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To: combjelly who wrote (731970)	8/9/2013 3:22:19 PM
From: miraje	2 Recommendations Recommended By Jorj X Mckie MakeMyDay Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576329

Um, then why when a Teahadi gets elected they are all over social issues and ignore everything else? TEA stands for "taxed enough already". I'm in agreement with that, although "taxed too much already" might be more appropriate, IMO. The TEA Party is not about social issues.. I'm a secular libertarian, not a conservative, and that means believing in freedom for individual lifestyle choices (sex, drugs and rock'n'roll) across the board for all consenting adults, as well as economic freedom from excessive taxes and regulations. The DEA, NSA, TSA, EPA, etc. and so on, are acronyms for a monster government grown out of control. This country is on a downward path that I fear will end badly..

To: combjelly who wrote (731970)	8/9/2013 4:18:22 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576329

Former Bogota, N.J., Mayor Steve Lonegan's campaign team tried to pull back a racially charged tweet this week aimed at opponent Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Politico reports. Lonegan, a Republican, and Booker, a Democrat, are both running to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the late Frank Lautenberg. The tweet, which was quickly deleted from the campaign staff's Twitter account, included an annotated map of Newark, which it joked came from Booker's debate notes on foreign policy. On the tweeted map, parts of the city were circled and labeled "West Africa," "Guyana," "Portugal" and "Brazil." The western tip of the city was labeled "Middle East," followed by, "Afghanistan Pakistan PLUS Bangladesh AND Trinidad." In 2010, Newark's population was 52.4 percent African-American, compared to 13.7 percent African-American for the entire state of New Jersey. The tweet came during Monday night's Democratic debate among New Jersey Senate candidates, according to Politico. Booker, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone and state Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver discussed school vouchers, U.S.-China relations and national security. The Twitter account in question is managed by Lonegan's campaign staff and is independent of his personal Twitter account. On Monday, Lonegan had encouraged his followers to look to the campaign account for live updates on the Democratic debate.