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Are You In a Pro-America Part of the U.S. or an Anti-America Part?
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The Washington Post reports from a Sarah Palin rally: “Palin also made a point of mentioning that she loved to visit the “pro-America” areas of the country, of which North Carolina is one. No word on which states she views as unpatriotic.” Are You In a Pro-America Part of the U.S. or an Anti-America Part?…
And Then the Lord Spake Unto the Pollsters…. (Sarah Palin, God & “Pro America” States)
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swaldman
From today’s Washington Post account of a Sarah Palin rally: Giving credit to a higher power for the day’s poll ratings, the Alaska governor told the roughly 500-person audience that things might be changing. “We even saw today, thank the Lord,” she said, looking upwards and raising her fist, “We saw some movement.” The Post…
The Politics of Sacred Sex
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swaldman
I’m pretty sure this is the first presidential debate in which the sentence “sexuality is sacred” has been uttered. It came during the abortion discussion, when Barack Obama said, “We should try to prevent unintended pregnancies by providing appropriate education to our youth, communicating that sexuality is sacred and that they should not be engaged…
McCain Had a Point About the Health Exemption on Abortion
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swaldman
Though it was a terrible moment politically for McCain when he mocked Obama for supporting a health exception to a late term abortion ban, the Republican actually has a substantive point. The “health” exception has in the past been used to keep almost all third trimester abortions legal. It’s often forgotten that Roe v. Wade…
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