Republican & Conservative Online Resources

No matter the issue, no matter how crazy the liberal spin, the following websites will help you get the facts and spread the conservative word.  

Note: Many of these sites contain a variety of views, not all of which necessarily reflect those of the national, state, or local Republican Parties.

Official Republican Sites

www.rnc.org: Official website of the Republican National Committee.

www.wisgop.org: Official website of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

www.fdlgop.com: Official website of the Fond du Lac County Republican Party.

www.whitehouse.gov: Remember the dot-GOV!  The official word on the Bush Administration.

Wisconsin Campaign Sites

For every Wisconsin Republican candidate, see http://www.wisgop.org/Candidates.

Local Flav

Calvin Freiburger Online: Calvin's blog proudly stands for Freedom, Faith, Family, the Flag, & the Founders.

Reliable News Outlets

www.foxnews.com: Real journalism, fair and balanced!  Home of Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity!

www.newsmax.com: A great conservative news site, plus conservative columns, merchandise & more.

www.cnsnews.com: Cybercast News Service is another reliable alternative to CNN.

Leading Conservatives

www.rushlimbaugh.com: Updated daily with transcripts & audio of radio segments, plus links to many interesting articles.

www.townhall.com: An awesome resource for news, opinion, talk radio segments (Bill Bennett, Michael Medved, Dennis Prager, & others), and more!

www.michellemalkin.com: Updated all the time and links to dozens of articles, sites, & stories.  Archives Michelle’s columns.  Specializes in terrorism and immigration.

www.anncoulter.com: Full of strong, insightful and witty columns no conservative should be without.  

www.620wtmj.com: Wisconsin's own Charlie Sykes, Jeff Wagner & Jessica McBride.  Daily audio clips & blog postings.

General Conservative Philosophy & Research

www.conservative.org: The American Conservative Union is a longtime conservative grassroots group.

www.heritage.org: One of America’s leading conservative policy research and analysis centers on a wide range of issues.

www.humanevents.com: The favorite paper of President Ronald Reagan!  Hosts Walter Williams, Phyllis Schlafly, Pat Buchanan, Robert Novak, & many others.

www.nationalreview.com: Reliable, serious insight from Rich Lowry, Kate O’Beirne, Mark Levin, & more.

www.weeklystandard.com: One of the nation’s top political magazines.  Features Fred Barnes, Will Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, Mark Steyn, and more.  Stephen Hayes’ reporting on defense & intelligence issues makes the Standard indispensable.

www.americanthinker.com: You won’t recognize many names, but the American Thinker is home to some of the best insight on the Web.

www.bootsandsabers.com: Boots & Sabers is a good conservative blog for national & Wisconsin issues.

Social Issues

www.frc.org: The Family Research Council is a values-voter’s primary stop for all social issues.

www.all.org: American Life League is an extremely comprehensive national pro-life site.

www.iwf.org: The Independent Women’s Forum gives conservative women a voice over the radical liberal brand of feminism.

www.feministsforlife.org: Abortion is a fundamental women’s right?  Feminists for Life don’t think so!

www.beckettfund.org: The Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty is a leading religious freedom law firm

www.thomasmore.ogr: Another great defender of religious freedom, traditional values, and the right to life.

Media Bias

www.mrc.org and www.aim.org: Catch the liberal media dead in their tracks!  MRC includes video clips.

War on Terror

www.richardminiter.com: Insight on a range of national security and global terror topics from a leading terrorism author.

www.jihadwatch.org: A blog run by noted Islamofascism expert and author Robert Spencer.

www.freemuslims.org: Patriotic American Muslims & Arabs organized to condemn Islamic extremism & terror, and promote a moderate, tolerant interpretation of Islam around the world.

www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org: A detailed national security/foreign policy think tank dedicated to Reagan’s vision of peace through strength.

www.familiesunitedmission.com: The voice of soldiers’ families in support of Operation: Iraqi Freedom.

www.vetsforfreedom.org: War on Terror veterans proud of their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Govt. Size & Economic Issues

www.aei.org: The American Enterprise Institute is a free market & limited government think tank.

www.cato.org:  A leading libertarian think tank.

www.clubforgrowth.org:  An influential anti-tax, pro-Reagonomics organization. 

Education, Gun Rights, and Other Issues

www.thefire.org:  Devoted to fighting liberal censorship and political correctness in America’s universities.

www.ij.org:  School choice is just one of the Institute for Justice’s conservative causes.

www.yourpropertyrights.org:  A group devoted to fighting judicial activism and government intrusion on Americans’ property rights.

www.gunowners.org:  The Gun Owners of America is an aggressive pro-Second Amendment group. 

www.nra.org:  The National Rifle Association: One of the Left’s biggest bogeymen, which naturally means they’re our best friends!

www.landmarklegal.org:  A pro-originalist conservative public interest firm headed by “the Great One,” Dr. Mark Levin.

www.heartland.o:rg Advocates school choice, privatization & deregulation; publishes Environment and Climate News, which stands for COMMON-SENSE environmentalism.

Bipartisan Resources

www.americanrhetoric.com: A huge audio/text database of speeches, interviews, debates, & more from presidents to philosophers, Bible verses to movie clips.

www.vote-smart.org: Compiles bios & financial information, voting records, interest group ratings, & more on all politicians.

www.brainyquotes.com: A huge quote archive, but just in case, you should double-check a quote’s accuracy and context by pasting it into a search engine before using it.

www.wispolitics.com: A large source for state politics, including government info-searching tools.

www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html: Political, economic, & demographic information on every country in the world.

www.buyblue.org: Actually, this one’s a pro-Democrat site that tracks the political donations of various groups.  But since they put it all together, it’d be a shame not to put it to good use!

www.archives.gov: The official site of the US National Archives and Records Administration.

www.gpoaccess.go: All manner of govt. information, including the Congressional Record, educational materials, and more.v

Conservative Books

www.americancompass.com and www.conservativebookclub.com are the top conservative book sites.  They offer books through subscription plans, but they’re also handy for keeping up with the latest books and looking them up, so you’ll know what to keep your eyes open for in libraries, stores, & yard sales.

Conservative Merchandise

Proudly wear your conservative values on your sleeve—or chest, back, hat, coffee mug, or car!  The folks at www.rightwingstuff.com, www.protestwarrior.com, and www.thoseshirts.com have a wide array of conservative apparel, bumper stickers, and more!