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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:08 AM
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Randall Terry Asks: Where Have All The Protests Gone?
Infamous anti-abortion advocate Randall Terry says he's the only conservative brave enough to protest the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings.

Terry was essentially alone today when he showed up on Capitol Hill to call for the Senate not to confirm Kagan, whom he called the "most maniac pro-death nominee to be named to the Supreme Court ever." Other than his small band of baby-doll-wielding protesters, there were few, if any, demonstrations for or against Kagan outside the first day of Senate confirmation hearings.

It was a different scene than the one that greeted President Obama's last nominee to the Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Those hearings were marked by small bands of demonstrators arguing outside the hearing room for and against her appointment, and several outbursts by anti-abortion protesters inside the hearing room as well.

This time, however, Terry conceded he's the only show in town. He believes it's because the more mainstream anti-abortion groups are afraid to take on the GOP and call for a filibuster of Kagan that, he said, most conservatives agree won't be coming.

"The lack of heroism from so-called pro-life Senators has put pro-lifers in the bizarre position of muting themselves," Terry told TPMDC today. "Republican politicians should be raising holy hell, but they're not."

Terry said that most anti-abortion groups are afraid of alienating supportive politicians by essentially attacking Republicans for letting Kagan's nomination move forward. That will inevitably lead to a Kagan's being seated on the Supreme Court, Terry said, and that will set back the anti-abortion movement.

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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:11 AM
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1. Maybe it's because Terry is such an ass.
Never mind his complicity in doctor shootings and bombings. Pretty much everyone has shed any connection with him now. Time for Randall Terry to abort his ambitions and get a job selling used cars, I think.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:12 AM
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2. Cry me a river, fuckface.
Edited on Tue Jun-29-10 09:14 AM by Hawkeye-X
They aren't about to change Roe v Wade anytime soon.

When Roeder shot the doctor, the anti-aborton movement ended right there. Only the stupidest of the stupid like yourself are still hanging on to it to fleece people for money.

Terry needs to go find something else to bitch about. Like going back to selling snake oil made from live cobras.

Hawkeye-X
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:15 AM
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3. Your game is up, Randall. 8 years of killing INNOCENT Muslims - off budget - has shown that
Edited on Tue Jun-29-10 09:20 AM by patrice

PRO-LIFE IS A LIE!



Just like Christ who was killed by his CHURCH-State,

http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/2414.htm

ALL of the innocent dead ARE Jesus. Perhaps this is the 2nd coming you all have been raving about.

Let Armageddon begin:

ChurchCo needs a job performance review, a.k.a. an AUDIT, for people like Randall who make a living off of the suffering of others.

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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:22 AM
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4. Republicans don't want to overturn Roe v Wade; it's the most valuable campaign carrot they have-
as long as they can promise their supporters that they're "pro-life" they'll get the votes. Without Roe v Wade to cry about, they'd have to find real issues concentrate on. Maybe Randall Terry is too stupid to figure that out.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:26 AM
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5. As we speak, they are trying to turn it into DOMA, 'cause they know it's dead.
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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:28 AM
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6. A few conservative protesters showed up yesterday--in the WRONG PLACE!
They were outside the Supreme Court--where Kagan does not yet work--while confirmation hearings were being held at a Senate office building, LOL. Yesterday's thread on it:

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/better-luck-next-time-anti-kagan-activists
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burnsei sensei Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 09:41 AM
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7. If you want to be a hero so much, Mr. Terry,
why don't you go to Afghanistan?
Why aren't you in Iraq?
The abortion issue is no war.
Mothers are not tyrants. Why do you hate them so much?
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