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2/8/12 (01)
Re: 2/7/12 (01)

i wonder how many women and men , christian and non who use or used birth control who are complaining now. hypocrites.

2/8/12 (02)
Catholic leaders and the GOP presidential candidates have intentionally distorted the Obama administration’s new rule requiring employers and insurers to provide reproductive health benefits at no additional cost sharing.

Twenty-eight states already require organizations that offer prescription insurance to cover contraception and since 98 percent of Catholic women use birth control, many Catholic institutions offer the benefit to their employees.

The Jesuit University of Scranton, one of its health insurance plans, the First Priority HMO, lists a benefit of “contraceptives when used for the purpose of birth control.”

DePaul University in Chicago covers birth control in both its fully insured HMO plan and its self-insured PPO plan and excludes “elective abortion,” said spokesman John Holden.

Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn., offers employee health insurance via the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, a consortium of Christian Bible and other private college and universities. Its plan excludes abortion, but covers artificial contraception as a prescription drug, said C. Gregg Conroy, the executive director of the TICUA Benefit Consortium.

You should start telling the truth.

2/7/12 (01)
Re: 2/6/12 (13)

Congratulations, you have just told the biggest lie of the month. What’s the matter with you?

President Obama NEVER said or directed any such thing about abortion.

Now for the facts:

• Businesses that employ more than 500 people need to offer birth control as part of their medical insurance

• Not all employees of Catholic hospitals are Catholic. To deny them the benefit is discriminatory.

• In the US, according to a 2002 study by the CDC, 89.7% of women aged 15-44 had used a condom to prevent conception. 82.3% had been on the pill. Studies show that up to 96% of all sexually active Catholic women have used birth control other than the rhythm method

• Another CDC poll shows that 88% of Catholics (male & female) feel the official doctrine should allow the use of pill and condom.

2/7/12 (02)

2/7/12 (03)

2/6/12 (01)

2/6/12 (02)
The Bush administration was an accident just waiting to happen, two wars were being fought, but they weren't being charged to the debt, George lowered the tax rate for the richest Americans, which is why we have a huge debt now, housing prices were going through the roof, with some people flipping houses for big profits and people who shouldn't have qualified for a loan getting them, a drug bill passed which benefitted the drug companies and added to the deficit, civilians were being tortured in the name of national security(feel any safer now????), 900,000 thousand people were losing their jobs every month, AND YOU TEAPUBS WANNA GO BACK TO THAT????? and George Bush is still sitting home wondering why the collapse couldn't have come on Obama's watch. And now we have a repub candidate who sings "America the beautiful" while he stashes his misgotten profits in the Cayman Islands and whose tax plan raises taxes on the middle class and cuts his own taxes to ZERO PERCENT. You teapubs are soooo easy to fool.

2/6/12 (03)

2/6/12 (04)
I love how people say they are pro life however don't want healthcare for all. I guess they are really just pro birth. I mean really; were are all the christians at. How can you be a christian and not support healthcare for all; to not support it is a direct contradiction of christianity!

2/6/12 (05)
Because they were working, even with 9-11 and the cost of 2 wars until, that is, the democrats took over congress in 2006. Once again I think, no I know, you missed that. I know, because of the comments you write. They show a lack of knowledge of recent history. Don't get out much do you?

how can you blame the democrats for the bush economy crash ? didnt you watch the florida debate where romney and gingrich both admitted to having fannie & freddie stock. are you naive enough to think they was the only 2 ? smell the coffee. money was being made without working for it and when thats happening you can ALWAYS find republicans at the bottom of it.

2/6/12 (06)

2/6/12 (07)
The U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low.

Employers added a net 243,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday -- that's the most since April and far better than economists' expectations.

“It’s a strong number, a very strong number, I would say,” said Vassili Serebriakov, a currency strategist at Wells Fargo Bank. “It’s consistent with the broad improvement in the U.S. economic data."

The nation’s unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in January from 8.5 percent in the prior month. The rate has dropped 0.8 percentage point since August and is now at its lowest level in nearly three years, having fallen for five consecutive months -- the first time that has happened since late 1994.

Thank you President Obama for getting American out of Bush's fiasco! You are a GREAT American!

2/6/12 (08)
Romney was endorsed by Donald Trump. You know what that means? His hair popped out of the ground and predicted six more weeks of winter.

2/6/12 (09)
There are signs that Newt Gingrich’s campaign is starting to run out of money. He's dropped Tiffany and he's buying all of his jewelry on QVC now.

2/6/12 (10)

2/6/12 (11)
Because they were working, even with 9-11 and the cost of 2 wars…

• Bush funded Iraq on a budget supplement. Come back after you learn how negligent that fiduciary policy is. Ya see, because Bush funded the wars on a supplement he deferred payment. That payment is now coming due under President Obama, In your circles, that’s called “dump and run” or in other words, “Hurry up and scrap that ‘Freedom isn’t Free’ bumper sticker off your car.

… until, that is, the democrats took over congress in 2006. Once again I think, no I know, you missed that. I know, because of the comments you write.

• Why do you not tell the truth? Haven’t you heard of John Boehner? He is the REPUBLICAN speaker of the house. That means republicans have the majority.

2/6/12 (12)
One reason we want to return to Bush policies is the enemployment rate was under 6% - we were not 16 trillions in debt and gasoline was $1.76 a gallon. That's why!

2/6/12 (13)
How do you Catholics feel about voting for Obama now? The dictator is telling Catholic hospitals that they HAVE TO perform abortions! Yes, freedom is vanishing in this country. Thanks, Obama

2/6/12 (14)
Check the price of food and gasoline lately?

2/3/12 (01)
He is the only president to be accused of rape by 2 women.

KEY WORD: Accused

I can accuse YOU of a lot of things but it doesn't make them true.

How do you live day to day with such hate boiled up inside of you? Aw, forget it. I don't care. It's your problem.

2/3/12 (02)

2/3/12 (03)
2/2/12 (05)
Why is it that all of the repub candidates want to return to all of the Bush era policies,
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Because they were working, even with 9-11 and the cost of 2 wars until, that is, the democrats took over congress in 2006. Once again I think, no I know, you missed that. I know, because of the comments you write. They show a lack of knowledge of recent history. Don't get out much do you?

2/3/12 (04)

2/3/12 (05)
Have you ever noticed that every Democratic President claims to love the military, while cutting their manpower and budget to bare minimums?
They fail to realize that without our military, the whole world would be at war. They want to embrace all the extremists and call Tea Party members terrorists. As Michael Savage says "Liberalism is a mental disorder."

2/3/12 (06)
The only president toever be found guilty of lying to a Grand Jury is a Democrat. He is the only president to be accused of rape by 2 women. Yea, Newt has a long way to go to catch up with Bill Clinton.

Two words Richard Nixon. Also he was not charged with rape it was sexual harassment. In fact both concented. Get your facts straight.

2/3/12 (07)
Richard Nixon, Iran Contra. Also get your facts staight he was never accused of rape. They were both concentual between adults. Come to think of it wasn't Newt run out of office for ethics violations. Come on you are going to have to do better than this if you are going to diss someone.

2/3/12 (08)
"Thank you President Obama for getting the US back on track."

Right!...he put us "back on the track" so the train could run over us and finish what he couldn't...

2/3/12 (09)
We need to move on all the discriptive hate words take us nowhere, we need to be more positive and stick together, rather than clashing with each other like the govt, wants us to be...

2/2/12 (01)
2-1-12 (01)
What you fail to realize is we're talking about the gutter on Gingrich Boulevard.
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That gutter,Gingrich Blvd. as you call it, is a better place than the "let's see how bad we can hurt America gutter" obama has us heading down. Now, he's openly after Catholic's and those who believe in LIFE. I openly despise obama and I despise you, even more, for standing behind him as he goes about ruining America.

2/2/12 (02)
Once again you show us all what an uninformed loud mouth you are.
Santorum, as in the case of Newt, may not win. Granted. However, they are both better men for the job of President than what resides in the White House now. What's more, they are both better human beings than you.

You know what they say about opinions.

2/2/12 (03)
The only president toever be found guilty of lying to a Grand Jury is a Democrat. He is the only president to be accused of rape by 2 women. Yea, Newt has a long way to go to catch up with Bill Clinton.

2/2/12 (04)
Let's try some logic which usually escapes Democrats. Say in 2008 you get a job at a struggling business. You work four years and every aspect of life and economics gets worse. Wouldn't you expect to be fired? Of course, if you worked for a union you would never get fired...the business would just shut down, like B & W did.

2/2/12 (05)
Why is it that all of the repub candidates want to return to all of the Bush era policies, you know, no financial regulations, privatize social security, no health care for 50 million people, they favor torture, Cheney style, PLUS they want to outlaw ANY contraceptive devices, suppress voter registration, outlaw the teaching of evolution, etc. But NO ONE ever mentions George W. Bush's name. It is like he never existed, he never created all of our financial problems, he never started two useless and costly wars, he is not to be mentioned, his name will never be uttered by any repub candidate or any of the talking heads on FAUX news or any repub politician. They all want you to think that the past was better!!!!! I know you teapubs hate Obama so much that that you don't care who the candidate is, he just has to beat Obama. Good luck with that policy.

2/2/12 (06)

2/2/12 (07)
• "I'm not concerned about the very poor - we have a safety net there," Romney said. "If it needs repair, I'll fix it."

Key words: If it needs repair. Romney is obviously under the impression that things are working just fine for the poor.

• Each of Romney’s kids have a $100 million trust fund. They deserve it. They earned it the hard way.

2/1/12 (01)
That is the question. Get your head out of the gutter of the past.

What you fail to realize is we're talking about the gutter on Gingrich Boulevard.

2/1/12 (02)
Once again WHO CARES. Can he lead this once great nation back to greatness? That is the question. Get your head out of the gutter of the past.

Oh how soon we forget. Lets see first off lets go back to Clinton and how much the republicans bring up his past. Second we as liberal democrats never proclaimed to be the moral majority, family values party. A slogan that goes back to Reagan. Sorry the republican party cannot have it both ways. You cannot now back a canidate who has no moral or family values. Find someone who fits your bill. If you can.

2/1/12 (03)
Rick Santorum is tired, almost broke — and going home.

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Once again you show us all what an uninformed loud mouth you are.
Santorum, as in the case of Newt, may not win. Granted. However, they are both better men for the job of President than what resides in the White House now. What's more, they are both better human beings than you.

2/1/12 (04)
The results of a recent poll publshed by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reveal what social scientists have known for a long time: White Angelical Christians are the least likely to suppport politicians or policies that reflect the actual teachings of Jesus. a very strange irony, indeed. Evangelicals are the most supportive of the death penalty, draconian sentencing instead of rehabilitation, and the government use of torture. The authors amke a long list of things that evangelicals love that contradict Jesus' message. Evangelicals love Jesus for what he does for them... Jesus saves evangelicals from everlasting torture in Hell, and guarantees tham a premium luxury villa in Heaven. They can't thank Jesus enough. And yet, as for jesus himself--his core values of peace, his core teachings of social justice, his core commandments of goodwill--most evangelicals seem to have nothing but disdain for them. No Wonder Jesus wept!! Now we know why those republican politicians court their favor.

2/1/12 (05)
did Geithner pay his taxes yet or is he still getting a "pass?" How about the price of gasoline which was at $1.76 a gallon when Bush left office? How about the unemployment rate which was6% when Bush left office? How about the debt which was quadrupled by Obama? How about losing an A in our credit rating since Hussein took office? Thanks, Obama for all of this. And, thanks, John for giving me this opportunity!

2/1/12 (06)
To speak about Santorum they way you did just shows how much hatred dwells in the heart of Democrats. Santorum went home because his little girl is sufering from a rare, congenital disease that will prevent her from reaching her teen age years.

1/30/12 (01)
U.S. economic growth picked up speed in the final three months of 2011, expanding at the fastest pace in 1-1/2 years, according to new data released Friday.

"We're still repairing the damage done by the 2008 financial crisis.” Geithner said.

Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, stepped to a 2 percent rate from the third-quarter's 1.7 percent pace -- largely driven by pent-up demand for motor vehicles.

Thank you President Obama for getting the US back on track.

Of course. we will have that ONE hater out there who will try but fail to dispute the FACTS.

1/30/12 (02)
Rick Santorum is tired, almost broke — and going home.

Santorum is leaving Florida just days before the Tuesday primary that even he expects to deal him a third consecutive loss.

Santorum says he would rather spend his Saturday sitting at his kitchen table to do his taxes than campaigning in Florida.

The cash-strapped candidate acknowledges that he simply can't keep up.

Santorum, a 3 time loser, just doesn't get the picture. Maybe this time will show him the reality that America does not want him.

Bye Rickie!

1/30/12 (03)
All posts that are not published are from conservative thinkers that are too strong for the moderator to handle. How much do you want to bet he is afraid to publish this one also. He has squashed the last 2 I submitted.

1/30/12 (04)
For anyone who takes seriously the notion that evangelical Christians actually care about things like family and fidelity, this support for Gingrich is baffling.
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Once again WHO CARES. Can he lead this once great nation back to greatness? That is the question. Get your head out of the gutter of the past.

1/30/12 (05)
CONCLUSION: You fail to realize that 94% of Americans agree with everything in the State of the Union Address. You're simply a hater who still can't find that Kenyan birth certificate.

wheres the LIKE button ? gonna hammer them in november.

1/30/12 (06)
1/27/12 (09)

dont mistake the rightwing christians as Gods spokesmen, their far from it. theres millions of christians in this country who dont eat from the GOP pig slough !!

1/30/12 (07)
Well Newt said the other day that one thing on his mind is colonizing the moon.

Yup, the moon.

With ALL the things going on in the world, Newt has the moon on his mind.

When President Obama gets re-elected, I hope he send Newt to the moon.

1/30/12 (08)
CONCLUSION: You fail to realize that 94% of Americans agree with everything in the State of the Union Address. You're simply a hater who still can't find that Kenyan birth certificate.

Thank God I am in the 6%.

1/30/12 (09)
Former presidential candidate McCain endorses Romney on Saturday.

Former vice presidential candidate Palin (and McCains running mate) endorses Gingrich on Saturday.

Gee, I never would have thought the republicans are THAT fractured!

What the h-e-double hockey sticks is going on with them republicans? They're collapsing on themselves.

1/30/12 (10)
When the republicans took over the House in 2010, they said they would not advance any bill or legislation that was not supported by the Constitution.

I'm still trying to find subsidies to the oil companies in the Constitution.

I'm still trying to find foreign aid in the Constitution.

Any out there that can answer these questions?

1/30/12 (11)
The UN is the biggest joke on the planet. The US should withdraw its financial aid and kick them out of the country. How much is it costing the taxpayers for all the security etc. for these over zealous idiots to live in New York City? They can't agree on anything so why bother? A waste of money.,,,nobody ever listens to their demands anyways.

1/30/12 (12)
According to new polls that just came out, Mitt Romney does very well with Republican voters who make more than $200,000. Or as Romney calls them, “trailer trash.”

1/27/12 (01)
Also, talk is cheap, and every time Obama opens his mouth, he has no way of following through with his promises. In plain English, he lies.

So when President Obama says, "Send me these tax reforms, and I’ll sign them right away." you fail to understand it is the responsibility of Congress to make laws.

So when President Obama says, "Send me a law that gives them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away." you fail to understand it is the responsibility of Congress to make laws.

So when President Obama says, "Expand tax relief to small businesses that are raising wages and creating good jobs. Both parties agree on these ideas. So put them in a bill, and get it on my desk this year." you fail to understand it is the responsibility of Congress to make laws.

CONCLUSION: You fail to realize that 94% of Americans agree with everything in the State of the Union Address. You're simply a hater who still can't find that Kenyan birth certificate.

1/27/12 (02)
Why write in if you do not publish it. What about the statement on Pelosis ..never seen it. I though this site was as Fox says "Fair and Balance"

1/27/12 (03)
1/26/12 (08)

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I in no way support Paul. He is weak and will weaken America even more than Obama is trying his best to do. However, this kind of attack is what I wrote about earlier in the week. People are sick and tired of personal attacks.

1/27/12 (04)
1/26/12 (03)
RE: 1-25-12 #1

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No, adultery is not ok with me. However, someone's past sins are not something to keep him from attempting to win the Presidency of America. It has nothing to do with the way he would run the country. When Clinton was running around the White House doing the things you want to condemn Newt for it didn't seem to hurt his governing skills. At least you and liberals weren't saying it did.
The point is can he (Newt) bring America back to where it was? Can he bring America back to being financially strong, militarily tough and unafraid to stand to the killer thugs of the world, as I wrote, in an earlier comment? I think he is, and that is what counts to me.

1/27/12 (05)
RE: 1-25-12 #1

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I don't think it was ever right to be an adulterer and as far as the Dems standing up and calling themselves the Moral Majority family value party..How could they ?

1/27/12 (06)
30 million people either unemployed or under employed, 15 million homeowners ready to lose their homes. Thank you George W. Bush and the republican candidates who want to continue your policies. Hope you have a little trouble sleeping at night, George.

1/27/12 (07)
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
Need we say more. This is from a study just released. Explains alot about the republican party.

1/27/12 (08)
Did ya see the Republican debate last night?

It was the cocktail party versus the tea party.

1/27/12 (09)
Evangelicals Don't Care When Rich White Conservatives Defile Marriage

In South Carolina, evangelical Christians voted for Gingrich 2-to-1 over boring family man Mitt Romney. For anyone who takes seriously the notion that evangelical Christians actually care about things like family and fidelity, this support for Gingrich is baffling, since he has a history of serial adultery that he barely bothers to disavow. But a closer examination of the situation makes clear what’s going on: for the Republican base, “family values” don’t actually matter, but are just a gloss painted over what really motivates them: reactionary rage. They love Gingrich because he’s a flaming ball of rage.

1/26/12 (01)
To 1/25/12(03) I hear you. The moderator, and that IS a much better term than editor (as that implies some skill in journalism perhaps), chooses to just make sure that his view is the vie that survives his edits. Oh well, this site ahould be permanently shut down. To think that the "moderator" is making any cash off the advertisements makes me disgusted. We should all boycoot those who advertise on this site.

1/26/12 (02)

1/26/12 (03)
RE: 1-25-12 #1
So it was alright for Newt the cheat and to bash Clinton, but we can not attack him. As I stated the democratic party has never stood up and called themselves the moral majority, family value party. Also the biggest band leader back then was Newt. So now it's alright to be a adulterer.

1/26/12 (04)
1/25 (1) Nicely put.

1/25 The reason the Republicans were sitting on their hands was they were following the lead of the NBC debate----No clapping or standing ovations.
Also, talk is cheap, and every time Obama opens his mouth, he has no way of following through with his promises. In plain English, he lies.

1/26/12 (05)
I know how we can get more money into the Treasury-have Obama's VCabinet member pay their income taxes-Geithner, for example.

1/26/12 (06)
Gasoline prices are over DOUBLE what they were when Bush left office. Thanks, Obama.

1/26/12 (07)

1/26/12 (08)
That Ron Paul guy. Hows come we never see Mrs. Paul?

I guess she's in the kitchen making fish sticks. (Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks)

1/25/12 (01)
Re: 1/24/12 (01)
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Newt may not get the nod, so be it. What you fail to understand is American's, not just conservatives but voters of all strips, are sick and tired of the personal attacks on CONSERVATIVE candidates. For example the attacks that were leveled against Cain. Where are all those women? Where are all those charges? People are sick of it.
They want a person with the will and guts to stand up to the people and groups who, do personal attacks. Like the liberal media and people like you.
They also want someone, with the personal power within, to tell the world America is done with the game's of words. Someone who will stand up and defend American and it's people, against the THUGS of the world, without fear.
As I said Newt may not get the nob, but their is no denying he has the traits I decribe, to let the world know enough is enough. Guts, that's what American's want in their leader in this time of mass murder of the innocent like 9-11, ridding the world of people who care not about their own lives let alone your's or mine. I write of murderers who worship a god who, within his written words, promotes such goings on and the killing of non-believers.

1/25/12 (02)
Lets see we are on track to have a two time divorcee and a adulteress on the ticket to represent the rebulican party. Nice. So does that mean that they can no longer bash Clinton. I can not believe what hypocrites the republican party is. Please someone please tell me what the party stands for now. It seems to be what ever is convient at the time.

1/25/12 (03)
Hello.....hello....hello...hello, Is there anybody in here? Oh, OK, I see, one crazy liberal talking to himself..... Oh, well it was worth a check since the "moderator" decided to pre-emptively institute censorship on the community board. Guess it is time to find a real bulletin board to post on...

1/25/12 (04)
I don't quite understand why my post about Newt Gingrich was not included in today's posts. But I have said it before: the editor (and I use the term very, very, very lightly in this case) of this site has no idea what journalism or free speech is. this site, or at least the "Sound-off: pages should be shut down. Period.

1/25/12 (05)
Last night, President Obama said, "Right now, companies get tax breaks for moving jobs and profits overseas. Meanwhile, companies that choose to stay in America get hit with one of the highest tax rates in the world. It makes no sense, and everyone knows it."