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To: Brumar89 who wrote (52919)	11/3/2006 6:37:47 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

>> OK, of course it was satire, and on point satire because it does illustrate the mindset behind the drive to "out" any conservative figure anywhere that is or might be gay - like Larry Craig, who apparently isn't, and that Colorado minister I never heard of, etc. The motive is to hopefully discourage conservative "values voters" and hope they'll stay home (thus letting Democrats with no values at all win). Exactly as the satirical letter said.<< Brumar - I don't think Democrats are interested in outing any Republican who is gay. They are interested in outing gay Republicans who campaign against gay rights, claim homosexuality is a sin, and hold themselves up to be morally superior to the gay-rights-supporting Democrats (supporting gay rights is a value, by the way), all the while having their gay lovers on the side. Are people like that examples of the kind of values Republicans hold dear? You may not have heard of that minister from Colorado, but a whole lot of other people had. He apparently claimed to speak to George Bush at least once a week. He was president of the National Association of Evangelicals up until yesterday. That's a large, politically influential group. FYI, nobody has suggested, to my knowledge, that Haggard posed any kind of threat to minors. Homosexuals are not all pedophiles. The vast majority of them aren't. And not all pedophiles are homosexual. - Allen PS: Haggard now admits to having bought meth, but claims he never used it. He says "I was tempted, but I never used it." Well good for him.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (52919)	11/6/2006 12:29:49 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 90947

Voter Fear Mounts as Election Day Approaches by Scott Ott (2006-11-05) — A palpable wave of fear swept across the nation today as precinct-by-precinct voters began to realize that Wednesday morning they’ll probably wake up to news that, once again, they’ve elected the representatives they deserve. “I want to vote for someone with personal integrity, honesty, solid moral character and a vision for the future of this nation that supercedes personal ambition,” said one Pennsylvania voter, “but instead it looks like we’re going to get someone who’s no better than me.” The anxiety crossed political boundaries as Republicans and Democrats alike admitted that political advertising filled with gossip, innuendo, vitriol and lies was little more than what one voter called “my daily life, on steroids.” After months of acrimonious debate on the national stage, insult exchanges on internet forums and blogs, and even some house-to-house political combat, many voters have begun to recognize that politicians behave badly toward each other because the U.S. government is “of the people, by the people and for the people.” “You can pass laws to get the special interest money out of politics,” said one Chicago-area voter, “but that’s not enough. Real campaign reform would have to get the people out of politics. They’re what’s lousing it up, making it shameful. This would be a truly great government if it weren’t for the people in office and the people who elect them.” Experts concede that while the government is hobbled by the handicap of human nature, it could still do some good if it had some checks and balances, limited power, rule by law instead of men, and if it were all superintended by some authority higher than mankind. “If we could draft a document that would specify those constraints,” said one Congressional scholar, “Then we’d have the foundation for the greatest nation on earth.”