American Conservative Republican

• GOP Governors want a Kinder, Gentler Party

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  From Politics Daily,
  Melinda Henneberger,
  Editor in Chief
  
  
  AUSTIN – Here's what I did not hear at the annual confab of Republican governors held here this week: The words socialist, extremist, or government takeover. With the focus on jobs, jobs and [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  by American Conservative Republican

• GOD Bless our Veterans

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  It is the veteran, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
  
  It is the veteran, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
  
  It is the veteran, not the campus organizer, who has given us the [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:27am EST
  by American Conservative Republican

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

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  To all past and present Marines and members of the Marine Corps family, happy 234 years of service to our great country.
  
  The Marine Corps dates from 10 November 1775, the day the Continental Congress authorized the formation of two battations of Marines.
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:42am EST
  by American Conservative Republican

• "The Axis of Idiots"

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  "The Axis of Idiots"
  
  By J. D. Pendry,
  
  Retired Sergeant Major,
  
  United States Marine Corp
  
  
  
  
  Jimmy Carter, you are the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:41pm EST
  by American Conservative Republican

• It's Official, Brewer is Running

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  November 5, 2009,
  Phoenix, AZ
  By Bob Haran
  
  Early today Arizona Governor Jan Brewer submitted the initial paperwork with the Secretary of State to run for election in her own right as Governor.
  
  Brewer inherited the Governor's office in' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:20am EST
  by American Conservative Republican

• Bob Burns, "Let the Voters Decide"

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  Burns on budget: We’re out of gimmicks and time
  November 3, 2009 by azsenaterepublicans
  
  In today’s Arizona Republic, Senate President Bob Burns says let voters decide what they’re willing to do to help our state recover:
  
  Your state government is in trouble. The [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:13pm EST
  by American Conservative Republican

• Brewer Honored with Achievement Award

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  Brewer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
  By Helaine Chersonsky
  　
  Congratulations and kudos to Governor Jan Brewer, who will receive the 2009 John F. Long Lifetime Achievement Award on November 5 at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel and Spa. The Phoenix Business Journal described the award being given [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 3:05pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Pullen on the fall of ACORN

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  "One too many nuts have fallen from this tree," said Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen, as public outcry mounts for a transparent and accountable investigation into the activities of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN.)
  
  Widely reported in the national [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 11:58am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Pearce Demands End to Sanctuary Cities.

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  Arizona State Senate
  
  1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007
  
  Sen. Russell Pearce, R-18
  Chair, Senate Appropriations Committee
  602-926-5760
  
  NEWS RELEASE
  
  
  Oct. 21, 2009
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
  Pearce Demands End to Sanctuary City and “Catch and Release” Policies
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 3:21pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Pearce Calls for Special Session

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  Pearce calls for special session to address illegal immigration crisis
  
  
  
  WHAT:
  
  Advocates of tougher illegal immigration laws will hold a press conference Wednesday urging Gov. Jan Brewer to call a special session to address the immigration crisis and recent [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 8:14am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• AZ FACING MORE CUTS

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  Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, a conservative Republican, inherited, as a result of the housing slump and a spending spree by Democrat former Governor, Janet Napolitano, a state government spending more then it was taking in. Hard, responsible, decisions had to [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Hayworth Considering Run Against McCain

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  According to a report in the Washington Post by Chris Cillizza, "former representative J.D. Hayworth is weighing a candidacy against Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) in 2010, according to sources familiar with his thinking. Hayworth, a former sportscaster who spent more than a decade in Congress before" [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 10:07pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• OPINION ...

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  OPINION
  
  By Will Munsil - ASU
  
  I begin by clarifying objectives: Like you, I desire a vibrant, intellectually serious, politically ascendant conservatism.
  
  In political debates, we are often grateful for aid, from wherever it may come. But in the [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 2:48pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• TRENT FRANKS UNDER ATTACK

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  By Helaine Chersonsky
  　
  Liberal blog, Huffington Post, attacked Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ)
  for comments Franks made at last weekend's "Take Back America" conference held in St. Louis, MO. The conference was sponsored by the American Family Association.
  
  Franks criticized President Barack Obama's first [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 1:18pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• AZ Judge Blocks Pro-Life Laws

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  From the Center for Arizona Policy.
  
  September 30, 2009
  
  State Court Stops New Abortion Measures from Taking Effect!
  
  Late Tuesday, Maricopa County Judge Donald Daughton agreed with Planned Parenthood and decided that key provisions of Arizona's new abortion laws' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 2:32pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• SHERIFF"S OFFICE COLLARS 40 ILLEGALS IN 4 HOURS

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  The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), has reported that they arrested 40 illegal aliens during a four hour human smuggling saturation patrol in the North Valley Tuesday night. The arrest were made during four separate traffic stops near Anthem Way under the' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 7:42am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• THE OBAMA MALAISE

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  By Helaine Chersonsky
  
  I have worked consistently during the past 30 years as a journalist, corrections officer for the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, and for an airline. Each time I was out of work, I quickly found another job within various professions and [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 12:14pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Sheriff Joe Fights Back

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  Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems to be getting a little tired of being under attack by the Arizona Republic and instead of surrendering to those that by ink by the barrel, he has decided to take the bull by the horns and wrote [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 10:34am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• A COURAGEOUS GOVERNOR

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  Bill McCune is a broadcaster, documentary maker and former Arizona legislator. In the Opinions Section of Today's Republic, McCune authored a Special to the Republic titled, "Brewer's Valor Merits Spot in History Books."
  
  There is a difference between today's politicians' [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 10:29am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• DON STAPLEY ARRESTED

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  DON STAPLEY ARRESTED
  
  
  Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies arrested Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley about 9:30 AM on 93 new felony counts relating to campaign fraud; including the use of campaign funds to pay personal bills.
  
  Stapley was booked into the downtown' [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 4:15pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• McCain and ACORN

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  This was discovered on Facebook from Michelle Malkin's Blog, it shows how changable Sen. John McCain can be.
  
  
  Sigh: McCain and his friends at…ACORN
  By Michelle Malkin • October 13, 2008 01:14 PM
  If you want to know why see-sawing John McCain' [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 6:12am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL EXHIBIT COMING TO AZ

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  "All Gave Some - Some Gave All"
  
  A replica of "The Wall," as Vietnam vets refer to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., will be on display in Phoenix, Arizona at the Phoenix Memorial Park located at 200 W. Bearsley Rd [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 6:43am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• ANGRY ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST IN D.C.

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  Anti-Government Demonstration Draws Tens of Thousands to D.C.
  
  By Emma Brown and James Hohmann
  Washington Post Staff Writers
  Saturday, September 12, 2009 2:52 PM
  
  
  
  Conservative protesters by the tens of thousands crowded outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, a [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 1:44pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST SHOT AND KILLED IN MICHIGAN

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  Authorities have charged an Owosso, Michigan, man with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the Friday shooting deaths of an anti-abortion activist and another man, a prosecutor's office said.
  
  Activist Jim Pouillon was shot and killed Friday while protesting outside Owosso' [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 1:22pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Census Bureau drops ACORN

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  WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau on Friday severed its ties with ACORN, a community organization that has been hit with Republican accusations of voter-registration fraud.
  
  "We do not come to this decision lightly," Census director Robert Groves wrote in a letter to ACORN, which was obtained by The Associated [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 8:27am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• PULLEN WRITES ON LATINO AND GOP VALUES.

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  The following was published in the September issue of "Latino Perspective" magazine.
  my perspective on: Latinos and the Arizona Republican Party
  A sharing of values
  By Randy Pullen
  
  Imagine a political organization that is truly built from the ground up. An organization that [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 11:04pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• ANDY THOMAS EXPLORING RUN FOR AG

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  The Arizona Republic has reported that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will officially form an exploratory committee today for election in 2010 as Arizona Attorney General.
  
  Two other Republicans, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne and Arizona Representative Sam Crump of [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 9:22am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• IRON LADY of ARIZONA TAKES ACTION

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  Arizona Governor Jan Brewer today signed some budget bills to keep state government alive and line-item vetoed others with school funding cuts.
  
  $250 million property tax repeal vetoed, casualty of refusal by a few extremist senators to allow voters to decide question [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 6:08pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• OPEN LETTER To PAM GORMAN With COMMENTARY

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  Dear Senator Gorman;
  
  You seem to have forgotten whom you work for, please let me remind you, you work for the people of Arizona. I am a citizen of Arizona and a resident of the district you represent in the Arizona Senate, therefore, [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 5:50am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• TR would have nothing to do with today's GOP

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  by Allen Dennis | August 30th, 2009
  
  
  If TR were alive today, he would be in the forefront of those seeking to change the status quo, just as he did in his own day. Today's Republicans bear no resemblance whatever to Theodore Roosevelt. [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 7:11pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Libertarians Support Gay Agenda

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  Some people in the GOP are calling themselves libertarians, The American Conservative Republican (ACR) will be posting more articles on the Libertarians and how they are not conservative or Republican.
  
  From a Libertarian Party press release.
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 4:21pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• ROMNEY Will Not Seek Kennedy Seat

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  From Politico.com
  
  Former Massachusetts GOP Gov. Mitt Romney will not seek the Senate seat vacated by Ted Kennedy’s death, a Romney spokesman said Thursday.
  
  
  Responding to speculation that Romney may be interested in the seat — which he challenged Kennedy [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 3:33pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Controlling Illegal Immigration: State and Local Governments Must Do More

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  Controlling Illegal Immigration: State and Local Governments Must Do More
  
  from the Heritage Foundation;
  
  by Matt A. Mayer
  Special Report #66
  Executive Summary
  
  In 1980, illegal immigration in the United States was far from the overwhelming challenge it is today. It was [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 5:18pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Court Orders Home-Schooled Girl into Public School

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  Court Orders Home-Schooled Girl into Public School
  
  
  
  
  
  From Focus on the Family,
  8/27/09
  The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) has asked a New Hampshire court to reconsider its decision to order a 10-year-old home-schooled girl into public school.
  
  "Parents" [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 8:45pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Sen. Barbara Leff named president pro tempore

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  Sen. Barbara Leff named president pro tempore
  
  
  
  (STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX) – Senate President Bob Burns, R-Peoria, announced today he is rounding out his leadership team with the appointment of veteran lawmaker Sen. Barbara Leff, R-Paradise Valley, as president pro tempore.
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 5:36pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• How Reagan Closed Budget Gap

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  Many people who calls themselves Reagan Conservatives forget that before Ronald Reagan was elected as President of the United States in 1980, he was governor of California from 1967-75.
  
  Reagan's election as governor in 1966 was his first public office. During [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 11:44am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Sanford Rejects Call to Resign

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  From the Associated Press;
  
  South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign Wednesday, saying he will not be "railroaded" out of office and plans to finish the last 16 months of his term.
  Sanford returned from a nearly weeklong disappearance in June to admit an [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 10:08am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• For Reference: Senator Gorman's response to E-Mail hit piece.

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  The e-mail in question was made to appear as if it was sent by District 6, it was not and was never authorized by the District Executive Committee, of which I'm a member. Thou I'm opposed to Senator Gorman's position on this issue, [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 12:11am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• America Unhinged

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  By Helaine Chersonsky
  
  I love this country; My generation grew up loving this country. We were born as the Second World War got under way and grew up during the fairly innocent fifties and the turbulent sixties.
  
  In the [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2009, 1:18pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• What WE Did During WOODSTOCK

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  Infantryman Cyril "Rick" Rescorla, whose photo graced the cover of "We Were Soldiers Once . . . And Young," on patrol in Vietnam in 1965. He survived the war -- and was Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's security chief when he died in the Twin Towers [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 10:53pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• GOP - Giffords Out of Touch with Voters

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  From the Arizona Republican Party
  
  Friday, August 14, 2009
  GABBY GIFFORDS UNRAVELS
  
  
  As pressure mounts on members of congress to reveal how they will vote on health care reform, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords appears to be unraveling at the seams. In two [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 12:40pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Wall Street Journal Supports Brewer on Budget

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  From the Wall Street Journal 8/11/09
  
  Arizona’s Budget Breakthrough
  
  An alternative to California’s tax and spend model.
  Perhaps states are starting to learn the right fiscal lessons from the red-ink blowouts in high-tax California and New York. Today, the legislature in Arizona [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 1:20am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Obama and Planned Parenthood in Bed Together.

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  Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The president of the nation's largest abortion business attended what she called a "special meeting" at the White House yesterday on health care reform. This is the second time the Obama administration gave special privileges to Planned Parenthood.
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 5:20pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Pullen Says Obama Presidency; Broken Promises, Rampant Spending, Chicago-style Politics

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  From Matt Roberts,
  Arizona Republican Party
  
  Broken promises, rampant government spending, and Chicago-style politics have marred the first 200 days of the Obama Presidency according to Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen. After examining the achievements of President Obama’s first six months in [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 10:47am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• The AZ Republic Wants Supreme's To Decide AZ Sanctions Law.

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  The largest newspaper in Arizona, "The Arizona Republic," has decided that the federal district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals were wrong when they decided that the Arizona Employer Sanctions Law was legal and, as the title of [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 9:07pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• A CALL TO ACTION by SEN. RUSSELL PEARCE

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  A call to action:
  
  Enough is enough, Citizen's Initiative
  
  By Sen. Russell Pearce, R-18, Mesa
  
  
  
  I wanted to give you an update on all of the recent news concerning illegal immigration. Our efforts to enforce our laws, secure our [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 2:50pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Sotomayor Approved by Senate Committee

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  Politico has reported today that the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the full Senate is expected to confirm her next week. If confirmed, Sotomayor would replace Justice David Souter, one of the more liberal members [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 12:57pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Obama's Sleight of Hand

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  Obama's Sleight of Hand
  by Helaine Chersonsky
  Why is President Obama so quick to pass a healthcare bill he hasn't read. Could the prospect of controlling one-sixth or 17 percent of the American economy have unduly influenced him to put his political capital on' [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 1:17pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• Congressman to Offer Amendment to De-Fund Planned Parenthood

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  Congressman to Offer Amendment to De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
  
  by Steven Ertelt
  LifeNews.com Editor
  July 17, 2009
  
  
  
  Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The most recent annual report shows Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, received $350 million in taxpayer dollars [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2009, 2:29pm EDT
  by American Conservative Republican

• MISSING SOLDIER CAPTURED BY TALIBAN

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  July 19, 2009
  
  A soldier from Idaho who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan has been captured, the Pentagon confirmed Sunday, a day after he was seen in a Taliban video posted online.
  
  The Defense Department released the name of Pfc. Bowe [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2009, 11:42am EDT
  by American Conservative Republican