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To: Brumar89 who wrote (553278)	3/5/2010 11:12:47 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573791

More from Feargate! Republicans try to control damage from fundraising document By Amy Gardner Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 5, 2010 National Republican leaders scrambled Thursday to control damage caused by an internal party document that caricatures President Obama as the Joker and stokes fear of socialism to raise money in a critical election year. The 72-page PowerPoint presentation reveals the blunt appeal to emotion that both parties use to motivate donors and prefer to keep private. But its release online and consequent cable chatter became an unwelcome distraction for Republicans, because the strategy it outlined fit squarely with Democrats' portrait of the GOP as the party of "no." "You don't defend it," Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele said Thursday in an interview on Fox News. "It was unfortunate. Those were images that were uploaded off the Internet. They've been out in the public domain for a while. A staffer was putting together a presentation for a small group of nine or 10 folks and thought they would intersperse their presentation with humorous shots. They're inappropriate." Sen. John Thune (S.D.), a member of the Republican leadership, said: "There is no place for this. Obviously when you're fundraising . . . you want to make direct and succinct points, but using these sorts of tactics is certainly not something that any of us ought to condone." Said Tom Rath, a former RNC member from Concord, N.H.: "We're not going to win the election by drawing those kinds of comparisons. We're going to win the elections because we have one view of government and how the economy ought to work and American security." Some Republicans declared the largely mundane slideshow to be much ado about nothing. Several also derided the document as the work of an amateur and said that Steele bears responsibility for the controversy even if he didn't approve the use of the content. Steele said he found out about document on Wednesday, when Politico obtained it and posted it on the Internet. His spokesman, Doug Heye, said he also had not seen the document and would not say who approved it beyond Robert Bickhart, RNC's finance director, who made the presentation to donors in Boca Grande, Fla. Listed on the document is RNC Finance Chairman Peter Terpeluk Jr., a former ambassador to Luxembourg and the co-chairman of President George H.W. Bush's 1992 reelection campaign. Terpeluk, who lives in Chevy Chase, was a major fundraiser for Republican Sen. John McCain's White House bid in 2008. He did not return a phone call Thursday requesting comment. Democrats jumped on the flap, distributing a fundraising letter of their own that referenced it. Brad Woodhouse of the Democratic National Committee, said: "Where was Michael Steele condemning these things in August during the 'tea party' protests? . . . The only reason Michael Steele seems to be offended by it now is that he was caught using it." Steele has come under scrutiny from party leaders since his tenure as national chairman began last February for saying he did not think the GOP could take back the House and for RNC expenditures. Some Republicans defended the chairman's leadership and said it helped win governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey last fall and a special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts last month. "Throughout the campaign, he was extremely helpful," said Phil Cox, who ran Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's campaign last year. "They invested more than $7 million in Virginia. When they made a commitment, they followed through. They ran and invested in what was the most successful grass-roots operation in the history of this state." washingtonpost.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (553278)	3/5/2010 11:20:04 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573791

Are you saying every straight couple you know has kids? Actually I'm trying to think of couples who don't have kids and none are coming to mind now .... there must be some of course. I don't know any who have announced to the world they'll remain childless forever though. Again, there must be some, I just don't know any. Huh? I thought you said you were from Houston. That's the largest city in TX and you don't know one couple without children??? What is wrong with you? I know you're homophobic but now people can't be married without children? I'm just saying its very strange for married people to announce to the world their intention to never have children. I am amazed three such couples live on your block and have told their neighbors about their family plans. I don't know any such folks. There may be people like that I know, but why would they tell everyone about it? It wasn't like they went around from neighbor to neighbor....maybe the subject came up at a barbecue....one couple didn't tell me directly but I heard it from a neighbor. Its hardly a major issue. And my neighbors may change their minds.....my German friends did and their first baby is due any day now. But it certainly isn't uncommon for people to opt out of having children. There are people on this thread who chose not to have children. Apparently lots of people function as both hetero and homo in various times in their lives. Huh? Who tells you this crap? Rush? No, just observing Ann Heche is an example of such a person. Name me ten more. The existence of people like Heche kind of flies in the face of biology as destiny though. So I see you need to call her an idiot and malign her for not being true to her .... sexuality or whatever. I call her an idiot because of the way she treats people. Because they don't flip flop.....its emotionally draining. Heche is an opportunist....she was trying to jumpstart her career. But Heche DID flipflop. Yes. Because she didn't need Degeneres any more. If she was faking being gay to advance her career, doesn't that imply that at least in show biz being gay is a favored situation? Not at all. Most actors hide their sexuality because of people like you.