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The Old Republic and Obama's America

Proud Lib Wrote: Jan 25, 2013 5:31 PM

Hey, many of the founders owned slaves and didn't think women should be able to vote, own property, or have rights generally. Also, they were mostly Protestant and fairly hostile toward Catholics (of which Mr. Buchanan is one) and Jews. Anybody here want to absorb those sentiments of the founders? Things change, and our government can change too. That's why our Constitution can be amended. BTW, Pat is pretty much irrelevant--good for amusement only.

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The Old Republic and Obama's America

"Second Term Begins With a Sweeping Agenda for Equality," ran the eight-column banner in which The Washington Post captured the essence of Obama's second inaugural. There he declared:

"What binds this nation together ... what makes us exceptional -- what makes us American -- is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago."

Obama then quoted our Declaration of Independence:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of...

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