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Sarasota, Florida GOP to honor Mississippi governor as ‘Statesman of the Year’

By | 11.01.11 | 4:01 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Republican Party of Sarasota County will host its 2011 “Statesman of the Year” dinner later this month, at which the party will honor Mississippi Gov. — and once-rumored presidential contender — Haley Barbour.

Anti-abortion-rights group performing live ultrasounds on Capitol Hill

By | 10.13.11 | 11:05 am | More from The Florida Independent

Anti-abortion groups will launch a national campaign at 11 a.m. today by performing live ultrasounds on Capitol Hill for the public. The campaign is called “Voices from the Womb.”

‘Real time’ sonograms to be held on Capitol Hill by anti-abortion rights activists

By | 09.23.11 | 3:25 pm | More from The Florida Independent

An anti-abortion rights campaign called “Voices From the Womb” will perform live ultrasounds on pregnant women on Capitol Hill as part of the launch of a national campaign in October.

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Documentary chronicles small town coping with murder of immigrant

By | 09.13.11 | 9:11 am | More from The Colorado Independent

It wasn’t that long ago that Kansas legislator Virgil Peck said undocumented immigrants should be shot from helicopters. That may be an extreme view, at least so publicly expressed by someone so prominent, but almost every day someone on talk radio says something nearly as offensive.

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FAIR at forefront of harsh immigration laws throughout U.S.

By | 04.17.11 | 3:11 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Pretty much wherever you find efforts to tighten immigration laws in the United States, you find John Tanton–or more likely these days, one of the groups he founded.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform was in Arizona when that state wrote its famous senate bill to crack down on immigration. More…

GOP Candidate: ‘I Am Not Just Some Articulate, Clean, Well Spoken Negro’

By | 01.11.10 | 9:18 am

I’ve spotlighted retired Lt. Col. Allen West as one of the GOP’s most credible African-American candidates for Congress this year–he lost a 2008 bid in his Florida district by 10 points, but is getting full support from the National Republican Congressional Committee this time. West’s response to the More…

Fired Inspector General Makes Fun of Obama and Biden Gaffes

By | 06.17.09 | 1:34 pm

Gerald Walpin, the former Americorps Inspector General who alleges he was fired unfairly, might not help his case with this:

“I would never say President Obama doesn’t have the capacity to continue to serve because of his (statement) that there are 56 states,” Walpin said, adding that the same

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