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p> NOT BUYING br> Re: Doug Bandow's A Pro-Life Revival? : /p>

Doug Bandow does his very best to make a silk purse from a sow's ear, claiming "the unborn will be more secure if they have protectors in both parties." If the first rule on those stone tablets Moses (or was it Charlton Heston) brought down from Mt. Sinai read "thou shalt have no false gods before me," then the first rule of the Democratic Party reads "no constituent of the Democratic Party shall ever be held responsible for his or her actions."

That is why Democrats can never hold individuals responsible for their actions. If they engage in extra-marital intercourse, and are shocked to discover that the process that nature has been perfecting for hundreds of thousands of years actually results in pregnancy and a child, the Democratic Party will allow them to escape responsibility and destroy the undesirable flotsam or jetsam of that one night stand. For the same reason there can never be a pro-gun Democrat, since firearms ownership is the ultimate privilege and responsibility of any citizen, and the citizen who is not responsible for his actions cannot possibly be allowed to possess a firearm, be it a 22 long rifle pistol or a 308 semi-auto, box magazine fed M-14.

p>Sweet dreams, Doug. The newly elected "pro-life" and "pro-gun" Democrats will soon realize, if they don't already know, that individual irresponsibility trumps all other considerations, when you are voting for Madame Pelosi and Mr. Reid. br> -- Frank Natoli br> Newton, New Jersey /p>

In the wake of the Democrat takeover of Congress conservatives are doing a lot of wishful thinking about the so-called "conservative" Democrats. Time to face reality -- they are not conservatives! They are liberals who talked conservatively to win. The radical left is in charge thanks to them in the House and Senate.

Chuck Schumer has assured the pro-abortion Democrat base that the vaunted "pro-life" and pro-homosexual adoption Bob Casey is safe on abortion. In fact, all these "conservative" Democrats are just retreads of Richard Gephardt -- the blue dog Reagan Democrat who went on to lead the Democrats in the House further to the left.

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