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To: FJB who wrote (759858)	12/28/2013 9:33:15 AM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576166

Who are the losers in the 'Duck Dynasty' flap? The Washington Examiner ^ \| 12/27/13 \| CHARLES HOSKINSON Posted on Saturday, December 28, 2013 8:58:11 AM by Lakeshark Now that A&E executives have surrendered to the will of hundreds of thousands of "Duck Dynasty" fans and welcomed Phil Robertson back to the show nearly 10 days after creating a firestorm when they suspended him for expressing views about sexuality that are pretty much shared by many other conservative Christians, it's time to see who the winners and losers are. The winners: Robertson and his family.They held fast to their values and learned how deep their fan base really is. The family's admission of regret about his statements to GQ was no surrender, given that his comments were never about hate as opponents had insinuated. The losers: A&E executives, of course, who knew all along that the Robertson family members were conservative Christians, yet did the world's worst imitation of Claude Rains in "Casablanca" when gay groups complained. And while we're on that subject, the other big loser is GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination, which showed how far it had strayed off the path of encouraging tolerance into the dark woods where conformity is enforced by witchhunts snip That's right: Two groups of smug, urban sophisticates got outsmarted by a backwoodsman who shoots ducks for a living. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...

To: FJB who wrote (759858)	12/28/2013 10:05:26 AM
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Obama Regulations Disenfranchise Minority, Low-Income College Students .......................................................................................... Townhall.com ^ \| December 28, 2013 \| Ken Blackwell