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socially moderate, fiscally conservative and judicially very liberal (as in limit gov't authority whenever possible). Libertarianism would work for me.

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New GOP "Racist" Headache »

• soooo..... in your statistics you put the against vote before the before vote?
  
  How about more recently...WHO was it that called Obama "clean and ...

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Breaking: Sarah Palin Resigning as Governor of Alaska »

• Well, so far, there have been 15 ethics violations investigations since January, I think -- perhaps last summer -- and she's been cleared of all ...

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Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama »

• It is amusing that for all the carrying on about Bush having plants in his audiences and pre-screened questions, we find that attendance at Obama's ...

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Right Wing Talk Radio Blows a Gasket over Al Frankens Win »

• not exactly. $70,000 in back taxes to 17 states, a $25000 fine in New York for failure to pay unemployment taxes (not due on unpaid ...

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Obama, They Want You to Fail »

• uh, the Patriot Act -- a true misnomer, for sure -- was, in fact, a bi-partisan travesty that was renewed under the 110th Democratically controlled ...

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Another Obama Victory as House Passes Cap and Trade Bill »

• Here's the gist of what I sent them. Feel free to use what you like -- in part or in whole == add to it, ...

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• I wrote to my congresswoman, but I'm pretty sure she voted for it anyway. I have now written to both Senators -- I might end ...

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Ann Coulter on O'Reilly: Tiller Murder a 'Termination' »

• I understand these procedures. I don't understand why killing the fetus first makes these procedures less physically taxing than allowing the fetus to live. The ...

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• In my opinion, the difference between your niece's situation and a late-term abortion is that, from your description, her child had a chance at life ...

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• "Late term abortions are performed on women who have had the child die in utero", uh no. That is not an abortion. That is a ...

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• The part of late term abortion that I don't quite get is how it is less physically demanding than inducing labor for a live birth ...

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The Rise Of Hate 2.0 »

• umm...it seems to me that "topping out" means that it wouldn't go higher than that. Ever.
  
  I am really hoping we didn't spend all ...

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Canadian healthcare: Fact vs. fiction »

• I don't even know how to respond to this.
  
  ((The military's objective is bettering their fighting force, not their health care services. It would ...

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• Have you not been paying attention in the last several years to all the horror stories about the VA hospitals and treatment of soldiers?
  
  

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• I don't understand what you're asking me...how did they do what?"

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• that is unlikely if we go to single payer, jovial...

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• Before we go to a single payor system, I would prefer to see McCarran-Ferguson repealed which would eliminate the exemption from all the anti-trust legislation ...

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• yeah, the gov't's doing a real bang-up job with medicare and medicaid....

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• just because they don't say that they want to make money, doesn't mean it isn't at least part of their motivation. MY daughter wants to ...

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Barbara Boxer to Brigadier General: "Call Me Senator" »

• no, it was not the first hearing that I've ever watched, but I don't quite get the concept that because everyone )or even someone) else ...

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• The woman has a right to be addressed as she prefers, BUT under no circumstances should she have interrupted the General and cut him off ...

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A Threat We Can’t Ignore - Bob Herbert »

• I'm not proving your point at all.
  
  My point is that neither the left nor the right hold the patent on violent whack jobs. ...

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• well, let's see the last two Presidents that have had assassination attempts against them have been Republicans -- Ford and Reagan...
  
  It is ...

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83 Percent of Americans Support Voter ID Requirement »

• How would anyone know if ID's are not verified either at the polls or at registration?

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• If they are not .truly eligible to vote, then yes, I DO want to discourage people from voting.
  
  I'll even go out on a ...

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• ((What are you saying? That a passport isn't a valid ID (It is) or that she wasn't asked to show her passport or any other ...

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• I am at a loss as to what additional expense this would cost taxpayers. Everyone should already have an ID -- even if you are ...

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• uh, meso? Requiring ID to vote or to register to vote is not a new idea and should not have required new laws. NOT requiring ...

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• ((The big deal is that the system for preventing voter fraud already works at the registration stage))
  
  Huh???
  
  the big defense against ACORN's ...

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Obama Takes Aim At Fox News »

• the first bailout to the banks was, indeed, under Bush, but the 2nd bailout (and transfer of ownership to the US gov't) was under Obama..
  

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• of course, before their plans were implemented, the majority of Americans said that they trusted the Dems with the economy way more than the Republicans. ...

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Did Letterman's Joke About Palin's Daughter Go Too Far? »

• only after the fact. It was the 14 year old at the baseball game. And I'm sure that once your daughter turns 18 you will ...

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• 1. but it was WILLOW at the baseball park,
  
  2. that comment is pretty offensive even if the kid IS 18.

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• I was referring to A-Rod being slandered more than Edwards

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• the older one is only 18 -- and still NOT the candidate.

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• again, distasteful but still directed at adults who put themselves in the public eye, not a kid who was dragged there by a parent.

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• I agree that Coulter was over the line with the faggot comment, BUT John Edwards is an adult who put HIMSELF into the public arena ...

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• How is this "joke" not much, much worse than the "nappy-headed ho's" comment that cost Imus his job?
  
  I'm not really mourning Imus' loss, ...

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Chastity Bono -- Becoming a Man | TMZ.com »

• the "s" word was s n i g g e r i n g....ridiculous censors..

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• yeah, Slate, I'm with you.. It's hard to imagine and/or empathize, but..whatever floats her/his boat.
  
  I do think it might be a bit harder ...

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