"charliekilo" wrote in message
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> "Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names" wrote in message
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> On Sep 5, 7:05 pm, "Sid9" wrote:
>> "squidman" wrote in message
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>> news:e565c1c2-2b83-4a43-b907-dbf8b5d38be4@s9g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
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>> > Oprah Winfrey, a major supporter of Democratic Presidential candidate
>> > Barack Obama has refused to interview Sarah Palin:
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>> >http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=5736716&page=1
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>> > For the real deal on Sarah Palin:
>> >http://www.squidoo.com/vicepresidentsarahpalin
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>> As of tonight's news
>> the McCain campaign
>> will not allow Palin on
>> talk shows.
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>> Not Oprah, Not Meet
>> the Press or ABC,
>> CBS, CNN,MSNBC,
>> and FNC
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>> Nowhere.
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>> She will remain in Cheney's undisclosed location
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> -- I don't recall the exact words but in her speech, Palin said something
> -- to the effect that she's not interested in what the press has to say
> -- about her, she's interested in what real Americans have to say about
> -- her. Of course, real Americans are not exactly excited about her --
> -- Reublicons are jerking off they are so happy with her but real people
> -- recognize what a piece of shit she is. Latest Gallup poll shows women
> -- aren't exactly flocking to her side.
> --
> -- Apparently she never learned -- don't pick a fight with someone who
> -- buys newsprint by the ton and ink by the gallon.
>
> That's interesting because the latest Rasmussen poll shows her more
> popular than both Obama AND McCain, with a 58% favorable (of the U.S.
> population).
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>
He refusal to be interviewed will lose much support...here's a story that's
out tonight:
September 5, 2008
Palin church promotes converting gays
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 8:41 p.m. ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Gov. Sarah Palin's church is promoting a
conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the
power of prayer.
''You'll be encouraged by the power of God's love and His desire to
transform the lives of those impacted by homosexuality,'' according to the
insert in the bulletin of the Wasilla Bible Church, where Palin has prayed
for about six years.
Palin's conservative Christian views have energized that part of the GOP
electorate, which was lukewarm to John McCain's candidacy before he named
her as his vice presidential choice. She is staunchly anti-abortion,
opposing exceptions for rape and incest, and opposes gay marriage and
spousal rights for gay couples.
Focus on the Family, a national Christian fundamentalist organization, is
conducting the ''Love Won Out'' Conference in Anchorage, about 30 miles from
Wasilla.
Palin, campaigning with McCain in the Midwest on Friday, has not publicly
expressed a view on the so-called ''pray away the gay'' movement. Larry
Kroon, senior pastor at Palin's church, was not available to discuss the
matter Friday, said a church worker who declined to give her name.
Gay activists in Alaska said Palin has not worked actively against their
interests, but early in her administration she supported a bill to overrule
a court decision to block state benefits for gay partners of public
employees. At the time, less than one-half of 1 percent of state employees
had applied for the benefits, which were ordered by a 2005 ruling by the
Alaska Supreme Court.
Palin reversed her position and vetoed the bill after the state attorney
general said it was unconstitutional. But her reluctant support didn't win
fans among Alaska's gay population, said Scott Turner, a gay activist in
Anchorage.
''Less than 1 percent of state employees would even apply for benefits, so
why make a big deal out of such a small number?'' he said.
''I think gay Republicans are going to run away'' if Palin supports efforts
like the prayers to convert gays, said Wayne Besen, founder of the New
York-based Truth Wins Out, a gay rights advocacy group. Besen called on
Palin to publicly express her views now that she's a vice presidential
nominee.
''People are looking at Sarah Palin as someone who might feasibly be in the
White House,'' he said.
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