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...first female President of the United States of America. And after that, we will finally be able to focus on whether a female presidential candidate happens to be the right person for the job, instead of having that discussion overshadowed by a philosophical debate on whether America should vote for a woman for President or for a male candidate who is more blatantly supportive of women's issues...
Will I base my choice of who should be President on Liddy gender? As a staunch democrat, no I will not. AL Gore'69 (should he win the primary) will get my vote. Although I support Elizabeth Dole, I would feel more comfortable if she were explicitly pro-choice or if she hadn't spun herself as a cookie-backing homebody when we Knew her as Presidential candidate Bob Dole's wife. (Her catty comments about the rate at which Hillary's hair underwent transformation were particularly uncalled-for.) But if I were still in high school and choosing which...
...daytime soaps as in Sunday sermons. No, the problem with forgiveness has been that of all acknowledged good acts, it is the one we are most suspicious of. "To err is human, to forgive, supine," punned S.J. Perelman. In a country where the death penalty has been a proven vote getter in recent years, forgiveness is often seen as effete and irresponsible. Sometimes it even seems to condone the offense, as noted centuries ago by Jewish sages who declared, "He that is merciful to the cruel will eventually be cruel to the innocent." Nothing lately has shown the cheap side...
Here's one vote in favor of the Y2K disaster. I'd organize a national day for doing nothing, but all that work would send the wrong message. So I'll lead by example. I'm taking Mr. Jitters' Game Boy and smashing it. I'm shutting down. I'm not even going to finish this...
SUSPENDED. GREGORY DELL, 53, Methodist minister who officiated at the marriage of two gay men in Chicago last September; for disobedience; in a 10-to-3 vote by a jury of pastors; in Downers Grove, Ill. The church toughened its position against same-sex marriages after a minister charged with blessing a lesbian union was acquitted last year...