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ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
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Linda, you have a perfect right to your views just like everybody else. 

I have been wondering; it is not in the news; has there been any progress in the Texas Prosecutions? 



--- On Fri, 8/29/08, Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Sarah Palin
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:41 PM
> I've been a Democratic activist my whole life. I have
> never voted for 
> a Republican. I do think the party matters and have worked
> hard to 
> see that the Democratic platform reflects my values. It is
> very 
> different from the Republican platform. Watch the
> Republican 
> convention and note how different the make up of the
> delegates is. 
> Democrats gave women half the seats decades ago something
> the 
> Republicans have yet to do and the delegates remain
> primarily white males.
> By all rights I should be a Hillary supporter (older
> feminist etc.) 
> but I got Obama's message from the get go and am so
> happy he is 
> bringing people back into the process. I realized quite a
> while ago 
> that it was the mean spirited, backbiting dirty campaigning
> that 
> turned voters off. Now Obama has elevated the dialogue and
> all the 
> standards are improving.
> As for Palin glad she helped clean up the dirty Republicans
> in Alaska 
> but it hardly qualifies her to be a heartbeat from the
> Presidency.
> I also think it is a woman's right to decide if she
> wants and can 
> care for a child, disabled or not, it makes no difference.
> I admire 
> her decision to have her baby but I would not have faulted
> her if she 
> had decided she could not handle it. Martha Beck wrote a
> best selling 
> book on this topic called Expecting Adam. We do have to
> tackle the 
> problem of how many people are on the planet. We cannot
> sustain these 
> numbers. I admire people who decide not to reproduce or who
> limit 
> their families. I hope this does not sound harsh. Once
> people are 
> here I think we should take better care of them than we do
> again 
> whether disabled or not. I can almost see Ken's disgust
> with my views.
> 
> At 11:09 AM 8/29/2008, you wrote:
> >Linda,
> >
> >Your a grandparent, but I'd be interested in
> hearing your take on this,
> >especially in light of Palin's response to other
> women's issues.... Not
> >_really_ trying to bait the trap, but....
> >
> >On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Anthony Arnold
> ><[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not thinking straight today, but I meant
> to say is do you feel parents
> > > such as mine are now going to go with McCain just
> because he has somebody
> > > who can relate to them. The majority of our
> parents have worked hard
> > > raising
> > > us, and might be tickled pink having a vp who
> knows some of the issues we
> > > face. I would be interested in hearing from
> parents.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Anthony Arnold
> > > Remote Troubleshooter for PRC
> > > 1-800-262-1984 ext. 494
> > > www.anthonyarnold.net
> > > Proud Member of Speak Share
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > > ken barber
> > > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 3:09 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > >  Subject: Re: Sarah Palin
> > >
> > > consciously yes, to the women, i do not know on
> the disabled. i'll not give
> > > either cannidate credit for that complex level of
> thinking.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Anthony Arnold
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Anthony Arnold
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Subject: Sarah Palin
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 3:58 PM
> > > > I hope I'm not being insensitive, but
> does anyone feel
> > > > that John McCain is
> > > > going after both the female and the disabled
> vote by having
> > > > Sarah Palin, who
> > > > is not only a woman but a mother of a child
> with down
> > > > syndrome.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Anthony Arnold
> > > > Remote Troubleshooter for PRC
> > > >
> > > > 1-800-262-1984 ext. 494
> > > >
> > > > www.anthonyarnold.net
> <http://www.anthonyarnold.net/>
> > > >
> > > > Proud Member of Speak Share
> > > > <http://www.speakshare.com/>
> > > >
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