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Are you okay with this, Mr. and Ms. Swing Voter?
The Associated Press reports that...
Three Medford [OR] school teachers were threatened with arrest and escorted from the event after they showed up wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Protect our civil liberties." All three said they applied for and received valid tickets from Republican headquarters in Medford.The women said they did not intend to protest. "I wanted to see if I would be able to make a statement that I feel is important, but not offensive, in a rally for my president," said Janet Voorhies, 48, a teacher in training.
"We chose this phrase specifically because we didn't think it would be offensive or degrading or obscene," said Tania Tong, 34, a special education teacher....
Pretty appalling -- even downright un-American -- wouldn't you agree?
And get this -- those three paragraphs were buried at the very bottom of a lengthy story about Bush campaigning in Oregon. I can't begin to fathom why AP's Jeff Barnard considered what happened to these three women an afterthought -- it ought to be the lede, no?
Ask yourself this, Mr. and Ms. Swing Voter -- can you imagine John Kerry booting people from one of his campaign events in this fashion? Heck, can you imagine even Dubya's daddy or Ronald Reagan doing it?
Of course not.
These are not conservatives, Mr. and Ms. Swing Voter. They are radicals. Borderline (and poised to cross that border if they're reelected) fascists.
Please pay attention. Please spread the word. Please ask yourself and your undecided friends if this is the direction they want our country to continue in.
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