Robert Charles

Washington, D.C., United States

Fmr. Assistant Sect. of State for @StateINL, Current President of The Charles Group LLC, @FoxNews contributor, Former Attorney and Naval Intel Officer (USNR)

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Governorship Campaign – Lesson Two | @AmacforAmerica

4 days ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Pain is real. Darned if you don’t learn every day talking with people, listening to their stories, soaking up their concerns – working to understand. As a candidate for Maine’s governor, I learn every day. Some lessons are sobering. People are hurting. People who did everything right watch as Maine’s Democrat-controlled government betrays them, takes what they worked for. Examples are legion.
Beyond What Ails Us | @AmacforAmerica

5 days ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Newsline , Society | | 7 Comments | Nature offers invaluable examples, none more riveting than animals, including their tendency to sidestep self-pity.
Reflections on Jefferson, Browning, and Kipling

1 week ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Newsline , Society | | 2 Comments | Often I sit to write, sure my mind, heart, and fingers will combine to produce something new, or if not new, at least insightful, reflective, and worthy of reading.
The Hardest Things | @AmacforAmerica

1 week ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Political involvement – of any kind, in any place, for any reason – involves opening yourself up to criticism, embracing vulnerability for a high purpose, and doing something risky. That said, the best and hardest things we do in life…are things we have never done before. If you think about it, the greatest sense of challenge, purpose, and accomplishment is traceable to things new and risky, never tried before, ending in good results. Early in life, I was not a good reader.
ICE in Maine – Creating Deterrence | @AmacforAmerica

1 week ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Since President Trump’s inauguration, much has changed – including the attitude of those in the US illegally, or intending to come illegally. Maine, a border state, is an example of what happens when deterrence kicks in, and illegality is finally treated as illegal. First, understand that legal and illegal immigration are fundamentally different. A foreign citizen can legally be in the US, temporarily or permanently, by following the law. Maine encourages legal – that is, lawful – migration.
Memorial Day Message from AMAC Spokesman, Robert Charles - Honor, Service, Sacrifice

1 week ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

In this heartfelt message, Bobby reflects on:The legacy of fallen warriors from Maine and across AmericaHis own service alongside brave men and women in uniformThe sacred duty of leadership to protect what they died for protectingAs we honor their sacrifice, let us recommit ourselves to the ideals they defended: freedom, justice, and a safer future for all Mainers. We will never forget. We will never stop fighting for what they died to protect.
A Conservative Gubernatorial Candidate Faces the Backlash

1 week ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Since patriotic Americans, those who appreciate our exceptional past, live those values, and want to preserve them, there are many of us – and since my beloved State’s political disintegration has kicked me into running for governor, come along. Today, let me offer a few anecdotes about life on this interesting journey, show you what happens when you declare for governor as a conservative in a purple state, get well funded, praise President Trump’s leadership, and condemn wokeness.
Memorial Day – My Cup Runneth Over | @AmacforAmerica

1 week ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Memorial Day is for remembering and being grateful. It is about the ultimate sacrifice, honoring those who rose to fight for our liberties, for our lives, and who lost life in the process. On this day, we reflect, and – at least for me – grow quiet. More than 250,000 American family members – alive today – lost a close relative in combat. Words to them are distant, this day filled with “what ifs.” Yet still there is gratitude, even with the loss.
“Ivy Leaguer, Eh?” | @AmacforAmerica

2 weeks ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Politics is amusing – in Maine and nationwide. Suddenly the irrelevant is relevant, and relevant irrelevant. Examples abound, but here is one, mildly entertaining. After a recent political event in Maine, one media outlet dubbed me “Ivy League educated,” which in the Maine I grew up in was not a compliment, at best a backhanded one that implies, without saying it, some sort of privilege. I have to chuckle. First, my upbringing in rural Maine was about as non-privileged, non-Ivy League as it gets.
Faith, Family, Freedom, & History Are the Key to Restoring America

2 weeks ago | amac.us | Robert Charles

Complex question, simple answer: Why have our politics gotten so personal, more about vitriol and hating our president than rational dialogue on things that matter? One perspective is that we are not, as a society, any longer cohesive. A thousand television channels, million online videos, billion social posts daily – has eroded the understanding we once shared about what actually make us great, has long held us together. Lack of cohesion – whatever the source – creates downstream effects.