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To: KLT
some of them pushing baby carriages with dolls covered in fake blood,

Not helpful at all. This reminds me of the Brady Bunch and the Dozen Whacko moms against gun violence and their "shoe" protests, where they left 50,000 pair of baby shoes on the steps of the Capitol to exemplify the "kids" "murdered" by guns... I wonder if any of those firearms ever spent a day in jail for their crimes?

This kind of histrionic symbolism is only going to backfire. I wish they'd not done that.

50 posted on 05/08/2009 12:46:21 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: ExSoldier
Sometimes as you know soldier you have to do what you have to in order to bring the issue to the forefront..and yes it's unattractive, and some may find it gruesome, but these folks feel very strongly about the rights of the unborn.

Ppl like you fought for their right to express themselves freely...

68 posted on 05/08/2009 1:14:58 PM PDT by KLT (A damn Yankee, from the great state of Mississippi....Go Freepers Go!)
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To: ExSoldier

Shallow oven pans filled with ketchup covered doll parts would have been a more realistic demonstration.


74 posted on 05/08/2009 1:34:06 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: ExSoldier

Political “theater” probably turns off a lot more people than it wins over. It just makes the “actors” feel like they’ve done something profound.


232 posted on 05/08/2009 8:13:18 PM PDT by seatrout (I wouldn't know most "American Idol" winners if I tripped over them!)
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To: ExSoldier

Agreed. Histrionics makes us appear nutty. Even nuttier than code pink. Bloody dolls will not gain us sympathy. It will backfire and gain Obama sympathy.


233 posted on 05/08/2009 8:40:37 PM PDT by publana (How'd that trip into dummyland work out for ya, Arlen?)
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