K Street boys to blame, not Sarah Palin

In a brand new Op-ed GING-PAC chairman William J. Murray points to the real reason of the failure of the McCain campaign, the "K Street" boys he hired to run it. These guys in their $2,000 plus suits did their best to shut Sarah Palin up to promote the agenda's of their other clients. As a result the social issues were not addressed in key states. Read William Murray's Op-ed as it appeared in newspapers this week. Read now !

Week Ending November 7, 2008 - Washington, DC

K Street attacks Palin / Obama's Absolute Enforcer / The GOP shakeup / Success in Gay Marriage Bans! / Traditional families win in three states / Christians not returning to Mosul

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new October 22, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. How social conservatives might fare under an Obama presidency. News on social conservatives running for Congress. Also: Continued persecution of Christians in Iraq Click here to view new issue.

THE PRESIDENCY

K STREET ATTACKS PALIN -Before the landing gear was down for the last landing of the McCain campaign aircraft in Arizona, the campaign manager, Rick Davis, was bashing Gov. Sarah Palin. According to him and the other K Street high dollar employees of the McCain campaign, the loss was all her fault. What can we expect? These guys will work for anyone if the price is right; they are just hired guns. Right now they have to place the blame for a poorly run campaign on others, as they look for their next sugar daddy.

OBAMA'S ABSOLUTE ENFORCER - President elect Barack Hussein Obama has made his first major decision and managed to anger people here and abroad. He picked Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff, an often-profane, combative Chicago congressman who worked in the Clinton Administration. Emanuel is a multi-millionaire, having made his money in investment banking, the kind of banking that has nearly bankrupted our financial system. He is also Jewish, which has led to immediate criticism from the Muslim world. Just 24 hours before, Muslims had been proclaiming Obama "President of the World." Meanwhile Republicans say that his choice shows Obama has no intention of being bipartisan. Read more on Emanuel.

THE CONGRESS

PELOSI'S PRO-DEATH BILL --Barack Obama has told Planned Parenthood that he would sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act, a bill that pro-lifers call the most radical piece of pro-abortion legislation ever. The bill, supported by San Francisco radical Nancy Pelosi, will eliminate all pro-life legislation passed over the last twenty years including the Partial Birth Abortion Ban. Under the Freedom of Choice Act, the government will directly fund abortion providers in the United States and overseas. Even state parental notification laws will be voided. Read more from the Baptist Press.

GOP SHAKE UP - The day Newt Gingrich was ousted as House Speaker by the Republican establishment and replaced with Dennis (the destroyer) Hastert, it was all downhill for the Republicans in Congress. Rather than being revolutionary, the party quickly moved to the profane and corrupt ways of the Nixon Administration. Finally there is a shake up, but some of the good guys are being tossed out and some of the bad ones are staying. It is sort of a non-shake-up. Roy Blunt, an evangelical Christian believer and social conservative, has lost his job as Whip, but Minority Leader John (The Haircut) Boehner will stay on. Boehner is a manager and not a leader. The good news is that Mike Pence will move up as Conference Chairman. He was a long time head of the Republican Study Committee which is the caucus of true conservatives within the Republican House members. Our friend Eric Cantor may move into the Whip slot. The shake up is a mixed bag and not thorough enough. Read more

CULTURE AND RELIGION

THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY WINS BIG - In California, African-American voters came to the polls to vote for Barack Obama, but they also pulled the lever for Proposition 8 which banned same sex marriage. More than 70% of African-Americans voted for Proposition 8. Without the black Obama voters, court-ordered same sex marriage would have continued in California. Only 47% of white voters supported the ban on same sex marriage. Oddly, President-elect Barack Obama opposed Proposition 8 and favors same sex marriage. After reading the poll numbers it will be curious to see if Barack Obama continues his support of same sex marriage when he arrives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in January. Because this was a Constitutional amendment it will be difficult for the radical left Supreme Court of California to once again order same-sex marriage.

This was just one of three major victories against same sex marriage on election day. Same sex Constitutional Amendments also were passed in Arizona and Florida by even wider margins. And again, it was African-American voters in Florida that led to the wide margin of the victory. Barack Obama carried Florida as he did California. John McCain carried Arizona. In Louisiana a ban against same sex couples adopting children was also passed. Read more

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new October 22, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. How social conservatives might fare under an Obama presidency. News on social conservatives running for Congress. Also: Continued persecution of Christians in Iraq. Click here to view new issue.

THREE NEW BOOKS ON PALIN Christian publishers have rushed to get books out about the life of Governor Sarah Palin and all three are available at our Christian Internet bookstore at a 10% discount. NOTE: Unlike Amazon we don't sell porn at our Christian Internet store. To learn more about the books on Sarah Palin click here. The most talked about of the three is Sarah Palin: A new Kind of Leader published by Zondervan.

INTERNATIONAL

CHRISTIANS NOT RETURNING TO MOSUL - Few Iraqi Christians are returning to Mosul despite a government pledge of financial support and protection. The Iraqi prime minister has authorized a payment of 1 million Iraqi dinars - about $865 - to every Christian family that returns to Mosul. Only a handful of the 10,000 Christians who have left have returned.

The Western media, particularly the liberal American press, has reported that Iraqi police have "blanketed" Mosul to protect the Christians from continued attacks by Muslims. Our contacts in Iraq tell us that if any police were sent to Mosul they are staying in their barracks. After weeks of murders, car bombings and houses set on fire, Christians just do not believe that Muslim police officers sent from Baghdad will protect them. Read more

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Week Ending October 24, 2008 - Washington, DC

Obama won? See a possible January 22, 2009 newscast / Obama pulls further ahead / New Sarah Palin book / Obama plans Nazi style victory celebration with 80,000 / Greenspan admits "errors" / Congressman Murtha's "racist" district / Three new Palin books / 20 years in jail for asking a question in class / Christian worker slain / More Christians flee Iraq

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new October 22, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. Social conservatives under a McCain presidency versus their prospects under a Obama presidency. News on social conservatives running for Congress. Also: Continued persecution of Christians in Iraq Click here to view new issue.

THE PRESIDENCY

SOUND THE ALARM NOW -Radio host Janet Folger Porter has anchored a newscast from the future that is a warning to America. The January 22, 2009 newscast reports on the first days of the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama. In this report from the future, we learn that the new president is fulfilling his promises to the abortion industry and other far left interests. The video can be viewed at www.obamanews2009.com.

OBAMA PULLS AHEAD - As the world economy continues to collapse, the polls indicate that Senator Barack Hussein Obama is surging ahead. Social conservatives who make up about 40% of the Republican Party are defecting to the Democrats as they watch their retirement dreams vanish to the free trade anachy. Unregulated hedge funds have over the past eight years gambled away the future of America, and the inability of President Bush and the Congress to rein them in has destroyed the Republican coalition. Most social conservatives are populists, not free traders and the Republican leadership's failure to understand that may lead to an Obama victory and a strengthening of the Democrat hold on the House and Senate.

NEW BOOK ON SARAH PALIN - Zondervan Publishing has released Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader. Learn more!

OBAMA'S NAZI TYPE RALLY - Although he has not yet won the election, Barack Hussein Obama has ordered the construction of a giant stage for his victory rally in a Chicago Park. The rally, which will have coordinated flag waving ala the Hitler era will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Read more.

THE CONGRESS

GREENSPAN ADMITS ERRORS - Although Congress is officially in recess, individual committees continue to hold hearings. The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform headed by Chairman Barnie Frank called former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan as a witness this week. During his testimony he admitted to "errors" during his term as chairman. While the rest of the world was praising Greenspan, many populists including myself were warning that he had put too much money in circulation at virtually a zero interest rate and that the resulting uncontrolled growth would eventually collapse into financial ruins. He admits now he may have made an "error."

MURTHA'S REDNECK DISTRICT - Loudmouth Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania recently called his constituents "racists." When this angered not only them but local media outlets, he modified his comments to say his constituents were "rednecks." Most recently he said that only the "older" constituents were "rednecks." He was apparently trying to explain why Barack Hussein Obama may not win in his district. He is now having some problems with his own reelection. Read more.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

THREE NEW BOOKS ON PALIN Christian publishers have rushed to get books out about the life of Governor Sarah Palin and all three are available at our Christian Internet bookstore at a 10% discount. NOTE: Unlike Amazon we don't sell porn at our Christian Internet store. To learn more about the books on Sarah Palin click here. The most talked about of the three is Sarah Palin: A new Kind of Leader published by Zondervan.

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INTERNATIONAL

TWENTY YEARS IN JAIL FOR FREE SPEECH? - For more than a year I have been reporting on an Afghan journalism student who was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death after a secret trial. After intervention by President Bush his life was spared and his trail was moved to Kabul. His alleged crime was raising questions about the role of women in Islamic society. The more "enlightened" Kabul court has reduced his sentence to imprisonment for 20 years. The decision drew condemnation from international rights groups. I have personally contacted the White House asking for intervention. American and European troops are fighting in Afghanistan to support a government that sends people to jail for decades for exercising free speech. Read More.

CHRISTIAN WORKER SLAIN IN KABUL - Gayle Williams, a 34-year-old dual British-South African national who helped handicapped Afghans, was shot to death as she was walking to work this week. In a statement the Taliban said she was murdered for"spreading Christianity." She was with an NGO that assists poor handicapped children. The Afghan government condemned the attack, the same Afghan government that put a man in jail for 20 years for asking a question about women's rights in class. Read more.

MORE CHRISTIANS FLEE - Nearly 10,000 Christians have fled Mosul in the last month and none are returning despite a promise of cash from the Iraqi government that has failed to protect them. That 10,000 represents half the city's Christian population. They have fled as murders and attacks on their homes continue. The Iraqi government says it sent 1,000 police to Mosul to protect Christians, but this was a lie told to the Bush Administration to appease them. No additional police have been dispatched to Mosul. Read more

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Week Ending September 19, 2008 - Washington, DC

Washington Post mocks Gov. Sarah Palin's faith / Youtube blocks Obama abortion clip / Democrat leader publicly backs McCain/Palin ticket / New voter guide available / Pelosi gives Congress just five days to finish business for the year / The phony offshore drilling act of 2008 / Saudi Cleric authorizes killing of "immoral broadcasters"

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new September 12, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains information about the political conventions including first hand reporting from St Paul. The Sarah Palin factor is discussed and how she changed the election dynamic. The results of an internal RFC survey of members is also revealed. Click here to view new issue.

THE PRESIDENCY

DOES YOUTUBE LOVE OBAMA? -A video exposing Sen. Barack Obama's extremist support for abortion has been blocked by YouTube.com. The Kansas Coalition for Life produced a video titled "Obama: WRONG Change for Children," which included information about Obama's voting record on abortion- related bills. Youtube.com blocked the video saying it did not meet a "Community Guideline." This is the same Youtube that will allow anyone who says they are over 18 to watch porn. This FoxNews clip about a woman who survived an abortion has not been blocked. View here.

WASHINGTON POST MOCKS PALIN'S FAITH - The Washington Post printed an editorial cartoon mocking Gov. Sarah Palin and all Pentecostals. The Post would not have printed anything like this about a Muslim or a Jew. The cartoon, which can be viewed here cannot be called anything other than despicable. In Nazi Germany the same kind of hate filled cartoons were printed about Jews in the Nazi controlled newspapers of Germany in the 1930's. Liberals, in their hatred and their desire for censorship, are closely related to fascists.

DEMOCRAT LEADER GOES TO MCCAIN/PALIN - In a rather astonishing announcement, one of the authors of the Democrat Party platform has announced that she will back John McCain and Sarah Palin. Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a top fund-raiser for Mrs. Clinton's primary candidacy, endorsed Senator McCain and warned that Obama would move the nation "too far to the left" Watch this exchange between her and CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

NEW VOTER GUIDE - David Barton, a true American historian, heads Wallbuilders. That organization has researched the records of both Barack Obama and John McCain and put together a voter guide based upon their actual statements and votes. You may download and distribute the guide. Click here for PDF version.

THE CONGRESS

JUST 5 DAYS TO LEGISLATE? - For years this update had two sections for Congress, one for the House and one for the Senate. Each week I would post information on numerous bills in both houses. NOT ANY MORE!. Sine the Democrats took over the House and Senate in January of 2007 so little has been done that I had to reduce the Update to one section on the Congress. Other than a phony "offshore" oil drilling bill nothing of any merit has moved through the House since Labor Day. AND ... Radical left Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has scheduled so few days for the year that I cannot see how anything can be accomplished. She literally has only five business days scheduled for the rest of the year!

CULTURE AND RELIGION

SAUDI CLERIC: KILL IMMORAL BROADCASTERS - Sheikh Saleh al-Luhaidan told state-run Saudi television that the owners of radio and television networks broadcasting "immoral" programs may be killed. "It is lawful to kill... the apostles of depravity... if their evil cannot be easily removed through simple sanctions" According to this mandate virtually every broadcaster in the United States faces beheading. No major media outlet in the USA mentioned this outrageous statement. Imagine the outrage from the media if a Christian leader even suggested immoral broadcasts should be censored.

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new September 12, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains information on the Republican Convention, including first hand reporting from St Paul. The Sarah Palin factor is discussed and how she changed the election dynamic. The results of an internal RFC survey of members is also revealed. Click here to view new issue.

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INTERNATIONAL

IRAQI REFUGEES TO USA? - We have just received the latest figures on the number of Iraqis being permitted to immigrate to the United States. The Bush Administration says that 32,418 have been "approved," however, only 12,551 have actually arrived. Of the 32,418 authorized about 10,883 are Christians. Sweden has taken in more than 18,000 Iraqi refugees and the town of Sodertalje, Sweden has more than the entire United States.

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Week Ending September 12, 2008 - Washington, DC

President Bush marks the Jihad attack against America / McCain and Obama stand down for 9-11 but attacks on Palin continue unabated / Pelosi dictates that Congress will only work 15 days for the rest of the year / Senator Reid plans nothing /RFC meeting with China's religious leaders / Anti-abortion but pro-Obama? / How I remember 911

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new September 12, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains information the political conventions including first hand reporting from St Paul. The Sarah Palin factor is discussed and how she changed the election dynamic. The results of an internal RFC survey of members is also revealed. Click here to view new issue.

THE PRESIDENCY

PRESIDENT BUSH MARKS 9-11 - President George W. Bush marked the seventh anniversary of the Jihad attack on the United States by dedicating a memorial to those who died at the Pentagon, including the passengers on flight 77. He closed with these remarks: "That day of peace will come. And until it does, we ask a loving God to watch over our troops in battle. We ask Him to comfort the families who mourn. And we ask Him to bless our great land." Click here for full text and official photos.

I was driving past the Pentagon on 9-11 just as flight 77 hit. My remembrance of that day was published a year later. Click here to read my personal account of 9-11.

MCCAIN AND OBAMA TAKE BREAK FOR 9-11 - The John McCain and Barack Obama campaigns set aside most of their campaigns on the seventh anniversary of the Jihad attack against the United States. The liberal media blitz against Gov. Sarah Palin did not pause . Liberals are accusing her of trying to ban books at a library (untrue); teach creationism in Alaskan public schools (untrue), and posing in a bikini with an assault rifle (also untrue despite the fact that CNN reported it). However, I did sort of like the cartoon of the Moose saying, "Be afraid, be very afraid.

THE PALIN FACTOR - Polls of Europeans, particularly the British, had Barack Obama the three to one favorite over John McCain; that was before Sarah Palin entered the picture and reminded the Brits of their beloved first ever female prime minister, Margaret Thacher. The tone of the British press has changed somewhat as can be seen from a recent article in the Daily Mail titled, A pistol-packin' Looby Loo: the Left's worst nightmare.

THE CONGRESS

JUST 15 DAYS TO LEGISLATE? - This week I had lunch with Congressman Adam Putnam. As Chairman of the House Republican Conference, Putnam is third in line in the House Republican leadership. The Conference Chairman is charged with articulating his party's message, and with building the agenda for Republicans in the House. He was elected to lead the Republican Conference by his fellow congressmen.

Congressman Putnam told me that leftist Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had scheduled only 15 work days for the rest of year for the House. Of those days, only 14 are before the election and there is just one day of work after the election. She scheduled so few days despite the fact that most of the government's funding bills, which are already months late, need to be passed. Even bills to fund the military have not been passed. Meanwhile, Rep. Putnam said he does expect Pelosi to file dozens of bills to name post office buildings. Boy that sounds important!

SENATOR REID HAS PLANS? - Not much to report in the Senate at all. The Majority Leader of the Senate, Harry Reid, is not going to advance any legislation without the permission of Comrad Obama who is on the campaign trail and falling further behind the McCain/Palin ticket every day. Obama was going to showcase himself on the Senate floor with "education bills" but now does not have the time to come to Washington.

SENATOR BIDEN IN TROUBLE WITH BISHOPS - Two prominent U.S. Catholic bishops this week said that Democratic vice presidential nominee, Senator Joe Biden contradicted church teaching. He said on a TV interview that determining when human life begins is a "personal and private" matter of religious faith not to be imposed on others. Read more. He is just one of many pro-abortion Catholics such as Nancy Pelosi in the Democrat Party.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

ANTI-ABORTION BUT PRO-OBAMA? - A new survey of Catholic voters has been released that shows "active Catholics" support John McCain. But there is an oddity in the poll. 35% of those in the survey who said they would never support a candidate who voted against the Born Alive Infant Protect Act, still said they would vote for Obama. Of course, Barack Obama did vote against protecting infants born alive in a botched abortion. Read more.

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new September 12, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains information on the Republican Convention, including first hand reporting from St Paul. The Sarah Palin factor is discussed and how she changed the election dynamic. The results of an internal RFC survey of members is also revealed. Click here to view new issue.

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INTERNATIONAL

CHINA'S OFFICIAL RELIGIONS - There are no denominations in China; this is one of the things I learned from Kan Baoping, the general secretary of the China Christian Council. This week I had dinner with him and Gao Feng, the president of the China Christian Council. Also at the dinner were the heads of the Taoist, Buddhist and Islamic "official" religions in China. I was one of about 12 others who sat at the table with the Chinese leaders to discuss matters of religion in China. Among the things discussed was the arrest of a Christian bookstore owner in China. One of the Chinese Christian leaders present requested that I send him a book I had authored that he had heard of. Photo above is of myself and Kan Boeping. Note: The links above are to CCC official sites. I included these because I thought they may be of interest to you.

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