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Tacitus X Wrote: Aug 21, 2012 5:13 PM
Isn't ObamaCare essentially politicians not merely commenting but deciding women's (and everyone else's) medical issues? Or is it okay if some of the politicians aren't "old white males"? Would it have been swell if Mussolini and Hitler were middle-aged females? Idi Amin and Pol Pot weren't white. Why should Akin's comments attach to Romney any more than any Democrat politician's atatements attach to Obama? Just asking . . .
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