http://blog.dailynexus.com/news/telling-not-asking/ The official blog of UC Santa Barbara's newspaper, the Daily Nexus. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:33:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://blog.dailynexus.com/news/telling-not-asking/comment-page-1/#comment-7305 Blaise Vanderhorst Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:25:49 +0000 http://www.dailynexus.com/dnb/?p=642#comment-7305 Oh now, T, don't be so shocked! Perhaps, coming from a conservative family, I'm more used to this, but, in the nasty world of politics, it is not uncommon for a politician to claim to be the ally of a particular interest group in order to get elected, and then proceed to either ignore them completely, or even completely about-face and enact policies harmful to them. Pro-lifers have been getting that since the days of Reagan, so much so that in 2008, many pro-life voters decided to vote for Obama, not because he was any more "pro-life" or "anti-abortion" than McCain, but simply because he was at least honest about his stance on abortion, and, unlike McCain, promised to end the very un-pro-life wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Oh now, T, don’t be so shocked! Perhaps, coming from a conservative family, I’m more used to this, but, in the nasty world of politics, it is not uncommon for a politician to claim to be the ally of a particular interest group in order to get elected, and then proceed to either ignore them completely, or even completely about-face and enact policies harmful to them. Pro-lifers have been getting that since the days of Reagan, so much so that in 2008, many pro-life voters decided to vote for Obama, not because he was any more “pro-life” or “anti-abortion” than McCain, but simply because he was at least honest about his stance on abortion, and, unlike McCain, promised to end the very un-pro-life wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

]]> http://blog.dailynexus.com/news/telling-not-asking/comment-page-1/#comment-7289 T Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:59:46 +0000 http://www.dailynexus.com/dnb/?p=642#comment-7289 Combined with his administration's sickening brief in support of the DOMA, it's almost like he doesn't care about the gay community at all and just wants their money and votes for nothing! Shocking that a politician could do such a thing... Combined with his administration’s sickening brief in support of the DOMA, it’s almost like he doesn’t care about the gay community at all and just wants their money and votes for nothing! Shocking that a politician could do such a thing…

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