[MadIvan]

Where's President Reagan when we need him?

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[miliantnutcase]

I didn't even know that sh*thead was still kicking.

[Alter Kaker]

FYI...Ortega is staunchly pro-life and has promised to outlaw abortion in absolutely every case (eliminating rape, incest, and health and life of mother exceptions).

[sageb1]

[Alter Kaker]

FYI...

The measure, expected to be approved by President Enrique Bolaños, was voted in 52 to 0, with 9 abstentions and 29 representatives not showing up to vote.

Nicaragua joins El Salvador and Chile as the only countries in the Western hemisphere to ban abortion without exception. But across Latin America, abortion is outlawed except in rare circumstances. It is readily available only in Cuba and a few English-speaking Caribbean countries.

The ban in Nicaragua comes two weeks before a hotly contested presidential election on Nov. 5, and opponents of the law say it was introduced now because no one dared to oppose it in the political climate.

“The presidential election is so polarized that the church saw this as an opportunity to force this issue now,” Dr. Mirma Cunningham, a former minister of health and member of the National Assembly, said in a telephone interview.

The measure was supported by Daniel Ortega, the front-runner in the presidential race. He favored the right to an abortion during his presidency in the 1980’s but has since embraced the Roman Catholic Church and has spoken out strongly against abortion.
Source: New York Times

[Stallone]

Democracy is always vulnerable to a skilled demagogue.

George Will-style polite and passive conservatism will never succeed.

We need strong leadership willing to call a Liberal Democrat a traitor.

But in the meantime, VOTE REPUBLICAN if you want to continue to breathe.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

"I shouldn't say I hope you win because they will accuse me of sticking my nose into Nicaraguan internal affairs," Chavez quipped to former Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, who joined him on his weekly television show. "But I hope you win."

Not a good sign.

[Kitten Festival]

This is real sick stuff. Oliver North and Co should bow out of this, they are splitting the oppposition. It's too late to campaign now to be arguing about who should oppose Ortega, right now they should be flipping a coin as to who runs against Ortega. Because the stakes are that high. They should vote for a bum on the streets if they have to. ANYTHING - ANYTHING would be better than Ortega.

[chuckles]

I know I'll get flamed for this, but when you "nation build", you are supposed to build a nation. We got what we wanted and then left. They have been struggling for decades down there with little help. If we had just sent a little help their way, maybe they would be more democratic. About a third of all illegals are Hondurans, Guatemalans, or Nicaraguans. I just had some redo my roof and the Mexicans and Nicaraguans don't get along.

When the contras won, the US packed up and left them to their own troubles. Their country was a wreck. It's not much better today. The best thing they have going now is tourism and ex-pats buying land. That will dry up if Ortega comes back.

[proud_yank]

FYI Ping

[AmericaUnited]

Maybe this is legit. After all, some of the staunchest conservatives were once hard core Marxists that came to the truth. Thomas Sowell bump...

[prairiebreeze]

Expect to see President Peanut hot-foot it down there to hastily declare Ortega the winner and the election legitimate. Another communist dictator puppet-feather in ol' Jimmah's cap.

[prairiebreeze]

disturbing ping

[cloud8]

That thug Ortega should have been terminated with extreme prejudice 20 years ago.

[DainBramage]

"Now it is just pure opportunism. He is a political pendulum,
ready to say whatever people want to hear. He has no scruples."

"Man that turns me on...If he were a she I'd consider mowing the lawn"!

[Alia]

Crosslink to: Robert D. Novak: Sandinistas get another useful idiot

[R.W.Ratikal]

Jimmah Cahwattah! Call your office!

[Mo1]

But now he has ''found God" and talks of ''peace and love" not Marxist-Leninist ideals. In a final frenzy of campaigning, the podgy, balding 60-year-old, is spreading what he calls a "spiritual revolution", "full of love and hope" around this country, the second poorest in Latin America, after Haiti.

He sounds like the Dems here in the US running for election

[Thunder90]

Hugo Chavez is at it again...

[FreedomPoster]

One man, one vote, one time.

Watch out, Nicaraguans!