“A Republic—If You Can Keep It”

PERSONAL LIBERTY DIGEST, 6/18/2010 by Chip Wood (Hat tip: Stella Guenther) - At first I couldn’t believe my eyes. ∴ In fact, I had to look away and blink a couple of times before reading the email again. But it still said the same thing: “Benjamin Franklin said, ‘We have given you a democratic-republic… if you can keep it.” ∴ No, he didn’t! ∴ I had to face the fact: A Straight Talk reader had fallen victim to 100 years of liberal brainwashing. What he said was such a gross perversion of the truth—and the difference is so incredibly important to preserving what liberties we have left—I hope you’ll indulge me in a brief history lesson this week. Read more at www.personalliberty.com...

Good examples as to why the Founders rejected democracy. --bc Read More......

These Texans give 'their word'

From the Independent Conservative Republicans of Texas

Our Contract with Texas

• We give our word to stand for conservative principles and to put people before party.
• We give our word to be fiscally accountable, limit the size of government, and fight for free market principles.
• We give our word to protect our borders and to support a strong military.
• We give our word to protect life, support strong family values, and uphold the Judeo-Christian beliefs our nation was founded upon.
• We give our word to defend the Constitution and protect the sovereign rights of Texas.

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The "Mount Vernon Statement" (Conservatives)

FOXNews.com, 2/17/2010 Why I'm signing the Mount Vernon Statement by Grover Norquist - The truths we endorse once again have not changed since the American Revolution. They will not change in another 200 years. ∴ The Mount Vernon Statement is a contemporary restatement of the American commitment to our constitutional republic, the rule of law and individual liberty. It echoes the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and more recently the Sharon Statement written by M. Stanton Evans [Founding principles of the Young Americans for Freedom] and popularized by William F. Buckley in the 1960s. Read more at Fox News...

Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform and author of the book "Leave us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives." Read More......

Celebrating the 155th anniversary of the Republican Party

[POSTED HERE A DAY LATE] GRAND OLD PARTISAN BLOG, 3/20/2009 - Our party's heritage IS the moral high ground, and forgetting it costs us the political initiative. We would benefit tremendously from appreciating the heritage of the Republican Party. Today [March 20], Republicans celebrate - or should celebrate - the 155th anniversary of our Grand Old Party.

Several sites share the credit as its birthplace, but our party was named in Ripon, Wisconsin. On March 20, 1854, fifty-eight civil rights activists called for all opponents of slavery to unite in a new organization, to be called "the Republican Party." This name had a past as well as a future, since Thomas Jefferson and many other Founders had called themselves "Republicans."

On July 6, the first state convention was held, in Jackson, Michigan. Thanks to the zeal and dedication of early Republican leaders, the GOP soon became a major national party. Now, more than ever, the Republican Party should get back to basics.

Here is the permalink to this article on the Grand Old Partisan blog, each day celebrating 155 years of Republican heroes and heroics.

Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country. See www.RepublicanBasics.com for more information. Read More......