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From Century of the Common Iowan:

“I Should Have a Choice About This”

Posted at October 17, 2008 at 7:50 am

Excerpt:

This commercial ran right after the debate on MSNBC…

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Multiple Choice Mitt
New Zogby Poll in Iowa
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CPAC Rekap
Obama Expected to Announce VP Next Week
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If Socialized Medicine Is The Answer, Why Is It Necessary To Ration It?

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From Century of the Common Iowan:

Video from Kerry event in Marshalltown

Posted at October 15, 2008 at 6:15 pm

Excerpt:

The videos will be working shortly once they are done being processed and put onto YouTube.

I hurried out of school today at lunch to go see John Kerry at the Iowa Veterans Home. Kerry was in Iowa…

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Headed to see Barack Obama
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2008 Iowa Caucus Posts
Biden Event Cancelled
2008: Kerry is out
Blogging Triathlon II
John Kerry Campaigning in Iowa on Wednesday

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From Century of the Common Iowan:

It’s Important to have Alternatives, Options, and… What’s that other word?

Posted at September 7, 2008 at 6:14 pm

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Momentum Grows For A National Primary
The Fuel That Keeps the War Going
What’s Wrong with America and What Will You do to Change it?
Another Pick-up for Brownback
What’s Wrong With those Houses?
Latest Des Moines Register Iowa Poll: A Look at the Republicans
Bipartisan Property Rights Proposal

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From Century of the Common Iowan:

America is a Liberal Country

Posted at September 5, 2008 at 8:01 am

Excerpt:

Now that the Republican convention is over it is worth noting that Americans hold liberal positions on a wide variety of issues.

A recent Gallup poll shows…

Americans are pro-choice (67 percent)

Americans support the Geneva Conventions with regards to torture (57 percent)

Americans don’t want the government snooping in their bank and internet records (67 percent)

Americans support protecting the environment at the expense of economic growth (55 percent)

Americans believe that global warming is happening (86 percent)

Americans believe that it’s the government’s responsibility to provide health care (69 percent)

Americans support the decriminalization of marijuana (55 percent) and support the legalization of medical marijuana (78 percent)

Americans are opposed to attacking Iran (68 percent, according to a CNN Poll)

Americans support labor unions (60 percent)

Americans want government funding of embryonic stem cell research (56 percent)

Americans believe rich people and corporations aren’t paying enough taxes (66 and 71 percent respectively)

The Two Cents campaign from America for Gore
And The Left Will Go Nuts In 5, 4, 3, 2….
Air America’s final chapter …
Bush Vowed to Defend the Good in the World
John Edwards is right……………….
“Fairness Doctrine” At Work
Liberals Hate America

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From Century of the Common Iowan:

Health and Human Services Now Say the use of Contraception is Abortion

Posted at July 16, 2008 at 4:49 pm

Excerpt:

Last week I posted about one of McCain’s surrogates saying that it isn’t fair that insurance companies cover Viagra, but not birth control.

Well, on Monday the Department of Health and Human Services announced that they hope to define contraception as a form of abortion.

In a spectacular act of complicity with the religious right, the Department of Health and Human Services Monday released a proposal that allows any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman’s access to contraception. In order to do this, the Department is attempting to redefine many forms of contraception, the birth control 40% of Americans use, as abortion. Doing so protects extremists under the Weldon and Church amendments. Those laws prohibit federal grant recipients from requiring employees to help provide or refer for abortion services.

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No one is for Abortion
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Politico picks up on Cooler story
Romney Plans to Bully Teens to Not Have Out-of-Wedlock Babies
Romney Op-Ed On Stem Cells

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From Century of the Common Iowan:

Overturning Roe Won’t Stop Abortion

Posted at January 22, 2008 at 2:17 pm

Excerpt:

Essential Estrogen has a post up about Sam Brownback using the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade as a fundraising pitch for his PAC.

Like many of you, I pray for the day that the highest court in the land overturns that decision, and this long dark night of abortion on demand comes to an end.

I don’t understand how Rightwingers can think that simply overturning a law would stop all abortions. Until the Right actually gets serious about preventing abortions from happening in the first place, all the pro-life and anti-abortion talk from the Right is just a plea for money.