‘An Assault on Religion’: Are Social Issues Becoming Most Important 2012 Campaign Topics?
- Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:36am by
Billy Hallowell
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — All of a sudden, abortion, contraception and gay marriage are at the center of American political discourse, with the struggling – though improving – economy pushed to the background. With the Catholic Church up in arms over the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate and with people of other faiths joining the chorus, it seems the economy won’t be the only issue on the agenda come November.
Social issues don’t typically dominate the discussion in shaky economies. But they do raise emotions important to factors like voter turnout. And they can be key tools for political candidates clamoring for attention, campaign cash or just a change of subject in an election year.
“The public is reacting to what it’s hearing about,” said Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center. In a political season, he said, “when the red meat is thrown out there, the politicians are going to go after it.”
The economy still tops the list of voters’ concerns and probably will still shape this presidential election. For now, at least, the culture wars of the 1990s are back. It’s not clear which party will benefit because the same group of voters that opposes abortion might split over gay marriage or whether cancer research should be immune from politics. And it’s not yet known to what extent, if at all, social issues will influence voters on Election Day.
Jobs, jobs, jobs – it’s been the governing mantra of both parties since the economic bust of 2008, through President Barack Obama’s sweeping overhaul of health insurance and the 2010 elections that returned control of the House to Republicans. Since then, voters have turned angry while remaining anxious over the economy’s crawl toward stability. Republicans have been keen to blame the slow-motion progress on Obama in their drive to deny him a second term.
Then, as the GOP nomination fight churned with no resolution in sight, the economy began to grow. Unemployment rates dipped. And a cascade of cultural political developments inspired a new set of talking points for the year’s crop of political hopefuls:
-Supporters of Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion services, helped force the resignation of Susan G. Komen For the Cure executive Karen Handel after the breast cancer research group cut grants to the organization, then reversed course.
-Catholic bishops began sparring with the White House over a new requirement that Catholic-affiliated institutions such as hospitals and schools must provide insurance coverage for birth control for their employees even though the church opposes artificial contraception.
-A federal appeals court in California struck down the state’s gay marriage ban, prompting criticism from the Republican presidential candidates and others who charged that unelected judges were overruling the will of voters.
For both parties, social policy puts key constituencies at stake. Republicans are courting the religious conservatives that populate their base, including Catholics in battleground states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. Obama, meanwhile, is trying to preserve support among women, moderates and independents.
Wednesday was a key pivot point.
Hours after GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum won all three states holding votes Tuesday night and stalled Mitt Romney’s modest winning streak, congressional leaders issued tightly coordinated statements on another subject: The White House’s policy on birth control coverage was a government mandate that threatens religious freedom and violates the Constitution.
In a floor speech rare for a speaker of the House, Ohioan John Boehner, a Catholic, accused the administration of undermining some of the country’s most vital institutions, such as Catholic charities, schools and hospitals. He demanded that Obama rescind the policy and pledged that Congress would if Obama didn’t.
“This attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country cannot stand, and will not stand,” Boehner said.
Across the Capitol, one rising star made clear the matter was a starkly political issue in the year’s presidential and congressional elections.
“We have plenty of other issues to take to the American people throughout the year and in the November elections. This doesn’t have to be one of them,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said in English. As he often does, Rubio repeated his statement in Spanish – an effort to make sure Hispanic voters in Florida and beyond, many of them Catholic, got the message.
But where Republicans cast the White House’s contraception policy as an assault on the freedom of religion itself, Democrats argued for the preservation of affordable birth control for women. The White House circulated letters from women’s groups defending the policy and signaled on Tuesday that a compromise was possible.
Former Obama aide Jen Psaki suggested the uproar was due in part to the GOP nomination fight, noting that the administration’s directive requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control for their employees was based on a policy used by many states.
“Where has the outrage been up to now?” Psaki said.
On the presidential campaign trail, the GOP candidates competing for conservative votes presented themselves as foes of any efforts to remove religion and morals from public discourse. Some described those efforts in the language of war.
Romney, a Mormon, is embracing social issues in a way he hasn’t to this point in the campaign as he fends off threats from two challengers. The Obama administration, he says, is waging “an assault on religion.”
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Catholic, says Democrats have “declared war on the Catholic Church.”
Santorum’s resurgence has coincided with the surge in controversy over social issues. During a two-day sprint through Oklahoma and Texas, he used the marriage and contraception rulings on the two coasts to raise broader concerns that the courts and the Obama administration are “trying to shutter faith” and “push it out of the public square.”
“They are taking faith and crushing it,” he told a Texas rally Monday. “When you marginalize faith in America, when you remove the pillar of God-given rights, then what’s left?”
It’s powerful rhetoric, to be sure. But interviews Thursday with nearly two dozen attendees of the Conservative PAC convention in Washington produced remarkably similar sentiments: Even the most conservative voter cares most about the nation’s fiscal health.
“I really think this election will turn on the economy,” said Tina Katcheves, 38, a patent attorney from Howard County, Md.
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Richard Compton
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 1:46pmWill the Obama administration use the pulpit disagreement to get rid of the tax exemption statis .that religious groups now enjoy? Remember Obama is desparate to increase taxes anyway he can, is it possible that this could lead to a revocation of exempt statis beginning with the Catholic Church? Think about it, he created this disagreement, the Catholic Church read a statement from the pulpit at how many churches across the country? Is that grounds for loosing their exemption, after all who’s the Attorney General (Eric Holder) and the Supreme Court is stacked in favor of the far left, and what does the far left hate—Religion! Is this the real reason behind what the Obama administration did?
Report Post »rekindle america
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 1:28pmBlack against white , poor against rich, atheists against those of faith.These guys will use anything to win. Turning everything upside down filled with confusion. Trying very hard to get everyone against each other . The question, is this going to work for them. Are people going to let this crap divide them? Wise up .
Report Post »RebelBroker
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 11:52amI have no problem with members of the gay community entering into any sort of partnership they like. Even to the point that these partnerships grant the same rights as married couples enjoy.
However, I believe that the idea of a man married to a man and a man married to a woman are different enough that the same word should not apply to both. Sexual attraction exists in the natural word to promote pro-creation. That is it. Being sexually attracted to anything other than a member of the opposite gender is a misapplication of that impulse. So to apply the same word to the correct application of that impulse and the incorrect application of that impulse simply makes no sense.
More fundamentally, why is government involved in marriage at all? I realize the brits started the trend to address STD concerns, but I would rather see the government out of it all together.
Report Post »Scottscobig
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 11:41amI have to agree with Disenlightened and Marhee. It’s the economy. Social issues are important. But other than abortion, I don’t see the morality in passing laws to force people to do things or not do things according to my feelings.
With an abortion, you’re murdering an individual; a person with his own unalienable rights. When it comes to drugs and gay marriage, I see both as evil, but those individuals violate no one’s unalienable rights.
Make no mistake. The social issues and the morality they represent are killing us as a country, as individuals. But that doesn’t give us the right to initiate force against anyone. Think about it. No. Seriously, take a moment and turn your brain on. I feel just as passionately about these things as you do. Evil is evil. But to add the evil of initiating force is also evil. Is that overuse of the word evil? Evil evil evil.
Anyway, the social issues have always been a distraction. They (other than abortion) have no place in politics or government or the law. Preach all you want privately. It’s the righteous thing to do. But you can‘t put a gun to anyone’s head.
Here in Utah, this is a major problem. We’re considered a “conservative” state. And we are…socially. Fiscally, many are socialists. People just can‘t grasp that it’s evil to mug someone, even if you’re giving his money to poor kids.
Please. Please, let’s not get distracted. It seems our influence is waning enough as it is.
Report Post »tamara13
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 11:27amI just heard Pelosi speak on this subject. Being Catholic I can say without a doubt this woman is NOT a Catholic. She’s an Obamic!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 11:55amShe represent the views of most Catholics in the nation. Only a few catholic Fundies are left and thankfully dying out.
Report Post »sickwiththis
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 1:52pmEncinom,
If you think the same way Pelosi does, you may be a Catholic, but your allegiance to the God of the Bible died whenever you decided man‘s law was more important than God’s. Life is sacred to God, and it begins when He says it does.
Report Post »Penn
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 10:28amWhat is good vs evil? There are ten commandments, but I think only five basic “sins” or evil.
Report Post »1 Do not worship false gods.
2 Do not dishonor your father and mother.
3 Do not kill.
4 Do not steal.
5 Do not lie.
What do liberals support?
1 No recognition nor symbols of God in public. The Gaia philosophy. No to Intelligent design.
2 Societal parenting.”You know things your parents don’t know”
3 Abortion on demand. Euthanasia.
4 Forcibly taking from one to give to another.
5 Making false or exaggerated statements that support their views:
America is bad. Israel is an oppressor. Man made global warming. Che and Mao were patriots among others.
This is not a matter of right or left. It is a matter of right or wrong.
Dismayed Veteran
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:05amThe main focus must be the economy. This diversion created by Obama will be the emotional issue. I hope that many Catholics who typically vote Democrat will shift to Republican on both of these issues. The religious leaders need to maintain this momentum through the year.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 10:22amGOP, and Romney realize they can’t win the debate on the economy (auto bailout worked), so they need t create false issue to keep their base happy.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:01amThere is no war on religion in America. There is no war on Christmas in America. There is only an opening of the floor to religions other than those of Christianity. By pushing overt Christian religiosity out of the halls of government (not the public square), it makes room for other religions to prosper as well, while injuring Christianity and Christians not at all. Room, BTW, which the Constitution affords all religions, not just Christianity.
There are sometimes spoken of two regimes in American life, public and private, but this is a false dichotomy. There are at least three regimes in American life: private, public, and governmental. The public square is properly termed as being in the public domain. Anything that individuals do there that is protected by the Constitution may be engaged in freely, even overt proselytizing. However, in the halls of government, in the government domain, there can be no actions taken by the government which favours one religion over another. And that extends to decision making on permanent installations on those portions of the public domain that are government property.
People in power in government do not lose their rights to worship as they see fit as individuals. However, the government never has the right, or power, or any delegated authority whatsoever to practice religion. Individuals can pray, even in large groups in the capitol building. But the government itself cannot pray at all. Indeed, how could it?
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:14am@LESBIAN PACKING HOLLOW POINTS
Report Post »You’re kinda wrong. There is not a war on religion per se, but a war on Christianity. You see, Christianity is the totalitarian’s worst enemy. Totalitarians love religions like Islam. I call it an “Ant” religion. Religions like Islam don’t have the focus on individuality and self-determination that Christianity does, and they thrive on centralized and strong authority. The only way totalitarianism can work properly is to rid the nation of Christianity. That’s why liberals despise free-thinking, independent Christians.
encinom
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 10:24am@disenlightened
No body is preventing christians from worshiping as they wish. Fundies are unhappy, cause they are no longer the only game in town and individual liberty is gaining in importance over false and outdated moral codes.
Report Post »Hrothgar
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 10:42amHave to slightly disagree with you Disenlightened. Any religion can be used by the totalitarians to exert control. Christianity and Islam have both been used to control the populous at one time or another through out history. Christianity also had the strong centralized authority and thrived on that for years. Where I can agree with you is that a “free thinking” Christian is dangerous to the totalitarians and wannabe despots in this nation. I would say this also applies to Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Agnostics, Atheists and so on. Those who dare to question are the enemies of tyranny and the friends of their countrymen.
Report Post »Scottscobig
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:31pmWhile there may not be a widespread war on Christmas and religion waged by anything like a majority of individual Americans, there are definitely elements in the media and there are certain politicians and others who would destroy religion.
I have to disagree with you as I don’t see the posting of the 10 commandments in a courthouse or a cross marking the site of the death of a police officer as an establishment of a religion by the govt. When congress passes a law which is then signed by the pres which says, for example, Catholicism is America’s religion and Americans must embrace that one religion or else, then, that is where my individual unalienable rights will be violated. And we’re nowhere near that.
I do view the public domain as the government domain. For example, can I build a house and live in Yellowstone? Why not? I’m a member of the public. If it’s public property, it’s govt property, controlled by putz bureaucrats and ******** politicians. That control is tantamount to ownership.
Michael Medved, a national radio talk show host and a Jew, says we are a Christian nation/secular govt and I agree.
The govt is made up of individuals, each with his religion, and of course that influences the way he votes. We could pass a law to prevent them from factoring their religion into things, but how do you enforce that? A religion is just a philosophy of life and we all have one. This is all just a distraction from the economy, anyway.
Report Post »Bad_Ashe
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:32pmIt’s always important to keep in mind that when atheists (and liberals in general for that matter) don’t like something, or are revealed for the intellectually dishonest weasels they so often are, they attempt to alter historically and commonly established definitions to match their ideology. We’ve seen it before, we’re seeing it now, and we’ll see it again.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:50amI used to think of social issues as 2nd fiddle. However, our society is degrading at a rapid pace because of the removal of God and morality. With that being said, Government needs to get out of the business of granting rights. Enough with equal protection, fair hiring and all that…it’s Communism to the core. Government is to provide for the common defense, roads and a few other things but not this. The government is over reaching by leaps and bounds. Pray people…pray for God’s direction. God is our leader, not judges.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:42amPlanned Parenthood is a NWO initiative to aid in controlling the world’s population.
It‘s that freakin’ simple.
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:08pmPROBLIEMSOLVER how do you keep from
Report Post »getting Blocked by the blaze ?
I have see many good people get their IP blocked by the blaze
and None of them ever cuss or abuse fellow posters.
ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:38amAmerica was a Christian Nation.
America Died in 1992 when the lienholders began liquidation and foreclosure.
The CORPORATION does not care about religion.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:48amC’mon Billy Hallowell.
I GAVE you the LEAD of your lifetime. RUN with it. Just remember who educated you.
Biggest story of your Lifetime or ANYONE’s LIFETIME !!!!!
AMERICA is a CORPORATION and has blantantly and willfully lied to the people, telling us we had a Representative Republic with “Representatives” and “Constituents”.
It was our own Ignorance not to ask, who were the “People” they were representing.
PEOPLE, Sit down before clicking this.
http://www.manta.com/c/mm4qj5k/senate-united-states
I have much more proof.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:55amDo you think it has anything to do with those chemtrails we’ve all been seeing in the night sky?
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:23amYes disenlightened, I believe Chemtrails are the Global Elite-Owned Corporation’s solution to a Landmass populated by People that cling to their bibles, Constitutions and Guns and mistakingly think that “the LAND is THEIR LAND”.
The Corporation Began foreclosure in 1992 under Bushes Executive order 12803 – the Infrastructure Privatization act. the same year the AGENDA 21 map was introduced.
AMERICA has been for SALE SINCE THEN !!!
Most people buying America are WALL STREET FIRMS, your POLITICIANS, CHINA and other foreign investors.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:36amI believe that these chemtrails are slowkill.
It is the Global elite‘s plan of herding it’s cattle to the Doctor‘s offices and lining their Pharmaceutical industries pockets with the cattle’s last bit of money before heading it to slaughter.
Doctor‘s tell you a constant assault on one’s immune system, even in the slightest form ( a sneeze here, a runny nose there, a headache, etc.) will eventually destroy your Immune System.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:43amThese words echo in my ear:
“the ends justify the means”
The holocaust was real, people.
Hitler was evil, but not as evil as the Global Elite Banksters are.
Report Post »He could have learned from them.
ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:50amIn 1992 America was for sale under E.O. 12803. Look it up.
That same year AGENDA 21 was introduced.
NAFTA passed in 1994.
Chemtrails began in 1996.
America began seeing infuxes of foreigners that REFUSE to speak english or ASSIMILATE, since the 1990′s.
I bet Planned Parenthood was established after 1992. ANY Freakin’ Bets?
How much more evidence does one need??
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:35amDon‘t be fooled by another one of Obama’s diversions. It’s the economy, stupid. Reagan didn’t run on social issues, he ran on the economy and jobs. The Democrats are going to come up with one diversion after another between now and November, each designed to pound wedges between us and keep us from talking about their biggest weakness – the economy. Don’t be fooled. It’s the economy, stupid.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:34amC’MON BILLY HALLOWELL !!!!
Don’t you have the BALLS to WRITE the Article of your LIFETIME ???
WRITE an ARTICLE about how WE HAVE BEEN LIED TO for 140 YEARS.
HOW our “REPRESENTATIVES” are Employees of a CORPORATION owned by the IMF !!!!!
Put in the ARTICLE that the PEOPLE have NO SAY.
The Corporation only does what the People say when they fear a possible revolution.
HERE, Allen West Admits the “United States” is a Corporation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0PlOXCJLc
Think West was using a metaphor??
This Explains the Whole story in a long nutshell:
http://www.teamlaw.net/history.htm
Here is proof that our Government is a Corporation.
This is a Website that lists the World’s corporations.
You will see more than 100 ‘Senate’ companies and over 400 representative companies, because every representative becomes a private company within the Corporation.
Let’s begin with the Senate for $#it$ and giggles.
Report Post »http://www.manta.com/c/mm4qj5k/senate-united-states
Johann
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:22amAfter we reached the point of fifty million government sponsored abortions in the USA it has become time for those of us who are pro life to separate ourselves from the American government and Obama is goading us to do so. So from now on it will be impossible for me and others to pledge allegiance to the flag of a government which has so much blood on it. We cannot serve God and Mammon and the modern Americans are the followers of Mammon. America delenda est!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:20am.
Once again “Do I Have to Think of Everything?”…………………
Abortion, Contraception and Gay Marriage. You know if the Democrats want these things so bad to be Main Stream, I say let them show us how it will work.
Step 1. All Democrate women who are now pregnent will have to have an Abortion.
Step 2. All Democrate Men & Women shall be Spade & Nutered (Contraception)
Step 3. And as a result of Step2, All Democrats have to enter into a Gay Marriage……..
The rest of us will watch from the sidelines, do studies, focus groups, surveys & look at the long term effects to see how well you idea works. And if it works out then we will Vote on it. Now this may take 15-20 years to do, so Ya’ll need to get started. The sooner the better…….
SpankDaMonkey 2012
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:27amOther than the “Spade & Nutered” part, I think they are halfway there already Monkey.
Report Post »vaman
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:19amIf people would just mind their own business or live and let live, then these social issues become uniportant.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:17amThe bottom line of the matter is that America now is facing a fundamental choice in ideology to follow; will we return to our history of ‘center right’ that has been predominate; or will we allow ourselves to move into a socialist/communist/tyrannical dictatorship in which we are sheep under the dominance of a uncaring, all controlling, all intrusive Federal government.
Report Post »Blazen420
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:14amOf course social and civil liberty issues are front and center, it is all we have left. The economy is gone.
Report Post »SansPeur
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:07amWhile you can bet there will somehow still be people oblivious to what our government is perpetrating, there will be a large number who will see the concrete choice before us as a nation:
What is more important to me, government that takes care of me, or my faith?
You cannot have both.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:06amNO government will replace my God
Report Post »So butt out, Barry, Nancy & Harry, and stay out
Now lets talk about your future in my country
Stay away from ALL my kids … fair warning … K?
marhee9
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:00amAs far as I’m concerned, Obama brought this out because the last thing he wants the American people discussing is his record after three years of failure. They can tell me that social issues are nember one until they’re blue in the face, but we all know “it’s the economy stupid.”
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GEYAbSoYxs
Obeckian1984
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:05amWhy did the republicans turn the stars upsidedown on the GOP symbol
Report Post »into a pentagram in 2000 ???
open your eyes that you may see
listen that you may hear
think that you may find truth
Obeckian1984
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:10amLévi’s version of magic became a great success, especially after his death. That Spiritualism was popular on both sides of the Atlantic from the 1850s contributed to this success. His magical teachings were free from obvious fanaticisms, even if they remained rather murky; he had nothing to sell, and did not pretend to be the inititate of some ancient or fictitious secret society. He incorporated the Tarot cards into his magical system, and as a result the Tarot has been an important part of the paraphernalia of Western magicians. He had a deep impact on the magic of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later on the ex-Golden Dawn member Aleister Crowley (possible Jeb Bush Grandfather). He was also the first to declare that a pentagram or five-pointed star with one point down and two points up represents evil, while a pentagram with one point up and two points down represents good. It was largely through the occultists inspired by him that Lévi is remembered as one of the key founders of the 20th century revival of magic.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:23amOBECKIAN1984, That is not like the pentagram at all. Some officers’ rank has also what appears to be an upside star. Furthermore, like the ancient runes in the Scout Sniper story, the pentagram had been around long before it was adopted by the occult. It goes back to ancient Greece and probably before. It was used in ancient architectural designs and it can even be broken down to form a rectangle that meets the Golden Ratio. That is a ratio of 1 to 1.618 (okay to the purits, 1 to 1.6180339887) If you don‘t understand what I mean open your wallet and look at your driver’s license, credit and debit cards and so forth. The short side of the rectangle is equal to 1 while the longer side equals the 1.618. If I still don’t make sense to you, go to You Tube and type “Donald Duck in Math Magic Land” into the search. Takes about a half hour to watch, but it was made back in the day when many of Disney’s stories were designed to teach. I often wonder how many times I fell asleep in a dark class room when this film was running on the projector. Long before the VCR and DVD. Anyway, these days it makes so much sense.
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:46pmRJJING why change the stars in 2000 ?
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:49pmhere is the video showing the GOP downward stars
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC945u926RY
Obeckian1984
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:05pmyes I know about The Fibonacci Sequence and there are some interesting
Report Post »theory’s on Saturn and Satan it seems the 6 sided star is the evil one
of ancient times while today many believe it’s the 5 pointing down star.
http://www.yahuahreigns.com/saturn and the occult.html
The_Jerk
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:58amThis is our land, and we had better start taking it back from the prima donna politicians and black robed thugs of the courts. We tell them. They do not tell us.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:58amObama and the Democrats are intentionally diverting attention away from the economy and we’re falling for it hook, line and sinker. And if we nominate Rick Santorum we’ll be playing right into their trap. Santorum is all about social issues and has no experience in business or job creation, the issue we should be focused on. It’s the economy, stupid. If it’s not the economy, we lose.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:57amHappy Birthday Glenn!!!
“Pedal to the metal”
Straight from obama’s lips.
Straight from their “play book”
They are saying these things in private so often, they now slip into their daily, public discourse and lexicon.
The marxist democrats will stop at NOTHING to keep him in office.
They know obamacare will become law if he stays and will vanish WHEN he fails.
obamacare makes us a socialist country, not a FREE NATION !
Surely obama is the worst President in American history.
Report Post »democritusoilder267
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:52amVery interesting article. For someone who is pro-choice, supports same-sex marriage, and is critical of religion; I have many stories to tell of debates about these topics. I just can never see eye-to-eye with people who are critical of these subjects.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:01amYou’ve just described a fundamentalist. “I’m right (correct) and everyone else is wrong.” End of story. Can’t talk about it.
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:12amhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baphomet.png
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