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Akin reveals GOP view of women
Letter writer Ron Wiring seeks to minimize the fallout from Rep. Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comment by equating it with former Rep. Anthony Weiner sending pictures to admirers of his more-than-adequate abs swathed in a towel ("Neither party is...Tags: Republican Party, Anthony D. Weiner
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David Hanlin: Playing to the (ever smaller) crowd
Growing up in New York state, I was raised a Democrat. I don’t remember there being any discussion in our family as to why. Democrats controlled most elected offices and had held them for years. That is just the way it was. As a young Democratic...Tags: Republican Party, Personal Weapon Control, United Nations, Interior Policy, Elections
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Convention speaker lineups show both parties want women vote
CNNWhen first lady Michelle Obama took the stage Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, she told the kind of tale about President Barack Obama that only a wife can. She told of the profound impact of watching his grandmother and single mother'...Tags: Health Treatments, Media Industry, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Birth Control, Barack Obama
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Ehrlich asks the wrong question
It's a cloudy rainy dreary morning in Elkton and I'm looking for something to bring a smile, give a laugh or at least a chuckle so I check out The Sun's Sunday commentary section. There I find the column by Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. who appears to be serious...Tags: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Elections, Judaism, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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The ethics of abortion
Congrats to Christopher Dreisbach on his thoughtful presentation of the logical and ethical considerations necessary to the anti-abortion argument ("Abortion ethics not so simple," Aug. 28). What gets my blood boiling though, is that he apparently misses...Tags: Values, Randallstown, Abortion Issue, Religion and Belief, Social Issues
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If abortion is murder, many should be headed to prison
Christopher Dreisbach is right that if abortion at any stage is murder, then it's difficult to oppose Rep. Todd Akin's claim that an aborted fetus resulting from rape is an innocent victim ("Abortion ethics not so simple," Aug. 28). But it is equally...Tags: Prisons, Murder, Social Issues, Punishment, Abortion
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CNN Poll: Obama 49 percent-Romney 47 percent among likely voters
With three days to go until the start of the Republican convention, President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney remain deadlocked in the race for the White House, according to a new national survey. A CNN/ORC International poll released...
Tags: White House, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, Joe Lieberman, Abortion Issue
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'Weak' In Review: The Science Behind Todd Akin's Rape, Pregnancy Claims
The Hartford CourantCongressman Todd Akin, the Republican nominee in Missouri for U.S. Senate, created quite a stir a week ago with his claim that women have biological defenses to prevent pregnancy in cases of "legitimate" rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female...Tags: William Shatner, Science and Technology, Kevin Yoder, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
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Letters to the Editor - Aug. 25
Barbaric acts contrary to teachings of Islam To the editor: Seventy people killed in a soccer stadium in Egypt. Acid flung on to the faces of young girls in Afghanistan, leaving them disfigured just because they were attending school. These horrors...Tags: Religion and Belief, Islam, Paul Ryan, Abortion
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Akin's gaffe offers unflattering glimpse of widely shared Republican attitudes
Mary SanchezLadies, remember what your mothers told you about men who regard women as sex objects? They're no good. Keep that in mind when pondering the Republican Party platform this year and all those heated conversations about the "war on women." Why is so...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Barack Obama, Abortion Issue, Labor Legislation, Elections
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Trash collection time
Paul GreenbergWho is this Todd Akin and why is everybody, it seems, paying so much attention to what he has to say? Answer: He's a congressman from Missouri who's running for the U.S. Senate in a race that could prove critical for control of the next Congress. And he'...Tags: White House, Cancer, Republican Party, Scott P. Brown, Elections
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The decline of party power
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- No recent development has underlined the decline of political party clout more than beleaguered Senate Republican nominee Todd Akin's refusal to accede to GOP leadership demands that he withdraw from his race against Democratic Sen. Claire...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Mitt Romney, Gerald Ford, John Bailey
Sep 3, 2012
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