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[sisyphusshrugged]

George W. Bush ran for President on the promise that he would be ``a uniter, not a divider.'' Nothing could be further from the truth. Earlier this week, Senator Rick Santorum, the third highest ranking Republican in the Senate, compared homosexuality to bigamy, polygamy, incest and adultery. On Friday, President Bush praised Santorum as ``an inclusive man.'' With his praise, this President has once again demonstrated his willingness to follow the extremist Republican tradition of dividing our country for political gain. The President knows that his defense of Santorum's inflammatory words deeply offends millions of gay and lesbian Americans, their family and friends; his praise also raises grave concerns about this Administration's commitment to civil rights and civil liberties.

Senator Santorum has called his repugnant remarks ``a legitimate public policy discussion.'' Senator Santorum is wrong. Equating the private, consensual activities of adults to the molestation of minors is not a policy discussion...

edit: also (via Stoutdem)

Speaking to the National Conference of Black Mayors in Houston Howard Dean "called Bush's No Child Left Behind plan "No school board left standing." The plan allows students to leave unsatisfactory schools, taking their funding with them. "He took the 48th-best state in the country -- which we're standing in now -- and made that his template...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think callling it the 48th-best state in the country won't have gone over that well. They're black Texans, but they're Texans.

[jmhm.livejournal.com]

well, they weren't all Texans, they were a national group, and localities in Texas are thorougly aware that their state has been and is continuing to be gutted.

I'm actually not sure I get your point.