Obama and McCain Unlikely to Woo Hardcore Pa. Gun Rights Voters

I am a DEMOCRAT and an OBAMA supporter. I also grew up with guns and owned and shot and hunted from a young age. People seem to think that Democrat automatically means anti-gun. Not so !



I was at a rally for a local democratic candidate and, in talking to many of the groups, most owned guns and some of the "white haired ladies" there were packing with a concealed weapon permit!



You do see concern in inner city areas where crime is a major problem but D's & R's alike are politicians first and rights advocates second. Both sides will feel the direction of the wind and talk that line when it is to their political advantage.



Recent years have seen civil and constitutional erosion created by politicians under a republican president. ALL of our rights are or should be sacred but some less so according to the current congress. "We the People" have to keep our voices heard. The next batch to hit DC will be "gun shy" after the upset that is about to happen.
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Tight Polls and Rumors of an Obama Visit Boost Momentum in Arizona

Nice! A dead heat in McCain's own turf ! And without Obama airing ads!



Imagine the look on McCain's face if his own state turns to Obama for Change. Who better though. AZ Citizens have had a front row seat while McCain helped the Bush administration for 8 years.



Is Arizona better off now than the rest of the nation? One might think that if McCain was all he claims, at least he could have done something to help spare his own state from this chaos.



I would love to see Obama take Arizona !!
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Scranton Catholics, Defying Bishop, Put Economy Before Religion.

There was a time, prior to Roe v Wade when abortions were illegal. Women still had them but the rich went abroad while the poor died in back-alley clinics. Apparently the "Church" has forgotten this. So the question is...pro which lives? Bad abortions often resulted in losing not just the fetus but also the mother.



Churches are anti-prostitution...but it is still there. Churches ( some ) are against contraception, but it is still there and contributes to abortions. If churches had their way we would be living in the "Christian" version of Iran where our elected officials no longer represented the average person and had to ask "permission" of the church to pass laws.



No one church can speak for me and not one has the right to assume they can or should.
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Is Al Qaeda Messing With Our Elections?

It is not al-Qaeda messing with elections...it is stooges like Drudge, O'Reilly, FOX and Limbaugh who are being used like puppets to mess with elections. These "news" outlets have no mind of their own and will gladly quote terrorists propaganda for them. Personally I would just refuse to grand al-Qaeda any air time at all because that just gives them "news credits" they don't deserve.



Sure al-Qaeda want's to see Bush's administration humiliated.



Want to know something?



So do I !
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The Battle Over CA Prop 5: Special Interests Overwhelming the Public Interest

Our justice system itself is a crime. It is not currently interested in public safety or rehabilitation..it is geared toward profits.



Our "war on drugs" is really a war on the poor and minorities who are "treated" for abuse with prison time then find they can't get jobs when released.



The sad part is we let our politicians do this to us, the tax payers. We are the ones who pay for this reckless system. We are the ones who pay when we become crime victims.



I find it hard to believe that what we do now including the financial and social cost to society is somehow better than just allowing some people to use drugs. I am not advocating drug use but when we look at the fact that the "war on drugs" is causing more collateral damage and money than the drugs themselves would, the question is, are we protecting anything other than profits?
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A Mormon's Lament: Church Is On the Wrong Side of History Again With Proposition 8

I find it hard to take Mormon seriously as a Christian church. Any organization that supports wars and tries to use it's influence to demand that people of other faiths must abide by their belief system via government intervention, is not Christian. Their opposition to gay unions is an attempt to use the Church and our Government to divide rather than unite people.



I guess they forgot that they were among the persecuted at one time, hence their journey here in the first place. I guess they also forgot about the separation of Church and State put in place specifically to keep government out of the business of religion.



I suppose Mormon teaching now is based on the premise that "We have what we want, but now we don't want anyone else to have what they want."



Oh well...perhaps some other faith will push for an amendment making the Mormon church illegal.



Now that IS both un-American and un-Christian like behavior if you ask me. Shame on Mormons.



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Jewish Seniors in South Florida Anxious About Obama But Still Support Him

Jewish voters are smart. Sure some are easily swayed by false statements but if those who know better speak the truth to them, they will understand. McCain is NOT GOOD for them or for America.



McCain = Bush = War. War is not good for anyone and war in the middle east is never good for Israel because it amplifies existing hate and tension in the entire region.



America's presence in so many places where we do not belong serves to increase tension and the threat to Israel, not reduce it.



Israel has always been and felt safer when all sides are talking and not dropping bombs. McCain does not want to talk...he wants to bomb, bomb,bomb Iran. Does anyone really think that if Iran is attacked they won't take that opportunity to aim bombs as Israel, thinking that the US will blow them up anyway so why not get in a few licks against Israel?



Obama is cool headed and knows how to talk to people. Diplomacy, not bombs is the key to a secure middle east.
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