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It's mostly nonsense Isaac Send a noteboard - 14/08/2012 04:46:11 AM
I don't know. Everything about me wants to make the decision against the religious right type of conservatism, but I am really asking myself if that is such a big deal - I don't think Romney actually believes he should strip back those rights (women's primarily), but I also know I'm taking a hell of a big gamble to assume he's feigning interest there just to get the conservative vote. This whole election period is driving me out of my mind. I want to knock some heads together.


Conservatives disagree on a lot of things, where abortion is concerned unity is limited to overturning Roe v Wade so that each state can set its own laws. Overturning Roe v Wade does not ban abortion, it simply allows individual states to decide, safe bet how Cali and NY would go, ditto the Dakota and Kansas. Were that too happen the left would be welcome to engage in that very rare habit amongst them, opening their own wallets for charitable contributions, and set up a pool to provide airfare or whatever to people seeking travel to another state for that procedure. For my own part, I would at least like to see a waiting period on it, I'd consider it ironic and appropriate if it were legally set to be exactly the same waiting period on guns, as I consider both to be life or death issues one should try to force a cooling off period on to consider options. Nobody, excepting persons who already own a bunch of guns maybe, needs to be buying a gun on short notice, if they are in immediate peril they should call the police. Ditto, nobody should be in a position to get an abortion the same day they find out they're pregnant, it is absurd to even consider such a person would by default be in their most fit state of mind. The same logic applies as with guns.

As for birth control, there is absolutely no unity on birth control, most of us are strongly in favor of maximizing availability of that, and NO ONE even vaguely non-fringe is discussing banning birth control, there are just some (a minority) who frown on its usage like they do smoking or drinking. You'll hear about some of us wanting to restrict birth control, that is actually true, we don't want anyone getting any chemical, rather than physical (condoms, etc) birth control without proper oversight so people are actually getting safe medicine. That gets over-stated a lot. We're not happy with the controls on what is very definitely not a 100% safe, 0% side-effects group of drugs.
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Paul Ryan is selected as Republican VP candidate - 11/08/2012 05:01:47 PM 1764 Views
Personally? No, I'm not voting Republican at all this year. - 11/08/2012 05:18:06 PM 805 Views
Ya know that narrative of the right getting further right is pretty ridicolous - 11/08/2012 06:43:44 PM 772 Views
it could possibly be the "all or nothing" budget fights and gay marriage among other things - 11/08/2012 08:19:11 PM 813 Views
Yeah, I forgot the Dems are very enlightened about gay marriage now for what? 2 Months? - 11/08/2012 08:59:17 PM 867 Views
+1 - Great post! *NM* - 12/08/2012 04:32:21 AM 504 Views
We're on a roll here Isaac. I agree with you again. - 12/08/2012 08:18:32 AM 819 Views
yet despite that, dems didn't put referenda and push bills discriminating against gay people - 12/08/2012 07:55:38 PM 894 Views
They certainly have, they've just done it less and less recently - 12/08/2012 09:39:53 PM 768 Views
Fred Phelps is 82 - 13/08/2012 01:28:01 AM 712 Views
So is Pat Robertson *NM* - 13/08/2012 02:41:28 AM 479 Views
They're not enlightened at all. - 21/08/2012 02:04:09 PM 979 Views
Agreed, but ya'll continue doing it anyway. - 11/08/2012 08:24:09 PM 805 Views
Thank you for making sense. - 12/08/2012 08:01:53 AM 775 Views
voting third party is a good idea - 11/08/2012 08:15:41 PM 789 Views
I'm sorry, but anyone that votes for Obama after the past 3 and 1/2 years is a moron..... - 12/08/2012 03:30:47 AM 715 Views
If you are proud of not voting, please shut up: The adults have a country to run. - 12/08/2012 04:11:49 AM 737 Views
Candidates have to earn my vote - I'm not a slave like you to the 2 party system. - 12/08/2012 04:24:02 AM 879 Views
Who said anything about the two-party system? - 12/08/2012 04:29:36 AM 711 Views
No offense intended, but voting third party is as stupid as not voting. - 12/08/2012 04:42:28 AM 960 Views
I strongly disagree. - 12/08/2012 05:11:52 AM 797 Views
as the saying goes "the lesser of two evils is still evil" - 12/08/2012 08:06:20 PM 783 Views
Nice asshatery. - 12/08/2012 07:56:57 AM 953 Views
Wouldn't you love to have a "none of the above" option..... - 12/08/2012 03:36:54 PM 726 Views
Or you could use a PR system and act like responsible adults. *NM* - 12/08/2012 05:47:14 PM 388 Views
Oh dear. - 11/08/2012 06:26:07 PM 767 Views
I'm happy with it, I like Ryan - 11/08/2012 06:47:21 PM 788 Views
What a shock. - 11/08/2012 08:18:35 PM 909 Views
Re: What a shock. - 11/08/2012 08:51:12 PM 881 Views
ryan isn't going to help rmoney win wisconsin - 11/08/2012 08:21:27 PM 883 Views
Picking Ryan was an olive branch to the GOP rank and file. - 11/08/2012 08:05:41 PM 1001 Views
definitely a bold pick but not going to help him enough in november - 11/08/2012 08:27:59 PM 814 Views
Who cares? He's hot. - 11/08/2012 11:53:42 PM 973 Views
So are you a fan of David Cameron? - 12/08/2012 12:12:50 AM 645 Views
Lol. Nice one. *NM* - 12/08/2012 08:22:01 AM 439 Views
- 13/08/2012 03:31:38 PM 855 Views
Wonderful choice! Truly wonderful.....check the video. - 12/08/2012 03:22:48 AM 710 Views
Nice video. - 12/08/2012 06:52:59 PM 812 Views
Can you explain your fascination with Ryans ideas, please? - 13/08/2012 04:08:35 AM 765 Views
No, it doesn't change my opinion any - 12/08/2012 07:50:21 AM 896 Views
I hear even the DNC has rejected its TN Senate nominee. - 12/08/2012 05:46:37 PM 804 Views
Yes, they disavowed him - 12/08/2012 08:00:33 PM 799 Views
Does not work in the US - 13/08/2012 01:17:58 AM 755 Views
We do not need most of the populace to cast protest votes, only most voters. - 13/08/2012 01:33:41 AM 716 Views
Your distinction misses my greater point - 13/08/2012 01:51:26 AM 764 Views
*shrugs* Vote absentee then. - 13/08/2012 02:28:32 AM 787 Views
I was going to vote Romney anyway, so no, it doesn't change anything. - 12/08/2012 10:39:15 PM 796 Views
But I'm guessing you're glad with Ryan? Prefer him over the alternatives? Or not? - 12/08/2012 10:49:35 PM 954 Views
I disagree - 13/08/2012 12:52:07 AM 817 Views
Bloomberg has imploded - 13/08/2012 07:12:56 PM 717 Views
Bloomberg has become a national laughingstock. - 13/08/2012 08:13:24 PM 806 Views
Not as much as either Obama or Romney, surely. - 13/08/2012 08:23:41 PM 793 Views
Makes sense for you. You are Romney's target audience. - 13/08/2012 01:19:26 PM 729 Views
What should Obama have done? - 13/08/2012 07:31:23 PM 759 Views
And how much of that do you expect from Romney? - 14/08/2012 10:21:33 AM 1086 Views
Certainly more than from Obama. - 16/08/2012 12:00:19 AM 698 Views
Mmm, Objectivism. Another reason for me to vote Obama. - 12/08/2012 11:00:34 PM 879 Views
But doesn't he say he detests Rand? - 12/08/2012 11:53:47 PM 622 Views
Link to audio of Paul Ryans address to The Atlas Society. - 13/08/2012 03:37:27 AM 924 Views
Or you could have just read my response which posted prior to yours - 13/08/2012 01:45:07 PM 695 Views
Sorry, I completely missed your link. - 13/08/2012 03:09:11 PM 818 Views
Don't get me wrong - 13/08/2012 12:53:10 AM 734 Views
Actually I believe he promised to vote for Romney if I did - 13/08/2012 03:48:35 AM 875 Views
What an amusing retrospective. - 13/08/2012 04:20:02 AM 889 Views
Uh... how exactly did you get to spending and budget timelines? - 13/08/2012 04:59:45 AM 719 Views
Tangentially, of course. - 13/08/2012 05:08:18 AM 756 Views
I tried reading it again, but my eyes glazed over when you started babbling about lesbian covens. - 14/08/2012 12:30:03 AM 666 Views
It was a hyperbolic reference to the extreme left (one stolen from Matt Groening, btw.) - 14/08/2012 10:12:09 AM 736 Views
Interesting. - 14/08/2012 11:34:30 AM 808 Views
They have a pill for that now. - 14/08/2012 01:14:39 PM 847 Views
I'm pretty sure the solution is you learning elementary composition. *NM* - 15/08/2012 11:33:57 PM 511 Views
Your willful reading incomprehension is neither my fault nor problem. - 16/08/2012 07:40:46 PM 803 Views
I don't think you can succinctly do anything. *NM* - 16/08/2012 09:33:38 PM 519 Views
I just did. - 16/08/2012 09:36:21 PM 794 Views
EDIT: ACK! Hoist on my own petard! - 14/08/2012 12:25:27 AM 746 Views
No birth control, no right to choose, no planned parenthood? - 13/08/2012 01:58:51 PM 668 Views
They are really doing a public service that way. *NM* - 13/08/2012 02:26:39 PM 357 Views
I agree with your statements - 14/08/2012 12:53:41 AM 889 Views
It's mostly nonsense - 14/08/2012 04:46:11 AM 797 Views
Well - 14/08/2012 02:54:06 PM 1009 Views
'Nonsense' refers to the thing said about the religious right by the media - 14/08/2012 04:01:47 PM 1002 Views
I'm wondering if "belittles" is the wrong word. - 14/08/2012 06:30:23 PM 1053 Views
Re: I'm wondering if "belittles" is the wrong word. - 15/08/2012 01:45:59 AM 752 Views
I have to keep this short, because I am on the iPad. - 15/08/2012 05:38:48 AM 711 Views
Triple reply chain is usually a good point for the trim-edit anyway - 15/08/2012 05:27:20 PM 897 Views
Or shows it's time to quit. - 15/08/2012 10:20:17 PM 1104 Views
Agreed - 15/08/2012 10:54:05 PM 669 Views
The question, as for Tom, is what you believe Romney would improve for small businesses. - 14/08/2012 01:38:29 PM 830 Views
I am aware of that, thank you. And I don't distill my choice down to small business, either. - 14/08/2012 02:24:24 PM 880 Views
I see your point, but... - 14/08/2012 02:30:22 PM 652 Views
Well - 14/08/2012 03:09:18 PM 835 Views
Are you really going to let Obama con you into voting for him again? - 21/08/2012 02:00:06 PM 657 Views
I honestly haven't decided. - 21/08/2012 04:13:44 PM 1028 Views
None of that is that important. - 14/08/2012 08:53:10 PM 831 Views
Agreed. *NM* - 15/08/2012 02:21:55 PM 475 Views
Bullshit - 21/08/2012 01:46:42 PM 851 Views
This makes me more likely to vote R this year. - 15/08/2012 02:31:06 PM 748 Views

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