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Think of it this way, imagine if it was a different group -- say Internet columnists -- who had no legal protection from being killed. Sure some states have sort of law, depending on how old the columnist is and how well developed their arguments are but there are no across the board protections.

As conservatives, I think it is imperative of us to say that it is in these rare situations that the federal government must act. That's because no matter how much we love our columnists, the reality is that over a million people are butchered every year in the U.S. because a federal institution, the Supreme Court, devalued the lives of the unborn.

Though it started in a few states that legalized abortion, that court decision struck down all the other state laws.

p>A federal law now protecting some unborn children will help reverse that injustice. br> -- Jojo Ruba br> Ottawa, Ontario /p> p> AND THE WINNER IS... br> Re: The Washington Prowler's Graham Viability (cue the laugh track): /p>

I've come at politics from every direction except running for office myself (and I'd rather have root canal surgery while passing a kidney stone than take that final step). Studied it at college, covered it as a reporter, lobbied legislators when working at a trade association, and was lobbied myself when I worked as an assistant to a congressman. In all those years of close association with politicians, I was continually amazed at how so many members of this species (boobus politicus) could talk themselves into believing they could win an election that everyone else in the lower 48 knew for a dead-bang certainly they had no chance none, zero, zip) in. (Your honor, I'd like to offer in evidence J. Danforth Quayle's run for the presidency. -- Yes, your honor, that's correct. Of the United States of America. -- No sir, I'm not making this up.) Bob Quixote de la Graham is another primo example of the lost-before-it-begins cause. Graham was a popular Florida governor who left for the U.S. Senate years ago and has not been heard of since save for people who watch the Sunday morning yack-yack shows, where there's been the occasional Bob sighting. No one a five-iron shot outside of Florida knows who he is, and hardly anyone in Florida cares anymore.

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