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Red meat: Palin on abortion, guns, stem-cell research, and balancing work and career
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Red meat: Palin on abortion, guns, stem-cell research, and balancing work and career posted at 8:15 pm on September 12, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Everything was better tonight: The setting, Gibson’s demeanor, and of course her comfort with the subject matter, as most of these are gimmes. His question about whether homosexuality is genetic or learned is a stupid gotcha, which she handles reasonably well — although I would have savored a barb at The One about how the matter is above her pay grade. As it is, her response ought to mellow out centrists worried that the “Christianist” menace is descending. If she’s a fundie at ...
Clips From Last Interview
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Clips From Last Interview She's obviously comfortable here. But as Allah notes, the no-exceptions-for-rape-and-incest thing will spook some people. Yes, it's a principled position, and she has the courage of her convictions, but a lot of people who are sort of in the middle on the issue are going to balk at the idea of forcing a raped woman to carry her rapist's child to term. Yes, the baby is innocent. But so is the woman. I don't think this is going to damage her much. But it is going to turn off some independentish women. Some of the Other Questions... 70% of the country favors a ban on "semiautomatic assault weapons," Charlie? Well, if I didn't ...
Gibson’s Interview With Palin Part II
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Good analysis at the Anchoress , and Hot Air.
Paul Helmke: Palin vs. Biden: For And Against Assault Weapons
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People often disagree about how best to keep dangerous people from getting dangerous weapons, but very few argue we should have no gun laws at all.
By large majorities, Americans continue to believe that policies like criminal background checks on all gun sales, waiting periods, strong police crack-downs on illegal guns, handgun registration, and restrictions on access to military-style assault weapons, are common sense ideas we should enact into law.
Take the assault weapons example. Since the 1990's, opinion surveys have shown strong and consistent public support for restrictions on access to military-style semi-automatic assault ...
