Joe Kennedy was way ahead of his time.
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Rosemary a few years before Joe had her brain lobotomized.
Joe Kennedy was way ahead of his time.
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Rosemary a few years before Joe had her brain lobotomized.
Well, it's all over and, as I had feared, the Democrats have taken control of the government. Everyone has a theory as to why it happened, but the bottom line is, conservatives don't vote for liberals, so a lot of them must have stayed home with few conservatives to vote for. Democrats claim it was a statement against the religious right. The religious right maintains that the Republican Party abandoned them, so they abandoned the party. It's not all about values voters, but the Democrat strategy of promoting pro-life, conservative Democrats paid off for them in a substantial number of key races. But you know, I'm just an average woman. I don't have a Harvard education, I'm not part of a think tank of conservative elites. All I can do is speak for myself. I did vote Republican, but I did so voting for the lesser of two evils. Whereas I had volunteered in the 2004 races, I could not, in good conscience, man the phones and ask people to vote for candidates I did not believe represented the values of faith, family, or country that I had believed the party represented in 2004. So here is my list of how the Republican Party failed me and the people of the United States of America:
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There was also the Terri Schiavo murder, which has laid the groundwork for other murders of vulnerable citizens in the name of financial interests or the "letter of the law". We are a nation of laws, our leaders tell us, but the laws being made must not trump the higher law of God, or the law ceases to be law, but merely tyranny. Euthanasia is easing its way into our consciousness, and incorporating itself into our conscience like one of those internet worms that disguises itself as part of your anti-virus program.
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Torture. I don't know how much exaggeration there was regarding our treatment of Iraqi prisoners, but I do know of at least one prisoner who died as a result of his treatment. I don't think most Americans can reconcile this behavior with their self-image as a country and a people, or with their Christian conscience. It's not the kind of country we want to be. I know things go on in war that are barbaric on both sides, but I find discussions of what kind of torture and how much we're allowed to do within the law deeply disturbing. That kind of thinking is too much like the twisted kind of thinking that got Terri Schiavo killed. Torture is barbaric—period.
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Another one of those tragic medical mix-ups. It was Teddy who needed the lobotomy.