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1. The Bush Justice Department stated in its brief that diversity is a compelling interest in education. It was done because Alberto Gonzales, the White House counsel, is on the short list to be President Bush's first appointment to the Supreme Court and Mr. Gonzales didn't want to have to answer pesky questions about why he didn't tow the diversity line when he came up for confirmation. This language was put in over the protests of the Solicitor General, because he realized that the "moderates" on the Court would use it to justify affirmative action. Then guess what? O'Connor used this language to justify affirmative action.

2. Bush is better than Kerry on defense. I conceded that. Yet you do not argue the point that the administration refuses to enlarge the military to avoid overstretch.

3. Gun rights. You still don't seem to mind that the people of our capital don;t have the right to bear arms despite nearly four years of a Republican Congress and White House. While letting the AWB ban die is great, it would be nice if the folks of DC had the right to defend themselves with any type of gun.

4. On cloning and abortion. They are intimately linked. The research into cloning necessarily requires the creation and destruction of human life. Is a baby not aborted simply because he or she was conceived in a test tube?

1. Can't you give Dubya any credit on AA? Nothing? CNN criticizes him.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/bush.affirmativeaction/

NPR does.

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=923224

Time.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/story/0,9171,1101030127-409553,00.html

CBS.

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=2766679/K=affirmative+action+bush/v=2/SID=e/TID=YS42_26/l=WS1/R=6/H=0/*-http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/11/politics/main536148.shtml

They all think Dubya is a slave trader...you see no difference. I'm sorry if my point was vague...I'll try again...O'Connor was nominated by Reagan. Most Conservatives point to Reagan as the best President ever. You are judging today's Republican party on a Reagan nominee from 25 years ago. I was 16 in 1981. O'Connor is not a debatable point for me. She is fact of life...get over it already.

2. On defense Bush is much better than Kerry or any 'rat. I feel no need to debate this further. You are nitpicking and any 'rat President will destroy our military just as Clinton, and Carter did. End of subject. One more point for my side.

3. The liberal 'rats who run DC don't want gun rights. Why should Dubya fight with citizens of DC?

4. There are not 1.5 million clones a year. Let's fight the battles we can win. There are children 9 months old getting there skulls vacuumed out. No other President has been able to stop it. I'll give you a very apt metaphore to describe today's right fringe. My wife wants me to build a deck on my house. Dubya has passed a law that will be the framewok for future arguments against abortion. He has read the blueprints, bought the materials, and built the base. You are still measuring the size of the nails. No Republican will ever be conservative enough for you. So stay home in November and be your own worst enemy.