:09
Showdown in St. Charles, Missouri: Ron Paul rides again
Remember the infamous St. Charles County Republican caucus on March 17, 2012? Where the temporary chairman decided that there could be no recording devices? So his evil deeds could be done in darkness? Where at a prearranged signal, the temporary chairman had local police descend on the caucus and arrest anyone that he personally deemed worthy of arrest? Even following one Ron Paul supporter...
9 April, 2012, 19:02
A plea from inside the Santorum camp: Work with Ron Paul
This is from a Rick Santorum coordinator in Washington State. I edited it down because of length. In this District they captured 17/18 Santorum/Paul Delegates and 17/18 Santorum/Paul Alternates. Mitt Romney got zero. The statement of the Rick Santorum coordinator: What was done in Pierce County started the idea of both Paul and Santorum’s camps coming together. It was an act by the people to...
5 April, 2012, 12:12
Romney will pick Huckabee as VP
If Mitt Romney does win the GOP nomination, who will he pick as Vice President? He will float a number of names for political reasons. His list will surely include Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum, Rob Portman, Sara Palin, Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie. All with good reasons. Consider this, the home states of several of these men, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Florida, Pennsylvania,...
3 April, 2012, 19:54
Romney gets nasty in Nevada but Ron Paul prevails
For Ron Paul supporters there is good news coming out of Nevada but the price paid to win these victories has been brutal. Here goes. A report from people in the trenches. In Carson City, the vast numbers of Ron Paul supporters made no difference. The chair ignored them. The Carson City Caucus was so ugly that the insider, GOP, Romney establishment itself splintered under the pressure. More than...
