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Oh my god! Dubya said Dred Scott was wrong under the law! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dred Scott was in fact 100% legally correct because the Constitution at the time allowed slavery and demanded that slaves be returned to their owners even if they fled to free states.

Was Bush lying or is he really that fucking stupid? We were taught about Dred Scott in the 5th grade. Dubya is one dumb twat.
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Screw that, if he supports atheists, more power to him.

Defy convention.
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:roll: Now he brings up the Laci Peterson law. At least he didn't try to use the stupid claim that it "protects pregnant women."
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Don't legislate religion! Represent the atheists! Woot!

Kerry's Catholic comments remind me of something my hero Pat told me today. "I'm Catholic, so I'm practically atheist anyway."
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Screw that, if he supports atheists, more power to him.

Defy convention.
I support him, but the Fundies are gonna screech like banshees on the moor...
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These legal disputes are losing me, not being a US citizen and all. I can see Kerry's position though.
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Elfdart wrote:Oh my god! Dubya said Dred Scott was wrong under the law! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dred Scott was in fact 100% legally correct because the Constitution at the time allowed slavery and demanded that slaves be returned to their owners even if they fled to free states.

Was Bush lying or is he really that fucking stupid? We were taught about Dred Scott in the 5th grade. Dubya is one dumb twat.
he was talking morally wrong, because guess what slavery is wrong
if you think otherwise then God help you.
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Kerry SHOOTS and he SCORES! He's very right, a girl raped by her father has to notify the father the shes getting an abortion.
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If he says "you can run, but you can't hide" one more time...
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SirNitram wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:Screw that, if he supports atheists, more power to him.

Defy convention.
I support him, but the Fundies are gonna screech like banshees on the moor...
Oh, the fundies weren't going to vote for Kerry anyway.
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Death from the Sea wrote:
Elfdart wrote:Oh my god! Dubya said Dred Scott was wrong under the law! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Dred Scott was in fact 100% legally correct because the Constitution at the time allowed slavery and demanded that slaves be returned to their owners even if they fled to free states.

Was Bush lying or is he really that fucking stupid? We were taught about Dred Scott in the 5th grade. Dubya is one dumb twat.
he was talking morally wrong, because guess what slavery is wrong
if you think otherwise then God help you.
No, because he was talking about justices taking a structuralist approach to the Constitution.

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Death from the Sea wrote:he was talking morally wrong, because guess what slavery is wrong
if you think otherwise then God help you.
Hey dumb-ass, he explicitly said "under the law."
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Black and white fallacy.
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OK, Bush, ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION.

Stop beating around the bush (pun not intended) and tell three mistakes you made, don't try to justify your little imperialistic excusions.
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Kerry really handled the abortion part well - managed to keep the pro-choice side happy without alienating the anti-choice portion. Bush just tried to distort what Kerry said.

And did anybody else catch the hypocrisy of Bush saying he favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution, after pushing the Patriot Act?

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Admiral Valdemar wrote:Black and white fallacy.
After Kerry explained why he voted against it, no less, in very clear words. Bush looks like a simpleton.
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Answer the question.
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Mayabird wrote:Don't legislate religion! Represent the atheists! Woot!

Kerry's Catholic comments remind me of something my hero Pat told me today. "I'm Catholic, so I'm practically atheist anyway."
"Culture of life"? This from the same sick fuck who yukked it up over the freak show execution of Karla Faye Tucker?

So Bush wants an underage girl who's been raped by her father to have to notify the son-of-a-bitch. Scumbag.
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He never did answer the question.
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He refused to answer. He's done. This debate was lost when he outright refused to name three mistakes he made.
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Elfdart wrote:
Mayabird wrote:Don't legislate religion! Represent the atheists! Woot!

Kerry's Catholic comments remind me of something my hero Pat told me today. "I'm Catholic, so I'm practically atheist anyway."
"Culture of life"? This from the same sick fuck who yukked it up over the freak show execution of Karla Faye Tucker?

So Bush wants an underage girl who's been raped by her father to have to notify the son-of-a-bitch. Scumbag.
Umm...what did that have to do with me?

I knew when I heard that last question that Bush wasn't going to admit that he'd ever done anything wrong.
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It's ironic that Kerry is showing up flaws in the military despite Bush having the biggest military expenditure of any nation in history and yet, he cannot supply basic equipment.

The British Army, yeah, but the US Army? Bloody hell.
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And now Bush tried to take the first closing statement after the moderator said it belonged to Kerry.
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SirNitram wrote:He refused to answer. He's done. This debate was lost when he outright refused to name three mistakes he made.
It was over when he went into a hissy-fit with the moderator.
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