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Blue Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:58 PM
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Nine year-old punched in face for wearing an Obama shirt
This LTTE is in the Cedar Rapids Gazette today. Wingnut parenting at it's finest.

"When I picked my children up from school Aug. 24, I was told by the principal that my 9-year-old son had been punched in the face because he was wearing a T-shirt with President Barack Obama’s picture on it. When I came home from school, I turned on the news only to hear Tom Eisenhower (World War II veteran) stand in front of U.S. Senator (Chuck Grassley) and threaten to “take a gun to Washington.” The senator said nothing."

http://gazetteonline.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2009/09/03/children-pick-up-on-adults%e2%80%99-bad-behavior

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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 09:43 PM
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1. And of course the first comment says "Dems do it too!!!"
I do not think this country will ever be close to civil again. Thanks to GW and the whacko righties.
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-04-09 06:29 AM
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2. That's always their excuse
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-04-09 02:34 PM
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3. My wife and I were just discussing the lack of civility.
I come from the most conservative corner of IA, but I can't remember ever encountering the kind of vitriol that is standard today. I attribute a lot of it to the rise of Rush and then Fox news.

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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 08:58 PM
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4. If I ever have kids
They are going to self defense classes.
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