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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Nathan Tabor :: Townhall.com Columnist
USA Today Rejects Christian Message to President Obama
by Nathan Tabor
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Well, the next day -- just one hour before the USA Today deadline for the Obama messages -- I received a call from someone at USA Today named Jennifer. She claimed that the newspaper could not run an ad signed by "a group."

"No problem. Just use my name, Nathan Tabor," I replied.

Then she claimed she had another problem with my ad: USA Today will not run any ads containing Christian, religious or Bible verses, according to Jennifer.

She asked if I had another message and I replied no and told her how that was the message I wished to send to President Obama. I told Jennifer that I respected him and the office he was about to hold.

Mind you, unlike USA Today routinely referring to President George W. Bush as Mr. Bush, I addressed Mr. Obama as President Obama. And while USA Today -- in concert with other newspapers, newsmagazines and broadcast news programs -- routinely bashed our 43rd President -- my prose contained a positive message, especially since Obama professes to be a practicing Christian who will be sworn in as our 44th President, reciting his oath with his hand atop a Christian Bible.

In closing our telephone conversation, Jennifer promised that USA Today would send me an email explaining why my ad was rejected. After two hours I hadn't gotten it. So, I called Jennifer and she said she would have it out to me in 2 minutes.

That was 2 days ago.
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Reply # 1
Date: Jan 25, 2009 - 5:56 PM EST
Out law lobbest
No more lobbying in Washington period and and any legislator that caught doing so should loose all rights as a congressman.No job, no medical bennys and no retirement plan.THOES THAT LOBBY FOR PRIBVATE INTEREST GROUPS SHOULD GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL FOR ROBBING THE PUBLIC.
Don't cozie up to this one,we must be able to trust government. As it stands now we don't.
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Reply # 2
Date: Jan 23, 2009 - 4:57 AM EST
Ah Yes, Mellor Mud Helmet
"Anderson the pornographer"

Mellor Mud Helmet utters a verbal Onanism.

Too much of the Logo channel will do that to brains that have damage from too much anti-androgens in the water.

Mellor, hey, not to be personal, but did your parents have any children that lived?
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