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1 posted on 09/02/2008 4:50:13 PM PDT by mathprof
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2 posted on 09/02/2008 4:55:42 PM PDT by mavfin (Personal freedom, personal responsibility)
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Obama’s Mama -— What ever did Obama’s Mama do to get him?


3 posted on 09/02/2008 4:55:44 PM PDT by Sundog (Palin McCain 2008. Isn't that a more reasonable order?)
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an political flashpoint

I stopped reding right there becuase I can't stnd typographical errors.

5 posted on 09/02/2008 4:57:42 PM PDT by KarinG1 (Opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily represent those of sane people.)
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The left doesn’t misunderstand the Culture War, they just don’t believe in sexual inhibition, and will use every opportunity to say so. Conservatives know that every time someone violates moral laws, it is an opportunity to say, “Look, we have rules for a reason.” That people violate rules is not proof that rules are useless. Once no one violates a rule, THAT is when a rule is useless.

Anyway, at bottom, the Culture war is about utilitarian principles. If promiscuity is harmful, as conservatives say, then it is bad. If it is benign, then liberals are onto something. The debate will never turn on which side has the most hypocrites.


7 posted on 09/02/2008 4:58:44 PM PDT by Tublecane
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This whole tempest in a teapot is being driven by the despicable MSM and the outrage they have unleashed in average, normal American MEN & women.

Correct me if I am wrong - but John Edwards (the mature adult male who is the adulterous, presumptive father of an out-of-wedlock child) was the VP nominee of the Democratic Party in 2000 - Isn’t Sarah Palin the current VP nominee of the GOP -with a 17 year-old daughter Bristol - surely Bristol is not running for national elective office? Surely Bristol is not carrying John Edward’s love child? Oh, please say it isn’t so./s


8 posted on 09/02/2008 5:00:47 PM PDT by sodpoodle ("Have faith in God...but keep your powder dry." Oliver Cromwell)
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Just what is it that ails these people anyway?


9 posted on 09/02/2008 5:04:09 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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Palin is the only thing on the news.

Whoopeee!!!!!

No Barack, none of the time.

As long as the Dems keep the media focused on our woman, all the better.

Keep it up, boys! The more you boys attack the girl, the worse you look.


12 posted on 09/02/2008 5:14:57 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Bernanke is a Monetary Slut!)
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Couple this with the fact that Sarah Palin herself may not have had a ring on her finger when she conceived her first child

Governor Palin is celebrating her 20th wedding anniversary. Track is only 18 years old. Of course she was already married.

13 posted on 09/02/2008 5:19:09 PM PDT by rivercat (Sarah Palin '12)
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Let’s wait just a little while longer and see what Fred Thompson has to say about this! :)


14 posted on 09/02/2008 5:20:15 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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**Bristol Palin has single-handedly dealt the Republican Party its winning hand. With an economy in decline and an unpopular war started by Republicans, Bristol Palin’s unborn baby has now made the Culture War the focal point of this election. This is one ground and, in fact, the only ground on which Republicans can win this election.**

Pro-life ping!


15 posted on 09/02/2008 5:22:54 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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A great article. We should stop screaming about how unfair the MSM treatments toward Palin . It should have been given that they're going to write negative things about her.

Like it or not, fair or not, Bristol's pregnancy has been a political issue. The way I see it, there are two options:

First, keep complaining about the MSM. As I said above, it won't do any good. We might be seen as whiny. Second, work to frame the issue: it is how we handle 'life happens' that is different from the left, not whether we experience sin or not (we all do).

The issue of abortion has now become a focus. Do we, as pro-life people, want to put the issue on the table and let everybody debate on it? Or we just let others define the issue by avoiding to talk about it publicly?

17 posted on 09/02/2008 5:24:42 PM PDT by paudio (Will electing Obama save the conservative movement in the long run? Some people think so.)
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Bristol’s pregnancy may give the Republicans a huge boost.

Teenage pregnancy is something many, many American families have dealt with, if not directly, with a friend or neighbor.

In a lot of ways, the election of Sarah Palin would “legitimize” past out-of-wedlock pregnancies. How many men and women will vote for her on that basis alone?


20 posted on 09/02/2008 5:29:21 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To be Conservative is to try—however imperfectly—to live by the right, timeless principles. It's the principles that matter, not the absence of mistakes.
24 posted on 09/02/2008 5:38:24 PM PDT by sourcery (Social Justice. n. 1. Enslavement of those who work for the benefit of those who don't.)
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Great column! Thanks for posting!


27 posted on 09/02/2008 6:04:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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Pat Buchanan gave his famous speech on the Culture War. The speech was roundly criticized but what many failed to recognize and what was lost in the subsequent mythology around the speech was that the exit polls the day after he spoke, George H.W. Bush’s poll numbers went up, not down.

An exit poll after a convention speech? How's that work?

31 posted on 09/02/2008 6:37:07 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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Is there any chance at all that folks can leave Bristol the Hell alone? Didn’t there used to be a rule about that, back in Chelsea’s day?


33 posted on 09/02/2008 8:08:25 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Pretending that the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in a suspension.)
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ABDNC/Oblack is lynching a 17 yr old pregnant girl. They must be so proud.

Pray for W Mav/Pavins and Our Freedom Fighters


34 posted on 09/02/2008 9:07:36 PM PDT by bray (Drill Congress!!)
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