NARAL Pro-Choice America backs Obama

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• Posted By: Driver of wagons @ 05/15/2008 4:43:05 PM

  Comment:
  
  
  save the child and kill the mother or is it
  save the mother and kill the child
  I guess I am confused as to which one is more important because
  I actually believe that neither is more important than the other
  
  

• Posted By: Nins @ 05/15/2008 12:59:07 AM

  Comment: Knock it off, Alvy. You're way out of line by running down Powin's mother.
  
  Not to mention that you would be better off sticking to politics. State your views of the Presidential race, and leave the personal comments aside. You make yourself look like a kid in a playground fight, and you are losing the respect of anyone reading this blog, which may reflect badly on your candidate.

• Posted By: Nins @ 05/15/2008 12:55:14 AM

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  It is important to point out that Hillary's recent victories have all been in Appalachian states (West Virginia, rural Pennsylvania, southern Ohio and Kentucky), where education is low, and poverty is rampant as prejudice. In a nation founded on the principal "All men are created equal," are we going to let the ignorance and prejudice of one little subgroup rule our national discourse?
  
  It is obvious that millions of white Americans, both educated and uneducated, have voted for Obama, and will continue to vote for him in November.
  
  Clinton is taking a play from the GOP again. How many of you are old enough to remember when the South was solidly Democrat? The South started to go Republican in the late 50s when the Supreme Court ruled against segregation in 1956, and it became fully GOP when Kennedy pushed for civil rights. Republicans like Wallace and Thurmond took advantage of the hatred and prejudice and got victories for the GOP by promising to continue segregation if the white South voted Republican. And they very nearly succeeded, using filibuster after filibuster to block civil rights legislation.
  
  And it was the Southern states that delivered the 1969 election for the GOP, placing Nixon into office, and putting the icing on the cake of this historic Republican power play.
  
  Strom Thurmond, who was a Southern Democrat, switched parties in 1964, and has the dubious honor of holding the record for the longest filibuster in Senate history. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Bill.
  
  Our country needs a replay of that like we need a hole in the head.
  
  Shame on Hillary Clinton, exploiting people's ignorance for her own political gain.
  
  At least with George Wallace, you knew he had been prejudiced from birth, and would always walk his talk. With Clinton, who has positioned herself as an advocate for equality, it is hideous to see her backpeddaling on her own (supposed) values. Or maybe her push for civil rights was all just politically expedient. Remember, she started life as a poster child for the Young Republicans, only to switch parties when Nixon was disgraced. She reinvents herself every time she thinks it will get her somewhere. While I can admire this trait in a movie actor, it is hard to respect it in a politician.