Angry rehtoric and name calling is not going to help come to a workable public policy, I don’t give a damn what your conviction is and you don’t give a damn what my conviction is but, it’s not about that, it’s about living in a society together. You are angry, rude and disrepectful of others views and therefore should not even be allowed to have a seat at the table when it comes to public discourse on this topic (and probably many others).

7. I will fillibuster FISA
8. I will accept public financing
9. I will renegotiate NAFTA or unilaterally withdraw
10. I oppose off shore drilling, I support off shore drilling (take your pick)
11. I never heard Rev. Wright say those things.
12. I don’t accept donations from lobbyists.
13. No lobbyists work for my campaign.

I actually had my boss agreeing with me yesterday that it was in fact something more than just the free market.

He is still an Obama supporter, but I feel as though I’m working overtime trying to get him to see the light.

I’m new here, so forgive me if I’m double posting information, but here’s a link to the article I read this morning:

http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/Secret_Service_says_Kill_him_allegation_unfounded_.html

e are absolutely not going to continue this cultural war over abortion. Frankly, if any woman today cannot manage her own reproductive cycle, then we are talking about an rescue/enabling deal.

What unmitigated ignorance and hatred. The only way we end this “cultural war over abortion” is to decide, once and for all, that women are just as entitled as anyone else in our society to make their OWN decisions about their OWN bodies–period.

Really, what is your problem with that?

Do you believe women should have bodily autonomy or not? It’s just that simple. And if your answer is “no,” as it clearly is, please explain why. Because they’re stupid? Because they don’t deserve it if they — oh horrors! — decide they don’t want to spend their lives reproducing?

(That said, the really ironic thing is that McCain is actually better on the issue of choice than Obama is.)

Back in my marching-for-choice days, one of our slogans was: “Any man who doesn’t believe in abortion rights, can go f*** himself.”

The same is true for any woman.

I’ve been polled several times recently because of a close senate race. The first poller was a young, AA man, and he did the poll straight up, but it felt a little awkward telling him I wouldn’t vote for Obama but I might vote for the senate Dem.

Next call was shorter. The interviewer was a young, AA woman. In short, I was asked if I’d vote for the senate Dem and said probably not. Then I was asked if an Obama ad endorsing him would change my mind, and I said no. Next, would an ad by my current, long-term senator change my mind and I said that would be more persuasive. So she asked my straight up if I was saying the Senator’s endorsement would help get my vote while Obama’s would not. I said that was the case, and then the interviewer did something rather shocking. She said, “umm, umm, umm” in a low scolding sound as if to say “My, my, my. And you wear a white hood, too?”

To the point, I have no doubt that the pollsters themselves are introducing bias into responses. I had also thought that the Bradley effect was overstated, but when that polling group calls back, I don’t intend to respond. Like the article said, they know who I am, but I don’t know who they are. Admitting to not being for Obama has become something that shouldn’t be discussed in polite social situation. I’ve never been through an election where I don’t know where most of my contacts stand because no one wants to risk being on the “wrong” side in mixed company.

My initial reaction was negative.

Today, I disagree with me. *haha

I agree with McCain that the culture must shift. I watched as the so-called liberals absolutely skewered Bristol for getting pregnant. Excuse me? I’m not joining some shaming group who act like sex is a “nasty” act and who think it’s OK to shame her publicly!

That attitude is reminicent of when they made pregnant girls stay home from school. Lordy.

I also abhored Bush’s choice of medical leaders, who thought Just Say No was a plan.

Good grief.

McCain promotes a compromise viewpoint that makes sense to me. He chose Sarah, in spite of the fact that her daughter was pregnant. Actions speak loudly. There is no shame in that, other than she didn’t practice birth control.

I’ve stated this before. I mentor women. I cannot even get them to demand safe sex practices. Seriously. It’s as much of a losing battle today with these women, who have teen-age daughters, as it was trying to talk women in So. Indiana in the 1970’s to consider abortion.

It’s the same darn thing. Back then, it was…my family will reject me. (Loads of Catholics in that area.) Today, it’s the man will reject me.

*sigh*

Hello. This was the domestic policy debate, Gerry!

Or….perhaps she’s that sharp. By ranting about that, it was fairly easy to dismiss her other remarks. I never am quite sure about some of the “surrogate” speakers. Are they clever? Are they dumb?

He just makes my teeth ache. He’s a walking billboard of “elite liberal with dumb ideas.”