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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-04-06 09:04 PM
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On a truck outside Bush/Musgrave Colorado rally: "Stop gay marriage now, so Osama doesn't get away."
LAT/AP: Bush Aims for Colorado's 'Values' Voters
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
November 4, 2006

GREELEY, Colo. -- President Bush encouraged voters to select candidates who will lower taxes and defend "traditional values" as he kicked off the final campaign weekend in a state where gay marriage dominates the political debate.

Colorado voters face a pair of choices Tuesday that affect the rights of gay couples. The issue took on a new intensity last week with the allegations that a prominent Colorado Springs minister who criticized gay marriage secretly paid for sex with a man for years.

Meanwhile, Democrat Angie Paccione has used the issue in her attempt to unseat Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave -- a leading congressional critic of gay marriage -- in rural Colorado's 4th District. No Democrat has won the district in more than 30 years, but Paccione is putting up such a challenge that Bush came to town to try and give Musgrave a boost three days before the Election Day.

"She has worked to prevent the institution of marriage from being redefined by activist judges," Bush said to thousands rallying for the GOP at a cavernous event center. "She understands your values, and that's another reason to send her back to the United States Congress."

Outside, Musgrave's critics drove a truck mounted with a billboard that criticized the Republican position on gay marriage and its plan in the war on terror: "Stop gay marriage now, so Osama doesn't get away."...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top12nov04,0,2344693.story
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williesgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-04-06 09:09 PM
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1. Give that truck owner a big DU kiss - great idea - recommended
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-04-06 09:22 PM
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2. I should have mentioned the truck!
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