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    08:34 AM

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Sarah, just because you admittedly thought about aborting your "not perfect" baby, that doesn't necessarily mean that that is the only reason people think about abortion... #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Sarah Palin's only purpose to draw the true believers of the paranoid wing of the Republican Party. And she's doing an excellent job. It is the job of the sane and rational to ensure that these people never elect a national candidate. I am so ready for her and her cabal of myopic followers. I hope everyone else is, too. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    I have to say, that is pretty clever of her speech writers. To suggest that making sure women have reproductive rights is actually INSULTING to women, suggesting they are stupid or not strong, that means that pro-lifers can claim they are feminists that actually respect women. Repulsive, but very clever. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    i don't get how the elderly will be targeted for euthanasia should a government-backed healthcare plan kick in. i thought the majority of elderly are already in medicare, which is a government-backed healthcare plan?

    what saddens me the most is that so many people are too stupid to connect the dots in this simple way: elderly=medicare=government healthcare. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    This rhetoric makes me livid because it's flat out lying...and for whatever reason, it works.

    And I'm so frustrated because it's almost impossible to convince anyone who thinks being Pro-Choice is anything like what she's saying that it's not. It's the polar opposite.

    I absolutely do believe women are capable of doing those things, as long as there's a system in place that helps make that possible. But I also believe no woman should be forced to carry to term. Because I wouldn't want anyone to be forced to abort. Is that so hard to understand? That choice is about ALL of this? It's about being able to have an "imperfect" child without having to suffer for it? About not being forced to, but being able to choose to?

    And to be frank, life at any cost is not, in my opinion, always the most compassionate view. There are birth defects, deformities, and congenital conditions that it is in every way a compassionate decision to terminate.
    People can choose not to, but I'm tired of the idea that Pro-Choice is some kind of callous position.

    Further, I want our elderly folks to be cared for. I'm sickened by the way we abandon them and are so afraid of that stage of life that we just shuffle off the responsibility. Being Pro-Choice hasn't hampered my ability to understand all the ethical nuances in both situations. And I'm disgusted that this woman would make such a suggestion.

    It's just so wrong to to say these things. So wrong and awful and destructive. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @tiredfairy: Right on to everything you said. Especially the point about how terminating a pregnancy can actually be the compassionate, ethical choice sometimes. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @Cerridwen: I'm just so tired of it. And I am Pro-Choice, fully, no matter what. I don't believe it's any of my business why someone would need to terminate a pregnancy, because I sure wouldn't want someone deciding that for me.

    I just can't fathom equating one with the other. Being Pro-Choice doesn't make you inhuman or unethical or not compassionate. I'd actually argue that, because being Pro-Choice requires taking a much more difficult political position...and because advocating for choices will always be advocating for something technically more difficult than having things required/dictated of you...then you're more likely to be compassionate and ethical and understanding of nuance. Because you have to be. That's pretty much the nature of choice, in any circumstance. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    This whole "pro-choice people want to euthanize the elderly" thing is pissing me off. The whole anti-choice argument is that abortion is killing an innocent life that can't defend itself, so to apply that to the elderly completely robs them of their agency. It is so condescending. I wish she would just say, "I'm mean they're old; it's not like they can take care of themselves!" and get it over with.

    Sarah Palin is despicable. #sarahpalin
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    Image of JessickerFletcher JessickerFletcher
    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Okay, I think I fixed her statement:

    [Society should be] sending a message right now [, that it should have] for probably the last 40 years, that a woman [is] strong enough [and] smart enough to be able to pursue an education, a career and [make decisions about her own body without the intrusion of the government by religiously motivated conservatives blowhards like myself and my followers].

    Whew - that was a lot of work.
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Ms. Palin, don't rag on mind-sets just because you can't afford one.

    P.S. I'm pretty sure that if she did have a mind, her "mind-set" would consist of aerial wolf-hunting, sports journalism, and the distrust of logic. Words cannot express my growing dislike for this human being; her and her redneck family single-handedly display everything that is wrong with our culture today. I truly hope something horrible and shocking comes out about her because I am so sick and tired of people listening to this vacuous bitch. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @JessickerFletcher:
    Palin: "Mind set"? Is that like a sweater set? Pshht. How quickly you forgot about my wardrobe budget during the campaign! #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @rodmanstreet: "Mind-set? I think you mean drill-set, as in 'Todd just gave me this beautiful drill-set for Christmas, ya know. He had 'Drill, Baby, Drill' engraved on side! You betcha he's my First Dude!" #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Have there been any conservatives who haven't done the whole "death panels" thing and other scare tactics, and simply focused on the idea that government shouldn't be doing healthcare? #sarahpalin
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    Image of sumotuwe sumotuwe
    11/07/09

    @cand86: Government's already doin' healthcare, man: Medicare and Medicaid. Most everyone over 65 or so has to sign up for Medicare, so that includes, you know, most of them old dudes up on Capitol Hill. #sarahpalin
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    Image of Ginmar Rienne Ginmar Rienne
    11/07/09

    @cand86: Why shouldn't the government be doing health care? That's what my taxes pay for. If I pay for wars, I should pay to insure the basic health of the Republic, and that is best taken care of by...taking care of the citizens of the Republic, and yes, that includes those who aspire to be citizens, too. They all contribute, we all contribute....why shouldn't we get something back?

    If health care is so damned expensive, then what about wingnut welfare and corporation personhood? Those things damage the common good, and yet there's no huge outraged movement devoted to disputing them. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @sumotuwe: Oh no, I know that- I was just asking if there are any guys who avoid stupid hyperbole and are consistent in their views (like Ron Paul, who opposes universal healthcare and, if he had his way, would also get rid of Medicare and Medicaid). #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @Ginmar Rienne: Like I said to sumotuwe, I didn't mean to imply that we shouldn't have health care- I was asking about conservatives who oppose it and their arguments. #sarahpalin
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Andy Kaufman has nothin' on Sarah Palin. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @Dodgergirl: I've never seen her do an Elvis impersonation, so I am withholding judgement. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @badmutha: I would seriously pay good money to see that. Perhaps when this politics thing runs its course she'll look into it.... #sarahpalin
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    "It is so bogus that society is sending a message right now and has been for probably the last 40 years that a woman isn't strong enough or smart enough to be able to pursue an education, a career and her rights and still let her baby live."

    "And that's why I'm happy to announce that I've acquired a time-machine-phonebooth from a fellow named Rufus that's going to help me fix everything! By taking us all back to 1955!" #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    @Jack_Burton: Ha! Hearted for a Bill & Ted reference! #sarahpalin
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    Image of Ineedmorecowbell Ineedmorecowbell
    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    It boggles my mind that in a country with millions of people this is one of the chosen to get every verbal spillage aired. It's not even so much that I disagree with everything she says but that she just doesn't have to back up her statements with facts, figures, or truth. It's like tabloid politics. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Oh, bless her. And her teeny, tiny brain. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Look, she's using her fingers to show us how for you could drive if her logic was gasoline. #sarahpalin
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    11/07/09

    In reply to Sarah Palin Warns Of Pro-Choice "Mind-Set"
    Her grammar and diction is still appalling. And every time I see a picture of her I get into a mind-numbing rage. Nothing has changed. Why won't you go away, Palin? WHY?!!! #sarahpalin
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