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	<title>Comments on: The Great White Hopeful?</title>
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	<description>traveling the road less traveled since 2001</description>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
		<link>http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/10/11/the-great-white-hopeful/comment-page-1/#comment-1817</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nevermind that Bush panders to the Christian right by wanting to add that horrible amendment to the Constitution. Only Kerry is guilty. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry! Hogwash!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nevermind that Bush panders to the Christian right by wanting to add that horrible amendment to the Constitution. Only Kerry is guilty. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry! Hogwash!</p>
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		<title>By: Alphecca</title>
		<link>http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/10/11/the-great-white-hopeful/comment-page-1/#comment-1815</link>
		<dc:creator>Alphecca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Elsewhere...&lt;/strong&gt;
Hey, Les Jones raises a good question for all of us &quot;gun-nuts&quot; about laws regarding firearms. He&#039;s started a discussion about which gun laws we&#039;d support, so head on over there and put your two cents in... Gumbo Pie rightly...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Elsewhere&#8230;</strong><br />
Hey, Les Jones raises a good question for all of us &#8220;gun-nuts&#8221; about laws regarding firearms. He&#8217;s started a discussion about which gun laws we&#8217;d support, so head on over there and put your two cents in&#8230; Gumbo Pie rightly&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Juliette</title>
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		<dc:creator>Juliette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the link and a most excellent title, Darmon.  :-D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the link and a most excellent title, Darmon.  <img src='http://www.dcthornton.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: D.C. Thornton</title>
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		<dc:creator>D.C. Thornton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ed, you&#039;re reachin&#039; again.

I don&#039;t even complain when Kerry spends millions of dollars on Spanish-language ads targeting Hispanic voters -- including Americans who fled communist Cuba so that they and their families can live free.   

I don&#039;t know what the election laws are for your neck of the woods, but bilingual voting assistance is provided by most county election departments where warranted.   

As for Bush verbally bashing a brutal dictator who deserves to be scorned, spare me the moral equivalence.  Did it ever occur to you that Castro has been ruling Cuba with an iron fist since 1959, denying Cubans freedom and human rights?   Are you suggesting that Cuban-Americans in Florida aren&#039;t Cuban because they risked their lives to get away from Castro?

But getting back on topic, it upsets me when black churches allow themselves to get played when the Democrats hire enforcers like Jackson and Sharpton to intimidate churchgoers into blindly voting Democrat.    I&#039;ve yet to see black pastors I know dare to invite a Republican candidate to address a congregation.

In general, I think politicians should stay out of the pulpit -- and if churches want to maintain their tax-exempt statuses, they should put their feet down and tell politicians (regardless of party) to wait outside after the benediction to give their sales pitches.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ed, you&#8217;re reachin&#8217; again.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t even complain when Kerry spends millions of dollars on Spanish-language ads targeting Hispanic voters &#8212; including Americans who fled communist Cuba so that they and their families can live free.   </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know what the election laws are for your neck of the woods, but bilingual voting assistance is provided by most county election departments where warranted.   </p>
<p>As for Bush verbally bashing a brutal dictator who deserves to be scorned, spare me the moral equivalence.  Did it ever occur to you that Castro has been ruling Cuba with an iron fist since 1959, denying Cubans freedom and human rights?   Are you suggesting that Cuban-Americans in Florida aren&#8217;t Cuban because they risked their lives to get away from Castro?</p>
<p>But getting back on topic, it upsets me when black churches allow themselves to get played when the Democrats hire enforcers like Jackson and Sharpton to intimidate churchgoers into blindly voting Democrat.    I&#8217;ve yet to see black pastors I know dare to invite a Republican candidate to address a congregation.</p>
<p>In general, I think politicians should stay out of the pulpit &#8212; and if churches want to maintain their tax-exempt statuses, they should put their feet down and tell politicians (regardless of party) to wait outside after the benediction to give their sales pitches.</p>
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		<title>By: Renee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Renee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When I read this &quot;hustle festival&quot; in both the Washington Post and Times I wanted to puke.

It really defies the common sense test that Black &quot;Christian&quot; Pasotrs would allow John Kerry, Jesse Jackosn and Al Sharpton in their pulpit... let alone addressing their flock.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I read this &#8220;hustle festival&#8221; in both the Washington Post and Times I wanted to puke.</p>
<p>It really defies the common sense test that Black &#8220;Christian&#8221; Pasotrs would allow John Kerry, Jesse Jackosn and Al Sharpton in their pulpit&#8230; let alone addressing their flock.</p>
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		<title>By: DarkStar</title>
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		<dc:creator>DarkStar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you complain about pandering when Bush panders to &quot;Cubans&quot; in Florida by speaking Spanish or verbally bashing Castro? 

Why should a politican, running for national office, speak Spanish when the ballots are in English?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you complain about pandering when Bush panders to &#8220;Cubans&#8221; in Florida by speaking Spanish or verbally bashing Castro? </p>
<p>Why should a politican, running for national office, speak Spanish when the ballots are in English?</p>
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