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Defining 'McCain Republicans,' Catholic Leader States: 'I know Conservatives, and John McCain is NO Conservative' Contact: Brooke Mitchell, CatholicPrecincts.org, 202-821-8122, CatholicPrecincts@gmail.com WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- Jason S. Jones, president of CatholicPrecincts.org, issued the following statement in response to The Campaign for America's Future's false assertion that John McCain and those who would support his White House run are conservatives: "At the heart of the conservative ethic is the unwavering belief in the words of our Declaration, which so eloquently define the source of all rights: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,...

BACKGROUNDER Bush Almost Seemed Gleeful… It didn’t take long for the amnesty push to begin. At his first post-election news conference the day after Republicans had handed Democrats the keys to Capitol Hill, President Bush seemed cheerily optimistic about the “good chance” he now has to pass the so-called “comprehensive” amnesty bill. Here’s what the President said. “I think we have a good chance [at passing the amnesty bill]…. It's an important issue and I hope we can get something done on it. I meant to put that in my list of things that we need to get done.” Click...

TOKYO (AFP) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has appealed for Saddam Hussein's life to be spared, saying the deposed Iraqi president was not beyond redemption. "The death penalty is said to fulfil a preventive function, yet it is clearly a form of revenge," the Nobel peace laureate told reporters as he ended a two-week visit to Japan. "However horrible an act a person may have committed, everyone has the potential to improve and correct himself," he said. "I hope that in the case of Saddam Hussein, as with all others, that human life will be respected and...

Search engine celebrates Persian New Year, but skips tribute to U.S. soldiers 8 years running WASHINGTON – The dominant search engine in the world marks special occasions including Halloween, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday, the Persian New Year, the birthday of Percival Lowell, the Lunar New Year, the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Louis Braille's birthday – all celebrated already this year with special graphics and colors. But for the 8th year in a row, Google has made no effort to commemorate any holiday honoring U.S. veterans or war dead – no tributes to Veterans Day or Memorial...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life advocates appeared to have lost both the Senate and the House of Representatives in yesterday's elections. That's troublesome news for pro-life groups who are concerned about stopping the advance of pro-abortion legislation, and it means a tough two years as pro-life bills won't likely make much progress. At press time it appeared Democrats would control the House on a 226-195 margin. The Senate appears to be headed to a 51-49 Democratic control. Meanwhile, should a Supreme Court justice retire in the next two years, President Bush will apparently have a combative Senate that won't have...

Voter turnout reflects heated political races: Jore leads Windham in unofficial results For months the candidates spoke. Now the voters have spoken. In Lake County, there were a number of interesting initial results, including a good margin of victory by Rick Jore in the House District 12 race. Jore had 1,816 votes to Jeanne Windham's 1,425 votes, as of early Wednesday morning. However, county election officials emphasized that they still have hundreds of absentee, provisional and late-registration ballots to tally, which could affect several races, including House District 12. Locally, Polson voters approved the city manager/charter form of government by...

MADISON, Wis. -- More than 150 years after the death penalty was repealed in Wisconsin, voters statewide carved a wider opening for the state Legislature to usher capital punishment into the 21st century. TALKBACK:Should Wisconsin Bring Back The Death Penalty? A referendum on Tuesday's ballot asked voters whether the death penalty should be enacted for anyone convicted of first-degree intentional homicide if there is DNA evidence to support. The measure won by a vote of 55 percent to 45 percent margin. Because the referendum is only an advisory one -- meaning that the state isn't bound by the results-- it...

Hi FRiends. One proposition that is very important to me is Proposition 85, a parental notification referendum. It would be the first strike at abortion in California. Here are the returns so far. We're pulling closer.

South Dakotans rejected Tuesday a toughest-in-the-nation law that would have banned virtually all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest. The outcome was a blow to conservatives, although they prevailed in four other states where voters approved constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage. Among them was Wisconsin, where gay-rights activists had nursed hopes of engineering the first defeat of such a ban. Five states passed increases in their minimum wage, while Arizona passed four measures targeting illegal immigrants, including one making English the state's official language. Nationwide, a total of 205 measures were on the ballots in 37 states,...

Opponent declares Perry 'doesn't think very differently from the Taliban' Texas incumbent Gov. Rick Perry says he agrees with the Christian belief that non-Christians will be condemned to hell, prompting a rival in this week's gubernatorial election to declare the Republican "doesn't think very differently from the Taliban." Perry said in a report in the Dallas Morning News that he agreed with the Christian principle as stated by Cornerstone Church pastor John Hagee that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. "If you live your life and don't confess your sins to God almighty through the authority of Christ...

From Grassfire.org Alliance Going into the midterm elections on Tuesday, Grassfire has learned that Proposition 85, which would require parental notification of teen abortions is currently leading by a margin of 46 percent to 43 percent with 11 percent undecided. This is statistically about the same as the poll numbers in July. ++ Get out the Vote for Prop. 85 Grassfire is urging ALL California team members to vote in favor of Proposition 85 this Tuesday. ++ Action Item--Alert Your California Friends Passage of Prop. 85 would be a key victory for parental rights. That is why we are urging...

Any girl in California under the age of 18 can legally obtain a taxpayer-funded abortion — or be coerced into one — without the knowledge of those responsible for her. Such a legal environment fosters the willful ignorance of possible abuse and grants sexual predators and profiteering strangers the power to preempt parental rights, to pocket the funds of those who do not support abortions, and to endanger minors. Minors are called “minors” because society does not yet consider them mature enough to make important decisions regarding health and safety. There is no reason that abortion should be an exception....

Just as they did with a nearly identical measure last year, Californians until recently were expected to narrowly shoot down Proposition 85, a ballot measure requiring parental notification of a minor's abortion. But days before Tuesday's election, the tide may be turning in the measure's favor, with a Field Poll released Thursday showing potential voters supporting it by a 3 percent margin. A previous Field Poll found the measure behind by 1 percentage point as late as August. A similar measure that failed last year ``was just a victim of overall anger of voters at the reform agenda,'' Republican consultant...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of special preview stories about the 2006 Election. Today: A preview of parental notification votes in California and Oregon. Monday: A preview of ballot initiatives nationwide.WASHINGTON (BP)--Parental notification for an underage girl considering an abortion is a legal requirement favored by three-fourths or more of the American public, but it may not gain approval from the voters of California and Oregon in the Nov. 7 election. California’s Proposition 85, which would require an abortion doctor to notify a parent in writing 48 hours before performing an abortion on a girl under...

Television and Radio Ads Draw Strong Contrast Between Mountjoy and Feinstein on Illegal Immigration U.S. Senate candidate Dick Mountjoy today unveiled a media campaign aimed at drawing a stark contrast between himself and his opponent, Dianne Feinstein, on Mountjoy’s signature issue: illegal immigration. The ads point out that since 9/11, more Americans have been killed at the hands of illegal immigrants, than in the terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq combined. In addition, there are nearly 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders living in the United States. “Illegal immigration is a serious national problem,” said Mountjoy. “And what is Dianne...

Vote yes to end abortion South Dakota's 'Referred Law 6' Bruce Whalen Candidate for Congress In speaking about the horrors surrounding our nation's attitude concerning innocent life in the womb, John MacArthur, pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church, said, "America as a nation is highly committed by law and by practice to a form of mass murder." South Dakota stated its dissatisfaction with participating in the destruction of our posterity by taking a stand against abortion through its citizen legislature. The bipartisan will of South Dakota's citizenship to end abortion as a form of "contraception" was accomplished through its elected officials...

Arnold Schwarzenegger will be re-elected governor, and Richard Mountjoy will upset Senator Dianne Feinstein if state follows students Many of us will exercise our right to vote two weeks from today in the November election. However, hundreds of thousands of kids got a head start today in a statewide mock election. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be re-elected governor, and Richard Mountjoy will upset Senator Dianne Feinstein ... that is, if Californians vote the same way that Templeton Middle School Students did today. Students there showed off their prized possessions today -- stickers which proved they exercised their rights to vote. Templeton...

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Republicans endorsed: Rob Simmons, Nancy Johnson, Lincoln Chafee.

ATTEMPTING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM HIS PRO-ABORTION RECORD, FORD DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS “PRO-LIFE” TO THE CTFP EDITORIAL BOARD Citing His Love Of Children, Ford Adamantly Identified Himself As “Pro-Life” In An Interview With The Chattanooga Times Free Press Editorial Board Yesterday. “Democratic U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., a U.S. Senate candidate, characterized himself Wednesday as ‘pro-life’ but said he supports upholding ‘the law of the land’ regarding a woman’s right to an abortion. Explaining what he meant by being ‘pro-life,’ Rep. Ford said: ‘I love children. I love making sure that they get child care. I love making sure they...