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| Sat, 10-25-2008 - 11:20am |
this is from the AP and appears in several news sources besides Fox. it gives an interesting "heads up" on what kind of smears to expect in the next few weeks.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Oct24/0,4670,ChristianRightAttacks,00.html
Among the claims:
_ A 6-3 liberal majority Supreme Court that results in rulings like one making gay marriage the law of the land and another forcing the Boy Scouts to "hire homosexual scoutmasters and allow them to sleep in tents with young boys." (In the imagined scenario, The Boy Scouts choose to disband rather than obey).
_ A series of domestic and international disasters based on Obama's "reluctance to send troops overseas." That includes terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that kill hundreds, Russia occupying the Baltic states and Eastern European countries including Poland and the Czech Republic, and al-Qaida overwhelming Iraq.
_ Nationalized health care with long lines for surgery and no access to hospitals for people over 80.
The goal was to "articulate the big picture," said Carrie Gordon Earll, senior director of public policy for Focus on the Family Action. "If it is a doomsday picture, then it's a realistic picture," she said.
Bea

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I think you make a very good point, but just wanted to mention that there are definitely some ladies here who are representing their party extremely well. I'm definitely encountering some very sensible, critical thinking Republicans on this board, and its been really nice to engage in thoughtful dialogue without being distracted by the melodrama.
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well said. i appreciate points that have been made about taxes and the economy in particular.
but i am sad to see extreme social conservativism hijacking the party and the issues - which is why Palin bothers me.
Bea
Cycle of Democracy
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to selfishness;
From selfishness to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependency;
From dependency back again to bondage.
In his book "Democracy in America", Alexis DeTocqeville (circa 1848) had this to say: " A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of Government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse (a liberal gift) out of public treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a Dictatorship."
I also see, finally, a positive family role model for my many low income, single parent family, generational welfare students.
The very
From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a Dictatorship."
Which candidate is promising the most easy money/benefits to the electorate?
The very
You can take it that way if you like, but I never said all single parents and certainly was not addressing the post to you personally.
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