Common Folk Using Common Sense

From former senator Fred Thompson at the Republican National Convention:

Speaking of the vice presidential nominee, what a breath of fresh air Governor Sarah Palin is.
She is from a small town, with small town values, but that’s not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family.
Some Washington pundits and media big shots [...]

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From the 2008 Republican Party Platform:

We uphold the right of individual Americans to own firearms, a right which antedated the Constitution and was solemnly confirmed by the Second Amendment. We applaud the Supreme Court’s decision in Heller affirming that right, and we assert the individual responsibility to safely use and store firearms. We call [...]

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As reported by William Kristol at The Weekly Standard:

A nervous young McCain staffer took it upon himself to explain to Palin the facts of life in a national campaign, the intense scrutiny she’d be under from the media, the viciousness of the assault that she’d be facing, etc.:
Palin: “Thanks for the warning. By the way, [...]

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It’s 11:00 am Friday, and while it ain’t OFFICIAL just yet it appears to be a fact:
John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
Sarah (Heath) Palin was born on February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She is 44 years old. Her family moved to Alaska in 1964. Sarah attended Wasilla [...]

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Recently the US Supreme Court decided, in District of Columbia v. Heller, that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm for private use.
The court then held that the Second Amendment “protects an individual right to keep and bear arms”, saying that the right was “premised on [...]

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The following post was written by David J. Schenck of the Jones Day office in Dallas. He filed an amicus brief on behalf of State Firearm Associations in support of the respondents. Via SCOTUSblog (all emphasis mine):

It is not hyperbole to describe today’s decision in Heller as the most significant opinion of this century, [...]

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From Power Line via The Rottweiler:

For several decades, the Democratic Party has pursued policies designed to drive up the cost of petroleum, and therefore gas at the pump. Remarkably, the Democrats don’t seem to have taken much of a political hit from the current spike in gas prices. Probably that’s because most people don’t realize [...]

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(as told to me by “USMC - Retired” of Leesburg, Georgia):
I’m reminded of the time little Catherine, the daughter of some friends, told me she wanted to be President one day.
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there with us - and I asked Catherine - ‘If you were President what would be the [...]

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