Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I denounce Democrat devilry. June 14th 2017, a volunteer for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign shot Representative Steve Scalise and several other people. The gunman intended to kill many Republicans as they practiced for the annual Congressional Baseball Game. Fortunately, his victims survived and the deranged Democrat was killed by police. President Donald Trump said: "We are deeply saddened by this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the members of Congress, their staffs, Capitol Police, first responders, and all others affected." He and Melania visited Scalise and an injured police officer in hospital. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the futu...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I salute William Keim, born in Pennsylvania, June 13th 1813. He served as a militia officer after graduating from military school. In 1848, he was elected mayor of Reading. Keim joined the state GOP at its formation. December 1858, he won a special election for the final three months of a congressional term. Next, a Republican governor named him surveyor general. Outbreak of civil war, another Republican governor commissioned Keim a militia brigadier general. He commanded troops in Virginia. This patriotic officer died of typhus in May 1862. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a YouTube Video about this ar...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I note that Theodore Roosevelt idolized Abraham Lincoln. June 13th 1906, he wrote: "My great hero is Abraham Lincoln, and I have wanted while President to be the representative of the 'plain people' in the sense that he was — not, of course, with the genius and power that he was, but according to my own lights, along the same lines." Roosevelt fondly remembered, as a child, watching Lincoln’s funeral procession in New York City. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a YouTube Video about this article. Here is a TikTok Video about this article. Here is an Instagram Video about this...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I deplore Democrat depravity. Slavery Party activists were outraged when a Republican administration invited an African-American woman to the White House. In 1929, the First Lady, Lou Hoover, invited congressional wives to a tea party. It took place on June 12th. On the guest list was Jessie De Priest, married to Representative Oscar De Priest, an African-American Republican from Chicago. There was a Democrat firestorm of criticism. Their protests were vicious. For example: a U.S. Senator: "I regret the incident beyond measure. It is recognition of social equality between the white and black races and is fraught with infinite danger to our white civilization." a State Senator: "Mrs. Hoover has violated the most sacred social custom of the White House, and this should be condemned." Undeterred, Herbert Hoover strengthened his opposition to Democ...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I praise William Hunt, born in South Carolina, June 12th 1823. After studying law at Yale, this scion of a political family relocated to New Orleans. Drafted into the rebel army, though opposed to secession, he managed to avoid combat, as a drill instructor, before welcoming Union forces into the city. Peace restored, Hunt joined the GOP and supported its 1867 Reconstruction Act. While state attorney general, he nearly won for governor. For a consolation prize, President Rutherford Hayes named him to the federal bench. President James Garfield appointed him Secretary of the Navy. Hunt created the Office of Naval Intelligence. To replace the obsolete wooden ships left over from the Civil War, he proposed a fleet of sixty-eight steel warships, though Congress reduced that number to ten. Nonetheless, described on page 126 of  Back to Basics for the Republican Party ,  t...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Eli Thayer, born in Massachusetts, June 11th 1819. He studied law after graduating from Brown University. This education pioneer established a school for women. He was town councilman, then state representative. Thayer secured a legislative charter for the New England Emigrant Aid Company, which transported anti-slavery activists to Kansas. His organization helped block Democrat plans to extend slavery there. In 1856, he won first of two congressional terms and was delegate for the 1860 Republican National Convention. Later years focused on a railroad and other businesses. Charles Sumner said the state of Kansas should be named "Thayer". Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democ...