http://www.conservatechnology.com Where conservatism and technology intersect...at victory Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:10:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Predictably, CNN, like most of our liberally-biased "mainstream" media, largely ignored the groundswell of Tea Party protests that took place on tax day April 15th. In the past, silence has been one of liberal elites' most powerful weapons against average Americans' distaste for their policies. For decades, their strategy has been ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/conservatives-use-twitter-to-expose-cnn-bias/ Only rarely does one find the Republican Party and the ACLU on the same side of an issue. Even rarer is an issue that can cause the two organizations to work together. But it has happened in Missouri. The issue: use of homeland security data to target and demonize conservatives. As ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/gop-and-aclu-combat-homeland-security-data-abuse/ On Friday, RNC Chairman Michael Steele blasted out an e-mail to subscribers of the GOP's listserv asking them to fill out a 25-question survey on the "state of the Republican Party" and how to improve it. The survey includes a request for donations. Among strategic questions asked are: Why did Republicans lose ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/chairman-steeles-online-survey-how-to-save-the-gop/ We've already noted how President Obama has repurposed his campaign database as a tool to rally grassroots support for his political agenda. Now, he's taken the next logical step. Obama has allowed the use of his "Organizing for America" (OFA) database to help Scott Murphy, the Democratic candidate in a hotly ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/obama-uses-database-to-support-dem-congressional-candidate/ After being trounced month after month by Democrats (especially through better use of the Internet), the GOP has finally won a round in the fundraising contest. According to a report from Fox News, Republicans beat Democrats handily in fundraising statistics for February. In that month, the RNC pulled in $5.1 million, ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/is-the-political-tide-turning-already/ At a news conference in Portland, Oregon, RNC chairman Michael Steele made some encouraging comments. First, rather than sidestepping the issue, he frankly admitted that "[the Democrats'] team has a better game plan. Their team has a better set of players. Their team has the winning way." Then, according to the Portland ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/chairman-steele-gets-it/ During his campaign, President Barack Obama amassed over 13 million e-mail addresses of supporters. The campaign is over, but the power of Obama's database is still very much with us. And Obama plans to use that power to mount a massive grassroots campaign to rally support for his political agenda. According ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/obama-planning-massive-online-campaign-to-rally-support/ In an editorial published in the Washington Times, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has called upon conservatives to cease their "hand wringing" and their "night sweats about the demise of the conservative movement." As the former Arkansas governor sees it, the recent Republican debacle isn't the result of a failure ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/mike-huckabee-put-conservatism-into-practice/ In a move that will doubtlessly be perceived as a serious setback in the GOP's quest to retake the technological lead, eCampaign-Director Cyrus Krohn has tendered his resignation. Krohn's legacy is formidable. Among other achievements, he is credited with building the RNC's Facebook group to the point where it had about ... http://www.conservatechnology.com/top-rnc-internet-official-resigns/ In a speech that expresses "ConservaTechnology" far more eloquently than we ever could, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has called on Republicans to focus on principles. Then, technology should be used to communicate those principles in a two-way, "inclusive" manner. Here's a UTube video of Gingrich's remarks. http://www.conservatechnology.com/gingrich-advocates-principles-and-technology-at-gop-tech-summit/