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with Shane Sklar is that he feels it is appropriate to legislate his personal religious views vis a vis abortion. I had an e-mail exchange with his campaign manager about this issue. It really troubles me that anyone feels their relgious beliefs ought to be law.
Having said that, I'll probably vote for him. His biggest problem here is that no one knows anything about him.
by TravnTexas on Mon Oct 02, 2006 at 12:05:57 PM PDT
... and he's pretty up-front about it. I'm sort of in the "take 'em as they come" camp. I may not agree with all of his politics, but he IS a Dem... and that means one more Dem in Congress.
by MaxKelly on Mon Oct 02, 2006 at 12:17:55 PM PDT
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your pragmatism to the "hold yer nose and vote for him" credo. :-)
by TravnTexas on Mon Oct 02, 2006 at 12:53:18 PM PDT
Ron's idea of a law that says that life begins at conception, and then bars the courts from ruling on that law?
Look up HR 776 if you want to see it for yourself.
Shane Sklar isn't perfect, but he'd actually get a bill or two passed. Ron Paul is only around because it's too much of a pain for Republicans to try and face him down in a primary.
"Our country right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right" - Carl Schurz
by RBH on Mon Oct 02, 2006 at 01:25:46 PM PDT
You've plucked the one example from the pile in which Shane Sklar might actually agree with Ron Paul. Don't you find that troubling?
How about this: I'll regard my vote for Sklar as a way to oust Ron Paul and a stepping stone for a more progressive candidate down the road.
by TravnTexas on Mon Oct 02, 2006 at 02:08:19 PM PDT
wide narrow
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