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British media, including the supposedly conservative ones, are supporting Obama and (especially) hounding Sarah Palin, with a ferocity unknown even to their American counterparts, and looking more like the Daily Kos than anything, so to speak, human. This is appalling in itself, and may well end up being disastrous if by any chance McCain and Palin win. These creatures are planting poisonous ideas in the average British reader, which will take decades to weed away. And incidentally, it does nothing to disprove my view that at the roots of all serious modern political conflict in the West there is abortion; for the British media and establishment, including the so-called conservatives, are completely sold on the practice, and anti-abortion forces are marginalized to an extent unknown and hard to believe in Italy or America. This goes back a long time - Margaret Thatcher always voted in favour of abortion. Now, Sarah Palin, simply by being who she is, is a living rebuke to all the abortion-is-necessary crowd; and this explains the ferocious hatred and the avalanche of pathological lies with which this attractive, polite, competent female politician has been welcomed. Find me another explanation that makes sense! It also accounts for the complete silence that has been enforced on anything that might make Obama, the most pro-abortion candidate in history, look bad or even moderately dubious. It is not about race; if Judge Clarence Thomas were running for President, he would be treated like Palin has been. It is not even about party; if Condoleeza Rice had run and got the Republican nomination, you can bet your life that she would have had a much smoother ride than Palin. She, after all, has no children. You cannot underrate the power of repressed and concealed guilt feelings, crawling under the skin of all the career women who got rid of unwanted babies in order to please bosses and boyfriends, and indeed among all the men who were complicit in their crimes or even demanded them; when faced with a brilliantly successful career woman who not only had five children, but opted against aborting even the disabled one. (I don't suppose it helps that she is beautiful and looks ten years younger than her age. The sheer unfairness of the distribution of beauty is salt on any open wound, and the wound in question is painful enough in the first place.) Sarah Palin is a mirror who tells them the truth about themselves; and it is a truth that they cannot bear to see.

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[atallvlad.livejournal.com]

Obviously, responding to you is sheer silliness anyway.
Twas not so much insecurity on my part so much as trying to use the leverage of my gf to burst your bubble that you are the only thinking person out there.
Maybe you will take an older persons opinion. When I drove to houston last week, I stopped at my uncle's house. He is retired after a long and colorful career doing various things, and has a masters in political science. That was an interesting interview. He said he doesn't like either candidate, but that he does prefer an intellectual in the white house as opposed to Mccain. He also said that he personally would never have been taken as a POW to start with. (My uncle was also involved as a NBC specialist in the army back in the days when they were testing to find out what actually, radiation did to people) My uncle was not one of the test subjects however, those people are all dead.

Apparently though, any attempt to dispute or rationally debate any viewpoint counter to yours, supported by facts or not, will be mercilessly shot down so there is really no point to such a debate then is there sir?

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He said he would not have been taken as a POW to begin with

This qualifies your uncle as a miles gloriosus and a self-righteous sod to boot. Being taken prisoner is a matter of chance. He is saying he can control chance. A suitable uncle for you.

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Incidentally, where is it written that I should not defend my views and my values on my own blog? If you don't like it, don't come here. I certainly did not ask you.