Blogging Against Senator Sam Brownback Since March 2005
During a speech to a conservative Christian radio group, Brownback told them:
“We win when we engage,” he told more than 800 people attending the Bott Radio Network’s annual Christmas party. “We lose when we sit back.”
The Bott network offers Christian programming on 39 radio station across the United States, including the Kansas City area.
Brownback, a Republican considering a run for the presidency in 2008, called abortion and gay marriage key issues that the nation needs to debate.
“We are winning this fight on life,” he said, referring to the abortion debate.
Yeah, the American people sure agree with you Sam. Except of course for those liberal pinko commie bastards in South Dakota. They must have been smoking pot in their VW’s while sipping a latte - just before voting in November to strike down the abortion ban that the Republican State House tried to force on them. Yeah, South Dakota. Real liberals.
Keep dreaming Senator.
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December 16th, 2006 at 7:32 am
Nice try. I don’t remember off the top of my head, but haven’t 40+ states voted down proposals and referendums on gay marriage? Those Bible-thumping, Rush-listening, SUV-driving hicks from the sticks sure have taken over, huh?
Oh wait, that’s because opinions like yours, painted up as normal, are every bit as radical as you try to portray Brownback. Keep dreaming Nate.
December 16th, 2006 at 11:23 am
So why is it — in Brownback’s words — so “crucial” that we make it illegal for same-sex couples to get married?
Aren’t there some slightly more pressing issues Brownback could be focusing on?
PS. I guess the folks in Arizona are a bunch of elitist patchouli-drenched radicals too… they recently voted down a gay-marriage ban.
December 16th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
1 out of 40.
December 17th, 2006 at 2:39 am
Meanwhile, only 16% of Americans support Brownback’s call for a complete ban on abortion in all circumstances.
Now that’s a radical, abnormal idea.
December 19th, 2006 at 8:11 am
Brownback completely lost me when he went into all our public libraries and started ripping out all music that HE found offensive.
Joe, you seriously need to do some research. I literally laughed out loud when I read your first comment on this thread. 40+ states voting down gay marriage proposals? This past November alone there were 8 states with gay marriage props on the ballot and Arizona was the ONLY one to vote theirs down. Get educated, read the following link
http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=20695
I don’t have the total number of states who have passed hate laws against gays, but there are many. In 2004 Voters in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah all approved anti-same-sex marriage amendments by double-digit margins.
From reading your comment it’s obvious that you’re one the unhinged 30% who still support the dead agenda of Bush and the neoconservative Republicans. You need to ground yourself in reality and face the facts.
December 19th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
I apologize for my phrasing: I did make the error of equating a vote for man-woman marriages as a vote against gay marriages. By my research, 27 states have successfully passed constitutional ammendments to define marriage as between a man and woman. Wisconsin, as you aptly pointed out, did not pass this in 2006.
“I don’t have the total number of states who have passed hate laws against gays, but there are many.
–I’m not really sure what you’re saying here. Hate laws have very little to do with amendments regarding gay marriage.
“In 2004 Voters in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah all approved anti-same-sex marriage amendments by double-digit margins.”
–Exactly, that’s the point I’m making. Defining marriage to be between a man and a woman is not as radical of an idea as Nate tries to make it, as evidenced by the states (among many others) that you outlined.
“From reading your comment it’s obvious that you’re one the unhinged 30% who still support the dead agenda of Bush and the neoconservative Republicans. You need to ground yourself in reality and face the facts. ”
–What “facts” are you talking about? Intolerance among the left?
December 19th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Errors! Arizona voted down their constitutional amendment.
Anyway, thanks for the link MrEMan: the pdf link on that site indicates that 41 states have laws prohibiting same-sex marriages.
December 21st, 2006 at 4:19 pm
South Dakota, Joe. South Dakota. Not much more needs to be said.
December 21st, 2006 at 10:00 pm
Nate, you brought up abortion and gay marriage; I am discussing one of them–one of them being one of your favorite topics to try and isolate Brownback as a radical.
Again, as with AZ, SD is only one state.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:43 am
Nate - Fine blog you have going here. You know you’re doing something right when you have your own troll. Joe does a fine job of representing the fringe minority in our country. You have all the makings of a successful venture here, I’ll try and pass it along whenever I get the chance. With Brownback running for the highest office in the land, sites like yours could be instrumental in getting out the message that he’s an extremist whose beliefs fall well outside those of the vast majority of America. We’ve seen more than our share of religious and political ignorance, intolerance and biggotry over the past 6 years, we have to do all we can to bring America back from the brink of theocracy and corporate facism.
I lived in Lawrence for a few years, but in Topeka now. I contribute to one of the biggest progressive blogs on the net, I’d be glad to fill you in on that if you’d like. You have my email address, feel free to drop me a line.
Eric