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Old 10-07-2008, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Thoughts from Kansas : John McCain's ties to terrorists


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McCain's terrorism problem dates back to the early 1990s, when he sided with right-wing domestic terrorists and voted against tough new legislation cracking down on a wave of anti-choice domestic terrorism targeting women who visited abortion clinics, their doctors, and clinic staff.

In both 1993 and 1994, McCain voted against the anti-terrorism measure. On each occasion, McCain was one of thirty radical anti-choice Senators to oppose the bill Fortunately, despite McCain's opposition, it passed the Senate by a 69-30 margin.

At the time, right-wing anti-choice extremists were terrorizing women, doctors, and clinic staff across the United States with thousands of acts of physical violence and threats of violence each year.



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Old 10-07-2008, 02:12 PM
 
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Wow, the left is really reaching to try to link McCain to "terrorists".. I wonder why that is, maybe because there is a terrorist issue with the left and your trying to deflect from that issue?

p.s. In the event you failed to understand, there is a difference between opposing a bill, and supporting a terrorist... (if indeeed this involved "terrorist" which it does not)
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Old 10-07-2008, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Wow, the left is really reaching to try to link McCain to "terrorists".. I wonder why that is, maybe because there is a terrorist issue with the left and your trying to deflect from that issue?

p.s. In the event you failed to understand, there is a difference between opposing a bill, and supporting a terrorist...
Obama knew someone that was involved in domestic terror decades ago, John McCain voted to protect them while it was going on.

Which is worse?
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Old 10-07-2008, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Turn Left at Greenland
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Keith did a great job linking Palin to terrorist groups ...
Olbermann: It's Palin doing the pallin' - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com
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Old 10-07-2008, 02:17 PM
 
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Wow, the left is really reaching to try to link McCain to "terrorists".. I wonder why that is, maybe because there is a terrorist issue with the left and your trying to deflect from that issue?

p.s. In the event you failed to understand, there is a difference between opposing a bill, and supporting a terrorist... (if indeeed this involved "terrorist" which it does not)
Opposing a bill that would have fought domestic terrorism is supporting terrorism. If you don't think bombing abortion clinics is an act of terrorism, what was the objective?
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Old 10-07-2008, 06:16 PM
 
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Keith did a great job linking Palin to terrorist groups ...
Olbermann: It's Palin doing the pallin' - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com

Great article ! Thanks for posting!
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Old 10-07-2008, 06:26 PM
 
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None of this would be coming up now if McCain didn't make the conscience decision to go down this path.

Those that live by the sword...
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Old 10-07-2008, 06:41 PM
 
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Picketers? Picketers are 'domestic terrorists'? Good god, thats pathetic.

Now, if mccain was voting to make it legal to kill abortion drs, then yes -- he would have been supporting domestic terrorists. If mccain was voting to make March national eric rudolph month that would have been supporting domestic terrorism. If mccain cozied up to eric rudolph, bought a house in his neighborhood and served on boards with eric rudolph and then announced his run for the senate at eric rudolphs house -- then he would have been supporting a domestic terrorist.

But not spending federal funds to barricade abortion clinics from protesters ---- not so much.
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Old 10-07-2008, 06:43 PM
 
Location: Fort Myers, FL
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Picketers? Picketers are 'domestic terrorists'? Good god, thats pathetic.

Now, if mccain was voting to make it legal to kill abortion drs, then yes -- he would have been supporting domestic terrorists. If mccain was voting to make March national eric rudolph month that would have been supporting domestic terrorism. If mccain cozied up to eric rudolph, bought a house in his neighborhood and served on boards with eric rudolph and then announced his run for the senate at eric rudolphs house -- then he would have been supporting a domestic terrorist.

But not spending federal funds to barricade abortion clinics from protesters ---- not so much.
someone should go after all those ACORN Terrorists past and present.
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Old 10-07-2008, 10:59 PM
 
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Obama knew someone that was involved in domestic terror decades ago, John McCain voted to protect them while it was going on.

Which is worse?
Maybe Mccain was unsure of which side the terror was on--the terroist who targeted the clinic, or the ones inside who were destroying innocent lives. I think they were both wrong.
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