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Brownback says abortion rights nominee unlikely

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Well put Fred. These pols need to get their pencil brains focused on what counts. We're tired of the drivel. Get onto the big topics. How are you gonna protect the USA for our children and grand children. Quit diplo dipshit speak. Talk clearly about Islamo threat to western civilization.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-13 01:09|| 2007-05-13 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 This is "Culture of Life" vs "Culture of Death".

Its part and parcel of why the liberals promote abortion, open borders, tolerance of islamofascism, deny anything other than relativistic morals, etc, and the conservatives are against abortion, for protected borders, and call Islamofascism a threat, and speak out on truly evil things being evil, etc.

They are all part of the same fabric.

The trick is finding a politician who appeals to social and economic conservatives, who is also strong on defense and terror, and very clear about the moral dimensions of all of those subjects - and who, unlike Bush, can communicate all of these things to the public at large and bring them to consensus on the correct side of things.

Reagan did so - remember how he was cutting taxes, was socially conservative speaking openly about hte evils of liberalism, staunchly anti-Communist he was, how he called the Soviet Union the EVIL EMPIRE openly and plainly, challenged them to tear down the wall, and stood stong against the press and liberals - and convinced America it was not just the thing we must do, but what we morally were obligated to do. And he set us a beacon - that "Shining City on a Hill".

THAT is what the next Republican candidate needs to be able to do: stand firm on conservative principles, defend them well and in good spirit, and be genuinely optimistic about America and communicate it to all the people of the nation - while delivering clear warnings to our enemies, marking it as a clearly moral struggle.

(And yes I think Fred Thompson can do that, Rudy cannot).

Posted by OldSpook 2007-05-13 23:56|| 2007-05-13 23:56|| Front Page Top

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