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      <![CDATA[More can be found about the topic here:<br>
<a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/21/why-does-the-violence-against-women-act-remain-stalled/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/21/why-does-th&hellip;</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[In western areas around tribal reservations, men will drag women across reservation boundaries, into the reservation, and rape them. Or, they will drive into reservations to find and rape women.
        
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      <![CDATA[There's one big question missing from this article: Where are the GOP women in all this? We know that many in the GOP have a racist streak running like a yellow stripe down their backs.
        
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      <![CDATA[Ron, the best way to get the right answers is to ask the right questions,after all not everyone can be as wonderful as you.
        
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      <![CDATA[If the bill was clean, I doubt it would have failed however it was used as a vehicle for other more contentious issues.<br>
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Of course, we conservatives love rape and mayhem and especially throwing grandmothers off cliffs.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Ron Liberte]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Ah, yes, the Glenn Beck approach to discourse. <br>
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 "I'm not saying Obama hates God and wants to use tax dollars to resurrect Chairman Mao, I'm just asking questions here!"
        
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      <![CDATA[asking questions mat
        
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      <![CDATA[Then what were you referring to in your first post?
        
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      <![CDATA[Unless i missed something, I did not notice any pork or silly ad-ons.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[And if elected...]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[How often is alcohol a factor when women are abused? When are Democrats going to push for banning booze?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[mat catastrophe]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I was hoping we could get a detailed explanation of all that pork.<br>
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I mean, don't you guys have a FoxNews link or something?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[artrogue]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[huh  read above? its self explanatory.
        
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      <![CDATA["Thank you artrogue for the clarification. so, is it safe to assume that someone with an agenda, has used inaccurate and incomplete information, in order to convince their readers that a lie is true?"<br>
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Considering you've offered zero information to back up your assertions in this thread, I'd say yes, yes you are.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[artrogue]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Thanks for reading my post. There are obviously jackasses on both sides.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Foodmancing]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Of course it was a pork laden middle finger to the American people, that is what ALL legislation is. If it is a good bill with a chance to pass, everyone will pile on extra spending. I applaud the GOP for standing firm on it.
        
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      <![CDATA[Thank you artrogue for the clarification. so, is it safe to assume that someone with an agenda, has used inaccurate and incomplete information, in order to convince their readers that a lie is true?
        
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      <![CDATA[Truthrus brings up some excellent questions.<br>
   There is a bit more to this than Alison seems to include. I realize its an opinion piece and not real news reporting.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Whistler]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[George Grant, Phyllis Schlafly, and Michele Bachmann are Christian Reconstructionists. Grant and Schlafly endorsed Michele Bachmannn in her run for the presidency.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[factoryconnection]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[This is the type of situation that the Grand Old Party seeks to "protect us" against:<br>
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An illegal immigrant woman is being abused by her man, sexually and/or physically. He is the father of her American-citizen children, and may be a citizen or legal resident himself.
        
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      <![CDATA[At The American Bar Association site on the Violence Against Women Act is this: "VAWA focuses on nine specific areas of intervention: enhancing judicial and law enforcement tools to combat violence against women (Title I); improving services for victims (Title II); services, protection, and justice for young victims of violence (Title III); strengthening America’s families by preventing violence (Title IV); strengthening the healthcare system’s response (Title V); housing opportunities and safety for battered women and children (Title VI); providing economic security for victims (Title VII); protection of battered and trafficked immigrants (Title VIII); and safety for Indian women (Title IX). For copies of the original Violence Against Women Act and its subsequent reauthorizations, click here (a link)."<br>
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Eagle Forum PAC, and RNC for Life PAC (see 2010 web sites) - both  founded by the patriarchal and vigorously (rabidly?)
        
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      <![CDATA["'hate to pop this knee jerk liberal orgy of political correctness but frankly I don't hear about any rapists getting off scott free'<br>
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Then you must be deaf."<br>
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Actually, my mother's term for it is "selective hearing".
        
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    <author><![CDATA[raverjames]]></author>
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      <![CDATA["hate to pop this knee jerk liberal orgy of political correctness but frankly I don't hear about any rapists getting off scott free"<br>
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Then you must be deaf.
        
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      <![CDATA[Case in point...
        
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      <![CDATA[wow, so rape is legal now right?? hate to pop this knee jerk liberal orgy of political correctness but frankly I don't hear about any rapists getting off scott free (except for maybe Bill Clinton or Ted Kennedy).<br>
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Hey, can we focus on the economy right now?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Ron Liberte]]></author>
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      <![CDATA["Are not we ALL supposed to be treat equally?"<br>
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Yes, we are. But there is a pretty large contingent of assholes, both in and out of politics, who feel threatened by equality and are insecure about their own station in life, and therefore want to make the lives of those who are different from them as miserable as possible.
        
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