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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:39 AM Original message |
Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds ‘Partial Birth’ Abortion Ban |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is why I logged on I heard about it 15 minutes ago on CNN and |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Damn! Just DAMN! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. There is no such thing as a Partial Birth Abortion...that is a WINGNUT term |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. You are correct. It is a shame so many dems fall into their trap |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. That is true but I like the way the CNN email alert worded it: |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. They also mentioned the method of skull smashing and brain sucking... |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I don't know how Congress concluded that it poses additional |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. They used the overwhelming principle of invoking "Some say"... (NT) |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Because the Republicans wrote it? |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Well hello. I knew that. ....n/t |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Finally. Some truth. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yet many will still claim there is "no difference" between Dem candidate X, and Repub candidate Y |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Oh, don't remind me of Nader B* and Gore right now! I'm mad enough! ...n/t |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Do you think this message will get through to the ideologues? |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Congratulations, Nader voters! |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I just didn't want to be the first to say it |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I'll take a jab at Nader once in a while, but I have generally stayed out of the fray |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. I'm sure many of them still believe that crap. Even now, after this. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Hey, it's not like Ralph will ever be pregnant! |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. And the Democrats fillibustered this legislation so well! (NOT!) |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Oh come on |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
55. So freaking what? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Bullshit |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. And disrespect for the wishes of their constituents and supporters. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Or not |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Then we should have fillibustered candidate after candidate... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. No. *Then* they would have used the nuclear option. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. And as I said, we now run the Senate. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. You have no idea what you're talking about |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. No, of course I don't. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Right |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. We'll see if you think so highly of it after 2009... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Didn't stop us from appointing Ginsburg |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
97. There is no nuclear option here |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. Cant think well right now, can you explain what this decision means? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Here's a more indepth article that explains it further: |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. These people make me sick. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
74. It means that my friend would be dead if this ban was in effect 3 years ago |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. I've read a few articles on this now |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. But every method should be available to all women |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. I agree entirely |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Can the law itself be overturned by an act of Congress? |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yes, But... |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
56. and the States can pass their own ban now too |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
68. The law was passed with significant Democratic support |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
69. dupe |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. I hear a giant sucking sound |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Not if we win big in '08. When we take back the WH AND Congress, things will change for the better. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. The problem is |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. I Don't Have a Problem Wirh That |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. hopefully SOMEONE has been drawing up articles of impeachment |
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TnDem (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Well... |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. So this is regarding abortions after 5 months of pregnancy??? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Here some info: |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. So if there isn't really a procedure called this, what are they banning? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It Mandates Women Dying |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I would assume that the medical profession will just work around it. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. We had a situation at our hospital |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
54. That' s what I was going to ask. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. There's a procedure when a fetus has a particular disorder |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I know what the ID&E is... I was really just wondering |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Oh I see |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. Those rat bastards! |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. In Related News, Stocks of Wire Hanger Companies |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Boo! (and broken coke bottles?) ....n/t |
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Puppyjive (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
29. Plan B/C |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. I don't think this spells the end of Roe v. Wade itself |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Just added Update#3; they might be getting around to fighting R v. W. nt |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. It's Scalia and Thomas |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
31. Thank the Gang of 14 for this! |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. Bullshit |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I'd take Nader over Lieberman any day of the week.... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
65. A'yup -- another stunning victory (for keeping their jobs over our rights) (NT) |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. The five should be ashamed |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. FYI: Updates just added to OP. nt |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. #@$%!& |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
48. Isn't wonderful the Dems kept their "powder dry" rather than filibuster? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Marvellous. |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
85. Exactly. I checked her off my list of pols with conscience that day... |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
51. I'm confused, I thought there was no such thing as partial birth abortion? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #51 |
66. It gained truthiness when voted into law. (NT) |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
84. It's not a medical term, it's a term invented by the radical right-wing |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
53. damn! n/t |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
64. Disgusting ruling.... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. You don't live in America anymore; you live in Jesusland. |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. You do realize that in Canada we have publicly funded Catholic schools? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. Yep |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Isn't that the obscene and unfortunate truth. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #77 |
103. The really weird part is that SCotUS recognized Congress was wrong... |
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IronScorpio5 (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
72. Religion over Science....Fuck these bastards. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
87. Not religion - it's Ignorance over Science |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
83. Women Used To Vote For Democrats For Self-Protection |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I just *knew* this was all the women's fault |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Since Women Represent Over Half the Voting Public |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Kerry won a majority of women voters in 2004 |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. And Gore Won A Majority of Women in 2000 |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. No worries |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
91. I can remember Roberts and Alito in front of the senate... and how people |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
98. Watch out for Roe v Wade. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:14 AM Response to Reply #98 |
104. Please remember this when those folks ask for your vote again... |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
99. Words Cannot Even Describe |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
100. Aren't you glad they didn't filibuster Roberts or Alito? |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
101. kicking |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. again |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
102. KICK |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
105. I am just sick. N/T, because no words right now. |
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