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GOP kingmakers push presidential candidates to reject family-based immigration system

By | 09.07.11 | 1:02 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinCandidates who attended the Labor Day Palmetto Freedom Forum in Columbia, S.C., were asked to endorse unprecedented reforms to the existing U.S. immigration system. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who co-hosted the event along with Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and president of the American Principles Project Robert George, offered questions about More…

NOM awards Bachmann ‘A’ for abortion views in S.C. presidential forum

By | 09.06.11 | 12:49 pm

Monday’s much-anticipated Palmetto Freedom Forum, held in Columbia, S.C., was an opportunity for the country’s leading anti-gay-marriage group, National Organization for Marriage (NOM), to continue forcing candidates to articulate their positions on same-sex marriage at the federal level; however, the issue that really stole the show was abortion, More…

Romney reverses course, will attend DeMint forum

By | 08.31.11 | 11:48 am

The Hill reports that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has decided to attend the Labor Day presidential forum in Columbia, S.C., hosted by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and The American Principles Project.

Another Fabricated Political Hate Crime?

By | 10.24.08 | 1:04 pm

The media have jumped all over the story of Ashley Todd, a McCain campaign volunteer in Pittsburgh who claims she was attacked because she supports Sen. John McCain.

Todd alleges that a mugger, upon spotting her McCain-Palin bumper sticker, assaulted her and carved a “B” — for “Barack” — into More…