Grand Old Partisan honors Thomas Jefferson Dryer, born January 10th 1808. Opponents of Oregon Democrats hired this forceful journalist to edit a newspaper in Portland. December 1850, he began publishing The Oregonian, the oldest continuously published newspaper on the west coast. He served in the territorial legislature and the constitutional convention.
Dryer was a trailblazing alpinist, being first to summit Mount St. Helens. He cast an electoral vote for the Republican ticket. President Lincoln named him ambassador to Hawaii.
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Michael Zak is author of Back to Basics for the Republican Party, a history of GOP civil rights achievement.
Each day, Michael Zak's grandoldpartisan YouTube channel and Grand Old Partisan blog celebrate more than sixteen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. And, see Speech Raves for audience feedback from his presentations in thirty-one states.
He also wrote the 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar.
Clarence Thomas cited Back to Basics for the Republican Party in a Supreme Court decision.
See www.youtube.com/q?v=IzxKCiXc5Qc for a brief video of a Texas Republican praising Back to Basics for the Republican Party.
"This is the most amazing book about politics that I have ever read. The Overview should be required reading for anyone with even a minor interest in government. The remainder is an enthralling history lesson that I will never forget. For years, we have all been misled about the true nature of the GOP. This is the real deal! Read it and be proud!"
"Your book is a national treasure. I'm always recommending it."
"Michael Zak wrote the definitive history of the GOP."
"Back to Basics for the Republican Party is the most significant contribution to the Republican Party in the last twenty years apart from Ronald Reagan."
"Back to Basics for the Republican Party is more important to our party now than ever before."
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"one of the best books I ever read"
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