Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I applaud a classic denunciation of Democrat devilry. April 1st 1871, a former slave made his first speech in the U.S. House of Representatives. South Carolina Republican Joseph Rainey advocated passage of the [anti-] Ku Klux Klan Act. He said: "We love freedom more, vastly more, than slavery. Consequently, we hope to keep clear of the Democrats!" 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 article. Here is my  Substack  about this article. Michael Zak is author of...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I appreciate the National Federation of Republican Women. April 1st 1992, this venerable organization moved into its own headquarters, in Alexandria, Virginia. Dating from 1829, the brick house is on the National Register of Historic Buildings. In 1997, it was named the Marion E. Martin Center , to honor the NFRW’s founder. This tireless activist had been a Maine state legislator and RNC vice chair. 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 article. Her...