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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 07:48 PM
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What Was Said Today, about the bush regime's actions on marriage...
"By endorsing this shameful effort to write discrimination back into the Constitution, President Bush has betrayed his campaign promise to be 'a uniter, not a divider.' He will go down in history as the first president to try to write bias back into the Constitution." -- Sen. Edward Kennedy, today.

"All Americans should be concerned when a president who is in political trouble tries to tamper with the Constitution of the United States at the start of his re-election campaign. He is looking for a wedge issue to divide the American people." -- Sen. John Kerry, today.

"Washington has no business playing politics with this issue. Marriage is left to the states today, and should remain with the states. I'm not surprised that the day after he kicked off his campaign, the president is already talking about gay marriage. He can't talk about jobs, because he has no new ideas to create jobs. He can't talk about health care, because he has no new ideas to hold down costs or cover every child. He can't talk about education, because he has no new ideas to help young people pay for the soaring cost of college." -- Sen. John Edwards, today




"George W. Bush and Republicans will rue the day that they tried to enshrine discrimination in our celebrated Constitution. The president is cynically exploiting a wedge issue that panders to his political base and diverts attention from his abysmal record in office." -- Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland), today.




"I believe it's very bad public policy … to tamper with the Constitution on an issue like this, which should be left up to the states … I think it's unfortunate." -- Gov. Bill Richardson (D-New Mexico), today.
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 08:14 PM
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1. They were all great responses
But the Kudos have to go to Kerry for stating that the chimp was in political trouble and trying to tamper with the constitution to be used as a wedge issue.

They were all terrific though.
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