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I am less forgiving. The word "intervention" itself was false, as was the claim that Republicans in Congress had no business butting in and were merely pandering to religious nuts. This was unrelieved propaganda that buried every distinction under a foot of mud. Obviously it worked. We watched the Democrats spin it every day. You linked stories from scores of congressional campaigns, many of them earlier in this very thread.

They all bore false witness, they intended to, and they did it for political gain. I think we may say of these people what Prof Amos said of the judges: they made themselves accomplices in murder.

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The Terri Factor anew? Is this a crucial reason for rejecting a presidential candidate, a right to die kill?

Nashville landscaper Michael Bernard, 55, said Frist lost his support for a possible run for president when he weighed in on the right-to-die case of Terri Schiavo.

"Some of his statements were way off base. He's just too conservative," Bernard said.

Exit poll cool to Frist as White House hopeful

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