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Faith & CultureNobel Secretary Regrets Obama Peace Prize
by Rod D. Martin March 12, 2018 Can any of my liberal friends tell me what Barack Obama did to...
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Tag: Election 2008
Our Incompetent Ignorant Elite
by Victor Davis Hanson February 19, 2018 Those darned dairy farmers. Why do they insist on trying...
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The Media Meltdown of Today Started Ten Years Ago
by Victor Davis Hanson August 4, 2017 Between 2008 and 2016, the media were unapologetic about...
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Is Lightning About to Strike Hillary Twice? Most Important Political Facts of the Week – Jan. 13, 2016
by Rod D. Martin January 13, 2016 Is lightning about to strike Hillary Clinton for the second...
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How to Beat Trump
by Rod D. Martin July 31, 2015 This is turning into quite the phenomenon. In the latest Iowa poll,...
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What Does It Mean to Be a Natural Born Citizen?
by Rod D. Martin May 7, 2015 The meaning of “natural born citizen,” as used in the...
Read MoreThe Huckabee You Should Have Known
Named the Sixth Most Interesting Daily Caller Op-Ed of 2011.
Read MoreLike It Or Not, McCain is Right About Cox
by Rod D. Martin September 25, 2008 This poster on the ABC News blog “Political Radar” says it all. John McCain is right. Fire Chairman Cox, head of the SEC. I have bought and sold stocks since 1965. I shorted stocks...
Read MoreElecting a President
by Charles Gordon June 29, 2008 Nobody who cares about America wants to see a bad president in the White House. So for those who may be voting for the first time but don’t know a heck of a lot about politics, what follows...
Read MoreRush Is Right About Crossover Voting
by Rod D. Martin March 5, 2008 Not that that’s shocking. But for Democrats to claim that his telling Republicans to go vote for Hillary in the Democrat primary is “ungentlemanly” or “a perversion of the...
Read MoreMike Huckabee for U.S. Senate
by Rod D. Martin March 5, 2008 He ran a great race for President, one that only a handful of people (like me) imagined that such an underfunded, unknown former preacher could run. But now it’s over. So what’s a newly...
Read MoreRichardson’s Universal Health Disaster
by Rod D. Martin March 1, 2008 Bill Richardson’s promise of government-mandated universal health care may well have foundered on “fiscal and economic reality” (as National Review puts it), but it’s...
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About Rod Martin
Rod D. Martin is a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author and conservative activist from Destin, Florida.
Praise for Rod Martin
Peter ThielPayPal, Founders Fund, Facebook, PalantirRod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.